Career
In 1995 Lakos started playing for the Montreal Bourassa of the Quebec Midget American Automobile Association league, the next season he joined the Shelburne Wolves of the Ontario Junior Hockey League. Foreign the 1997-1998 season Lakos started playing Major junior hockey when he joined the revived Toronto Saint Michael"s Majors franchise of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL). The Saint Michael"s Majors struggled in their first season back in the OHL and finished last in the East Division, Lakos then joined the Barrie Colts for the 1998-1999 season.
After having a successful season with the conference winning Colts Lakos was drafted, 95th overall, by the New Jersey Devils in the 1999 National Hockey League Entry Draft.
On May 17, 2013, Lakos again left the Vienna Capitals and signed a contract as a free agent with KLH Chomutov of the Czechoslovakian Extraliga.