Major Series Lacrosse Announces 2019 Entry Draft Selections Schedule Cobourg, ON – January 18, 2019 – The 2019 Ontario Major Series Lacrosse (MSL) Entry Draft of graduating junior-aged players will take place on Sunday, January 27th at the Cobourg Community Centre in Cobourg, Ontario. The Entry Draft is scheduled to begin at approximately 2:00PM. Results will be live-tweeted and fans are encouraged to following along with @MajorSeriesLax. Full results will be posted online following the selections at both www.ontariolacrosse.com and www.majorserieslacrosse.ca. A total of 30 players over five rounds will be drafted by the six MSL teams. The tentative draft order is found below, but the order may change based on trades or agreements between the teams’ general managers. Of note is the fact that the Brampton Excelsiors have 9 of the 30 available selections (30%) to be made in the 2019 Entry Draft, including five of the 12 available selections in the first two rounds. Round 4 is the first round where all six MSL teams will have made a selection. 2019 Major Series Lacrosse Entry Draft Order Round 1 Selection Overall Round 4 Selection Overall Cobourg Kodiaks 1 1 Cobourg Kodiaks 1 19 Brampton Excelsiors 2 2 Brampton Excelsiors 2 20 Brooklin Redmen 3 3 Brooklin Redmen 3 21 Brampton Excelsiors 1 4 4 Oakville Rock 4 22 Brooklin Redmen 2 5 5 Peterborough Lakers 5 23 Cobourg Kodiaks 3 6 6 Six Nations Chiefs 6 24 Round 2 Selection Overall Round 5 Selection Overall Cobourg Kodiaks 1 7 Cobourg Kodiaks 1 25 Cobourg Kodiaks 4 2 8 Brampton Excelsiors 2 26 Brooklin Redmen 3 9 Brooklin Redmen 3 27 Brampton Excelsiors 5 4 10 Six Nations Chiefs 4 28 Brampton Excelsiors 6 5 11 Oakville Rock 5 29 Brampton Excelsiors 7 6 12 Peterborough Lakers 6 30 Round 3 Selection Overall MSL Total Draft Selections by Team: Cobourg Kodiaks 1 13 Brampton Excelsiors: 9 selections Brampton Excelsiors 2 14 Cobourg Kodiaks: 7 selections Brooklin Redmen 3 15 Brooklin Redmen: 6 selections Brampton Excelsiors 4 16 Oakville Rock: 3 selections Oakville Rock 5 17 Peterborough Lakers: 3 selections Peterborough Lakers 6 18 Six Nations Chiefs: 2 selections 2019 Major Series Lacrosse Entry Draft Notes Six Nations receives player Tyson Bell in exchange for players Marty Hill, Jacob Crans, Joe Maracle and Six Nations’ 1st round 1 Via trade with Six Nations Chiefs selection in the 2019 Entry Draft, 3rd round selection in 2020 and 2nd round selection in 2021. Oakville receives player Dan Craig in exchange for their 1st round 2 Via trade with Oakville Rock pick of the 2019 Entry Draft to Brooklin. Cobourg trades player Corey Small to Peterborough in exchange 3 Via trade with Peterborough Lakers for players Nick Finlay, Kyle Killen and Peterborough’s 1st round selection in the 2019 Entry Draft. Cobourg receives Brampton’s 2nd round selection in the 2019 Entry 4 Via trade with Brampton Excelsiors Draft for player Brandon Robinson. Six Nations receives player Ethan O’Connor from Brampton for 5 Via trade with Six Nations Chiefs player Tim Edwards and Six Nations 2nd and 3rd round selections in the 2019 Entry Draft. Oakville receives Brampton’s 2nd round selection (10th overall 6 Via trade with Oakville Rock selection) in the 2017 Entry Draft in exchange for Brampton receiving Oakville’s 2nd round selection in the 2019 Entry Draft. Brampton receives Peterborough 1st round selection in the 2018 7 Via trade with Peterborough Lakers Entry Draft and 2nd round selection in the 2019 Entry Draft for player Kyle Buchanan. About Major Series Lacrosse: Major Series Lacrosse (MSL) is the Senior “A” box lacrosse league based in Ontario, Canada and sanctioned for competition by the Ontario Lacrosse Association (OLA). The league is comprised of six teams: Brampton Excelsiors, Brooklin Redmen, Cobourg Kodiaks, Oakville Rock, Peterborough Lakers and Six Nations Chiefs. Each year, the top four playoff teams compete for the right to face the Western Lacrosse Association (WLA) champion for the Mann Cup Senior “A” Box Lacrosse Championship of Canada, which is hosted annually in alternating years between Ontario and British Columbia. In 2018, the Peterborough Lakers defeated the WLA’s Maple Ridge Burrards in Game 4 of the Best of Seven series to capture their 17th franchise Mann Cup Championship title. .