The Brooklin Lacrosse Club is a

box lacrosse Box lacrosse, also known as boxla, box, or indoor lacrosse, is an indoor version of lacrosse played mostly in North America. The game originated in Canada in the 1930s, where it is more popular than field lacrosse. Lacrosse is Canada's official ...

team from

Brooklin, Ontario Brooklin is a community in the town of Whitby, Ontario, Canada, north of Central Whitby, at the south junction of Ontario Highways 12 and 7. Brooklin was located primarily in rural area about two decades ago, but it is now part of the urban Wh ...

. Brooklin plays in the

Major Series Lacrosse Major Series Lacrosse (MSL) is a Senior A box lacrosse league based in Ontario, Canada sanctioned by the Ontario Lacrosse Association. Most of the star players in the league play or have played in the National Lacrosse League. Each year, the play ...

(MSL) league (formerly known as Senior "A"). The MSL, and its counterpart, the

Western Lacrosse Association The Western Lacrosse Association (WLA) is a men's Senior A box lacrosse sanctioned by the Canadian Lacrosse Association. It consists of seven teams, based in cities throughout southwestern British Columbia. Each year, the playoff teams battle for ...

, represent the highest level of competitive box lacrosse in Canada. Both league champions compete each September for the

Mann Cup The Mann Cup is the trophy awarded to the senior men's box lacrosse champions of Canada. The championship is a best-of-seven, East vs West series played between the league champions of Major Series Lacrosse, the East, and Western Lacrosse Associa ...

, one of the most historic and treasured sports trophies in Canada. Throughout team history, the Brooklin Lacrosse Club has always been a community based team that represents the best box lacrosse players from Brooklin, Whitby, Durham and nearby regions. The lacrosse club is a non-profit, volunteer operated organization. The team was formerly known as the Brooklin Redmen, a name the team had held since 1966. On April 20, 2019, the team released a statement that it would be dropping the "Redmen" as the team name owing to a growing sensitivity to the use of Native Americans as logos and names for sports teams.

Championships

Mann Cup Canadian Champions (7) : Ontario Senior Champions (10) :

Season-by-season results

Awards

Mike Kelly Memorial trophy (Mann Cup MVP) * 1968 – Joe Tomchyshyn * 1969 – Bill Squire * 1985 – Wayne Colley * 1987 – Jim Meredith * 1990 – Paul Gait * 2000 – Nick Trudeau Bucko MacDonald Trophy (top scorer) * 1969 – Elmer Tran * 1980 – Ken Colley * 1985 – Gil Nieuwendyk * 1986 – John Fusco * 1987 – Derek Keenan * 1988 – Derek Keenan * 1989 – Gary Gait * 1990 – Peter Parke * 1991 – Peter Parke * 1999 – Shawn Williams * 2001 – Shawn Williams * 2004 – Shawn Williams * 2007 – Shawn Williams * 2011 – Shawn Williams * 2012 – Shawn Williams Jim Murphy Trophy (regular season MVP) * 1968 – Sandy Doberstein * 1985 – John Jordan * 1987 – Derek Keenan * 1988 – Derek Keenan * 1989 – Gary Gait * 1990 – Peter Parke * 1991 – John Fusco * 1994 – Paddy O'Toole * 1998 – Rob Blasdell * 2005 – Shawn Williams * 2007 – Shawn Williams * 2011 – Shawn Williams * 2017 – Reilly O'Connor Gene Dopp Memorial Trophy (rookie of the year) * 1969 – Merv Marshall * 1977 – Stan Cockerton * 1980 – Ken Colley * 1983 – Gil Nieuwendyk * 1989 – Gary Gait * 2000 – Gavin Prout * 2008 – Derek Hopcroft Merv McKnzie Trophy (most valuable defenceman) * 1967 – Bob Hanna * 1968 – Paul Tran * 1976 – Peter Vipond * 1978 – Jim Branton * 1980 – Blaine Harrison * 1982 – Fred Upshaw * 1983 – Blaine Harrison * 1987 – Kevin Antram * 1989 – Blane Harrison * 1992 – Greg Lepine * 1994 – Eric Perroni * 2004 – Derek Suddons * 2016 – Graeme Hossack * 2018 – Chris Corbeil Harry Lumley Award (fewest goals against) * 1968 – Justin Howe * 1969 – Merv Marshall & Justin Howe * 1979 – Paul Boland, Kent Wentzell & Wayne Colley * 1980 – Wayne Colley & Kent Wentzell * 1981 – Wayne Colley & Kelvin Linton * 1983 – Wayne Colley & Paul Boland * 1987 – Wayne Colley & Ken Passfield * 1988 – Wayne Colley & Ted Sawicki * 1989 – Wayne Colley & Ted Sawicki * 1990 – Wayne Colley, Ken Passfeild & Chris O'Reilly * 1994 – Paddy O'Toole & Paul Mootz * 1999 – Rob Blasdell & Mike Wye * 2001 – Rob Blasdell, Gee Nash & Phil Wetherup * 2003 – Gee Nash, Ken Barrett & Scott Wylie

Current roster

;Goaltenders ;Runners

;Head coach * Brad MacArthur

;Assistant coaches *

Jason Crosbie Jason Crosbie (born June 25, 1975 in Bowmanville, Ontario) is a Canadian former lacrosse player who is currently an assistant coach in the National Lacrosse League for the New York Riptide. NLL Crosbie began his career in 2001 with the Rochest ...

Derek Suddons Derek Suddons (born October 6, 1978) is a professional lacrosse player who most recently played for the New England Black Wolves of the National Lacrosse League and the Brooklin Redmen of Major Series Lacrosse. A member of the 1997 and 1999 Mint ...

;Scouting director * Clancy Almas

;Video coach * Ryan Preston

;Equipment managers * Paul Wade * Greg Linton

;Trainer * Kaylin Fraser

;General manager * Brad MacArthur

Notable alumni

* Shawn Williams *

Gavin Prout Gavin Prout (born March 13, 1978 in Whitby, Ontario) is a Canadian professional lacrosse player who plays for the Colorado Mammoth in the National Lacrosse League, and formerly of the Hamilton Nationals in Major League Lacrosse. He was also a mem ...

* Brad MacArthur * Gil Niewendyk *

Derek Keenan Derek Keenan (born October 2, 1961, in Oshawa, Ontario) is a former lacrosse player, and current head coach and general manager of the Saskatchewan Rush of the National Lacrosse League. Keenan has won the NLL GM of the Year award and the Les Bartle ...

* Derek Hopcroft * Dan Ball * Stan Cockerton * Wayne Colley * Ken Colley *

Gary Gait Gary Charles Gait (born April 5, 1967) is a Canadian retired Hall of Fame professional lacrosse player and currently the head coach of the men’s lacrosse team at Syracuse University, where he played the sport collegiately. On January 24, 2017, ...

Paul Gait Paul may refer to: *Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name) * Paul (surname), a list of people People Christianity *Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chri ...

* Elmer Tran * Paul Tran * John Fusco * Peter Parke * Eric Perroni * Andy Perroni * Peter Vipond * Mike Gray * Tom Wreggitt * Bill Down * Don Craggs * Ken Lotton * Glen Lotton * Glen Clark * Steve Toll * Blaine Harrison * Paul St. John * Scott McMichael * Ryan McMichael * Mitch McMicahel * Dan Ladouceur * Brad Reed * Nick Trudeau * John Jordan * Bill Callan * Don "Sully" Vipond * Emil Labaj

Hall of fame members

Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame

In addition to these players, the 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, and 1991 teams were inducted.

Ontario Lacrosse Hall of Fame

Team records

References

External links

* {{Official website Ontario Lacrosse Association teams Sport in Whitby, Ontario