Oakville Rock acquire Hayden Smith from Brampton Excelsiors

Hayden Smith (left) has been traded from Brampton to 

Oakville for Connor Daly, Justin Pychel and a draft pick. 

The Oakville Rock and Brampton Excelsiors have completed a trade involving a trio of defenders and a draft pick just over a month ahead of the start of the 2014 Major Series Lacrosse season. Oakville receives defender Hayden Smith, a graduate of the Orangeville Northmen and currently on the practice roster of the Buffalo Bandits, who took him 13th overall in the 2012 National Lacrosse League Entry Draft. The rugged Smith played in 13 games for Brampton last year, collecting three assists and 24 penalty minutes.

In return, the Excelsiors get Connor Daly, Justin Pychel and a first-round pick in the 2015 MSL junior draft. Daly is a graduate of the Burlington Chiefs Jr A program and has played two seasons for the Ajax/Oakville franchise, totalling 13 goals and 12 assists in 31 games played primarily as a defender/transition player, although he did spend occasional time at forward. Daly has also played two years in CLax, one with the Toronto Shooting Stars and this past season winning a Creators Cup championship with the Niagara Lock Monsters.

Pychel spent most of his junior career with with St. Catharines Athletics and finished up his final year with the Six Nations Arrows. He was selected 19th by the Washington (now Vancouver) Stealth in the 2012 NLL draft and got into 18 games last year with the Oakville Rock, for whom he totalled four assists and 29 penalty minutes.

2014 Major Series Lacrosse schedule released

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May 29th	8pm	Brampton	Peterborough
May 31st	7pm	Peterborough	Six Nations
June 1st	6pm	Six Nations	Kitchener
June 2nd	8pm	Peterborough	Oakville
June 4th	8pm	Brampton	Brooklin
June 5th	8pm	Brooklin	Peterborough
June 7th	7pm	Brampton	Six Nations
June 8th	6pm	Brooklin	Kitchener
June 9th	8pm	Six Nations	Oakville
June 10th	8pm	Kitchener	Brooklin
June 12th	8pm	Oakville	Peterborough
June 12th	8pm	Six Nations	Brampton
June 14th	7pm	Brooklin	Six Nations
June 14th	7pm	Brampton	Kitchener
June 16th	8pm	Kitchener	Oakville
June 18th	8pm	Peterborough	Brooklin
June 19th	8pm	Six Nations	Peterborough
June 21st	7pm	Oakville	Six Nations
June 22nd	6pm	Six Nations	Kitchener
June 23rd	8pm	Brooklin	Oakville
June 25th	8pm	Oakville	Brooklin
June 26th	8pm	Six Nations	Peterborough
June 26th	8pm	Kitchener	Brampton	Brampton Memorial
June 28th	7pm	Peterborough	Six Nations
June 29th	6pm	Oakville	Kitchener
June 30th	8pm	Peterborough	Oakville
July 2nd	8pm	Brampton	Brooklin
July 3rd	8pm	Brooklin	Peterborough
July 3rd	8pm	Six Nations	Brampton
July 5th	7pm	Kitchener	Six Nations
July 5th	8pm	Brooklin	Brampton
July 6th	6pm	Peterborough	Kitchener
July 7th	8pm	Brampton	Oakville
July 9th	8pm	Kitchener	Brooklin
July 10th	8pm	Oakville	Peterborough
July 10th	8pm	Brooklin	Brampton
July12th	7pm	Brampton	Six Nations
July 13th	6pm	Oakville	Kitchener
July 14th	8pm	Kitchener	Oakville
July 14th	7pm	Peterborough	Brampton
July 16th	8pm	Peterborough	Brooklin
July 17th	8pm	Oakville	Brampton
July 17th	8pm	Kitchener	Peterborough
July 20th	6pm	Brampton	Kitchener
July 21st	8pm	Brooklin	Oakville
July 22nd	8pm	Kitchener	Brampton
July 23rd	8pm	Six Nations	Brooklin
July 24th	8pm	Brampton	Peterborough
July 26th	7pm	Oakville	Six Nations
July 27th	6pm	Brooklin	Kitchener
July 28th	8pm	Six Nations	Oakville
July 30th	8pm	Oakville	Brooklin
July 30th	8pm	Kitchener	Six Nations
July 31st	8pm	Peterborough	Brampton

Lakers and Rock exchange star forwards MacIntosh, Jones

The biggest trade of the year thus far sees the Peterborough Lakers send Jordan MacIntosh as well as first round draft picks in 2016 and 2017 to the Oakville Rock for Adam Jones. Jones, currently sitting out in the National Lacrosse League with a separated shoulder for another few weeks, still leads the NLL goals with 25 for the Colorado Mammoth. If John Grant Jr. returns to play with the Lakers again this summer, the trade will reunite the dynamic Mammoth duo in the home of the 2012 Mann Cup champs, who are looking to return to the national title series after falling in the MSL semis last year.

Oakville receives MacIntosh, who is second on the Minnesota Swarm in goals, assists and points. He was named the NLL's transition player of the year in 2013, although he switched from a transition role to primarily playing offence through the second half of last year and has continued to mostly go out the front door this season. Oakville also gets the pair of first round draft choices, which should help to continue the team's efforts to build a team that will be competitive for playoff positioning and eventually a Mann Cup berth.

Brooklin and Oakville consummate trade involving defenders

Mike Lum-Walker (left) is part of a trade for his former

Whitby Warriors teammate Graeme Hossack. 

(Photo: Tim Prothero)

The Brooklin Redmen and Oakville Rock have completed a trade involving four defenders and a draft pick.

Graeme Hossack, whom Oakville took with the third overall pick in the MSL draft last Sunday, heads to Brooklin along with Andrew Smistad. Heading the other way are a pair of players who play for the Toronto Rock in the winter, Mike Lum-Walker and Damon Edwards, as well as a second-round selection in the 2015 MSL draft. 

For more details about the trade, see the story at IL Indoor. 

Major Series Lacrosse draft full results

Round 1

Oakville Rock: Rob Hellyer, Orangeville Northmen

Brampton Excelsiors: Chad Tutton, Whitby Warriors

Oakville (from KW): Graeme Hossack, Whitby Warriors

Brooklin Redmen: Jake Weidner, Brampton Excelsiors

Kitchener-Waterloo Kodiaks (from Peterborough via Ajax via Six Nations): Cody McMahon, Orangeville Northmen

Brampton (from Six Nations): Brandon Benn, Orangeville Northmen

Brampton (from St. Regis): Alexis Buque, Whitby Warriors

Round 2

Oakville: Patrick Miles, Brampton Excelsiors

Brampton: Luc Magnan, Toronto Beaches/Six Nations Arrows

Oakville (from KW via Brampton): Patrick Root, Burlington Chiefs

Brooklin: Lyle Thompson, Caughnawaga Sr B

Oakville (from Peterborough via KW): Bradley Kri, Orangeville Northmen

KW (from Six Nations): Blair Goss, Orangeville Northmen

Belanger and O'Connor switch clubs in MSL trade

The Oakville Rock and Brampton Excelsiors have completed a major trade that sends a pair of young stars to new teams in exchange for each other. Oakville receives 2013 MSL Rookie of the Year Ethan O'Connor while Brampton gets goaltender Tye Belanger.

O'Connor scored 16 points in 18 games for the Excelsiors last year while showing continually improving defence. He was the Toronto Rock's first-round pick in the 2013 National Lacrosse League Entry Draft and has played in both of their games so far in the 2014 season.

Belanger is in his third year with the Colorado Mammoth in the NLL. He originally came to the Rock from Peterborough before last season in a trade that sent Andrew Suitor to the Lakers.

First trade of 2014 involves a first-round draft pick

The Oakville Rock and Kitchener-Waterloo Kodiaks have consummated a trade just over a week before the Major Series Lacrosse draft is to be held. Oakville gets transition player Scott Johnston, Brad Gillies and KW's first round pick, third overall, in this year's draft, which will be held on Sunday January 19 in Whitby. In return, the Kodiaks get a handful of players that includes Darryl Veltman, Jay Card, Dean Hill, and Jake and John Quarrie as well as a third round pick in the draft.