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06/06/2026

Revenge Can Be Sweet Even if it Takes a Few Months

Kevin M. Neibauer
LaxPhilly
BILL

After a controversial (to Brooklin fans at least) equipment challenge and resulting penalty, knocked Brooklin out of the 2025 Semi Finals they measured a bit of revenge in their first trip to Peterborough.

Returning to the scene, the Peterborough Memorial Centre and playing their second game in less that twenty four hours, the Brooklin Lacrosse Club, after a dominating 12-5 besting of the Brampton Excelsiors, squeezed out a 12-10 victory over the Peterborough Lakers who fall to 2-3-0 while Brooklin seemed rejuvenated and move to 3-2-0.

Brooklin Head Coach, Joel Johnson had this to say about his team's performance.

“I thought tonight was a good test, this is a tough building to play in and they are a good team over there who will punish you when you make mistakes. We had an excuse to slow down having played last night. I though the guys responded well all game and our body language showed that tonight. Our guys ran for all three periods and I think that was the difference in the game,”

They say that "familiarity breeds contempt...that may or may not be true as Toronto Rock, the NLL Champions goaltenders matched up with Nick Rose (Peterborough) facing his back up, Steve Orleman.

In another battle, two Ohio State University products, Senior, and Brooklin rookie, Jack Oldman had face off duties against one of if not the best in the business, Jake Withers.

“It felt great out there tonight, I kind of followed in Withers’ footsteps and he coached me for a long time, so it was fun to be out there and play against him tonight,” said Oldman after the game.

"All in all, it was fun to battle against a guy I looked up to growing up and I think I was able to compete with him,” added Oldman

Well, the stage is set, so let's see how it broke down shall we?

FIRST PORTION:

In front of 2,492 rabid Lakers fans, Brooklin killed off an early disadvantage and, shortly after, Will MacLeod (3g,3a) buried an outside blast to, for the time being, silence the crowd.

Peterborough would get them right back in it with markers supplied by, Dylan Hutchison (2nd) followed twenty three seconds later on a howitzer from Brad McCulley.

Brooklin, apparently unimpressed, matched the two goal outburst thanks to, a transition goal started by Orleman and completed by Taggart Clark (2g,1a) and, with 66 seconds left in the stanza, Dan Lintner (1g,2a) collected his 9th that ended the taut stanza with a 3-2 Brooklin lead and a 19-12 shot advantage.

SECOND:

Keeping the back to back goal thing going, the Lakers would swim to the shore thanks to, a pair from Rob Hellyer (4g,2a) to flip the lead to the Lakers way.

Well, it's only a trend if it keeps happening and Clark (4th)!followed by the first for Jaxson (not Jackson) Raposo pushed it to 5-4 for Brooklin.

The trend would end with McCulley (2nd) with 6:17 remaining, answered by Landen Sinfield (4th) that would send the nail biter to the final stanza with a Brooklin lead of 6-5.

THIRD:

It took just twenty eight seconds for Hellyer to convert on the advantage to get it deadlocked.

Back to the trend as Chase Scanlan (1g,4a) buried his 8th followed thirty eight seconds later with Dan Lintner hitting Ryan Barnable to make it 8-6.

Back to quick strikes with Hellyer (10th) shorthanded,and, following a Withers face off win..(I know, what's the chances?) Justin Sykes notched his 7th for an 8-8 battle.

From the here we go again department, Will MacLeod hit net for his 8th and 9th with Cam Milligan firing a low shot for his 2nd to interrupt the Brooklin rally.

Connor Kearnan (4th) got the Brooklin edge back to two only to have Sykes counter for his 8th. Barnable found Chase Scanlan on the advantage for his 9th that would seal the impressive 12-10 Brooklin road win.

THINGZ:

° Shots had a Lakers edge, 50-48

° Steve Orleman denied 40 (.800) Laker shots while Nick Rose stopped 36 (.750).

° The Lakers made good on 1 of 2 advantage tries with a Hellyer man down net bender.

° Brooklin also went 1 of 2.

LaxPhilly Three Stars:

3- Steve Orleman (Brooklin)

2- Justin Sykes (Lakers) 3 goals 2 assists

1- Rob Hellyer (Lakers) 4 goals 2 assists

06/04/2026

The Brooklin Lacrosse Club (2-2-0) Blows Open a Close Game With Six Goal Third Period at the Iroqouis Sports Arena in Major Series Lacrosse Activity.

Kevin M. Neibauer
LaxPhilly
BILL

Brooklin got the best of the Brampton Excelsiors who fall to 0-3-0, 12-5.

FIRST PORTION:

Mike Triolo (2g) put Brampton in front with helpers from Eric Ward as well as Curtis Ward after just 2:20.

It would take just eighty three seconds for Chris Boushy (2g,2a) to even the score on a man down marker on a pretty side arm snipe. Two minutes and change later, Brooklin took a lead thanks to the first of two opening stanza goals from Dan Lintner (3g).

Michael Blaymires (2nd) made use of the work of Cody Inness (3a) with the secondary supplied by Curtis Ward (2a) but, off the ensuing face off, Bo Columbus (1g) won it clean and took it to the house for a 3-2 Brooklin edge.

Brampton matched the Brooklin man down tally with Nate Ruff (1st) doing the honours.

Lintner ended the scoring in the segment with 00:40 on the clock for a 4-3 Brooklin lead with Brooklin nearly doubling Brampton in shots, 22-12.

SECOND:

After a seven goal opening segment, the combatants would only find twine a trio of times despite a combined 28 shots on goal.

Will MacLeod (2g,3a) kicked things off only to be matched by Triolo with his 7th. Taggart Clark (2g, 1a) would check in for the 6th Brooklin marker to end the segment with a 6-4 Brooklin advantage.

FINAL TWENTY:

Brooklin took complete control with a 6-1 uprising begun by Taggart Clark followed with, MacLeod (6th) converting a sweet high to high shot and Lintner earning his hat trick and 8th of the season on a side arm howitzer for a 9-4 score.

The rally would come to a temporary end courtesy of the second for Eric Ward off the third assist of the contest from Inness.

Brooklin went back at it with power play goals from, Boushy (3rd) followed a minute and change later from the first of the campaign for Reilly O'Connor and, an even strength goal with fifty eight seconds remaining for Landen Sinfield (3rd) to close the curtain on the impressive 12-5 Brooklin victory.

SCHTUFF:

° Shots had a 53-31 Brooklin advantage.

° Connor O'Toole stopped 19 (.613) in the Excelsiors nets with Aden Walsh stopping 47 (.773) for Brooklin.

° Brooklin cashed in on 2 of 5 power plays while notching a man down tally

° Brampton went 0 for 6 but managed to collect a shortie as well.

LaxPhilly Three Stars:

3- Cody Inness (Brampton) 3 assists

2- Connor Kearnan (Brooklin) The Canisius grad who has played 110 National Lacrosse League games scoring 143 goals, had 5 assists in this one.

1- Will MacLeod (Brooklin) 2 goals 3 assists

06/03/2026

Celebrating 5️⃣ years in the NLL Hall of Fame 👏

Congratulations to Head Coach Shawn Williams on 5 years as a Hall of Famer from his legendary playing career!

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06/03/2026

06/03/2026

A Star is Born in the MSL

Kevin M. Neibauer
LaxPhilly
BILL

The two game winning streak of the Peterborough Lakers (2-2-0) is no more thanks to the Oakville Rock (2-0-0) led by a familiar name, to those of us of a certain age, Tye Steenhuis.

Kevin M. Neibauer
LaxPhilly
BILL

Steenhuis put up a 4 point game with 3 of the four being goals to lead the Rock to an 11-9 victory over Peterbororough.

For the five or six who don't recognize the name, Steenhuis is the son of Mark Steenhuis and nephew of Billy Dee Smith, both former driving mates and team mates with the Buffalo Bandits

Mark, holds what I believe is still a record by putting up 17 points on 15 assists in a National Lacrosse League game

But, I digress ...

TO THE ACTIION:

Steenhuis got things started by finding Justin Lee (2g,2a) who went top corner at the 12:08 mark that gave the Rock a 1-0 lead.

Oakville was just warming up with Sam Laroue notching his first on a low blast followed with a shorthanded tally for the not quite 20 year old, 6'-4", 195 pound Steenhuis.

Peterborough brought the rally to an end thanks to, a Justin Sykes (6th) advantage goal thirty eight seconds later for a 3-1 game after 20:00.

SECOND:

Liam Vollans recorded his first career MSL goal to draw it to a 3-2 battle but, Jake Darlison (3a) paired with Chris Weier for another Steenhuis marker.

Oakville would build off the Steenhuis tally with, Mike McCannell (2g,1a) and a pretty side arm Sam LeClair (1g,3a) tally to make it a 6-2 affair.

Cam Milligan (1g,1a) made use of a transition play started by Liam Patten who outletted to Rob Hellyer to end the second with a 6-3 Oakville advantage.

THIRD:

Things would get a bit ..wild with a combined 11 goals started with, Rob Hellyer (2g,4a) going top shelf but, Ty Argent (4th) countered shortly after.

Taite Cattoni (2g,1a) would collect back to back extra attacker goals for his 4th and 5th to cut it to 7-6.
Liam Patten converted a Deacan Knott lead pass that get it deadlocked at 7.

Oakville took the hit and replied with a three goal uprising supplied by, Lee (4th), Lee helping on the Steenhuis 6th, and Steenhuis setting up Jack
MacAlpine for a 10-7 Rock edge.

Hellyer ended the rally with his 6th with McCannell (3rd) and Vollans exchanging markers to bring the 11-9 Oakville victory.

SCHTUFF:

° Each team had 55 shots

° Deacan Knott turned aside 44 (.800) for Peterborough with Evan Constantopoulos stopping 45 (.815) for the win. Both had an assist

° The Lakers went 3 of 5 while the Rock cashed on 1 of 2.

LaxPhilly Three Stars:

3- Rob Hellyer (Lakers) 2 goals 4 assists

2- Evan Constantopoulos (Rock)

1- Tye Steenhuis (Rock) 3 goals 1 assist

06/03/2026

Off the Grid Game at the Planet Ice-Can Neely Arena as the Maple Ridge Burrards Move to 4-0-0 with 5-3 Victory over the Coquitlam Adanacs (2-2-0). .yes 5-3!

Kevin M. Neibauer
LaxPhilly
BILL

How often do you see these things? Two teams going scoreless for 25:10 and, Christian DelBianco having an. 886 save percentage and being the SECOND star??

Well it happened and I can prove it!!

OPENING STANZA:

Thomas Semple, (1g..4th .9 shots) with help from, Kyle Brunsch as well as Dennon Armstrong, gave Coquitlam an early lead after just thirty seven seconds.

Tyler Pace (13th) leveled the score seven minutes later putting home a Marcus Klarich feed. Jalen Chaster did the work that Dennon Armstrong (1g,1a..8 shots) utilized for his 3rd and a Coquitlam 2-1 lead.

With that, the power play unit of Maple Ridge made their presence felt with Payton Cornier (1g,1a) notching his 13th courtesy of Marcus Klarich and Tyler Pace for his 13th followed with just fifteen seconds on the clock by Riley Loewen to end the opening stanza and the scoring for what seemed like a hockey game, the next 25:10 with a 3-2 tilt.

The Second would have a goaltending battle with neither team denting the twine and goaltenders, Christian DelBianco (13) and Jack Kask (12) combining for 25 saves.

THIRD SEGMENT:

Declan Fitzpatrick collected his 2nd unassisted to push it to a 4-2 affair. The suddenly offensive minded Bobby Kidd III joined the scoring party...not much of a party with just eight people showing up, with his 2nd to cut it a 4-3 score.

Pace and Cornier teamed for the game clincher supplied by Marcus Klarich (12th) that ended the Bizarro-land 5-3 battle

NOTEZ:

° Maple Ridge had the only man advantage goals with 2 on their 5 chances

° Shots had a 44-42 Burrards edge

° Christian DelBianco stopped 39 (.886) in the Coquitlam nets while Marquette Alum and Maple Ridge native, Jack Kask was beyond stellar stopping 39 for a .929 save percentage.

Three Stars:

3- Riley Loewen (Burrards) 1 goal

2- Christian DelBianco (Coquitlam)

1- Jack Kask (Maple Ridge (Maple Ridge)

06/03/2026

CHIEFS REMAIN UNDEFEATED WITH 9-4 VICTORY OVER KODIAKS

by Josh Kilgour
LaxPhilly

The Six Nations Chiefs (5-0) hosted the Cobourg Kodiaks (1-2) at Iroquois Lacrosse Arena for their second matchup against each other in the last 8 days. In similar fashion to their first contest, the Kodiaks started the game strong but faded out as the talent and firepower of the Chiefs roster became too overwhelming to contain. Cobourg’s goaltender Laine Hruska started the game impressively but Six Nations goaltender Warren Hill ended it unparalleled; shutting out the Kodiaks for over half of the contest.

FIRST:

After nearly 13 minutes of scoreless play to start the game, Kodiaks forward Aaron Woods (1g, 1a) opened the scoring by taking advantage of a give and go that resulted in him wide open on the doorstep of Warren Hill and burying the first goal of the contest. Cobourg followed up 4 minutes later by giving the Chiefs their first multiple goal deficit of the year with Shane Halliwell (1g) firing an underhand rocket to the shortside of the net. And less than 2 minutes later, Alex Marinier (1g, 3a) put an outside shot five-hole for a surprising 3-0 Kodiaks lead.

With only 10 seconds left in the period, Chiefs newcomer Andrew Kew (2g, 1a) fired an outside missile over the shoulder of Laine Hruska with an expiring shot clock to narrow the Six Nations deficit to 3-1 heading into the locker room for the first intermission.

SECOND:

Just over 3 minutes into the period, Cobourg extended their lead back to three goals with Kieran MacKay (1g) faking farside and tucking his shot into the shortside of the net.

Chiefs forward Josh Byrne (4g) answered back a minute later with an outside shot past the Kodiaks goaltender. Next up was defenseman Tyson Bell (1g, 1a), converting on a fast break to get the Chiefs within a goal of the lead.

The first powerplay of the game went to the Chiefs and Andrew Kew took advantage with another outside shot for a goal to tie up the game at 3-3. And less than two minutes later, Josh Byrne found himself all alone on the crease, throwing a quick fake and pounding a high to low shot to the back of the net to give the Chiefs their first lead of the game at 5-4 heading into the second intermission.

THIRD:

A dust up between brothers Alex Marinier (Kodiaks) and Matt Marinier (Chiefs) opened the final period of regulation with each earning some time in the penalty box. And Josh Byrne added his hat trick shortly after, tiptoeing the crease line and putting his shot to the back of the net.

Chiefs defenseman Latrell Harris (1g) scored on a breakaway and less than 30 seconds later his teammate Travis Longboat (1g, 1a) found himself all alone on top of the crease throwing a couple fakes and burying his first goal of the contest to give Six Nations their largest lead of the game at 8-4.

Despite a goaltender change for Cobourg with Jackson Brown seeing his first action of the season, Josh Byrne scored less than a minute later by blowing by his defender and scoring a highlight goal while airborne over the crease.

The remaining 14 minutes and 25 seconds of the game went scoreless, notably so for the Six Nations defensive unit and goaltender Warren Hill who shutout the Kodiaks for the last 36 minutes and 42 seconds of the contest.

Chiefs win 9-4.

EXTRAS:

Six Nations’ Warren Hill brings his goals against average to 6.5 per game with his stellar performance in the final two periods.

Cobourg’s power play went 0-2 while Six Nations’ went 1-2.

Six Nations’ Dhane Smith was held goalless for the first time this season, but his 3 assists keep him firmly as the league leader in points (29pts).

THREE STARS:

3- Andrew Kew (SN) 2g, 1a, 3pts

2- Warren Hill (SN) 4 GAA

1- Josh Byrne (SN) 4g

06/01/2026

06/01/2026

Despite Missing Pieces, the Peterborough Lakers Are Putting Together a Winning Streak, Besting the Owen Sound North Stars, 9-6.

Kevin M. Neibauer
LaxPhilly
BILL

Call Ups, Zach McLean, Nate Sage, Braydon D'IInnocenzo, Carter Frost, Hayden Addison and the Son of Coach, Tracey Kelusky, Kellar, were added to the Lakers roster.

“It was awesome seeing him out there,” Tracey said. “Crazy how fast the time goes. Feels like yesterday he was a toddler walking into the room, giving the former Lakers knuckles after games. Time has a way of flying by. It’s a pretty proud moment for sure. Watching kids grow up around the game and then seeing them out here competing themselves is something special.”

Said Kellar after the game: “It was an awesome experience being able to play for a team I’ve grown up watching my dad play for as well as a team I’ve been watching with Hayden Addison, a teammate I’ve played with since I was able to hold a stick. We were both so excited to have this awesome opportunity to play for our hometown team.”

Peterborough (2-1-0) ventured into the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre to challenge the (0-3-0) Owen Sound North Stars.

The Lakers would swim to their second win by virtue of a four goal six point effort from Mike Robinson for a gutsy 9-6 victory.

FIRST STANZA;

Drew Hutchison was in the Lakers net and went under immediate pressure resulting in Xander Derkatz (3g,2a) besting him after just 2:07. Not quite finished, Derkatz found Jackson Webster (2nd) on the advantage to double the Owen Sound lead.

Robinson (4g,2a) rolled up his sleeves and notched a 6 on 5 goal followed less than a minute later at even strength to get it deadlocked at 2 each.

Derkatz struck again for his 4th but, Peterborough would respond with goals twenty six seconds apart courtesy of, call up, Zach McLean and fellow call up, Nate Sage that signalled the end of the opening twenty minutes with a 4-3 Laker lead.

MIDDLE PORTION:

More or less the second was the Mike Robinson show but, not before Callum Brennan evened things again with his 2nd

Robinson would have the final word with a man up goal furnished by, yet another call up, Cam Milligan (5a) and Taite Cattoni (3a).

The Milligan, Taite Cattoni tandem continued their playmaking for a 6 on 6 tally supplied by Mike Robinson for his fourth of the day and 5th of the season that ended the second with a 6-4 Lakers advantage.

FINAL PORTION:

Staying with Call Up trend, Zach McLean buried his second with help supplied by, Nate Sage and the 7th of the campaign for Taite Cattoni

Josh Rosa (1g,1a ..2nd) extinguished the Peterborough flurry but, with 5:01 remaining, Justin Sykes (5th) made it a three goal deficit 8-5.xtr

Having little option, Owen Sound pulled goaltender, Kaleb Martin with a disappointing result. Colton Armstrong found the gaping cage for his 2nd and a 9-5 score.

Not throwing in the towel, Derkatz and Webster teamed on a Riley Ford (3rd) marker for the 9-6 final.

SCHTUFF:

° Peterborough cashed in on 3 of 4 extra attacker chances with Owen Sound hitting on 2 of 7.

° After a 16 goal outburst, the Lakers have scored 25 goals in their last two outings.

LaxPhilly Three Stars:

3- Xander Derkatz (Owen Sound) 3 goals 2 assists

2- Cam Milligan (Lakers) 5 assists

1- Mike Robinson (Lakers) 4 goals 2 helpers

05/31/2026

Early Season Classic in The Western Lacrosse Association as the Nanaimo Timbermen (2-0-0) Worked Overtime to Dispense of the New Westminster Salmon Bellies (1-2-0) in a Classic, 11-10

Kevin M. Neibauer
LaxPhilly
BILL

FIRST SEGMENT:

A true game of runs would be started with New West having the lamp lit by, Will MacKay (1g..8 shots) and Noah Armitage (5g,3a..13 shots) thirteen seconds apart before the game was fifty seconds old. Blake Bosak made it 3-0 but, 46 seconds after the Bosak tally Nanaimo would step up thanks to, Noah Manning (3g,3a) and Matt Boas hitting Colton Lidstone (1g,3a..6 shots).

Armitage would reply with 2:57 on the clock to end the opening stanza with a 4-2 'Bellies edge.

SECOND:

The Salmon Bellies would turn up the heat beginning with, a power play goal for the third of the affair from Armitage helped by, Lukas Nielsen and Toru Morimatsu (5 assists, 7 shots). Andrew Bowman (2g,3a..9 shots) exchanged lamp lighters with Tommy Robertson (1g) to keep it close with a Bellies 6-3 lead

Manning cut it to a two goal battle but, Armitage and a short handed Nielsen tally (1g,3a.. 10 shots) ended the second with the Bellies seemingly in control with an 8-4 lead.

THIRD:

A wild third witnessed no fewer than eight markers which had Nanaimo account for six. Things began with a man down Jeremy Wudrick (1g) net bender, Bowman hit on the advantage, followed by an even strength Manning goal with the game tying goal supplied on the extra man by, Matt Boas (3g,2a..9 shots) with 10:26 remaining.

CJ Schuster (1g) would be matched by Josh Gabriele (1g) to keep the deadlock in place. With just 1:22 on the clock, it appeared Armitage supplied the game winner ..but, save that thought, Boas, who scored his three goals in the third and the overtime, once again, leveled the score with all of 00:53 to play and off to overtime they would go where Boas ended the thrill fest with aid supplied by, Manning and Bowman.

SCHTUFF:

° Shots leaned the way of Nanaimo, 51-48

° Power Plays saw New West cash on 1 of 4 while Nanaimo made good on 2 of 5.

° Tyler Kloecki went 16 of 23 from the dot for Nanaimo

° Colby Bowman turned away 38 (.792) in the New West nets with Ashton Leclair stopping 40 (.783) for New West

Three Stars:

3- Joel Mullen (Nanaimo) 1 assist

2- Noah Armitage (New West) 3 goals 3 assists 13 shots

1- Noah Manning (Nanaimo) 3 goals 2 assists 11 shots