MSL

The 6 Major Series Lacrosse franchises protected two players apiece for the upcoming MSL draft that takes place this Sunday (January 25th). While there was some fairly easy protections made, in the cases of Johnny Powless, Quinn Powless, Reilly O’Connor, Shane MacDonald, Turner Evans & Danny Lomas, a couple teams had tough decisions to make on players. The Brampton Excelsiors in particular had the toughest decisions to make , with the protection…

Each team is allowed to protect two players from their junior affiliate in Major Series Lacrosse from being drafted. With the draft this coming Sunday, the teams have announced those players. Six Nations Chiefs Johnny Powless Quinn Powless Peterborough Lakers Turner Evans Josh Currier Brooklin Redmen Reilly O’Connor Tyler Gilligan Kitchener-Waterloo Kodiaks Kyle Jackson Eric Guiltinan Oaville Rock Danny Lomas Bryan Cole Brampton Excelsiors Shane MacDonald Connor Sellars

For years, the Peterborough Lakers have been the model MSL team, the standard that every other team wishes they could live up to. Sold out crowds, the best players, and a dedicated staff. That may have changed on Thursday night as a month-long saga involving the board of directors came to a seemingly shocking close as five members of the six-man board announced their resignation. Carl Doughty (major sponsor representative),…

Well, as usually happens in Peterborough when the Lakers don’t win the Mann Cup, critics call for the coaches to blow up the team and make big moves. Comments have already floated around online suggesting that executive members resign, or that the team trade their biggest star in Mark Steenhuis. Settle down everyone. The Lakers were 20 minutes away from hosting a national championship. Maybe the fact that the Lakers…