MEET YOUR BULLDOGS 2011 BULLDOGS’ STATISTICS THURSDAY, July 7, 2011 Player & Staff profiles Pages 4-6 PAGE 2-3 8 Pages BULLDOGS PLAYOFF PREVIEW champs reload for playoffs Bulldogs primed for another shot at title

By EAMONN MAHER you,” said Blaine McCauley, in Staff Writer his sixth year as head coach of the Bulldogs. They had so much fun the “I’m proud of the way fi rst time around, the Halton they’ve handled it. The great Hills Bulldogs are poised to thing about this team is that make a long post-season run everyone buys into the con- again this summer. cept and they know everyone The 2010 Canadian Lacrosse has a role to play. We learned Association Jr. B champions last year that to achieve our don’t appear to be content goal, it’s a long road and it just with just one Founders Cup doesn’t happen overnight. If title to their credit and with a you start looking past anyone, strong core of players return- you’re going to get caught.” ing, some additions have been McCauley was likely refer- made to put the team in con- ring to last year’s euphoric tender status once more. journey through the playoffs, in Finishing the 2011 regular which his team seemed down season with a 17-3 mark— the and out in the East Conference same record as last year— the fi nal against the mighty Green Bulldogs placed second in the Gaels. Ontario Jr. B Lacrosse League’s Trailing 2-0 in the best-of-5 East Conference behind the series, the Bulldogs stunned , who the Gaels by taking three have beaten Halton Hills in straight wins including two in Seth Laidlaw of the intercepts a pass and heads up the fl oor alongside older brother both meetings so far. Bowmanville. Peter (right) during a recent regular season contest against the . The ‘Dogs fi nished the The ’Dogs certainly found Then, Halton Hills led the regular schedule with a 17-3 record this year, the same mark the team had in 2010 when they captured out in their fi rst-round playoff 2-0 in the On- both the Ontario and then Canadian Jr. B lacrosse titles for the fi rst time in the club’s 16-year history in series with the Markham Iron- tario championship before the Georgetown. Photo by Eamonn Maher heads that the path to another West Conference reps rallied Founders Cup was never going to force a fi fth game that the Ontario Jr. B Lacrosse League to be easy, pulling off a pair Bulldogs would dominate in East Conference of one-goal wins in the three- an 8-3 victory, securing their Best-of-five semifinal series game sweep. berth in the Founders Cup in Game 1 Next up is the fourth-place Etobicoke. Saturday, July 9 @ Akwesasne, 8 p.m. Akwesasne Lightning, which This year’s squad had to fi nd Game 2 defeated Oakville 3-1 in its replacements for the offence Sunday, July 10 @ Akwesasne, 2 p.m. opening series but hasn’t ad- lost when the likes of Shane Game 3 vanced out of the fi rst round of Scott, Ethan O’Connor and Friday, July 15 @ Georgetown, 8 p.m. playoffs since 2005. Nic Grasby moved on, so GM x-Game 4 “It’s been a diffi cult year for Mike Hancock and McCauley Saturday, July 16 @ Georgetown, 7:30 p.m. everyone, because it’s a differ- made some late-season moves x-Game 5 ent element when you’re the to add some experience to an Sunday, July 17 @ Georgetown, 2 p.m. already battle-tested group. champs and everyone’s chasing x-if necessary See PIECES, pg. 7 Go Bulldogs Go! From the staff at Mink! 324 Street, Unit #5 Georgetown, ON L7G-4B5 (905) 702-0411