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First Pitch: 8/19/2026, 7:38:44 PM

Final Out: 8/19/2026, 11:38:30 PM

Time of Game: 4h 0m

2B: Christian Ortega, Dennis Dei Baning, Tim Holyk

HR: Yasiel Puig 2, Brody Black, Christian Kuzemka 3, Andrew Savage, AJ Karosas

SB: Francisco Martinez

GIDP: Yasiel Puig, Yolki Pena

HBP: Yasiel Puig, Marcus Knecht, Brody Black 2, Tim Holyk

LOB: Brantford Red Sox 5, Toronto Maple Leafs 9

Stadium: Dominico Field

Umpires: HP: Oliver Francescutto • 1B: Jeff Rose • 3B: David Phillips

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Blue Jays assistant pitching coach Sam Greene stopped by the Maple Leafs Broadcast booth on Saturday night to talk about his days a Leaf and life as a coach.

Sam Greene spent three season with the Maple Leafs organization before getting his job with the Blue Jays and helping them reach the World Series in 2025 vs the LA Dodgers.

Enjoy Thomas West's interview with Sam Greene during the Maple Leafs broadcast as they took on the Chatham-Kent Barnstormers.

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First Pitch: 8/5/2026, 7:35:00 PM

Final Out: 8/5/2026, 11:37:25 PM

Time of Game: 4h 2m

2B: JJ Dutton, Reyny Reyes, Tyler Duncan, Yordan Manduley, Jommer Hernandez

HR: Evan Magill, Matt Brandt, Brandon Nicoll 2, Jommer Hernandez

SB: Darlin German, Brando Leroux

CS: Brandon Nicoll

GIDP: Darlin German

HBP: Evan Magill, Yordan Manduley

LOB: Hamilton Cardinals 11, Toronto Maple Leafs 7

Stadium: Dominico Field

Umpires: HP: James Liles • 1B: Scott Costello

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The Canadian Baseball League made its professional debut at Christie Pits in Toronto on May 10th 2026.

The Maple Leafs took on the Kitchener Panthers in a game that had a wide variety of baseball fans tuning in.

The most popular player in the game was former MLB All-Star Yasiel Puig who was making his debut in the new league.

Game Notes

2B: Yosvani Penalver, Yosuke Fujie, Malik Williams, Yordan Manduley

HR: Trent Lawson, Yasiel Puig 2, Dennis Dei Baning

SB: Yosvani Penalver, Rafael Gross

CS: Yosvani Penalver, Kyle Poapst

SF: Matthew Fabian

GIDP: Yunior Ibarra, Malik Williams, Marcus Knecht

HBP: Petey Kiefer, Rafael Gross 2, Yunior Ibarra, Matthew Fabian, Marcus Knecht

WP: Wilgenis Alvarado

LOB: Kitchener Panthers 9, Toronto Maple Leafs 5

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Every year thousands of young hockey players are drafted to a team in the CHL. Some make it some do not, but for most players it's not a straight line to archive their goal.

Ben Pickell recently finished his junior hockey career playing for the Sarnia Sting of the Ontario Hockey League. His journey to get to this point was a rollercoaster with many challenges along the way.

In this episode of the Sideline Podcast we explore Ben's journey from being drafted to the OHL to now playing at Robert Morris University.

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The Pickering Panthers and Stouffville Spirit met in round 2 of the Buckland Cup Playoffs.

Pickering jumped out to end early series lead but it ended up being a tightly contested series between the 2 teams.

Game 6:

Stouffville Spirit 2 at Pickering Panthers 4 - Status: Final
Tuesday, March 31, 2026 - Chestnut Hill Developments Recreation Complex

Stouffville 2 0 0 - 2
Pickering 0 0 4 - 4

1st Period-1, Stouffville, Martineau 4 (Armstrong, Corte), 1:14 (PP). 2, Stouffville, Windle 2 (Saroglou), 2:08. Penalties-Ferroni Pic ((minor) hooking), 1:06; Radley Sto ((minor) holding), 6:18; Armstrong Sto ((minor) roughing), 12:58.

2nd Period- No Scoring.Penalties-served by Windle Sto ((minor) delay of game), 2:59; Radley Sto ((minor) interference), 9:59; Boyle Sto ((minor) tripping), 11:44; Ferroni Pic ((minor) hooking), 15:28.

3rd Period-3, Pickering, Protopapas 3 (Indovina, Ciarallo), 5:04. 4, Pickering, Key 3 (Dean), 7:24. 5, Pickering, Ciarallo 2 (Indovina, Secko), 19:28. 6, Pickering, Key 4   19:31 (EN). Penalties-Secko Pic ((minor) slashing), 2:34; Breckles Sto ((minor) slashing), 9:06; Kavc Pic ((minor) slashing), 9:06; Demiglio Sto ((minor) interference), 9:41; Dean Pic ((minor) boarding), 11:33; Saroglou Sto ((minor) illegal equipment), 14:22; McKee Sto (inciting an opponent), 19:31; Armstrong Sto ((game misc.) disrespectful and abusive behavior), 19:34; Smith Sto (inciting an opponent), 19:34; Street Sto ((minor + gm, (major + gm) fighting) instigator/aggressor, (major + gm) fighting), 19:34; Kavc Pic ((major + gm) fighting), 19:34.

Shots on Goal-Stouffville 7-8-13-28. Pickering 18-10-14-42.
Power Play Opportunities-Stouffville 1 / 4; Pickering 0 / 8.
Goalies-Stouffville, Sabourin (41 shots-38 saves). Pickering, Sciere (28 shots-26 saves).
A-276
Referees-Andrew Thompson, Steve Sidey.
Linesmen-Mitchell Pulla, -.

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The Pickering Panthers have made it to the national championship against the Brooks Bandits...

This game presents numerous challenges for Pickering. They are playing their third game in 3 days and lost 9-1 to Brooks last meeting.

The Panthers know that to beat Brooks that have to do something different.

In this episode we put a bow on Beyond the Buck and dive into the Panthers game plan to try and win the Centennial Cup.

Thank you to everyone who tuned into the 8 episode series... stay tuned for more stories in the future! 

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After a 3-1 win on the road the Pickering Panthers find themselves in a favourable 1-0 series lead over Stouffville playing their next 2 games at home.

Stouffville Spirit 0 at Pickering Panthers 4 - Status: Final
Sunday, March 22, 2026 - Chestnut Hill Developments Recreation Complex

Stouffville 0 0 0 - 0
Pickering 2 1 1 - 4

1st Period-1, Pickering, Mallory 3 (Indovina, Key), 10:17 (PP). 2, Pickering, Costante 2 (Kavc, Dean), 16:17. Penalties-McKee Sto ((minor) hooking), 3:31; Ethier Pic ((minor) hooking), 6:07; Martineau Sto ((minor) roughing), 9:43; Sitlani Sto ((minor) slashing), 9:43; Kavc Pic ((minor) slashing), 9:43; McKee Sto ((minor) roughing), 17:18; Bruce Pic ((minor) roughing), 17:18.

2nd Period-3, Pickering, Key 2 (Costante, Ciarallo), 14:51 (PP). Penalties-Costante Pic ((minor) cross-checking), 3:59; Martin Sto ((minor) roughing), 7:46; Demiglio Sto ((minor) hooking), 14:00; Dean Pic ((minor) tripping), 15:14.

3rd Period-4, Pickering, Bruce 1 (Robar, Ethier), 2:30. Penalties-Indovina Pic ((minor) tripping), 4:51; Street Sto ((major + gm, (minor + gm) instigator/aggressor) fighting, (minor + gm) instigator/aggressor), 9:00; Costante Pic ((minor) slashing), 14:25; Armstrong Sto ((minor) roughing), 14:43; Ciarallo Pic ((minor) hooking), 14:43.

Shots on Goal-Stouffville 6-8-13-27. Pickering 10-9-8-27.
Power Play Opportunities-Stouffville 0 / 5; Pickering 2 / 5.
Goalies-Stouffville, Sabourin (27 shots-23 saves). Pickering, Sciere (27 shots-27 saves).
A-353
Referees-Mike Ricica, Nick Myers.
Linesmen-Sheldon Calbury, Daniel Eden.

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The Pickering Panthers and Wellington Dukes met in the 1st round of the OJHL playoffs. Pickering came in as the 3 seed in the east conference.

Pickering took 4 straight games to sweep the series. They will face Stouffville next round.

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The Pickering Panthers take on the Wellington Dukes in game 1 of a best of 7 series at the Pickering Recreation Complex.

Pickering comes in as the 6 seed after placing 3rd in the OJHL east conference. 

Wellington Dukes 3 at Pickering Panthers 6 - Status: Final
Friday, March 6, 2026 - Chestnut Hill Developments Recreation Complex

Wellington 1 2 0 - 3
Pickering 3 1 2 - 6

1st Period-1, Wellington, Carrier 1 (Trudel, Williams), 1:14. 2, Pickering, Kavc 1 (Bruce, Ethier), 8:24. 3, Pickering, Indovina 1 (Ferroni), 18:06. 4, Pickering, Mallory 1 (Costante, Key), 19:57 (PP). Penalties-Trudel Wel ((minor) roughing), 11:17; Kavc Pic ((minor) cross-checking), 13:37; Williams Wel (roughing after whistle), 18:54.

2nd Period-5, Wellington, Mascard 1 (Tucker), 4:38. 6, Wellington, Carrier 2 (Trudel, Grasby), 16:06 (PP). 7, Pickering, Mallory 2 (Costante, Key), 18:57 (PP). Penalties-Lavigne Pic ((minor) slashing), 5:26; served by Lee Wel ((minor) too many players), 7:02; Grasby Wel ((minor) cross-checking), 9:25; Colangelo Pic ((minor) high sticking), 12:00; Erwin Wel ((minor) slashing), 14:32; Ferroni Pic ((minor) slashing), 14:32; Indovina Pic ((minor) hooking), 15:00; Carrier Wel ((minor) high sticking), 18:44; Erwin Wel ((minor) roughing), 20:00.

3rd Period-8, Pickering, Indovina 2 (Elliott, Ciarallo), 11:00. 9, Pickering, Colangelo 1 (Lavigne, Kavc), 17:58. Penalties-Ellis Wel ((minor) hooking), 12:36.

Shots on Goal-Wellington 5-9-9-23. Pickering 22-11-16-49.
Power Play Opportunities-Wellington 1 / 4; Pickering 2 / 7.
Goalies-Wellington, Riley (49 shots-43 saves). Pickering, Sciere (23 shots-20 saves).
A-427
Referees-Greg Edwards, Mike Ricica.
Linesmen-Matthew Henderson, Justine Todd.

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