OTCB Podcast

This week on the #OTCBPodcast we continue our #NLLDraft prospect watch with projected Top5 pick Ryan Smith, and chat with newly appointed VP of Lacrosse Operations and GM of the expansion Fort Worth team Bob Hamley. Hamley has seen and done nearly all there is to do in the NLL over a 30 year career but now he gets the chance to build his very own team from the ground up, after being named VP of La...

This week on the #OTCBPodcast we continue to spotlight the top 5 prospects for the upcoming #NLLDraft, with Jeff Henrick. A former captain of the vaunted Orangeville Northmen, and a 2x captain at OSU, Henrick has future NLL leadership written all over him and a pro-ready game to match. Plus, more and more American street-free-agents are getting picked up by NLL clubs, with hopes they can make the...

This week on the #OTCBPodcast we continue our #NLLDraft Prospect Watch with projected top5 pick, Reid Bowering. The Coquitlam BC product has seen many of his teammates drafted to the #NLL and he's thoroughly excited for the opportunity to join them. He's headed back to Drexel University for his 5th year of eligibility but will also start to work on his MBA. A three time Captain of the Jr Adanacs,...

This week on the OTCBPodcast we bring you the present and the future of lacrosse. First up is Tre Leclaire who is an expected top5 pick in next month's NLL Draft. The White Rock, BC native is headed back to THE Ohio State for a 5th year of college but he's extremely excited for his chance to play in the NLL. Then, it's the PLL Championship Series MVP Zed Williams. After dropping six goals in the f...

This week on the OTCBPodcast we welcome back our field lacrosse guru and all round decent dude, Kyle Devitte. Covering the PLL Championship Series from afar hasn't been easy for any of us but Devitte continues to pump out gold with each key strike. His LacroCity newsletter continually covers the biggest stories in the lacrosse world while adding some harmless humour and creative spins. But our foc...

This week on the OTCBPodcast, we welcome the newest GM of the New York Riptide, Jim Veltman. The NLL Hall of Famer has spent some time behind an NLL bench but this will be his first go as a General Manager- needless to say, he's excited for the opportunity. He'll have some very familiar faces running the bench and now it's time to fill out the Tide's roster after a lacklustre expansion season. As...

This week on the OTCBPodcast we welcome back to the show Brad Self and Kyle Hartzell. Self was just named the GM of the Mammoth after serving as AGM last year along side Pat Coyle. Trading captain Dan Coates wasn't an easy move but professional lacrosse is a business and sometimes you have to make hard business decisions. However, he's doing all he can to make this team bigger, stronger and faster...

This week. on the OTCBPodcast we welcome The Deputy, Jessica Berman back to the show. Riding shotgun with Commissioner Sakiewicz, Berman has been very busy working behind the scenes helping the NLL works its way through these unusual times as they prepare for the league's 35th season. We cover a lot of topics from expansion, a new start date, how her family is dealing with Covid life, her son's mu...

This week on the #OTCBPodcast we welcome the 2019-2020 #NLL MVP Shayne Jackson to the show, Having spent his entire NLL career with the Swarm organization, Jackson has ben Mr Consistent over the last eight seasons. Only once has he had less than 60pts in a season, he's played 136 straight games, has an NLL title to his name and now, an MVP trophy. While some may have been surprised by his win, it...

This week on the OTCBPodcast we welcome back to the show, Zack Greer. Recently named the Comeback Player of the Year in the NLL by the folks at The Lacrosse Flash, Greer was having an incredible rejuvenation in the sunshine of Southern California. After two injury filled seasons in Denver and a busy life way from lacrosse, Greer opted to take 2019 off. In just 12 games with the Seals, he was on pa...

This week on the #OTCBPodcast we welcome #GoodVictori Boy, Jesse King back to the show. It's be a rough couple season's for the 3rd overall pick in the 2015 #NLLDraft. After two great seasons in Georgia, King was sent to Calgary and unfairly bit by the injury bug worse than any young athlete should be. He was rehabbing his most recent injury with plans to return to the Roughnecks' when the pandemi...

This week on the #OTCBPodcast we welcome back Rich Lisk from the New York Riptide and GFSports. After making the tough decision to leave The Casino for The Island, Lisk had an even tougher decision in relieving GM/HC Regy Thorpe and his coaching staff of their duties. It won't be easy turning a 1-12 expansion team into a #Premier club in the NLL but with #Passion #Pride and #Promise, Lisk already...

This week on the #OTCBPodcast we welcome Trevor Baptiste to the show to have a very important and powerful conversation. What is happening in the United States right now is incredibly hard to watch but at the same time, hearing from Black athletes like Trevor and other People of Colour who have been the focus of racist acts is just as heartbreaking. Nobody should ever feel scared to stand up for t...

This week on the OTCBPodcast we welcome back fan favourite and all-round beauty Gavin Prout. The guy has nearly as many properties as titles so it's safe to say a life in lacrosse can pay off in the end. Prouter has won 6 of the 8 biggest titles in all of lacrosse; a two time Minto Cup winner with Whitby, a Mann Cup with Brooklin, an FIL and WILC with Canada, he captained Colorado to the 2006 NLL...

This week on the #OTCBPodcast we take a break from 20 questions and welcome the Commissioners from the both the NLL and WLA on to the show, to talk about their status moving forward during these wild and crazy times. First off, Nick Sakiewicz of the NLL is still hopeful that they can crown a champion for the 2019/2020 season but they are facing two fairly large barriers; the boarder and player Vis...

This week on the #OTCBPodcast we welcome back the man of style, Kyle Jackson of the Halifax Thunderbirds. KJ47 has been on the show before but this is the first time as a 'soon to be father'! He and wife Dana found out they will be proud parents of a baby girl in 2021 so we offer a couple name suggestions. We also talk about 'Coffee with Kyle', his online website where he blogs, vlogs and pods abo...

This week on the OTCBPodcast we welcome in, Inspector Cloutier for another edition of 20 in 20. Chris Cloutier has a knack for lighting the lamp and scoring some real timely goals. Case in point the 9 goals he had vs Loyola in the NCAA tournament, or the OT winner vs Maryland to give UNC their first title since 1991! However, his rookie season in the NLL was a bumpy one and he only lasted 7 games...

This week on the #OTCBPodcast we continue our 20 in 20 series with the man who scored 'The Goal' 20 years ago this summer, Kaleb Toth. 'We all squeezed the stick and we all pulled the trigger'- sure, a Tragically Hip line from a song about the Toronto Maple Leafs but it's a very apropos line to use when describing the shot from Toth, to lift the Toronto Rock past the Rochester Knighthawks in the 2...

This week on the #OTCBPodcast, Jordan Hall - #20 of the Georgia Swarm- joins us for another round of 20 in 20. Hall, hails from Surrey BC and was one of the best young players in the province while in Intermediate and it helped him land a 4 year scholarship at the University of Delaware. He was a key cog in their 2007 run to the NCAA Final Four and helped the Blue Hens land Curtis Dickson. Since h...

This week on the #OTCBPodcast we bring you another instalment of the #OTCB20in20 with the man the call Superman, Curtis Dickson of the Calgary Roughnecks. Dickson has been in the league since the Battle of Alberta was a real thing in the NLL, so he's seen a thing or two but he's also scored a few times in those battles so he's definitely plays the villain role very well. His path to the NLL from P...

This week on the OTCBPodcast, we got some sad news. The #NLL has decided to forgo the remainder of the regular season due to the on going Corona Virus epidemic. We all figured this news would come but it doesn't make it any easier to hear. The Commissioner Nick Sakiewicz joins the show to update us on the latest news, and let the fans know the league is sourcing every option to try and crown a cha...

This week on the OTCBPodcast we bring you instalment three of the OTCB 20 in 20. Joining us is the 20th overall selection in the 2019 NLL Entry Draft, Alex Pace of the Philadelphia Wings. Pace hails from Halifax, NS and having grown up playing all sorts of sports, he's thrilled to see the NLL having success in his home town. His lacrosse career has gone form the maritimes to St. Catharines where h...

This week on the OTCBPodcast, we're in full lockdown mode due to 'The 19', Bear and I are hangin' in there, and we've got another great guest. Brad Kri of the Toronto Rock is the second guest to join us for 20 questions as we try and fill the void in lieu of lacrosse, sports and regular day normalcy. The Acton, ON native has a Founders, Minto and Mann Cup titles on his resume and it's allowed him...

This week on the OTCBPodcast we are are joined by the Commissioner of the NLL, Nick Sakiewicz as well Colorado Mammoth back-up goalie Tyler Carlson. Our interview with the Commissioner was recorded 24hrs before the NLL announced the suspension of the season due to the Corona Virus; following suit with most other major professional leagues in North America. So while some of the context is now moot,...

This week on the #OTCBPodcast we check in on the two expansion clubs as their first #NLL seasons are drawing to a close. First up is Dan Carey, the GM of the Knighthawks who did a wonderful job in both drafts to help his team get off on the right foot. They picked up their second win of the season this past weekend and if not for a few bad bounces they really could have a few more wins under their...