Sinopoli sets CFL record for most catches by a Canadian receiver
HAMILTON — Peterborough native Brad Sinopoli has broken the CFL record for most catches in a season by a Canadian.
The Ottawa Redblacks slotback registered his 113th reception of the year to eclipse the mark of 112 set by former Montreal star Ben Cahoon in 2003.
Sinopoli, a Crestwood Secondary School graduate, broke Cahoon’s record with a reception for a one-yard loss in the third quarter of Ottawa’s road game Saturday with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. He came into the contest needing four catches to surpass Cahoon’s total.
The six-foot-four, 215-pound Sinopoli is in his eighth CFL season and fourth with Ottawa.
The two-time Grey Cup champion is the seventh Canadian to reach the 100-catch plateau in a season, with both Cahoon and Dave Sapunjis doing it twice.
Sinopoli captured the 2010 Hec Crighton Trophy as Canadian university football’s top player as a quarterback with the Ottawa Gee-Gees.