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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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