Dave Arsenault was introduced to lacrosse at the 1969 Canada Summer Games held in Halifax when he was 14 years old.

He would play for Dartmouth, Shearwater, and Sackville for a year of Junior.

His legacy to the game is that of a builder and this started at age 17 when he was asked to coach and referee.

He moved to New Brunswick and went to play for the local Saint John Junior team.

They played teams from Sackville, Caraquet and Charlottetown. Eventually a Maritime Junior Lacrosse League formed.

The legendary Bill McBain became head coach of the New Brunswick Junior team in 1976 and took them to the Founders Cup in Windsor, Ontario later that year.

Another memorable moment occurred when the 1977 Canada Summer Games were held in Newfoundland.

The New Brunswick team went to the Rock a few weeks before the Games to help Team Newfoundland prepare for the competition.

Arsenault kept his playing career going when he played for the first New Brunswick Senior Team in 1978.

That team travelled to the Presidents Cup later that year.

That same year Arsenault and some fellow players started a Youth League in New Brunswick.

The League was incorporated by 1981. Dave Arsenault would become Head Coach of the 1985 Summer Games Team. In 1988, work commitments took him away from the game.

He was able to return to the game in 2001 and worked with Bruce Logan on development.

Arsenault would become Head Coach of Team New Brunswick in 2003. He remained part of the Provincial Team Program for 15 years.

He was made Technical Director for the provincial governing body from 2012-2016. During this time he helped P.E.I. grow the game and began working with New Brunswick First Nations communities.

He also got schools going and new field lacrosse programs were introduced. The Maritime Cup for U15 and U18 Boys Field Lacrosse Teams was created. All of these efforts were recognized with his induction into the Saint John Sports Hall of Fame in 2017 for his work at the local local and provincial levels.