Last night @Mark_Grimes was honoured with the King Charles III Coronation Medal in recognition of his decades of public service and the significant impact he has had on both our community and our country. Congrats Dad 🇨🇦🎖️ — a proud moment for our family and everyone who has

RT @fordnation: Today, I’m asking for your vote. I’m asking for a mandate to do whatever it takes to protect Ontario. The stronger the ma….

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This tournament has made me love Brad Marchand and I don’t like it one bit.

Halton Hills lacrosse legend Ryan Oldham taking over Barstool HQ 😂.

True story: I had the same conversation with Jesus in the 4th Quarter #GoIrish

Jordan Faison is my favourite player and not for obvious reasons #GoIrish.

No one wants Notre Dame to win more than my mum, who knows the College Football Playoff alone has the power to ruin Christmas. #GoIrish.

Conn Smythe would be struck by a piece of shrapnel that night and his participation in the war would end. Smythe is famously quoted saying that if he had to go to war again, he would bring lacrosse players.

Conn Smythe’s Sportsman Battery landed in Normandy on July 9, 1944, where they would immediately see action and sustain heavy casualties. On July 25, just after dark, they would come under attack from a Luftwaffe raid that peppered them with incendiary and anti-personnel bombs.

That same fall, nineteen-year-old Ken Dixon received a tryout with the Toronto Maple Leafs. Although he made a strong impression, his NHL dream was cut short just one week later when he was called to serve in WWII.

With 10 minutes left, the Salmonbellies led 9-6, but the Mimico-Brampton Combines rallied to win 10-9 and claim the national championship.

Game 4, the last of the series, was on October 14—the same day the Kinugasa was sunk in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, and Hitler, frustrated by Germany’s failure to capture Stalingrad, purged high-ranking officers in Berlin, including Chief of Staff Franz Halder. This failure

Foster Hewitt, legendary voice of Hockey Night in Canada, was in the gondola, broadcasting the intensity of the series over the CBC radio network.

Injuries and military commitments depleted both rosters. The @Salmonbellies bad luck with injuries continued with sticks lost in transit. Coach “Grumpy” Spring wired west for reinforcements: 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘉𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘛𝘺𝘭𝘦𝘳 𝘈𝘚𝘈𝘗. Tyler, still in Navy uniform, arrived by plane

Back in Ontario, Jack Williams and Archie Dixon, available on weekend furloughs, joined Archie’s brother, nineteen-year old Ontario scoring leader Ken Dixon, to play for the Mimico-Brampton Combines.

With the heart of the team torn out, Victoria United Services fell to the Salmonbellies, who then traveled to Maple Leaf Gardens for a best-of-five Mann Cup series against the Mimico-Brampton Combines.

Just days before the BC playoffs, Army Major Conn Smythe—a Mimico resident and principal owner of the Toronto @MapleLeafs—was called back to Ontario. Williams and Dixon were transferred back to Ontario at the same time.

Victoria United Services dominated the league playoffs, leading to a best two-out-of-three showdown with the New Westminster @Salmonbellies for the provincial title and a chance to travel east for the Mann Cup.

In 1941, Victoria United Services, a powerhouse men's lacrosse team made up of navy sailors and a handful of soldiers stationed around southern Vancouver Island, began blasting its way through the Victoria Senior League. Among them were Mimico’s Jack Williams and Archie Dixon.