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Peterborough Petes Announce Dave Lorentz New Team President
/Vice President and alumnus Dave Lorentz has been named the Peterborough Petes’s official President of the Board of Directors during an OHL Board of Governors Meetings announced on Wednesday night.
Dave Pogue (left) and Dave Lorentz (right) during a OHL Board of Governors Meeting. Lorentz was drafted by the Washington Capitals of the NHL but never played a game with them in his professional career. Photo courtesy of the Peterborough Petes.
“It has been an absolute privilege to have served as the Petes President for the past seven years,” said Pogue. “I am very proud of the accomplishments we, as a team, both on and off the ice have achieved.”
Pogue announced he was retiring from the presidential role at the Petes 2023 Awards Banquet on March 28. He remains on the Board of Directors as Past President and Alternate Governor.
Lorentz played three years for the Petes from 1987 to 1990 and was captain of Peterborough’s 1989 OHL Championship team. He was drafted 145th overall in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft by the Washington Capitals and represented Team Canada at the 1992 Spengler Cup. The Kitchener-born winger played professionally in Europe and at the University of Waterloo.
“During my tenure as President, I have worked very closely with Dave Lorentz and can assure everyone we will be in very capable hands with him as our leader moving forward,” said Pogue. “His attention to detail, work ethic and tireless passion for the Petes has everyone in our organization excited about the future.”
Lorentz joined the Petes Board of Directors in January of 2013 after serving as President of the Petes Alumni Association. He is a retired high school principal with the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board and most recently at Adam Scott CVI.
“I am very honoured and proud to be selected as President of the Peterborough Petes,” said Lorentz. “As a former player, I take pride in being a member of this organization and look forward to continuing the tradition and success of those that came before me.
Pogue has been President since 2016, winning an OHL Championship this year and an Eastern Conference Finals appearance in 2017.
“I want to thank Dave Pogue who has been instrumental in the success of this team over the last seven years as President,” said Lorentz. “Through his leadership, the organization is better prepared to meet the challenges that we will face both on and off the ice moving forward. “
Lorentz will officially be introduced as President of the Board of Directors at a press conference at 2:30 p.m. on Aug. 23 at the Peterborough District Sports Hall of Fame.
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Trent University To Defend Lacrosse Title at Home As They Host the Baggataway Cup For A Second-Straight Year
/For the second year in a row, Trent University is hosting the Canadian University Field Lacrosse Association (CUFLA) Baggataway Cup Championship on Nov. 3-5, announced on Wednesday.
Photo courtesy of Lexi Thivierge and Trent university.
The Baggataway Cup is the CUFLA playoffs. For the first time in the school’s history, the Trent Excalibur men’s lacrosse team will defend their 2022 Baggataway Cup Champion title.
“Hosting the Baggataway Cup Championship last year was such an honour,” said Leslie Spooner, Trent Athletics interim director. “We are very proud of what the team accomplished last season and we can’t wait to cheer them on again this year as they vie for their second consecutive championship.”
This will be the third time that the men’s team is hosting the national championship, they held the honour in 2012 and last year.
“CUFLA is excited to return to Trent University for the 2023 Baggataway Cup,” said Kevin Caplice, CUFLA commissioner. “It is rare that we host championships back-to-back but with the support the fans showed for CUFLA in 2022 how could we say no when Trent approached us to host again.”
“Last year’s tournament was such a success,” said Sarah Batley, Trent Athletics assistant director. “Seeing a stadium full of lacrosse fans old and young was so encouraging for the student-athletes and for the entire Trent Athletics team. It took a lot of work behind the scenes to host and knowing that it paid off is very rewarding.”
The Baggataway Cup is taking place at Trent’s Justin Chiu Stadium. Ticket details will be announced in the fall.
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Six Nations Chiefs Draw First Blood Against the Peterborough Lakers In Game One Of MSL Final, 10-7
/It was not the start the Peterborough Lakers wanted as the Six Nations Chiefs took game one of the Major Series Lacrosse finals, 10-7, at the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena in Hagarsville on Tuesday night.
Photo courtesy of the Peterborough lakers.
The win puts the series lead 1-0 for the Chiefs in a best of seven.
The first period seemed to looked like a low-scoring affair after Peterborough and Turner Evans scored the only goal for the first 14-and-a-half minutes.
Six Nations turned up the heat by scoring five goals in 4:38 in the last 5:16 of the period to take a commanding 5-1 lead after one.
The second period was more evenly matched as the teams alternated the first four goals then traded a pair of goals, scoring four apiece, making it 9-5 after two. Holden and Taite Cattoni combined for three goals (two and one respectively) while Mike Robinson got one, his second of the playoffs.
Peterborough seemingly found their groove, as they continued their run from last period, ending off with two goals. They got another two from Taite and Kiel Matisz (his first of the playoffs) to make it 9-7. Reigning MSL MVP Lyle Thompson scored 23 seconds after Matisz’s goal with 8:30 left to play for a 10-7 lead. The lakers kept battling but the Chiefs clamped down in net and defensively and held on for the game one win.
“At times we had some good pushback but the effort wasn’t there tonight,” said Robert Hope, Lakers’ captain. “They came out guns a-blazing and they really wanted it. We have to make sure that we’re willing to sacrifice to get what we want and too many times we took shifts off.”
Landon Kells gets his first postseason loss this year with the Lakers while Doug Jamieson picks up the win for Six Nations.
Game two is at the Peterborough Memorial Centre this Thursday with opening faceoff for 8 p.m.
Second-Annual Gary Dalliday Memorial Golf Tournament Hits Hole-In-One With Sellout Attendance at Peterborough Golf & Country Club
/There were 144 linksmen that came out to Community Care Peterborough’s second-annual Gary Dalliday Memorial Caring For Our Communities Golf Tournament at the Peterborough Golf & Country Club on Monday.
Pete (left), Tim (middle) and Krista Dalliday (right) at the second-annual Gary Dalliday Memorial Tournament. Their father passed away in 2018. Photo by David Tuan bui.
The event had a goal of $15,000 which was up from last year’s inaugural event of $10,000. Some proceeds went towards the Ennismore and Buckhorn Community Care’s support offices. The 144 golfers that attended were a sellout for this year’s scramble golf tournament.
Other contributions went towards Community Care’s Meals on Wheels program, a volunteer position Dalliday held for several years delivering meals. It provided food to seniors living alone, adults with disabilities unable to cook or get groceries or recently discharged patients from hospitals.
“He touched so many lives in Peterborough, as the voice of the Petes, as a sportscaster and all the roles he had here, he was such a proud person who lived here in the Peterborough area,” said Alicia Vandine, Community Care donor relations. “Community Care aligns so well with him because we care about the folks who live here in the City and County of Peterborough.”
The tournament was moved from the Quarry last year to the Peterborough Golf & Country Club. Dalliday was a member for several years which was a fitting location according to his kids, including Tim Dalliday.
“Dad was all about community, whether it was volunteering doing things under the radar that people didn't know about like Kawartha Food Share,” said Tim. “He was a longtime member here at Peterborough Golf and Country Club.”
Community Care and Gary’s children added that the event would not have existed without the Quarry’s help for the inaugural tournament.
A few local celebrities made their appearance at the tournament including Peterborough Petes forward Owen, Beck, Peterborough Lakers scoring leader Holden Cattoni and former sports broadcaster and podcaster Dan O’Toole.
Proceeds were also collected from raffles, a live auction and door prizes.
The tournament’s idea spawned from his grandson Nick who previously did a placement with Community Care.
“He was a Peterborough guy, born and raised and he believed in helping people out,” said Tim. “Whether it was through the media or doing stuff totally on his own.”
FMX World Tour Comes to the Peterborough Memorial Centre For Oct. 23
/The Peterborough Memorial Centre is getting extreme as they are hosting the FMX World Tour on Oct. 23 at 7:30 p.m. announced on Tuesday.
Photo courtesy of the Peterborough Memorial Centre
The FMX World Tour is an extreme action sport competition that was formed to tour, USA, Canada, Mexico and select European countries.
Pro riders are competing by throwing out death-defying tricks ever seen. Competitions include Best Trick, Dualing Duos, Team Competitions and Head-to-Head Backflip Competitions.
All FMX WORLD TOUR fans will receive free pit passes with advance ticket purchases. Those fans are invited to come on the floor and meet the stars.
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Schedule Released For MSL Final Between Peterborough Lakers and Six Nations Chiefs
/The schedule for the Major Series Lacrosse (MSL) final between the Peterborough Lakers and Six Nations Chiefs begins this Tuesday with game one at the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena in Hagersville with an opening faceoff at 8 p.m.
Simliarities from this year and last year is that both these teams met in the MSL finals last year with the Six Nations Chiefs beating the Lakers three games to one in the regular season and ended up the same seed entering the playoffs. Photo courtesy of David Pickering and the Peterborough Lakers
The Lakers will need to win on the road to capture another MSL title as they are the second seed to the regular-season champion Six Nations.
Game one begins in Six Nations and will alternate the home field for each game of this best-of-seven series.
The following is the MSL final schedule:
Game one: Peterborough Lakers vs. Six Nations, Aug. 15, 8 p.m. at Iroquois Lacrosse Arena
Game two: Six Nations Chiefs vs. Peterborough Lakers, Aug. 17, 8 p.m. at Peterborough Memorial Centre
Game three: Peterborough Lakers vs. Six Nations, Aug. 21, 8 p.m. at Iroquois Lacrosse Arena
Game four: Six Nations Chiefs vs. Peterborough Lakers, Aug. 23, 8 p.m. at Peterborough Memorial Centre
Game five: Peterborough Lakers vs. Six Nations, Aug. 25, 8 p.m. at Iroquois Lacrosse Arena*
Game six: Six Nations Chiefs vs. Peterborough Lakers, Aug. 27, 7 p.m. at Peterborough Memorial Centre*
Game seven: Peterborough Lakers vs. Six Nations, Aug. 29, 8 p.m. at Iroquois Lacrosse Arena*
*if necessary
The Chiefs are led by former Major Lacrosse League and the National Lacrosse League number-one pick Lyle Thompson who won the regular-season MVP this year. The youngest Thompson brother netted 35 goals and 48 assists for 83 points.
Between the pipes for Six Nations is the reigning President’s Cup MVP (from 2019) and Halifax Thunderbirds of the National Lacrosse League’s Warren Hill. His stats boast the best goals against average in the league with 6.69 in 11 starts. His backup Doug Jamison has the second-best percentage with 6.82 in eight starts.
Peterborough has firepower of their own in Holden Cattoni who the MSL Scoring Leader this season with 28 goals and 50 assists for 78 points.
Landon Kells and Drew Hutchinson have almost evenly split the goaltending duties for Peterborough, starting 11 and nine games respectively. Both goalies averaged under nine goals against average a game with 7.77 and 8.80 respectively.
Last year, the Lakers beat the Chiefs in six games to win the MSL Championship and be eligible for the Mann Cup (which they won their fourth straight).
Peterborough Lakers To Play Six Nations Chiefs In Rematch of MSL Finals
/History repeats itself for the Peterborough Lakers as they will face the Six Nations Chiefs in the Major Series Lacrosse (MSL) final in a rematch of last year determined on Thursday.
The Lakers defeated the Chiefs last year in six games in a best-of-seven series last postseason in the MSL final. Photo courtesy of David Pickering and the Peterborough Lakers.
The Lakers had already punched their ticket to their eighth-consecutive final after sweeping the Brooklin L.C. on Tuesday. Six Nations capped off their semifinal series with an 11-3 rout of the Cobourg Kodiaks, winning the series 4-1 on Thursday night.
Six Nations had already clinched first place in the regular season when they defeated the Lakers in a 9-8 overtime thriller at the Peterborough Memorial Centre on July 20.
Peterborough found themselves as the second seed while Six Nations was the regular-season champions which was the same position as last year’s. The Lakers were able to triumph over the Chiefs in six games. Another similarity from last year is that the Chiefs had the series lead last year during the regular season, winning three of four games, the same as this year.
“When you're the team that's at the top and they're trying to knock you off, it's really important to focus on our group and what we can do to continue to be better and I think the league gets better every year,” said Paul Day, Lakers general manager in a prior interview.
One of Six Nations’ key changes was the return of Lyle Thompson. He was under contract with the Premiere Lacrosse League (PLL) but took a sabbatical for the 2023 season. Last year, the PLL implemented a clause in their player contracts that barred them from playing in summer lacrosse leagues such as the MSL. It was the same reason Jake Withers of the Lakers could not play in the Mann Cup for being on the PLL Waterdogs’s roster.
Thompson is a former number-one overall pick in the Major Lacrosse League and the National Lacrosse League. He was this year’s MSL League MVP, with 25 goals and 40 assists for 65 points. He also scored the first-place-clinching goal against the Lakers in overtime on July 20.
He is backed by brothers Austin and Randy Staats for the Chiefs whose stats have leapt from last season. The brothers have 47 and 48 points in the regular season respectively, a significant increase from 28 points and 16 in 2022.
The Lakers had a key departure in Shawn Evans who was traded to the Akwesasne Bucks Sr. B team in exchange for monetary compensation on June 14. Evans only dressed for one game with the Lakers this season.
Peterborough still holds firepower, showcasing their offensive weapon in Holden Cattoni as the league’s scoring leader with 28 goals and 50 assists respectively for 78 points. Turner Evans and Josh Currier were team leaders in points as second and third behind Cattoni with 61 and 48 points respectively.
A schedule for the MSL finals has yet to be released but the first game will be held at the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena in Hagersville since Six Nations is higher-seeded than Peterborough.
Peterborough Petes to Play First Home Preseason Game in Port Hope
/The Peterborough Petes are headed to Port Hope to play their first home preseason game of the 2023-2024 season on Sept. 4 at the Jack Burger Sports Complex to take on their rival Oshawa Generals announced on Thursday afternoon.
Petes Forward Owen Beck’s (pictured) hometown is Port Hope. He was acquired from the Petes prior to the trade deadline last season from the Mississauga Steelheads. Photo courtesy of David Pickering and the Peterborough Petes.
