Mimico Mountaineers

Mimico Mountaineers City Mimico, Ontario League OLA Junior B Lacrosse League Founded 1890 Home Arena Mimico Arena Colours Blue and White Coach Sean O'Callaghan GM Sean O'Callaghan

The Mimico Mountaineers are Junior "B" box lacrosse team from Mimico, Ontario, Canada. The Mountaineers play in the OLA Junior B Lacrosse League.

History

The Mimico Lacrosse Club was established in 1890 as a field lacrosse organization. In 1931, when the Canadian Lacrosse Association chose the box lacross game as its new form of play, the Mimico Lacrosse Club built an outdoor box at the corner of Church Street (Royal York) and Drummond Street, where the game has been played continuously until today. The Mountaineers won the Mann Cup in 1932 and 1942, and Eastern Canadian Senior titles in 1943 and 1947. In WWII, Conn Smythe's 30th Light Anti-aircraft Battery, dubbed "The Sportsmen's Battery" included every member of the Mimico Mountaineers who won the 1942 Mann Cup.Minto Cup victories were also recorded in 1938 and 1951, with Eastern Canadian championships in 1941 and 1946.

Since expansion in 1993 with the Nepean Knights, the Mimico Mountaineers have never really waivered from "average". In recent years there has been improvement, but overall the Mountaineers have always been dancing around the .500 mark and usually a quick exit from the playoffs. In the past four seasons, this trend is starting to take an up swing—but not very quickly. The 2006 season a somewhat landmark year for the Mountaineers, they cracked the playoff semi-finals. After defeating the Clarington Green Gaels 3 games to 1 and the Barrie Tornado in the quarter-finals 3 games to 1, the Mountaineers quietly slipped out of the playoffs with a 3-0 sweep by the eventual Founders Cup champions, the Oakville Buzz.

Although Mimico is a talented team and has slowly risen to the elite of the 26-team OLA Junior "B" league, Mimico just seems to be waiting for the Founders Cup to come to them, instead of going after it themselves.

The Mountaineer line up for the 2006 season included 10 rookies and the team went the furthest it has even been into the playoffs. The 2007 season ended when the Mountaineers were eliminated in 5 games of round two of the playoffs by Halton Hills.

2007 Playoffs

Round 1
Huntsville vs. Mimico
Game 1 - June 28 - Huntsville 8 @ Mimico 10
Game 2 - June 30 - Mimico 9 @ Huntsville 14
Game 3 - July 6 - Huntsville 9 @ Mimico 11
Game 4 - July 8 - Mimico 8 @ Huntsville 4
Mimico wins series 3-1

Round 2
Halton Hills vs. Mimico
Game 1 - July 13 - Halton Hills 7 @ Mimico 4
Game 2 - July 15 - Mimico 11 @ Halton Hills 2
Game 3 - July 20 - Halton Hills 9 @ Mimico 6
Game 4 - July 22 - Mimico 7 @ Halton Hills 6
Game 5 - July 23 - Halton Hills 7 @ Mimico 6
Halton Hills wins series 3-2

Season-by-season results

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Season	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS	Placing	Playoffs
1961	24	8	16	0	194	270	16	5th OLA-A	DNQ
1962	20	5	15	0	154	232	10	5th OLA-A	DNQ
1963	24	8	16	0	225	273	16	7th OLA-A	DNQ
1964	24	9	15	0	264	354	18	7th OLA-A	DNQ
1965	20	17	3	0	322	229	34	2nd OLA-A	Lost Final
1966	24	21	3	0	381	252	42	2nd OLA-A	Lost Final
1967	24	13	11	0	285	294	26	4th OLA-A	Lost Quarter-final
1968	24	8	16	0	242	287	16	8th OLA-A	Lost Quarter-final
1977	22	5	17	0	261	383	10	10th OLA-A	DNQ
1978	24	7	17	0	241	326	14	4th OLA-A West	Discipline Suspension—DNQ
1993	22	6	16	0	169	268	12	10th OLA-B	DNQ
1994	22	7	15	0	196	253	14	11th OLA-B	DNQ
1995	22	11	10	1	222	212	23	3rd OLA-B East	Lost Quarter-final
1996	22	17	5	0	274	202	34	2nd OLA-B East	Lost Quarter-final
1997	22	14	8	0	301	212	28	4th OLA-B East	Lost Quarter-final
1998	20	4	16	0	154	264	8	8th OLA-B East	DNQ
1999	20	7	13	0	156	219	14	7th OLA-B East	Lost 1st Round
2000	20	5	15	0	173	245	10	7th OLA-B East	DNQ
2001	20	10	9	1	177	167	21	6th OLA-B East	Lost 1st Round
2002	22	12	9	1	216	182	25	6th OLA-B East	Lost 1st Round
2003	20	13	6	1	194	160	27	4th OLA-B East	Lost Quarter-final
2004	20	14	6	0	193	130	28	3rd OLA-B East	Lost Quarter-final
2005	20	15	5	0	204	128	30	4th OLA-B East	Lost 1st Round
2006	20	14	6	0	217	159	28	4th OLA-B East	Lost Semi-final
2007	20	15	5	0	198	139	30	2nd OLA-B East	Lost Quarter-final
2008	20	14	6	0	215	136	28	6th OLA-B East	Eastern Conference Finalist
2009	20	11	8	1	198	177	23	5th OLA-B East	Eastern Conference Semi-Finalist
2010	20	13	7	0	193	133	26	4th OLA-B East	Founders Cup Silver Medalists
2011	20	6	14	0	196	215	26	10th OLA-B East	DNQ
2012	20	9	11	0	224	229	18	7th OLA-B East	Lost Conference Quarter-Finals

External links

• Mountaineers Webpage
• The Bible of Lacrosse
• Unofficial OLA Page