March 29, 2024
BANGOR DAILY NEWS (BANGOR, MAINE

Top Ontario recruit commits to Maine> Lawson may make early impact with Bears

Lucas Lawson, a left wing-center who is about to be named the Most Valuable Player in the Central (Ontario) Junior Hockey League, has verbally committed to attend the University of Maine according to his coach.

Kanata Lasers coach Archie Mulligan said Lawson chose Maine over several schools including Boston University, Vermont, Clarkson and Ohio State.

The 6-foot, 190-pound Lawson has a league-high 41 goals to go with 52 assists in 52 games along with 124 penalty minutes.

“He’s a great skater. He’s the best natural skater I’ve seen in a long time,” said Mulligan. “He has great acceleration.”

Mulligan said the 19-year-old Lawson has played for him for three years and has improved every season.

“He’s also a pretty gritty player,” added Mulligan. “He needs work defensively but that’s because we’ve never stressed it a lot with him because we’ve need him more offensively.”

Mulligan said Lawson is a coachable player who is “pretty intelligent” and knows the game fairly well.

Mulligan said Lawson should be able to play right away at Maine.

Bowdoin juniors Chris Downe of Sindey, Eric Fortin of Oakland and Vicky Shen of Wayland were invited to attend the Division III Track and Field Championships at Ohio Northern University in Ada, Ohio, on March 12-13.

Downe will compete in the 800-meters as the sixth seed, after posting a time of 1 minutes, 52.75 seconds. Downe, who owns the school record in the 800 with a time of 1:52.41, earned All-American status last winter when he placed sixth at the NCAA Division III Championships.

Fortin automatically qualifed for the meet with a throw of 53 feet, 9 3/4 inches to go in as the seventh seed. Fortin is currently 10 inches short of the 23-year-old school record of 54-7 set by Richard Leavitt in 1976.

And Shen, the top cross country runner for the Polar Bears, will compete in the 1,500 meters as the 11th seed after posting a time of 4:42.41.

University of Maine field events specialist Phil McGeoghan finished third in the high jump at the IC4A Championship in Fairfax, Va., on Saturday.

McGeoghan, the defending New England champion in the high jump indoors and outdoors, cleared a height of 6-11.


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