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Rich Kilgour Multi-Hall of Fame Player 1 Minto and 4 Mann Cup Championships Standing 6 feet tall and weighing 185 pounds, Rich Kilgour was known for being a defensive specialist. He played his junior lacrosse with St. Catharines winning a Minto Cup in 1990. During his junior career, Kilgour scored 136 goals and 218 assists for a total of 354 points in 88 games while addi n g 145 penalty mi nutes ( impressive numbers for a defensive specialist) . After his junior career, Rich Kilgour was part of four Mann Cup championship team s (Brampton in 1993 and Six Nations in 1994, 1995, 1996). Drafted by the Buffalo Bandits of the National Lacrosse League, Kilgour spent 18 seasons as an integral member of four NLL championship teams. Rich Kilgour served as team captain for 12 seasons for a team that played in eight championship games. He finished his NLL career with 156 points comprised of 107 goals and 249 assists in 200 regular season games. Upon retiring from playing, Rich Kilgour took...

By Pierre Filion pierrefilion@bell.net Before reading this article, it is essential that readers have the opportunity to take into account Lacrosse Canada’s statement of December 5 th called ‘’A new era for Lacrosse Canada’’. It’s on Lacrosse Canada’s website on the home page. A must read. But now here is what we have to say about the ‘’unsigned statement’’. Nothing less than a new ERA. ‘’Lacrosse Canada is entering a new era.’’ Hey that indicates a major change. Usually, an era refers to a long period of time. In geological terms it calls for hundreds of years. We are being told that Lacrosse Canada’s changes will last for a long period of time. All this is following an election in September 2025 where four new members joined the Board of Directors. Four members who seem to have a very high opinion of themselves. Hey, there was an election with many mistakes in the number of votes allocated to each province. Maybe a slight reservation should be presented following an election ama...

By Pierre Filion pierrefilion@bell.net Brace yourselves, this is going to hurt! For the second year in a row Lacrosse Canada will declare a deficit; last year (year ended June 30 th 2024) Lacrosse Canada declared a deficit of 194,749$; this year (year ended June 30 th 2025) Lacrosse Canada has bent over backward to improve on its deficit; the deficit will be 850,155$. Usually , associations present their audited statements at their annual meeting; this year Lacrosse Canada was not in a position to produce its audited statement at the annual meeting of September 26 th and 27 th ; it needed more time (!) and the 2025 audits were circulated in November, five months after the end of the fiscal year. The auditors ’ opinion clearly mentions that their report represents ‘’fairly the financial position of Lacrosse Canada as of June 30 th 2025.’’ The reality is that the deficit (850,155$) is real. Lacrosse Canada will hold a meeting of members , o n or around December 10 th , to...

  Mike French Field Lacrosse Superstar Inducted into 5 Halls of Fame Written by Rad Joseph Growing up in St. Davids, Ontario, Mike French played box lacrosse in St. Catharines and Niagara-on-the-Lake. However, h is greater reputation derived from his success as a field lacrosse player, particularly during his career at Cornell University. Mike French was a three-time All-American player from 1974-1976 . He led the Cornell Big Red to the NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Championship in 1976. He went onto be a co-owner of the Na tional Lacrosse League’s Philadelphia Wings. Playing for the Canadian National Field Lacrosse team in 1974, 1978 and 1982, Mike French was the captain of the Canadian National team who won the 1978 World Lacrosse Championship. The United States team was heavily favoured to win as they had clobbered Canada 28-4 in the round robin portion of the tourn ament . In the title game, Canada defeated the U.S. 17-16 in overtime to win the World title. Cornell Big Red At the ...