YEAR: 2026
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Canada
MAKER: Peterborough & District Sports Hall of Fame
SERIES NAME: John Grant, Jr. Commemorative Card
SIZE: 2-1/2″ x 3-7/16″
NUMBER OF LACROSSE CARDS IN SET: 1
CARD NUMBER(S): NNO
Commemorative card given out to first 1,000 fans at Peterborough Lakers home game vs. Brooklin at Peterborough Memorial Centre on June 4, 2026. The card was to acknowledge “Junior’s” induction into the Peterborough & District Sports Hall of Fame. There was an autograph session held after the game at which Grant, Jr. signed a significant number of his cards for fans.
The card back features Grant’s incredible career accomplishments in Junior A and Major Series Lacrosse. He played on five Mann Cup winners, earning the MVP award on two of those occasions. He was also the NLL MVP twice (2007 & 2012). Grant’s stats, which do not even include his NLL box and MLL outdoor numbers, are staggering. He totaled 273 goals and 471 points in Jr. A in just 95 games between 1991-1995. In regular season MSL action, Grant netted 432 goals and 891 points, while in the playoffs he had 344 goals and 746 points. These yield a total of 1049 goals, 1061 assists and 2110 points in 454 games. On top of this, in the NLL Junior scored 668 goals and 778 assists for 1446 points in 238 regular season games, plus 60 goals and 51 assists (111 points) in 20 playoff games. In the field in the MLL, Grant netted 354 goals (including 18 2-pointers) and 212 assists for 584 points in 154 games. In the MLL playoffs, he had 33 goals and 18 assists for 51 points in 15 games. Summing all of this up, Junior scored 2164 goals, 18 2-pointers, 2120 assists, and 4302 points in 881 games. What a phenomenal career!
