SUMMER 2009 | $4.95 High school lacrosse taking off in Ontario THE PASSION Katie Guy, Lady Blue Knights alumni, and current member of Team Canada LIVES ON How lacrosse helped past, current and future NHL stars Laurier Golden Hawks and Lady Blue Knights driven by tradition, teamwork & winning CPM Agreement #40752539 www.ontariolacrossemagazine.com Summer 2009 • Volume 1 • Issue 3 // CONTENTS St. Peter's Secondary School (Peterborough), 2009 OFSAA AAA/AAAA Champions FEATURES DEPARTMENTS 8 Photo: Graig Abel Photography SCHOOL’S IN NEWS & NOTES 16 Ontario high school lacrosse growing 4 Team Canada Wins Bronze • NCAA Game by leaps and bounds Sets Attendance Record • Roughnecks Win NLL Title • OMFLL Recap THE UNDENIABLE LINK BAGGATAWAY 20 From Joe Nieuwendyk to Dave Bolland 10 A stroll down Minto Cup memory lane to John Tavares, hockey and lacrosse continue to enjoy a deep connection RULE BOOK 12 Line Changes & Illegal Checks A BLUEPRINT TO FOLLOW 22 Through tradition, dedication and NATIONALS REPORT teamwork, the Lady Blue Knights and 14 Major Lacrosse League’s newest team Laurier Golden Hawks are putting 20 is holding its own women’s lacrosse on the map 19 LACROSSE ART FORWARD THINKING Talking to the kids behind the masks 24 In Stayner, Whitby and Sudbury, EQUIPMENT BAG developing programs for a younger 28 Helmets generation has attracted a new crop of lacrosse players and enthusiasts HEY REF! ON THE COVER 26 Time has come to let the referees have Katie Guy, Team Canada their say Photo: Pellerins Photography www.ontariolacrossemagazine.com Summer 2009 | Ontario LACROSSE 3 NEWS & NOTES Ontario Lacrosse magazine is the primary source of information for Ontario lacrosse TEAM CANADA WINS BRONZE players, parents, coaches and officials. After a slow start at the Published quarterly (Winter, Spring, 2009 Federation of In- Summer, Fall), Ontario Lacrosse is mailed directly to more than 10,000 members of the ternational Lacrosse Ontario Lacrosse Association. Our readers (FIL) Women’s World turn to the magazine for the latest lacrosse Cup, Canada de- news, products, trends, insights and expert feated England 14-9 to opinion. All editorial submissions and article queries should be sent to Paul Grossinger, capture the bronze editor: [email protected]. medal. Held in Prague, Czech Republic from The views expressed by the authors June 18 to 27, the 16- are not necessarily those of the Ontario Lacrosse Association (OLA) or team tournament was KAP Publishing Ltd. All editorial the largest in the history submissions are subject to editing. All of World Cup play. rights reserved. Contents may not be After losses to Aus- reprinted without written permission of the OLA and KAP Publishing. tralia (16-11) and U.S.A. (11-4), Canada defeated England (10-9), Japan (23-12) PUBLISHER and Wales (10-6 in quarterfinals) before a close semi- Ontario Lacrosse Association final loss to Australia (12-10). 3 Concorde Gate, Suite 306 Toronto, ON M3C 3N7 Dana Dobbie (18 goals, 3 assists), Amanda Friend T: 416-426-7066; F: 416-426-7382 (12g, 7a), Crysti Foote (12g, 7a), Brooke McKenzie (12g, 5a) and Abbey Friend (10g, 1a) led Team Canada Published in partnership with: in scoring. KAP Publishing Ltd. 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ART DIRECTOR For complete tournament results, visit: www.lacrosseworldcup2009.com Mark Tzerelshtein [email protected] OLA JUNIOR 'A' TITANS MEET IN MID-SEASON SHOWDOWN ADVERTISING SALES In an OLA Junior “A” mid-season battle of the top two teams in league standings, the Orangeville REPRESENTATIVE Northmen, powered by the outstanding goaltending Dave Douglas of Nick Rose, defeated the Burlington Chiefs 13-10 CONTRIBUTORS in Orangeville in front of 1,100 fans. Four consecu- Paul Grossinger tive, third-period goals by Adam Jones of Or- Nicole Kallmeyer angeville wasn’t even the featured performance of Roger Lajoie the contest as the highlight of the night was the Paul Whiteside dominating face-off skills of the Chiefs’ Jordan Melissa Yollick McIntosh (pictured). Canadian Publications Mail #40752539 Nine days later in the rematch at Central Arena in Burlington, the Chiefs outscored Orangeville 8-2 in Return Undeliverable Canadian Addresses to: the first period and cruised to a 15-9 victory. For KAP Publishing Ltd. Burlington, Cameron Watts made 46 saves and Circulation Department Kevin Brownell (3g,4a), Kiel Matisz (1g,4a) and Matt 1054 Centre Street, Suite 199 Hicks (4g) led the way offensively. Far more impor- Thornhill, ON L4J 8E5 tant for the Chiefs’ playoff prospects was a loud Printed in Canada home crowd of fans genuinely interested in a cham- pionship chase likely to include the Northmen, the Brampton Excelsiors and the Six Nations Arrows. Photo: Mike Malone Photo: Mike 4 Ontario LACROSSE | Summer 2009 NEWS & NOTES JAMIESON SCORES GOAL OF HIS LIFE Cody Jamieson (43) of Six Nations celebrates his game- winning overtime goal to capture the 2009 NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Championship at Gillette Stadium in Boston, Ma. Played on May 25, Syracuse defeated Cornell 10-9 to finish 16-2 on the season, and take home back-to- back national titles. In victory, the Orangemen set a team record of 10 NCAA championships (since 1971). Cornell had taken a 9-6 lead in the game with 5:31 to play before Syracuse embarked on one of the most memorable comebacks in NCAA history. Three consecutive Syracuse goals by Toronto-native Stephen Keough, Jamieson and Kenny Nims (with four seconds remaining) forced the game into overtime. NCAA GAME SETS ATTENDANCE RECORD SANDERSON & CODD DRIVE CALGARY TO NLL TITLE On April 25, in front of a NCAA men’s lacrosse In front of 13,042 hometown fans at the Pengrowth Saddle- regular-season record crowd of 30,192 in dome, the Calgary Roughnecks captured the National Columbus, Ohio, the University of Notre Dame Lacrosse League (NLL) Champions Cup by defeating the New beat Ohio State 14-8 to finish as the only un- York Titans, 12-10, on May 15. The victory was the second defeated team in U.S. college lacrosse with a league title in Roughnecks franchise history. Josh Sanderson record of 13-0. The lacrosse game, promoted was named the Reebok Championship Game MVP. as Showdown in the Shoe, preceded the Ohio Orangeville-native Bruce Codd had a two-goal performance for Calgary and remembers the night. State Buckeyes spring football game. “What a feeling it was winning the Champions Cup!” he says. “There is nothing better than On the field for the lacrosse Buckeyes that celebrating a championship on your home turf in front of your fans. The game itself was a afternoon was Brock Sorensen, a 2006 Minto classic as it was a clash of two very different styles and had a little bit of everything: a goal from Cup champion and captain of Team Canada’s centre (Calgary’s Kaleb Toth), between the legs (Titan's Casey Powell) and big saves (by U19 squad in 2008. winning goalie Matt King). It truly was a spectacle for our game.” A two-time athlete-of-the-year at Kenner Collegiate in Peterborough, Sorensen re- flected on the experience: “The Showdown in the Shoe was very special to our entire pro- gram. The atmosphere the crowd creates in Ohio Stadium is breathtaking. For me person- ally, I don’t think it truly registered that we played in front of that many people in a spec- tacular venue until weeks later. It was a great experience and our team is looking forward to the same contest next year. With this many people watching in the State of Ohio, it does a lot for the game of lacrosse.” www.ontariolacrossemagazine.com Summer 2009 | Ontario LACROSSE 5 NEWS & NOTES FESTIVAL CONTINUES TO GROW The Ontario Lacrosse Festival returns July 31 to August 9 with expanded facilities, program and status that now ranks it as the second largest annual youth sport event in the province. With the 2009 event approaching 6,800 athletes and coaches, the Festival is larger than all On- tario youth sporting events except the Bell Capital Cup hockey tournament in Ottawa. The economic impact of the event is now estimated at $5.1 million. This summer the Festival welcomes four new events as part of its 10-day celebration of the game: the Girls Bantam Lacrosse Championship of Canada, the U19 Girls Field Lacrosse Provincials, the OLA Ban- tam Provincials, and the OLA Midget Provincials. In total, the Festival hosts 12 separate national and provincial championships in both box and field lacrosse. To accommodate the expanded size of the event, the Festival now includes the use of additional facilities in the City of Oshawa. Children’s Arena, Harman Park Arena and the Donevan Recreation Complex join the stable of existing facilities (Iroquois Park Sports Centre, McKinney, Vipond and Legends Centre) to host approximately 400 teams this year. Opening ceremonies of the Festival are scheduled for August 2 at 4:00 pm on Pad 1 at the Iroquois Park Sports Centre in Whitby. Rogers Tel- evision returns to broadcast the championship games of the three national tournaments on Saturday, August 8 from the same location, where organizers expect a sold out facility for the sixth consecutive year.