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| Evan Kirk will now join forces with Scott Self and the Peterborough Lakers. (Photo: Tim Prothero) |
Peterborough sent goalie Tyler Carlson, a 3rd round pick in 2016, a 2nd rounder in 2017 and other considerations to the Brampton Excelsiors for Tutton, whom Brampton took with the second overall pick in the 2014 Major Series Lacrosse draft. He's a big, strong lefty transition player who won a pair of Minto Cups with the Whitby Warriors and was a late cut from Canada's team for the 2014 world field lacrosse championships and is expected to be selected in the first half of the 2015 National Lacrosse League Entry Draft.
"We are trying to be bigger, faster and add some youth moving forward, Chad is an excellent player who is very athletic and will just improve over the next decade," Lakers GM Paul Day said.
With Carlson gone, the Lakers made a trade for Kirk, sending the OLA rights to Ben McIntosh, second round picks in 2016 and 2018, a player to be named next year and other considerations to the Kitchener-Waterloo Kodiaks.
"He has had18 wins over the past two regular seasons in the MSL and he has a chip on his shoulder after being traded from Six Nations,” said Day. “He’s a quality goalie at 27 years old, with a great future in the game.”
Below is the full text of the Lakers'
release about the trades:
Peterborough’s
Century 21 Lakers have made two trades obtaining defender Chad Tutton
from Brampton for goalie Tyler Carson and adding Mann Cup champion
goalie Evan Kirk in moves GM Paul Day says are the beginning of
putting the pieces together for the Lakers’ season starting June 4
at the Memorial Centre.
Tutton
is a 6’2” 220 pound Whitby native who lives in nearby Courtice.
He was drafted second overall by Brampton Excelsiors in the 2014
major series lacrosse draft and is expected to be among the top five
in this year’s National Lacrosse League draft. The 22-year-old
defender played for the Whitby Warriors in junior and won two Minto
Cups. He has played for Team Canada field lacrosse teams and is a
senior for North Carolina ‘Tar Heels' university’s field lacrosse
team. He was the first Canadian recruited to the University of North
Carolina by Tar Heels coaching legend Joe Breschi. Tutton is best
known for his consistency, scoring at least one point for the
university team in a 26-game streak. He has made the second team All
ACC and was the team’s fourth leading scorer last season as a
midfielder. In 2012 he was named outstanding freshman. He started box
lacrosse in 1996, was a member of Whitby’s provincial champions in
2006, 2007 and 2008 and was chosen Toronto’s Hill Academy’s
athlete most likely to succeed before heading to the States.
Brampton
received Lakers’ back up goalie Carlson as well as a third round
pick in 2016, a second round pick in 2017 and future considerations
to honour a former agreement with Brampton that didn’t happen
before Day was hired as GM.
Day
said of Tutton: "We are trying to be bigger, faster and add some
youth moving forward, Chad is an excellent player who is very
athletic and will just improve over the next decade."
Meanwhile
to replace Carlson the Lakers obtained goalie Evan Kirk, 27, from
Kitchener for a second round selection in 2016 and a second rounder
in 2018 and future considerations. Kirk has played in the NLL for
Minnesota, Philadelphia and is presently with New England. He was
picked sixth overall by Minnesota in 2011 where he played with Lakers
Andrew Suitor and Andrew
Watt. He starred in U.S. college lacrosse and was captain of
the Hobart team. He was also the Kitchener MSL goalie for three years
with a top goals against average before being dealt to Six Nations in
2013. He won two Mann Cups and last season starred in the OLA
playoffs with goalie partner Brandon
Miller. In March of this year he was dealt back to Kitchener.
"He has had18 wins over the past two regular seasons in the MSL and he has a chip on his shoulder after being traded from Six Nations,” said Day. “He’s a quality goalie at 27 years old, with a great future in the game.”
"He has had18 wins over the past two regular seasons in the MSL and he has a chip on his shoulder after being traded from Six Nations,” said Day. “He’s a quality goalie at 27 years old, with a great future in the game.”
“We're
excited to add both players to our roster and we hope to continue to
improve our team moving forward.”
