Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame

Class of 2026 - PLAYER Inductees

The Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame (CLHOF) announced its twelve-member class of 2026. The Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will take place on October 24, 2026 in New Westminster, British Columbia.

The 2026 Player class includes five players:

Glenn Clark

His playing career saw him win multiple championships. He was on winning teams internationally, in the National Lacrosse League and the Ontario Lacrosse Association Senior “A” League. He is a five-time NLL Champion with the Toronto Rock winning in 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003 and 2005. He won three Mann Cup Championships with the Brooklin Lacrosse Club in 1990 and 2000 along with the Coquitlam Adanacs in 2001. Glenn Clark was a three-time NLL All-Star. He also won a Gold Medal as a member of Team Canada in the 2003 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship. 

John Grant Junior

Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, John Grant Jr. has earned induction into the National Lacrosse League Hall of Fame, Major League Lacrosse Hall of Fame, the Pro Lacrosse Hall of Fame, the Peterborough and District Sports Hall of Fame and the University of Delaware Lacrosse Hall of Fame. With a career which spanned more than two decades, he won five Mann Cup championships (2004, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2012) including win MVP honors in 2004 and 2007. In addition, Grant has won five MLL Championships, an NLL Championship, five World Championships with Team Canada, three MLL MVP awards, two NLL MVP honors, USILA National Collegiate Player of the Year, and USILA National Collegiate Attackman of the Year recognition.

VETERAN PLAYERS

Grant Hamilton

Grant Hamilton played his entire career as a Victoria Shamrock winning a Minto Cup with the Victoria-Esquimalt Legion in 1988 and three Mann Cups with the Shamrocks in 1997, 1999, and 2003. In 347 career Senior “A” games, he scored 275 goals and 351 assists for a total of 626 points.

Karolyn Karpun

Beginning her box lacrosse career as a goalie, Karolyn switched to a forward position and then later to defense. She was a valuable player in both positions. Karolyn is one of only eight players in Canada who played in the gold medal game in four out of five Dorothy Robertson Cup Canadian Senior Women’s Box Lacrosse Championships! Her team won two national titles.

She won ten Canadian national senior women’s field lacrosse championships (Dorothy Robertson Cup) between 1983 and 1993. She was selected to the Canadian National Squad each of those ten years. Karoline was recognized along with her B.C. Selects teammates, when the team was inducted into the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 2014.

Bruce Murray

Bruce Murray played his Minor, Junior and Senior Lacrosse in Coquitlam and continues to contribute at all levels. The 6’1” 250 pounder was very mobile and combined size, strength, skill and leadership to be a top-level defender. Bruce checked hard and led by example vocally and through his very presence on the floor. In the NLL he played for the Vancouver Ravens, Anaheim Storm, Arizona Sting, Colorado Mammoth and Edmonton Rush.

Bruce Murray played for teams which were successful including 1998 Coquitlam Adanacs – Mann Cup Finalist; Team Canada World Lacrosse Gold Medal in 2003; Coquitlam Adanacs Mann Cup Finalist in 2007 and the Arizona Sting – NLL Champion Cup finalist in 2007. Bruce Murray scored 6 goals and recorded 45 assists in his 138-game career with the Vancouver Ravens, Anaheim Storm, Arizona Sting, Colorado Mammoth and Edmonton Rush. He began playing during the 2002 season and ended his career in 2011.