Minto Cup Results – Day Three

Gary Groob

Gary Groob has been involved with Lacrosse for the majority of his life, whether playing, coaching, or covering the sport for the media. An avid fan, with a real drive about helping to "grow the game", Gary became part of podcasts about the game in 2010. Through the podcasts, Mr. Groob was given an opportunity to write about lacrosse, and the rest as they say, is history. Through many miles (flying and driving) Gary has made inroads with the National Lacrosse League, Major Series Lacrosse, Ontario Series Lacrosse, the Ontario Lacrosse Association, CUFLA, as well as the Arena Lacrosse League, covering the leagues, their teams, and players, working for, and in concert with all of them. In the year 2019, Mr. Groob was made the media person for the Arena Lacrosse League, voted onto the board of directors of the Brampton Excelsiors Lacrosse Club, as well as being made administrator of the Lacrosse page "Global Lacrosse" with a membership of 14,000+ members in over 90 Countries. Gary was also made an administrator of Lacrosse History Past Present and Future in 2022 with a membership of 19,000+. Gary also has been the media person for Ontario Series Lacrosse (Senior B) since 2023. Mr. Groob also covers the Green Gaels for their excursions to Prague at the Ales Hrebesky tournament since 2022. In 2024, when Major Series Lacrosse was in need of a media person, Gary stepped in as their interim media person. His tasks were running their social media, as well as their website until a full time person was found to fill the role. In 2025 Gary was voted onto the Board of Directors for Ontario Series Lacrosse. Mr. Groob hosts a weekly lacrosse interview show formerly on Spanglish Sports World, and ZingoTV channel 250, now on StreamPunkEnt.com, Youtube, as well as Spotify. Groob also hosts a lacrosse talk show and podcast for All Lacrosse All The Time seen live Sunday nights at 8pm (ET), and archived on the All Lacrosse All The Time YouTube page, as well as Spotify. Gary also wrote a weekly lacrosse editorial column for La Portada Canada News both in print and online for three years from 2021-2024. In 2025, Mr. Groob joined the ownership ranks, becoming a minority owner of StreamPunk Entertainment, ensuring Lacrosse will always have voice in media. Mr. Groob's other sports interests include Hockey, Football, Boxing, Wrestling, and Baseball, competing competitively in Boxing and Wrestling for many years.

Two games were played on day three at the 2025 Minto Cup, at the Meridian Centre in St. Catharines, Ontario. This was the last day of round robin action.

Game One:

Raiders Lacrosse Club 3 vs. Coquitlam Adanacs 11.

The Coquitlam Adanacs made an emphatic statement with an 11-3 win in game five of the 2025 Minto Cup.

While the Raiders defense held strong until the midway point of period two, the Adanacs kept pressing and eventually were rewarded.

Up 2-0 after one, Aiden McDonald, Cody Malawsky, Ryan Colsey, and Nathan Chalmers broke the game open making it 6-0. Dexter Hannigan finally got the Raiders on the board with 0:22 seconds left.

The third was much the same with the Adanacs outscoring the Raiders 5-2, for a dominant 11-3 victory.

Ryan Colsey (2g,1a), Oskar Lucas (2g,1a), Nathan Chalmers (2g,1a), and Cody Malawsky (1g,4a) led the way for Coquitlam.

Russel Bollinger (2g,1a) and Dexter Hannigan (1g,1a) were the offensive sparks for the Raiders.

Game Two:

Orangeville Northmen 10 vs. St. Catharines Athletics 12 in OT

A game that had everything! Big hits, lots of animosity, as well as highlight reel goals. The St. Catharines Athletics outlasted the Orangeville Northmen 12-10 in overtime.

The Athletics trailed after one period 1-0, but tied the game early in the second. The teams went back and forth through most of the period, until goals by Lukas Neilsen and Arrow Booth put the Athletics up by a couple. Liam Matthews and Lukas Neilsen exchanged goals near the end of the second but St. Catharines held the two goal lead at the break.

The third was another wild one! Orangeville scored a pair to tie the game, only to have the Athletics match that to regain their two goal advantage. The Northmen again came back to tie the game, but St. Catharines kept pushing. Chuck Rawson gave the Athletics the lead, only to be answered by Trey Deere of Orangeville. Rawson again scored, this time shorthanded with only 2:31 remaining for St. Catharines, but Liam Matthews would tie the game with 1:07 left to send this wild one to overtime.

It took almost eight minutes before a goal was scored in extra time. Ari Steenhuis went coast to coast scoring to the glove side of Evan Constantopoulis, followed by Keaton Zavitz with a low to low laser for St. Catharines to win the game 12-10.

Lukas Neilsen (4g,1a), and Chuck Rawson (3g,3a) led the way for St. Catharines.

Liam Matthews (3g,7a), Max Kruger (4g,2a), and Trey Deere (2g,2a) led the Northmen offense.

Final Standings:

Orangeville………2-1
Coquitlam………..2-1
St. Catharines….2-1
X-Calgary…………0-3

X – Eliminated from competition

A one game semi-final game between Coquitlam and St. Catharines will be played Tuesday night at 7:30 pm, at the Meridian Centre in St. Catharines, Ontario.

The winner will face Orangeville in a best of three final, starting Thursday night at 7:30 pm at the Meridian Centre.