Former Peterborough Laker Tracey Kelusky Inducted Into the Ontario Lacrosse Hall of Fame

Former Peterborough Laker and four-time Mann Cup champion Tracey Kelusky has been officially inducted into the Ontario Lacrosse Hall of Fame, Class of 2023.

Kelusky was one of five inductees for this year’s Hall of Fame. He joins Steve Dietrich, Bob Watson, William (Bill) Hutton and Larry Loyd. They were nominated in early August.

He won four Mann Cup Champions with the Lakers in 2006, 2007, 2010 and 2012.

“Growing up in Peterborough, Ontario... To hear my name has been announced into the Hall of Fame is humbling and certainly something I'm proud of,” said Kelusky.

Kelusky was a top-three scorer during his Junior A career from 1994 to 1996. He was awarded the Ontario Lacrosse Association’s Junior ‘A’ League’s Top Defensive Player in 1996.

He was drafted first overall in the National Lacrosse League in 2000 to the now-defunct Columbus Landsharks (who became the Arizona Sting in 2004 and disbanded in 2008). He was named Rookie of the Year and a Second-Team All-Star in 2001, a First-Team All-Star in 2002-2004 and named the MVP in 2003. He won the NLL Champions Cup with the Calgary Roughnecks in 2004 and 2009.

This is not Kelusky's first rodeo into being immortalized as he was inducted into the NLL’s Hall of Fame in 2016. Kelusky is the head coach of the Panther City Lacrosse Club in Texas.

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Tracey Kelusky Becomes 2023 Ontario Lacrosse Hall of Fame Inductee

Four-time Mann Cup champion and former Peterborough Laker Tracey Kelusky has been named as a 2023 Ontario Lacrosse Hall of Fame inductee.

Photo courtesy of the Ontario Lacrosse Hall of Fame.

Kelusky was one of five inductees for this year’s Hall of Fame. He joins Steve Dietrich, Bob Watson, William (Bill) Hutton and Larry Loyd as this year’s inductees.

The former Laker was a top-three scorer during his Junior A carer from 1994-1996. He was awarded the Ontario Lacrosse Association’s Junior ‘A’ League’s Top Defensive Player in 1996.

He won four Mann Cup Champions with the Lakers in 2006, 2007, 2010 and 2012.

He was drafted first overall in the National Lacrosse League in 2000 to the now-defunct Columbus Landsharks (who became the Arizona Sting in 2004 and disbanded in 2008). He was named Rookie of the Year and a Second-Team All-Star in 2001, a First-Team All-Star in 2002-2004 and named the MVP in 2003. He won the NLL Champions Cup with the Calgary Roughnecks in 2004 and 2009.

Kelusky is no stranger to having his name immortalized as he was inducted into the NLL’s Hall of Fame in 2016.

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