Mike Lankshear Mike Lankshear ( born September 8 , 1978 in Burlington , Ontario ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player , currently playing senior hockey in Ontario . Lankshear began his career playing junior hockey at OPJHL level for his home town team , the Burlington Cougars . Lankshear would initially play at senior level in the OHL for the Guelph Storm and would immediately prove himself up to the task . In his first season , he played 63 regular season games grabbing 28 points and 73 penalty minutes . His rough , physical style of hockey would get him noticed by scouts and he was taken 66th overall in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft by the Toronto Maple Leafs . Lankshear would fail to make an appearance for the Leafs though , and would remain with the Storm for the 1996 / 97 season . He was again a solid player for them , playing in both the regular and post season , totalling 70 appearances . Lankshear would remain in the OHL for the 1997 / 98 season , but would split it between the Windsor Spitfires and the Owen Sound Platers . After his mid - season acquisition for the Platers , he established himself in the first team and after featuring in the post season , was re - signed for the 1998 / 99 term , a season which would be the highest finish in Platers ' franchise history . Despite this , Lankshear failed to remain for the full term , and moved mid - season to the ill fated Arkansas GlacierCats organization . Lankshear played for the rest of the season for the Glaciercats , before signing for the ECHL team , the Baton Rouge Kingfish . The ECHL would be the highest standard hockey Lankshear had professionally played , but despite this he flourished and featured in more than 60 games in his first ECHL season . He again did not settle though , and found himself returning to the WPHL , with the Odessa Jackalopes , a team affiliated with the NHL Edmonton Oilers . A further move would come at the end of the season , and Lankshear would be a Pensacola Ice Pilots player for the start of the 2000 / 01 ECHL term . Yet another mid - season move would arise for Lankshear , this time to the locally popular Roanoke Express . A drastic move would signal the start of the 2002 / 03 season , with Lankshear deciding to ply his trade in Europe with the Newcastle Vipers , then of the BNL following the collapse of the ISL . Lankshear struggled to establish himself and made just over 30 appearances for the Vipers before returning to Canada to sign for Sherbrooke Saint - Francois , then of the short lived QSMHL . A second venture into Europe would follow the season after , and Lankshear signed for the Manchester Phoenix , then playing their inaugural season both as a franchise after the collapse of the Manchester Storm and also as part of the newly formed EIHL . Lankshear was a first team player for the Phoenix up until the franchise had to be suspended in 2004 due to off ice financial problems . This would prove to be Lankshear ' s last time playing hockey outside of North America to date . Lankshear would struggle to find consistency and spent the 2004 / 05 season playing for three different teams - the now defunct Aylmer Blues of the QHASR , the Kansas City Outlaws , then of the UHL and a second spell with Sherbrooke Saint - Francois . His physical presence and rough style would help Lankshear as he moved into the self - titled ' roughest hockey league in the world ' , the LNAH . Here he would play for the Laval Chiefs , two time champions of the league . The rather different style of hockey must have suited Lankshear as he chose to stay for the 2006 / 07 season , signing for the Saint - Hyacinthe Top Design . Lankshear would move again for the 2007 / 08 season , choosing to return to his home province and play for the Dundas Real McCoys of the MLH , the highest level of senior hockey in Ontario . He continues to play senior hockey in the province .