![]() | |
Founded | 1968 |
---|---|
League | Major Series Lacrosse |
Based in | Peterborough, Ontario |
Arena | Peterborough Memorial Centre |
Colours | Blue, White & Red |
President | Ted Higgins |
Head coach | Mike Hasen |
General manager | Paul Day |
Website | www.peterboroughlakers.ca |
The Peterborough Lakers are Senior "A" box lacrosse team from Peterborough, Ontario. They play in the Major Series Lacrosse league where under the current format, they compete in 16 regular season games from May through July and playoffs beginning in August and ending with the Mann Cup in September. The Lakers play their home games at the 4,329-seat multipurpose Peterborough Memorial Centre.
Peterborough has won the Ontario Championship 26 times in total (1951 to 1957, 1959, 1966, 1970, 1973, 1978, 1979, 1982 to 1984, 2004 to 2007, 2010, 2012, 2015, and 2017 to 2019, 2022) and the Mann Cup 18 times in total (1951 to 1954, 1966, 1973, 1978, 1982, 1984, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2017 to 2019, 2022), of which only 13 were while the team was using the name Lakers. [1] As the Lakers, they won the Mann Cup in: 2022, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2012, 2010, 2007, 2004, 1984, 1982, 1973, and 1966.
In the early 2000s, the Lakers' biggest rival were the Brampton Excelsiors. They met in the MSL Finals every year Between the 2003 and 2011 seasons, [2] often finishing 1st and 2nd overall in the regular season. Meeting each other so often in the playoffs, compounded by many of the players playing on rival teams in the National Lacrosse League, which created many intensely contested matches between the two teams. Despite players coming and going between the two franchises, the rivalry has lived on, if not on the floor, then most certainly in the stands.
A rivalry also exists with the Six Nations Chiefs, particularly after the 2011 emotional MSL semi-finals where tempers flared amongst fans and players alike, and meeting in the MSL Finals in 2012, and 2014 through to 2017.
After going through a period of low attendance during the 90's, the Lakers have enjoyed a renewed level of support from fans and the community at large. In recent years, the Lakers have become affectionately known as "The Lake Show'". [3] Throughout the playoffs, local businesses and city busses display signs supporting the Peterborough Lakers.
During games, including away games, Lakers fans will chant in unison "Let's go Lakers" followed by 5 claps or individual fans may yell "Let's go you Lakers". In addition, fans have been known to heckle opposing players, particularly Brampton Excelsiors goaltender Anthony Cosmo and Brampton forward Josh Sanderson. Peterborough has gained notoriety from outside the local area, as Bob Chavez of the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle referred to Lakers home games as "full and loud and wild...a great setting for lacrosse." [4]
Attendance for Lakers games has increased significantly over the last decade. In 2011, total attendance for the Lakers home games was 29,910 averaging 2,991 per regular season game [5] and 27,651 averaging 3,456 per playoff game (the Lakers hosted 8 playoff games in 2011). [6] Every summer, Camp Moshava in Selwyn, Ontario sends a group of over 300 campers and staff to a Lakers home game, and in recent years, the MH choir has performed the Canadian national anthem prior to the game. [7] The Lakers are the most attended team in the MSL.
Lakers home games and some away games are broadcast locally on TVCogeco with play-by-play man Pete Dalliday and analyst/host Scott Arnold [8] In years where the Lakers play in the Mann Cup, the games are broadcast online on a PPV basis. Local radio stations will also provide updates during games and local TV station CHEX-TV will air highlights during their Newswatch broadcast.
In 2008, the Peterborough City Council agreed to a 10-year $120,000 interest-free loan to finance the purchase and installation of a carpet for use by the Lakers in the Memorial Centre . [9] The carpet was initially met with some resistance from some on council, however the plan was approved. Councillors argued it would increase usage of the Peterborough Memorial Centre during the Summer, increase player safety and would allow co-existence of the Lakers and the Peterborough Petes of the Ontario Hockey League . [10] [11] To finance the carpet, sponsors are able to purchase advertising on the carpet during Lakers home games. [12]
|
|
Last updated: 14-SEPT-18 [13] |
Season | Team Name | Games | Win | Losses | Tie | GF | GA | Points | Playoffs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1950 | Peterborough Timbermen | 28 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 345 | 286 | 30 | Defeated in Ontario Quarter-Finals |
1951 | Peterborough Timbermen | 30 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 411 | 262 | 46 | Won Mann Cup (1st) |
1952 | Peterborough Timbermen | 30 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 416 | 250 | 46 | Won Mann Cup (2nd) |
1953 | Peterborough Trailermen | 30 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 451 | 249 | 50 | Won Mann Cup (3rd) |
1954 | Peterborough Trailermen | 30 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 451 | 249 | 50 | Won Mann Cup (4th) |
1955 | Peterborough Trailermen | 24 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 419 | 221 | 38 | Defeated in Mann Cup |
1956 | Peterborough Trailermen | 25 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 275 | 196 | 38 | Defeated in Mann Cup |
1957 | Peterboroug Trailermen | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 228 | 170 | 26 | Ontario Champions / DQ at Mann Cup [14] |
1958 | Peterborough Timbermen | 24 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 246 | 278 | 18 | Defeated in Ontario Semi-Finals |
1959 | Peterborough Mercurys | 23 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 274 | 196 | 34 | Defeated in Mann Cup |
1960 | Peterborough Mercurys | 24 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 193 | 263 | 15 | Defeated in Ontario Semi-Finals |
1961 | Did not compete | ||||||||
1962 | Did not compete | ||||||||
1963 | Did not compete | ||||||||
1964 | Peterborough Speedy Erns | 24 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 260 | 295 | 20 | Defeated in Ontario Semi-Finals |
1965 | Peterborough Speedy Erns | 24 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 316 | 247 | 31 | Defeated in Ontario Semi-Finals |
1966 | Peterborough Pepsi Petes | 23 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 279 | 218 | 31 | Won Mann Cup (5th) |
1967 | Peterborough Don Byes | 24 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 288 | 212 | 37 | Defeated in Ontario Semi-Finals |
1968 | Peterborough Lakers (NLA Pro) | 38 | 21 | 17 | 0 | 478 | 397 | 42 | Defeated in NLA Pro Semi-Finals |
1969 | Peterborough Lakers (OLA Sr A) | 24 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 227 | 288 | 11 | Defeated in Ontario Semi-Finals |
1969 | Peterborough Lakers (ELA/NLA Pro) | 29 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 435 | 315 | 38 | Won NLA Pro Championship (1st) |
1970 | Peterborough Lakers | 24 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 386 | 267 | 34 | Defeated in Mann Cup |
1971 | Peterborough Lakers | 32 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 578 | 341 | 58 | Defeated in Ontario Finals |
1972 | Peterborough Lakers | 32 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 415 | 416 | 39 | Defeated in Ontario Finals |
1973 | Peterborough Lakers | 24 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 363 | 310 | 30 | Won Mann Cup (6th) |
1974 | Did not compete | ||||||||
1975 | Did not compete | ||||||||
1976 | Did not compete | ||||||||
1977 | Did not compete | ||||||||
1978 | Peterborough Red Oaks | 24 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 346 | 313 | 32 | Won Mann Cup (7th) |
1979 | Peterborough Red Oaks | 24 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 389 | 269 | 34 | Defeated in Mann Cup |
1980 | Peterborough Red Oaks | 24 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 366 | 296 | 28 | Defeated in Ontario Finals |
1981 | Peterborough Red Oaks | 24 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 321 | 262 | 31 | Defeated in Ontario Semi-Finals |
1982 | Peterborough Lakers | 24 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 380 | 245 | 32 | Won Mann Cup (8th) |
1983 | Peterborough Lakers | 24 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 300 | 230 | 34 | Defeated in Mann Cup |
1984 | Peterborough Lakers | 24 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 420 | 196 | 46 | Won Mann Cup (9th) |
1985 | Peterborough Lakers | 20 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 336 | 138 | 38 | Defeated in Ontario Finals |
1986 | Peterborough Lakers | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 148 | 93 | 18 | Defeated in Ontario Finals |
1987 | Peterborough Lakers | 20 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 208 | 210 | 18 | Defeated in Ontario Finals |
1988 | Peterborough Quakers | 20 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 308 | 139 | 31 | Defeated in Ontario Finals |
1989 | Peterborough Quakers | 20 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 264 | 178 | 28 | Defeated in Ontario Finals |
1990 | Peterborough Quakers | 20 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 208 | 163 | 29 | Defeated in Ontario Finals |
1991 | Peterborough Quakers | 16 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 167 | 129 | 20 | Defeated in Ontario Semi-finals (Round-Robin) |
1992 | Peterborough Quakers | 16 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 128 | 138 | 14 | Defeated in Ontario Finals |
1993 | Peterborough Quakers | 16 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 143 | 149 | 13 | Defeated in Ontario Semi-Finals |
1994 | Peterborough Lakers | 19 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 154 | 179 | 15 | Defeated in Ontario Semi-Finals |
1995 | Peterborough Lakers | 20 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 140 | 267 | 8 | Did not qualify |
1996 | Peterborough Lakers | 24 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 259 | 266 | 22 | Defeated in Ontario Semi-Finals |
1997 | Peterborough Lakers | 20 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 159 | 231 | 8 | Did not qualify |
1998 | Peterborough Lakers | 18 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 165 | 174 | 18 | Defeated in Ontario Semi-Finals |
1999 | Peterborough Lakers | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 171 | 146 | 23 | Defeated in Ontario Semi-Finals |
2000 | Peterborough Lakers | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 214 | 177 | 24 | Defeated in Ontario Semi-Finals |
2001 | Peterborough Lakers | 20 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 243 | 220 | 22 | Defeated in Ontario Semi-Finals |
2002 | Peterborough Lakers | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 245 | 178 | 26 | Defeated in Ontario Semi-Finals |
2003 | Peterborough Lakers | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 154 | 131 | 16 | Defeated in Ontario Finals |
2004 | Peterborough Lakers | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 238 | 158 | 26 | Won Mann Cup (10th) |
2005 | Peterborough Lakers | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 224 | 172 | 28 | Defeated in Mann Cup |
2006 | Peterborough Lakers | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 202 | 159 | 27 | Won Mann Cup (11th) |
2007 | Peterborough Lakes | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 197 | 144 | 27 | Won Mann Cup (12th) |
2008 | Peterborough Lakers | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 196 | 156 | 25 | Defeated in Ontario Finals |
2009 | Peterborough Lakers | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 201 | 149 | 24 | Defeated in Ontario Finals |
2010 | Peterborough Lakers | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 183 | 126 | 28 | Won Mann Cup (13th) |
2011 | Peterborough Lakers | 20 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 233 | 171 | 32 | Defeated in Ontario Finals |
2012 | Peterborough Lakers | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 169 | 112 | 18 | Won Mann Cup (14th) |
2013 | Peterborough Lakers | 20 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 217 | 188 | 26 | Defeated in Ontario Semi-Finals |
2014 | Peterborough Lakers | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 199 | 153 | 20 | Defeated in Ontario Finals |
2015 | Peterborough Lakers | 20 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 196 | 138 | 28 | Defeated in Mann Cup |
2016 | Peterborough Lakers | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 193 | 122 | 29 | Defeated in Ontario Finals |
2017 | Peterborough Lakers | 18 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 248 | 143 | 34 | Won Mann Cup (15th) |
2018 | Peterborough Lakers | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 172 | 130 | 25 | Won Mann Cup (16th) |
2019 | Peterborough Lakers | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 196 | 164 | 28 | Won Mann Cup (17th) |
2020 | Season did not occur | ||||||||
2021 | Season did not occur | ||||||||
2022 | Peterborough Lakers | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 120 | 110 | 14 | Won Mann Cup (18th) |
2023 | Peterborough Lakers | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 178 | 136 | 24 | Defeated in Ontario Finals |
2024 | Peterborough Lakers | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 121 | 100 | 14 | |
Total | 64 seasons (61 Sr. A, 2 Pro) | 1,400 | 900 | 467 | 29 | 17,454 | 13,538 | 1,829 |
The Mann Cup is the trophy awarded to the senior men's box lacrosse champions of Canada. The championship is a best-of-seven, East vs West series played between the league champions of Major Series Lacrosse, the East, and Western Lacrosse Association, the West.
The Kelowna Falcons are a collegiate summer baseball team located in Kelowna, British Columbia. The Falcons are members of the West Coast League and play their home games at Elks Stadium.
John Christopher Grant Jr. is an American professional lacrosse coach and retired professional lacrosse player who has played in Major League Lacrosse, the National Lacrosse League, and the Ontario Lacrosse Association. He currently serves as an assistant coach for Redwoods Lacrosse Club of the Premier Lacrosse League.
John Arthur James "Jack" Bionda was a Canadian lacrosse and hockey player. He was a lacrosse superstar, dominating the sport throughout the 1950s and early 1960s. In hockey he played for the Toronto Maple Leafs and Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League between 1955 and 1959, mainly spending his career in the minor American Hockey League and Western Hockey League.
Major Series Lacrosse (MSL) is a Senior A box lacrosse league with 7 teams based in Ontario, Canada sanctioned by the Ontario Lacrosse Association. The league championship team each year goes on to play against the champions of the Western Lacrosse Association for the Mann Cup in September. The championship is hosted alternately between Ontario and British Columbia.
Colin "Popeye" Doyle is a Canadian former professional lacrosse player and captain for the Toronto Rock of the National Lacrosse League and the Six Nations Chiefs of Major Series Lacrosse.
Dan Dawson is a retired Canadian professional lacrosse player formally playing for the Toronto Rock of the National Lacrosse League, Brampton Excelsiors (MSL) of Major Series Lacrosse, and is currently a free agent in Major League Lacrosse. Dawson ranks 2nd on the all-time NLL points list through of the 2022 season. He is a 7 time NLL All Pro selection. As a professional, he is a 7 time Mann Cup Canadian box lacrosse champion, and a 1 time Major League Lacrosse (field) champion (2009 Toronto Nationals. Representing Canada, Dawson has won two World Indoor Lacrosse Championship titles and was a finalist in the 2010 World Lacrosse Championship. Dawson has won two Champion's Cups as a member of the Rochester Knighthawks in 2013 and 2014.
John Tavares is a Canadian former professional box lacrosse player and current head coach of the Buffalo Bandits of the National Lacrosse League (NLL) and Six Nations Chiefs of the Major Series Lacrosse League. He is the NLL's all-time leading scorer and also a mathematics teacher at Philip Pocock Catholic Secondary School in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. He attended D'Youville University in Buffalo, New York.
Ian Llord is a professional lacrosse player who plays for the Philadelphia Wings of the National Lacrosse League and the Six Nations Chiefs of Major Series Lacrosse.
Brandon Miller is a former goaltender who most recently played for the Toronto Rock in the National Lacrosse League, and the Six Nations Chiefs and, formerly, the Brampton Excelsiors in the Ontario Lacrosse Association's Major Series. He has won four Mann Cups, two with each of the Chiefs and Excelsiors.
The Bellingham Bells are a collegiate summer baseball team in the West Coast League. The team is composed of college baseball players from teams around the U.S.
Founded by Paul St. John in 2011, the Canadian Lacrosse League (CLax) was a men's semi-professional indoor lacrosse league based exclusively in Ontario, Canada. CLax ceased operation on August 31, 2016 after the league's single-entity ownership group, Charlesway Corporation Limited and Rodney 'Demon' Hill, deemed the league's business model to be no longer viable.
The Oakville Rock are Senior "A" box lacrosse team from Oakville, Ontario. They play in the Major Series Lacrosse league where under the current format, they compete in 20 regular season games from May through July and playoffs beginning in August and ending with the Mann Cup in September. The Rock play their home games at the Toronto Rock Athletic Centre in Oakville.
Cory Vitarelli is a Canadian professional lacrosse player who plays for the Philadelphia Wings of the National Lacrosse League and the Peterborough Lakers of Major Series Lacrosse. Vitarelli scored the NLL's first ever series-ending overtime goal in a mini-game in the 2014 NLL Playoffs.
The 2015 Major League Lacrosse season was the 16th season of FIL-sanctioned lacrosse in the United States and Canada, the 16th with a national first-division league, and the 15th season of Major League Lacrosse. The season featured 8 total clubs. The regular season was held from April 12 through July 25, with the semifinals on August 1 and the championship game on August 8 in Kennesaw, Georgia. The defending Steinfeld Cup champions are the Denver Outlaws, while the Rochester Rattlers finished as the runner-up.
The 2019 National Lacrosse League season, formally known as the 2018–2019 season, is the 33rd in the history of the NLL. It was originally scheduled to begin on December 1, 2018 and ending with the NLL final in late spring of 2019. This season is the inaugural season for the expansion teams San Diego Seals and Philadelphia Wings. This is also the final season for the Rochester Knighthawks under owner Curt Styres, as the team's operations are being relocated to Halifax for the 2019–20 season while Pegula Sports and Entertainment takes over the Knighthawks moniker with a new expansion team.
Evan Kirk, is a Canadian professional lacrosse goaltender in the National Lacrosse League, currently playing for the Rochester Knighthawks and for the Peterborough Lakers of the Major Series Lacrosse. He was a member of Team Canada during the 2010 World Lacrosse Championship.
The Edmonton Riverhawks are a collegiate summer baseball team. The Riverhawks are members of the West Coast League and play their home games at RE/MAX Field.
The Nanaimo NightOwls are a collegiate summer baseball team located in Nanaimo, British Columbia. The Night Owls are members of the West Coast League and began play in 2022; they play their home games at Serauxmen Stadium.
The 2021–22 season was the 27th season for the Ontario Junior Hockey League.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) "Corporate Sponsorship Brochure", Peterborough Lakers Corporate Sponsorship Brochure, Accessed 20-NOV-11