Oosting wins OHA award

Lakefield Chiefs graduating forward Eric Oosting is the Ontario Hockey Association’s 2016-17 Donald Sanderson Memorial Award winner, the OHA announced Friday. Oosting, a Buckhorn native, wrapped up his six-year junior hockey career with the PJHL’s Chiefs in fine fashion. As captain he led the Chiefs to a league title and first place finish. Oosting finished the regular season with 24 goals and 32 assists for 56 points in 40 games, the 4th highest points total in the Orr Division. He was named the Orr Division’s Player of the Month for December and was named the Division’s Most Valuable Player at the end of the season. Oosting had a remarkable career with Lakefield; he was the first player in Chief’s history to record 100 regular season goals and 300 career points and tallied the most points in the last 10 years in the Orr Division. He finished his career with 145 goals and 194 assists for 339 points in 323 regular season and playoff games. Oosting is majoring in chemistry at Trent University where he maintains a 90 per cent average. During his years with the Chiefs he was active in the community; he helped run minor hockey practices, organized sponsorship visits, took part in the Santa Claus parade and helped run the score clock for Lakefield Minor Hockey. The Donald Sanderson Memorial Award is presented annually to an OHA player who shows dedication, discipline, desire and deportment and strong academic performance. The award also includes a $1,000 bursary. Minto Cup in Brampton The Canadian Lacrosse Association (CLA) and Ontario Junior ‘A’ Lacrosse League (OJALL) announce that the 2017 Minto Cup, Canada’s Junior A box lacrosse national championship, will be held in Brampton from Aug. 17 to 29. The event was last held in the Flower City in 2009. “When it was determined that Ontario was next in line to host the Minto Cup, one of Canada’s premier lacrosse championships, the City of Brampton very enthusiastically jumped on board, and the proposal to support the event was passed by City Council,” said Dean McLeod, OJALL commissioner. This year’s games will be played at the historic Brampton Memorial Arena which first opened its doors in 1950 and has witnessed its hometown Excelsiors capture many provincial and national championships over the years, including a Minto Cup in 1952 and for three straight years from 1957-1959.