Ontario Junior Lacrosse League | 2021 Season 1 ABOUT the OJLL
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2021 Media Guide @TheOJLL OntarioJuniorLacrosse.com Ontario Junior Lacrosse League | 2021 Season 1 ABOUT THE OJLL The Ontario Junior Lacrosse League (OJLL) is the premiere junior men’s box lacrosse league in Ontario. Sanctioned by the Ontario Lacrosse Association and Lacrosse Canada, the Ontario Champion is annually awarded the Iroquois Trophy and moves on to compete against teams from Alberta and British Columbia for the Minto Cup, the Junior “A” National Box Lacrosse Championship of Canada. The OJLL is the number one source for talent for the National Lacrosse League (NLL), Commissioner the largest and most successful professional lacrosse property in the world. Since the Mark Grimes first NLL draft in 1996, sixteen OJLL alumni have been selected first overall. Deputy Commissioner The league is composed of eleven franchises across Ontario: Brampton Excelsiors, Bob Clevely Burlington Chiefs, Kitchener-Waterloo, Mimico Mountaineers, Oakville Buzz, Orangeville Media Contact Northmen, Peterborough Lakers, St. Catharines Athletics, Six Nations Arrows, Toronto [email protected] Beaches and Whitby Warriors. Twitter / Instagram The OJLL has featured many other Ontario lacrosse communities throughout its storied @TheOJLL history. The league was officially incorporated in 1933, however, the Iroquois Trophy dates back to 1901. Until 1975 the trophy was awarded to Ontario’s regular season Website champion. From 1976 on, it has been won by the playoff series winner. Ontario has ontariojuniorlacrosse.com captured the Minto Cup fifty-six times since 1937. Brampton Excelsiors Burlington Chiefs Kitchener-Waterloo Mimico Mountaineers Oakville Buzz Orangeville Northmen Peterborough Lakers Six Nations Arrows St. Catharines Athletics Toronto Beaches Whitby Warriors 2 Ontario Junior Lacrosse League | 2021 Season ABOUT THE COMMISSIONER Elected in 2003, Grimes is an 18-year veteran on Toronto City Council. He has championed several projects aimed at boosting the profile of sports in the city, and serves on many sports related boards—including the Hockey Hall of Fame Board of Directors and the FIFA World Cup United Bid Task Force—Grimes is considered Toronto’s sports Councillor. Grimes has an outstanding track record and a passion for ensuring Toronto is a destination for the international sports community. He brought the concept of BMO Field to Exhibition Place and led the charge to have it built on budget and on time for the FIFA Under 20 World Cup in 2007. As Chair of the Exhibition Place Board of Governors, Grimes worked closely with Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment (MLSE) to open the Toronto Raptors new practice facility, OVO Athletic Centre in 2016. He was appointed chair of Toronto’s 2015 Pan and Parapan American Games Secretariat, the largest multi-sport event ever held in Canada. In 2014, he moved the motion that kick-started the process to bring the FIFA World Cup to North America—and recently worked with international partners in the United States and Mexico, the Canadian Soccer Association, and Toronto FC to put together the United 2026 winning bid. The PGA of America honoured Grimes in 2013 for his efforts towards making the PGA Championship at Oak Hill a huge success. Highly regarded for his commitment to community sports and a range of charitable causes, Grimes has coached lacrosse, hockey, and baseball, and served on many community boards. He served on the Mimico Jr. B Mountaineers executive as the Director of Marketing in the mid 90s and was an integral part of the 1997 Founders Cup Host Committee, planning the celebrity dinner, and eventually the 1998 OLA Celebrity Game—an event Grimes intends to bring back for Ontario Lacrosse. Grimes and his wife Anne raised their five children in Mimico. They spent over 28 summers like most lacrosse families, traveling across Ontario to watch their children play lacrosse, and look forward to doing it again with their grandchildren, JD and Brodie. FRONT OFFICE ADVISORY BOARD MARK GRIMES GLENN CLARK Commissioner Head Coach, Albany Firewolves BOB CLEVELY ED COMEAU Deputy Commissioner Head Coach, Georgia Swarm LINDA BLOGG PAUL DAY League Registrar Head Coach, Philadelphia Wings EVA DURIE DEREK KEENAN League Secretary Head Coach, Saskatchewan Rush COLLEEN GRIMES IAN GARRISON Public Relations VP Officiating, Ontario Lacrosse DEAN MCLEOD League Historian Ontario Junior Lacrosse League | 2021 Season 3 JACK OLDMAN 2021 FIRST OVERALL: WHITBY WARRIORS Whitby Warriors drafted Jack Oldman of West Durham Rockmen first overall in the 2021 Ontario Junior Lacrosse League Entry Draft. He is a two-sport athlete who most recently captured the 2019 Canadian Field Lacrosse National Championship as a member of Team Ontario U18, and was drafted into the OHL by the Saginaw Spirit. He is known for being a hard-working and coachable player, and is recognized by teams in both lacrosse and hockey for being a leader on and off the playing surface. Jack has played competitive box and field lacrosse for over a decade, and is considered a strong face-off specialist with an 86% win percentage at the 2019 National Championship, which places him in the #1 ranked position among 2004’s in Canada. OVERALL JUNIOR TEAM PLAYER’S NAME MINOR TEAM 1 WHITBY WARRIORS JACK OLDMAN WEST DURHAM ROCKMEN 2 PETERBOROUGH LAKERS RILEY SIMPSON OSHAWA BLUE KNIGHTS 3 TORONTO BEACHES WILLEM FIRTH NEPEAN KNIGHTS 4 PETERBOROUGH LAKERS PEYTON DRONE CENTRE-WELLINGTON 5 ORANGEVILLE NORTHMEN ELIJAH EDWARDS CAMBRIDGE CHIEFS 6 KITCHENER-WATERLOO KASH DOXTATOR LONDON BLUE DEVILS ROUND 1 7 WHITBY WARRIORS LUCAS LITTLEJOHN CLARINGTON GAELS 8 WHITBY WARRIORS RILEY KNOX HUNTSVILLE HAWKS 9 PETERBOROUGH LAKERS DANIEL NEILSON GLOUCESTER GRIFFINS 10 BRAMPTON EXCELSIORS CODY MERRITT HALTON HILLS BULLDOGS 11 ORANGEVILLE NORTHMEN TREY DEERE KAHNAWAKE MOHAWKS OVERALL JUNIOR TEAM PLAYER’S NAME MINOR TEAM 12 WHITBY WARRIORS CARSON CHRISTY OSHAWA BLUE KNIGHTS 13 TORONTO BEACHES DAVID PETERKIN KAWARTHA LAKES FURY 14 ORANGEVILLE NORTHMEN CARTER MORAN OWEN SOUND NORTH STARS 15 TORONTO BEACHES CADEN HEWITT NEWMARKET REDBIRDS 16 TORONTO BEACHES SEAN MCMAHON STAYNER HITMEN 17 BURLINGTON CHIEFS GREG LOVE HAMILTON BENGALS 18 SIX NATIONS ARROWS RARENNEHAWI COOK-FRANCIS AKWESASNE STORM 19 WHITBY WARRIORS RYAN LANGILLE NEWMARKET REDBIRDS ROUND 2 20 BRAMPTON EXCELSIORS JAXTON CROSBIE CLARINGTON GAELS 21 BRAMPTON EXCELSIORS SEVEN GILLINGHAM MISSISSAUGA TOMAHAWKS 22 OAKVILLE BUZZ MALIKYE GOOD WINDSOR WARLOCKS 23 ORANGEVILLE NORTHMEN JAKE ARGUE BARRIE BOMBERS 24 BRAMPTON EXCELSIORS NOLAN CADIEUX SARNIA PACERS 25 BURLINGTON TRENTON BEISEL STAYNER HITMEN 4 Ontario Junior Lacrosse League | 2021 Season 2021 ONTARIO JUNIOR LACROSSE LEAGUE SCHEDULE JULY 31 Visitor Team Home Team Location Greg Crombie Memorial Cup 11:00 AM Mimico Mountaineers Toronto Beaches TRAC - Blue 11:00AM Kitchener-Waterloo Oakville Buzz TRAC - Red 1:00PM Whitby Warriors Peterborough Lakers TRAC - Blue 1:00PM Burlington Chiefs St. Catharines Athletics TRAC - Red 3:00PM Toronto Beaches Orangeville Northmen TRAC - Blue 3:00PM Six Nations Arrows Brampton Excelsiors TRAC - Red 5:00PM Peterborough Lakers Mimico Mountaineers TRAC - Blue 5:00PM Kitchener-Waterloo Burlington Chiefs TRAC - Red 7:00PM Orangeville Northmen Whitby Warriors TRAC - Blue 7:00PM Brampton Excelsiors St. Catharines Athletics TRAC - Red 9:00PM Six Nations Arrows Oakville Buzz TRAC - Blue * The Mimico Mountaineers and Toronto Beaches traditionally award the Greg Crombie Memorial Cup to the team with the most points after the two regular season games are played. AUG 1 Visitor Team Home Team Location 11:00 AM Orangeville Northmen Mimico Mountaineers TRAC - Red 10:45 AM Six Nations Arrows Burlington Chiefs TRAC - Blue OT Period* Six Nations Arrows Burlington Chiefs TRAC - Blue 1:00PM Whitby Warriors Toronto Beaches TRAC - Red 1:00PM Brampton Excelsiors Oakville Buzz TRAC - Blue 3:00PM Peterborough Lakers Orangeville Northmen TRAC - Red 3:00PM St. Catharines Athletics Kitchener-Waterloo TRAC - Blue 5:00PM Whitby Warriors Mimico Mountaineers TRAC - Red 5:00PM Burlington Chiefs Oakville Buzz TRAC - Blue 7:00PM Peterborough Lakers Toronto Beaches TRAC - Red 7:00PM St. Catharines Athletics Six Nations Arrows TRAC - Blue 9:00PM Kitchener-Waterloo Brampton Excelsiors TRAC - Blue For the most up to date information and breaking news, visit ontariojuniorlacrosse.com or follow @TheOJLL on Twitter Ontario Junior Lacrosse League | 2021 Season 5 2021 OJLL Futures division SCHEDULE THE TORONTO ROCK ATHLETIC CENTRE AUG 6 Visitor Team Home Team Location 11:00 AM St. Catharines Brampton TRAC - BLUE 1:00 PM Oakville Burlington TRAC - RED 1:00 PM Peterborough Whitby TRAC - BLUE 3:00 PM Brampton Six Nations TRAC - RED 3:00 PM Orangeville Mimico TRAC - BLUE 5:00 PM St. Catharines Kitchener-Waterloo TRAC - RED 5:00 PM Toronto Peterborough TRAC - BLUE 7:00 PM Oakville Six Nations TRAC - RED 7:00 PM Whitby Orangeville TRAC - BLUE 9:00 PM Toronto Beaches Mimico TRAC - RED 9:00 PM Burlington Kitchener-Waterloo TRAC - BLUE AUG 7 Visitor Team Home Team Location 9:00 AM St. Catharines Six Nations TRAC - RED 9:00 AM Oakville Brampton TRAC - BLUE 11:00 AM Orangeville Toronto Beaches TRAC - RED 11:00 AM Mimico Whitby TRAC - BLUE 1:00 PM Oakville Kitchener-Waterloo TRAC - RED 1:00 PM St. Catharines Burlington TRAC - BLUE 3:00 PM Orangeville Peterborough TRAC - RED 3:00 PM OJLL Semi Final TRAC - BLUE 5:00 PM OJLL Semi Final TRAC - BLUE 5:00 PM Burlington Six Nations TRAC - RED 7:00 PM Mimico Peterborough TRAC - RED 7:00 PM Kitchener-Waterloo Brampton TRAC - BLUE 9:00 PM Whitby Toronto Beaches TRAC - RED 9:00 PM St. Catharines Oakville TRAC - BLUE 6 Ontario Junior Lacrosse League | 2021 Season AUG 8 Visitor Team Home Team Location 9:00 AM 1st Place in the East vs. 4th Place in the East* TRAC - BLUE 9:00 AM Burlington Brampton TRAC - RED 10:30 AM 2nd Place in the East vs. 3rd Place in the East* TRAC - BLUE 10:30 AM Six Nations Kitchener-Waterloo TRAC - RED OJLL Futures Semi Final 2:30 PM 1st Place in the East vs. 2nd Place in the West TRAC - BLUE OJLL Futures Semi Final 2:30 PM 1st Place in the West vs.