The CLF organized the 150th Anniversary of Lacrosse Celebration in June 2017. This was a once-in-a-lifetime event that celebrated the history and cultural significance of Canada's national summer sport through a formal event in Montreal, Quebec.

Lacrosse Legends

150th Anniversary of Lacrosse Celebration

John Grant and Jim Wasson – Life-long Teammates and Star Players. They share the willto be the best.

Lacrosse Talks Special - John Grant and Jim Wasson

Don Barrie – Historian, Coach and Player during Peterborough’s Golden Years.

Lacrosse Talks Special - Donald Barrie

Russ Sheppard – Passionate Coach and Teacher featured in The Grizzlies movie.

Lacrosse Talks Special - Russ Sheppard

Jack Fulton – One of the most notable West Coast Builders of the Game

Lacrosse Talks Special - Jack Fulton

Bruce MacDonald and David Stewart-Candy – Accomplished B.C. historians connectedwith the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame and Museum

Lacrosse Talks Special - Bruce MacDonald and David Stewart-Candy

Bobby Allan – One of the great players, coaches and innovators in the game.

Lacrosse Talks Special - Bobby Allan

Lacrosse Talks SpecialDon Fisher – One of North America’s top lacrosse historians

Lacrosse Talks Special - Don Fisher

Peter Black - Season 2Peter led the powerful Vancouver, British Columbia Burrards to the Mann Cup finals five times and four times his mates came away victorious. During his eleven-year playing career, Black participated in 399 games, scoring 443 goals and 320 assists for 763 points. He also shared the rookie-of-the-year award and was on five all-star teams.Whenever Vancouver would play New Westminster, the boys in blue would stick Black on superstar Jack Bionda. Bionda would be in for the time of his life trying to free himself from Black's tenacity. Black wasn't overly strong, but he was tough and very dogged, making him a nightmare to play against. Players knew they were not going to have an easy shift if Black was on the floor against them.After his playing days were over, Peter coached the Burrards for five years, coached the New Westminster juniors for two years, coached minor lacrosse in Coquitlam, and sat on the Board of Governors of the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame

Peter Black - S2

Ernie Mitchell - Season 2Ernie had numerous career playing highlights before he turned to coaching. He was the starting goalie for the NLL Montreal Les Quebecois in 1974-1975. In 1980 in Vancouver, Mitchell and an Iroquois Nations team won silver at the World Box Lacrosse Championship, an event at which he was accorded all-star honours. Mitchell would go on to play for the Akwesasne Warriors Senior B team in the Quebec league in the mid-eighties. In 1990, he ran the Old Sticks loop and his team captured the national crown in B.C.Mitchell's coaching career flourished in the mid-nineties, when the Akwesasne Thunder senior B club he had established in 1993 won two Presidents’ Cup in 1995 and 1997.Mitchell would be the first coach of the Thunder when the club, under owner Fabian Hart, went to the senior A level, and he would come back for a second Thunder coaching stint in 2004.Mitchell was inducted into the Ontario Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 1997 and the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 2007.

Ernie Mitchell - S2

Bruce Wanless - Season 2Bruce is known as one of the game’s greatest defensive players. He was inducted into the Brampton Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 1987 , the Ontario Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 1997 and the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 2002.Bruce did not begin playing until 1955 as a 17 year old. He ended in 1972 having played withthe Brampton Excelsiors mainly, and the professional Detroit team in 1968 and Kitchener in1969. He won three Minto Cups for Brampton and played in four Mann Cups, winning one ofthem for Port Credit as a pick-up.Wanless won the McIntosh Award as OLA Jr. A MVP in 1959, and the OLA Senior A MervMcKenzie Awrd as Best Defensive Player on four occasions. He played against and earned therespect of some of the game’s Legends including: Johnny Davis, Bobby Allan and Jack Bionda.

Bruce Wanless - S2

Bruce Roundpoint - Season 2Bruce was inducted into the Ontario Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 1997 representingAkwesasne. Bruce’s family is known for being important stickmakers for the game, at one timesupplying 97% of the game’s sticks worldwide.He was Captain of the All-Star Native Team that played in the 1980 Commonwealth Games.Bruce played for the Montreal Les Quebecois in the original National LacrosseLeague under legendary coach Jim Bishop.Roundpoint was the scoring champ for both the Akwesasne warriors in 1977 and the CornwallIsland Thunder Birds in 1981.

Bruce Roundpoint - S2

Johnny Davis - Season 2Johnny is the most prolific scorer in the past 60 years of box lacrosse. In his rookie year with Peterborough, Ontario, in 1966 he scored 51 goals and had 69 assists, capping it off with a Mann Cup and a Mike Kelly MVP Medal as the Rookie of the Year. Davis won 4 Minto Cups in his Junior years. For eight seasons John dominated the Ontario Lacrosse Association in scoring and was an 8 time All Star. He ended his career with Montreal of the Professional League in 1975 and scoring 91 points. Davis played Sr. B in Montreal in 1976 and 1977. Johnny Davis ended up with 2 Mann Cups and 2 Mike Kelly Awards.

Johnny Davis - S2

Jim Burke - Season 2Jim won the Jim McFall Award in 1985 for dedication and leadership to the game of lacrosse in Alberta. Burke started field lacrosse in Calgary and co-coached the 1989 U19 National Champions for field lacrosse. He was the winner of the 1991 Joe Nieuwendyk Award for dedication to the growth and development to the sport of lacrosse in Calgary. Burke then became the president of the Alberta Lacrosse Association for four years.Burke served as the Alberta representative to the Board of Directors of the Canadian Lacrosse Association for two years. This grew to becoming a member of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Lacrosse Association for three years and Men’s Field Sector Chair of the Canadian Lacrosse Association for one year. Burke served as the Prairie Director of the Canadian Senior Men’s National team for two years and was a founding member of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Lacrosse Foundation in 1996.Jim Burke became Canadian Lacrosse Association President from 1999 – 2003, and from 2003 to 2019 he served as past-president of the Canadian Lacrosse Association. In 2006, Burke was presented with the Lester B Pearson Award and in 2009 was inducted into the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame as a builder. In 2007, Jim Burke was elected as the chairman of the Canadian Lacrosse Foundation where he currently serves.

Jim Burke - S2

Cam Bomberry - Season 2Cam began playing lacrosse when he was just three years old. He worked his way through the Six Nation’s minor league box lacrosse program and began playing for St. Catherine’s Junior A team when he was 15. He finished his junior career with the Six Nations Arrows and won the Minto Cup in 1992 and was captain of the first Indigenous based franchise to win a Minto Cup and won the Jim McConaghy MVP Trophy. The three-time All-American played NCAA lacrosse with Nazareth College from 1990 to 1994 in Rochester, New York, where he helped his team claim an NCAA championship title in 1992.On top of his minor league and college achievements, Cam was able to play professionally for eight seasons in the NLL with the Buffalo Bandits, the Rochester Knighthawks, and the New Jersey Storm. On the Ontario Lacrosse Association (OLA) circuit, he participated in three Mann Cup titles with the Six Nations Chiefs. His experience also stretches onto a number of national teams. He played for the U19 Canadian Men’s Field Lacrosse Team in 1988, and was a four-time member of Iroquois Nationals team. Cam finished his playing career in the summer of 2006 at the World Championship in London with Team Iroquois, and continues his involvement with the sport through lectures and clinics.

Cam Bomberry - S2

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