A year after losing the Canadian University Field Lacrosse Association’s Baggataway Cup to the McGill Redmen, the Western Mustangs men’s lacrosse team found redemption. Their near perfect 2016 season was capped with an 11-7 win over the Trent Excalibur on November 6th as they claimed their fourth CUFLA championship and first since 2001. Senior Ryan Myles… Continue reading CUFLA: Western Mustangs claim championship
The Toronto Rock will look a little different in 2017. After a disappointing 2016 season, the team has vowed to get younger and faster, and their first steps toward doing so came at the draft in September on their home turf at the TRAC. Toronto got faster with the addition of Challen Rogers, a 22-year-old… Continue reading NLL: Rock get younger and faster at draft
Originally published at https://sheridanprblog.com/2016/10/28/a-political-pr-nightmare/ A Globe and Mail inquiry started a firestorm for the Canadian government in September, as the national newspaper suggested that Maryam Monsef, minister of democratic institutions, was born not in Afghanistan, but Iran. Monsef won Peterborough’s MP seat on a platform of being Canada’s first refugee MP. It has left Trudeau’s government… Continue reading A political PR nightmare
The National Lacrosse League (NLL) recently launched NLL Productions, a subdivision of their communications department focused on creating video content for web platforms. It’s a small operation right now – Toronto’s Mia Gordon is their only reporter. She works out of the Toronto Rock Athletic Centre in Oakville, while the rest of the NLL’s front… Continue reading PR Profile: Mia Gordon
Tony DeHart was drafted in the seventh round by the London Knights in 2006. The Knights were the only OHL team that spoke with the now 18-year-old defenseman prior to that years’ draft. He says that it was exciting being drafted, but even more exciting when he learned he had been traded to Oshawa this… Continue reading Tony DeHart: A Time to Lead
When Neil Conway was traded to the Oshawa Generals this past season, it felt a little like a homecoming. Conway made history at the General Motors Centre on November 3, 2006, by winning the first OHL game ever played at Oshawa’s new arena as a member of the Owen Sound Attack. The 21-year-old goaltender played… Continue reading At Home Anywhere
Generals defenseman says it might be time to hang up the skates After a conversation with Matt Seegmiller, one word comes to mind: mature. The 20-year-old Oshawa Generals defenseman, who just finished his third full year in the Ontario Hockey League, chooses his words carefully when talking to others. He’s not content to rattle off… Continue reading Cleaning out the cobwebs
January 9, 2009, was a dark day for Oshawa hockey fans, and this season, at least, things have just gone from bad to worse since the London Knights broke our hearts. The Generals have a record of six wins and 17 losses since January 9, and have only two wins in their last 10 games.… Continue reading Column: The Tavares trade, two months later
