I am extremely pleased that I have been able to obtain a copy of the complete 1979 Minto Cup Final game; the Burnaby Lakers vs. the Peterborough Centurions (although I knew them as the Century 21’s). The game that year was played at Max Bell Arena in Calgary, Alberta, and was a Round Robin format. A third [...]
June 25, 2008
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I am absolutely ecstatic to be able to present this to you. With the permisison of Larry Power (Wamper’s Bible Of Lacrosse), I am extremely pleased to offer you this complete game 6 of the 1988 Mann Cup Championship from Iroquois Park in Whitby, Ontario. It is 20 years ago this summer that these two [...]
February 8, 2008
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Another video provided by Wamper and his Bible Of Lacrosse. This video shows a Pro game played between Montreal and Toronto. A few points to note about the game then:
1) First the crease and net go right to the end boards so that there is no room for anyone to go behind the net.
2) Notice near [...]
July 22, 2007
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A big thank you must go out to Wamper’s Bible of Lacrosse site for providing the videos below. The first two are courtesy of one of our recent Heroes of Lacrosse, Philadelphia Wings’ John Grant (#12). He had an outstanding reach as witnessed in one of his goals here, while on the other he shows that using the [...]
July 22, 2007
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Continuing our series of photos from Luther Vipond Arena in the 1980’s, more pictures from one of the classic matchups - Brooklin vs. Peterborough. Freddie Upshaw of the Brooklin Redmen (# 3) takes a shot while the “shooter” Ken Colley (# 00) glances back to see the result.
In the second picture one of Brooklin’s all-time [...]
June 16, 2007
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Continuing with some of the photos passed on to my by Brian Drew (taken by sports photographer Bill Stannett), here are a few more from the 1964 Oshawa Green Gaels at Children’s Arena.
In the first photo, legendary Gaels goaltender Merv Marshall (# 1) looks to make a save while Jim Higgs (# 6) looks on.
The [...]
June 16, 2007
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A big thank you to Brian Drew, who passed on a few photos of the 1964 Oshawa Green Gaels for our memory lane section of the site.
In this first picture, the legendary Johnny Davis is driving to the net against a defender. I am guessing but in the background on the Gaels bench appears to [...]
May 7, 2007
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Unfortunately, I never got to see him play, but many that did consider him to be one of the best ever…..
April 8, 2007
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John Grant Sr. with his incredible reach tries to swat the stick of Brooklin’ # 14. I’m guessing, but I think that was Emil Labaj. Correct me if I’m wrong.
April 8, 2007
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In this photo Brooklin’s #44, Derek Keenan looks to have just shot on goalie Shawn Quinlan while #17 for Peterborough Tim Hargraves looks on.
There seems to be some debate as to who # 17 is, so I’ve gone with what the majority says (only because I do not know myself).
April 8, 2007
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