The Lakers LockerRoom: Recent Episodes
Taijon Graham & Jason Little
The Lakers LockerRoom is a platform for thought-provoking conversations about sports and issues that are faced in today's society! Co-hosted by Taijon Graham and Jason Little, this podcast gives insight on topics that need to be discussed and provide the listeners with different perspectives and opinions from our weekly guests! Stay tuned for new episodes!
Men's Soccer's Alex Domingos sits down to discuss the 2023 OUA season, including his OUA community service award and his involvement with the MENtal Strength initiative.
Men's Basketball's assistant coaches JD West & Joey Puddister reflect on the 2023-2024 season, including their USports career and adjustment to life after basketball!
Nipissing student Micah Macleod sits down to discuss her 215 Game event aimed at Indigenous education and awareness, including the importance of Indigenous education in Canada!
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Women's Basketball's Rookie of The Year Taryn Gauthier sits down to discuss her rookie season, including her adjustment to university life and the rise of collegiate Women's Basketball!
Women's Volleyball's Oceane Raymond-Leduc and Paige Owen sit down to discuss this past season, their impressive rookie campaigns and goals for next season!
Women's Basketball's Megan McCarter sits down to discuss her record-breaking season, her adjustment to university, and her expectations for the team for her final season!
Women's Hockey's Malory Dominico sits down to reflect on the 2023-24 OUA season, her 2024 Dave Marshall Leadership Award, and the inspiring story that led her to start the Young Leader Legacy initiative!
Today's the 2023-2024 Athletics Banquet, and we got a winner's circle edition for this episode. Men's Volleyball's Trent O'Brien & Tyrus Cuculick sit down to discuss the 23-24 season, their pre-season trip to Portugal as a team, and their second season surge that led to a 2024 playoff berth!
Manager of Intercollegiate Sports Lauren Breadner sits down to reflect on her first year in the position, including discussing her time as a student-athlete at Nipissing and the importance of magnifying women in sports!
Men's Hockey's Matthieu Franche sits down to reflect on the 2023-24 OUA season, as well as his early years of playing hockey and how he ended up at Nipissing!
Season 5 is here and the countdown to our 100th episode starts NOW! In the premiere episode, I sit down with Men's Basketball's point guard and co-captain Darnaz Mabanza. In this episode, we look back at the 2023-24 season, as well as discuss the team's reading week trip to Europe and his off-season plans to gear up for next season.
Season 4 ends off in style, as I sit down with longtime friend and graduating Men's Soccer athlete Achu Shanmugaratnam. In this episode, we discuss our journies from Scarborough to Nipissing, as well as the adjustment period to university and best moments as a Laker!
Women's Volleyball senior Madison Murphy sits down to discuss the 22-23 season, as well as her decision to return to playing after a year of coaching and looks back at her 6 years at Nipissing!
Women's Soccer's Simone Branch & Men's Soccer's Tyrell Chambers sit down to disucss their respective seasons, as well as their growth as leaders and their time with NUBASE!
Men's Volleyball's Jacob Ringma sits down to discuss his first season as a Laker, as well as his 2022 CCAA National Championship and his goals for his OUA career!
It's Shoot for Change Week, and it's only befitting to have Men's Basketball's Ricardo Neves join the pod this week. In this episode, we discuss his transition from Portugal to Canada, as well as the season thus far and the upcoming Shoot for Change game on February 4th!
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I'm back with new content for 2023 and this week is Ringette. Lakers Ringette athlete Lauryn Hamilton sits down to discuss the season thus far, as well as the evolution of women in sports and her journey in university!
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It's the final episode of 2022 and this week's guest is Men's Basketball members Muktar Mohamed & Hazara Jawanda. In this episode, we recap the first half of the season, as well as discuss our personal basketball journeys and the relationships that have been built amongst teammates!
The new Head Coach of the Women's Basketball team Rachel Van Woezik sits down to discuss her transition back to Nipissing, as well as a recap of the first half of the season and overcoming injuries when she was a player!
Men's Soccer USports Community Service Award winner Deven Doodnath sits down to discuss the team's OUA final 4 run, as well as leaving a legacy through community involvement with NUBASE and his passion for mental health!
2021-22 Men's Volleyball's Rookie of The Year Tom Wrigley sits down with me to discuss his excitement for the upcoming season, along with his overall university experience up to this point, and an important conversation regarding mental health!
2021-22 Men's Volleyball's Rookie of The Year Tom Wrigley sits down with me to discuss his excitement for the upcoming season, along with his overall university experience up to this point, and an important conversation regarding mental health!
2021-22 Men's Soccer Team's Co-Rookie of The Year Cedric Devos sits down with me to discuss the upcoming season, as well as his first year in the OUA and freshman year experience!
2021-22 Men's Soccer Team's Co-Rookie of The Year Cedric Devos sits down with me to discuss the upcoming season, as well as his first year in the OUA and freshman year experience!
In another installment of our Senior Send-Off series, we feature seniors from the Women's Soccer team. In this episode, Joy Simpson, Lauren De Jong, Abby Wroe, Hannah Gowland & Mykaela Volpe sit down with us to discuss the program's best season to date, as well as their personal journies over their time at Nipissing & what the future holds for them!
We continue our Senior Send-Off series with this week's episode featuring seniors from the Women's Basketball team. In this episode, Katie Whelan, Angeline Campbell & Devisha Binns sit down with us to discuss the 21-22 season, as well as being a part of the first annual Shoot for Change game and what the future holds for them!
The 2021-22 season is officially over, and the podcast returns with this year's Senior Send-Off Series with seniors from the Men's & Women's Volleyball teams. In this episode, the seniors reflect on their time at Nipissing, as well as discuss their team's season and their best memories of being a Laker!
Men's Volleyball
- Patrick Hebert
- Liam Ludlow
- Eric Ellison
- Mason Blais
- Randy Beauchamp
Women's Volleyball
- Shalya Kessler
- Sarah Puthuva
It's Playoffs season, and the Lakers LockerRoom welcomes Men's Basketball's Jack Hagerty & D'Andre Johnson. They sit down with us to discuss the return of the Men's Basketball program in the OUA Playoffs and look back at the 21-22 season up to this point!
Men's Volleyball's Jackson Young sits down with us to discuss the return of the OUA season, as well as his experience on the U21 Jr. National Volleyball team and expectations for the rest of the season!
New student-athlete on the Men's Basketball team Nicholas Gehlen sits down with us to discuss his mental state during the OUA pause, as well as his thoughts on the first half of the season and expectations for the second half!
4th year student-athlete Rebecca Illingworth sits down with us to discuss the Women's Volleyball's 5-1 start, as well as the biggest factors towards their success and what she hopes 2022 will bring!
Goalie for the Men's Hockey team Francis Asselin sits down with us to discuss the recent news regarding the OUA, as well as share his thoughts on the first half of the season and his goals for 2022!
In the mid-season finale of The Lakers LockerRoom, we sit down with Men's Basketball alumni Christian Casimier & Jerron Rhodes. We discuss what they've been up to since their Nipissing days, as well as their new business LTG Mentality & reminisce on their favourite memories of being a Laker!
BCCA Founder & HC of St. Francis Xavier's Women's Basketball team Lee Anna Osei sits down with us to discuss the rise of women's basketball in Canada, as well as sharing her personal story regarding the death of her brother, and the recent events regarding mental health in sports with Simone Biles & Naomi Osaka.
Former Nipissing athlete and current professional volleyball player Cameron Branch sits down to discuss his time currently playing volleyball in Germany, as well as reliving his best memories from his time at Nipissing and talking about his new venture Branch Sports Performance!
Nipissing alumnus Kai Conklin and Justin Hill sit down with us to discuss their life after Nipissing, as well as reliving their best memories over their career and discussing leaving an impact on the community.
NUSU's Director of Services Warren Lindsay sits down with us to discuss his excitement for the new school year, as well as talking about his journey from Toronto to North Bay, and gives us a sneak peek of the new student centre!
5th year student-athlete on the Men's Volleyball team Jérémie Murray sits down with us to discuss the upcoming for the 21-22 season, as well as discussing mental health struggles during the pandemic and his passion to pursue teaching!
Nipissing's new president Dr. Kevin Wamsley joins us to discuss his transition to his new role, as well as discussing his journey in leadership and his passion for eradicating systemic racism in post-secondary institutions!
5th-year student-athlete Megan Winter sits down with us to discuss her excitement for the upcoming 21-22 season, as well as discussing her best cooking recipes and sharing her triumphant story on battling thyroid cancer!
4th-year student-athlete David Bokanga sits down with us to discuss his excitement for the upcoming basketball season, as well his basketball journey and the rise of Quebec basketball!
Captain of the Men's Soccer team Tyrell Chambers sits down with us to discuss his excitement for the upcoming 21-22 season, as well as sharing his story regarding his heart condition and discussing his role with NUBASE!
Co-captains of the Men's Basketball team Quintin & Shandon Ashitei sit down with us to discuss their involvement with NUBASE, as well as catching us up on what they've been up to and what the future holds for them!
Seniors from the Men's Lacrosse team Jordan Thompson, Tyler Loney & William Craig sit down with us to discuss their time at Nipissing, as well as reliving their best memories throughout their careers and discussing what the future holds for them.
Seniors from the Men's Hockey team Lucas & Tyler Brown sit down with us to discuss their time at Nipissing, as well as reliving their best memories throughout their careers and what the future holds for them.
Seniors from the Women's Hockey team Jetta Derenoski, Hunter Mosher & Myriam Latraverse sit down with us to discuss their time at Nipissing, as well as reliving their best memories throughout their careers and discussing what the future holds for them.
Seniors from the Women's Soccer team sit down with us to discuss their time at Nipissing, as well as reliving their best memories throughout their careers and discussing what the future holds for them.
Seniors: Jess Moran, Cameron Brodie, Abby Wroe, Madison Logan & Cassidy Korhonen
5th year senior from the Men's Volleyball team Patrick Hebert sits down with us to discuss his time at Nipissing, as well as reliving his best memories throughout his career and discussing what the future holds for him.
Seniors from the Rowing team Olivia Petroff, Marlese Coombs & Khashayar Abbasabadi sit down with us to discuss their time at Nipissing, as well as reliving their best memories throughout the years and discussing what the future holds for them!
Seniors from the Nordic Skiing team Sophia Slater, Simon Giasson & Kayden Sims sit down with us to discuss their time at Nipissing, as well as reliving their best memories throughout the years and discussing what the future holds for them!
Seniors of the women's basketball team Kaila Granholm & Devisha Binns sit down with us to discuss their time at Nipissing, as well as reliving their best memories throughout the years and discussing what the future holds for them!
Seniors of the women's volleyball team Averi Bodnar, Shannon Lebreux & Madison Murphy sit down with us to discuss their time at Nipissing, as well as reliving their best memories throughout the years and discussing what the future holds for them!
Actor and former MMA fighter Nabil Khatib sits down with us to discuss his post-MMA career, as well as how he became an actor, and shares his best stories throughout his career!
Nipissing alumni and current professional basketball player Jordan Roberts sits down with us to discuss his life as a professional athlete, as well as discussing his time at Nipissing and offers his best tips for when travelling!
Public speaker, Amazing Race Canada participant, and new Head Coach of the Queen's Women's FC Kwame Osei sits down with us to discuss his new head coaching job, as well as sharing his personal stories about his upbringing, and the importance of using his platform to inspire others!
The Lakers LockerRoom switches it up this week with a special International Women's Day Edition episode! Paneled by current Nipissing female student-athletes, we discuss the impact COVID has had on their respective teams, as well as what it means to them to be a woman, female athlete, and engage in thought-provoking discussions on issues that women face in today's society!
On The Panel: Mykaela Volpe (Women's Soccer), Simone Branch (Women's Soccer), Megan Winter (Women's Volleyball), Natalie Martinez (Women's Basketball), and Malory Dominico (Women's Hockey)!
New Nipissing athlete and member of the Men's Basketball Team Muktar Mohamed sits down with us to discuss life during COVID, as well as his transition from college to university and the BLM movement from last summer to now!
Canadian politician and House of Commons speaker Anthony Rota sits down with us to discuss his journey as a politician, as well as current COVID-19 updates and why it's important for Canadians to celebrate Black History Month!
Former professional basketball player Jamil Abiad sits down to us to talk about his professional career, as well as his time at Bishop's and his work with Under Armour!
Nipissing Alumni Girece Kazumba sits down with us to discuss his early experiences of being a new father, along with sharing his best basketball stories and his personal story on struggles with mental health!
Nipissing alumni Nakissa Koomalsingh sits down with us to discuss her post-secondary playing career, along with her struggles with post-career depression and her new organization called HoopQueens!
5th year athletes on the Men's Volleyball Team Eric Ellison & Mason Blais sit down with us to discuss their adjustments to the cancelled OUA season, along with sharing their personal stories on mental health and why it's important to keep the conversation going! #BellLetsTalk #StopTheStigma
In Part 2 of our conversation with Men's Soccer team captain Deven Doodnath, Deven shares his thoughts on the social justice movement in 2020, along with his personal experiences with racism and offers solutions to help the change!
4th year senior and captain of the Men's Soccer team Deven Doodnath sits down with us in part 1 to talk about his adjustment to COVID life, along with discussing mental health and the power of social media in sports today!
4x Academic All-Canadians Quintin and Shandon Ashitei sit down with us to talk about their journey to Nipissing, along with discussing life during COVID and social justice initiatives they plan to embark on!
NEW hosts have been introduced!!
This also means our former hosts: Mathieu "Salty" Simard and Harrison "Hopsy" Harper say their final goodbye to the Lakeshow, what else did you wanna know?
Thank you to anybody that's ever tuned in, thank you to our guests and thank you to Nipissing and the Lakers family for making this so much fun!
We love you,
Hopsy and Salty
What an honour to bring on the godfather of USports and the legend of the game himself, Tim 'Uncle Timmy' Micallef from Rogers Sportsnet and the Tim and Sid show.
We look into the hard work every body has put into the wonderful event shoot for the cure.
The boys ring in the new year with an episode filled with stories and updates for everything Nipissing related! The lads start the 20's with a jam packed episode and a brand new intro song created by the one and only Harrison Harper.
An other week an other podcast coming from Salty and Hopsy, they have on the brand new Men's Basketball Coach Thomas Cory. He shares incredible stories from his 16 years of coaching and his professional basketball career in Portugal!
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What a pleasure and an honour to have coach Darren Turcotte on the show, the boys were able to bring him through a little bit of a time machine and have him share some awesome stories about his days in the NHL. They also got a little season preview on the women's hockey team all while chatting about Turk's coaching style.
The boys have some fun with a back to school episode and some great interviews with members of both soccer programs. You won't want to miss it folks.
The boys have this little treat they recorded last month and decided it was about time they shared it with all their devoted listeners!
Awesome interview with Zach Nastasiuk who shares some stories about getting drafted with the Detroit Red Wings and his journey to winning the Calder Cup with the Charlotte Checkers in May.
We are absolutely delighted to welcome on Dr. Evanka Osmak from Sportnet on the show today. What an absolute honour to have her come on and discuss her journey to where she is now. We had an incredible conversation with her and we do not want you to miss this folks. It's the LakeShow what else do you wanna knoooow!!!!????
We have an exciting show for you folks this week! We're bringing in the big 'W' Warren Taylor who just signed his first professional Volleyball contract and he's preparing to represent Canada for a second time at the FISU games in Italy!!
We also get an in depth report on the worst bike theft known to man, our boy Hoppsy is livid and is on the loose trying to catch the North Bay Bandit!! You do not want to miss this story!
Episode 17 brings to you the classic banter from the lads and then a very educated and interesting interview with Alexander Moose Morgan but don't worry the guys would never forget to splash in some humour throughout the entire episode!
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The lads recap a tough game 7 for leafs nation and bring on Leafs insider (superfan) Parker Anderson to discuss the heartbreak.
After that the boys have an incredible interview with coach Eric Yung of the Men's Volleyball team they talk about his journey to get here and the legendary two sport athlete!
You do not want to miss it!
What an absolute pleasure to have our President Dr. Mike DeGagné on this week. The lads get a chance to ask him about multiple topics related to our fantastic institute.
To top it all off the boys even answer some highly debated questions coming from our brand new instagram page about the student life style!
Jammed packed episode that you simply do not want to miss folks!!
Jam packed episode this week with a couple surprise guest and one amazing interview with our very own student body President. We get the inside scoop on everything regarding the student life.
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Jammed packed episode with one of the one and only Nathan Glass.
He reminisces about his hilarious days in the OHL, QJMHL and OUA.
The guys then have a HEAVY conversation about the lack of respect USports gets in general and how lucky they are to have so much support for their own school!
We finish off with the long awaited story of the "Lake Dogz" the famous hot dog stand that never was.
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The boys decide to flip the script and interview each other in a fun filled episode. They also have a top secret interview with a Nipissing University intramural Legend! Tune in to find out!
Cheers to reading week! The boys are weekend warriors this weekend and recorded from across the province. We are in the process of figuring out our sound from since we are recording from coast to coast. Check out the interview with ex professional soccer player Jean-Michel Paulin.
The decade episode is finally here!
Can you believe we made it? We did it and we are doing it with an unbelievable episode this week. With what might be our best interview yet, the guys dive into an amazing conversation about Nordic Skiing and the incredible program we have set up here at Nipissing.
They learn everything you need to know about the sport and how we are hosting the OUA championship right here in our back yard!! You gotta give this one a listen!
It's the Lakeshow, what else do you wanna know??
The pipping hot content just keeps on coming, the fellas have a big weekend roundup, they talk about the coldest week in North Bay history and some exiting news involving some new equipment for the Lakers Crew!
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Hopsy and Salty are continuing to expand their horizons so this week they travel all the way up to Alberta for an amazing interview with Nipissing Alumni Jaret Smith who used to play hockey at Nipissing and currently runs his own clothing brand called "Unparalleled".
They get to discuss how Nipissing has helped him not only create but also sustain his brand, they touched on how Johnny Manziel ended up rocking some of his gear on TV, the boys share some funny stories about how Hopsy and Smitty met, including Hopsy's near death experience in North Michigan that day.
Not only that but Jaret was also kind enough to share with us a promo code for our listeners right before we got into the second edition of the Newlywed game and they finish off with the news of Nipissing partnering up with the Canadian Mental Health Association and how you can donate while buying some sweet "Unparalleled" gear.
It is a jammed packed episode this week! You do NOT want to miss it.
The boys are back again but this week with a different flavour. Salty and Hopsy mix in an interview with KinGames Captain Samantha Prosser and rookie Sarah Kane, an other hilarious episode. They also discuss some future activities and more importantly get to the bottom about why Harrison was missing for parts of last weeks episode!
The content never stops, we've got two 5th year basketball players that share some amazing stories about themselves and their teammates. Harrison lets you know how to survive exams and Salty talks about his first ever Nipissing basketball game.
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Hopsy and Salty are excited to release yet an other episode of the Lakeshow. This week's episode has everything you need, we got recaps, interviews, games and even a new segment! Give it a listen and stay connected with the Nipissing Lakers community.
Harrisson and Matt recap this past weekend's activities, have a hilarious interview with Steve Wood, Curtis MacPherson and Shayla Kessler from the Volleyball teams and set you up for an exciting weekend of games and more!
Welcome to our first ever episode of the LakeShow, our hosts are Harrison Harper and Matt "Salty" Simard.
The boys start off by recapping this past weekend's games, then mix in a great interview with two members of the Lakers Lacrosse team (Frank Longo and Brayden Trace)who are off to the Baggataway Cup Quarter-Finals and they finish off with a quick preview of the upcoming games this weekend!
Stay in the loop and give them a listen!