Founders Cup

The Founders' Cup is the championship trophy of Canada's Junior "B" lacrosse leagues. The custodial duties of this trophy fall upon the Canadian Lacrosse Association. The national champions are determined through a round robin format with a playdown for the final.

History[edit]

The original Founders Cup was inaugurated in 1972 by the CLA in honour of "the founders of organized lacrosse," especially "The Father of Organized Lacrosse", William George Beers of Montreal, Quebec. Dr. Beers wrote the first rulebook of the sport and was key to the organizing the National Lacrosse Association in 1867, the forerunner of the CLA.^[1]

Competitive leagues[edit]

Alberta - Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League
British Columbia - Pacific Northwest Junior Lacrosse League, Thompson Okanagan Junior Lacrosse League, West Coast Junior Lacrosse League
First Nations - First Nations Junior B Lacrosse League
Manitoba - Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League
Nova Scotia - East Coast Junior Lacrosse League
Ontario - OLA Junior B Lacrosse League
Quebec - Fédération de crosse du Québec, Ontario Junior C Lacrosse League
Saskatchewan - Prairie Gold Lacrosse League, Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League

Founders' Cup Champions[edit]

Year	Champion	Finalist	Third	Host
Castrol Cup era
1964	Guelph Mohawks (ON)
1965	Huntsville Teen Towners (ON)	Ottawa (ON)
1966	New Westminster Athletics (BC)
1967	Elora Mohawks (ON)
1968	Elora Mohawks (ON)
1969	Vancouver Grandview (BC)
1970	Whitby Transporters (ON)
1971	Victoria McDonalds (BC)
Founders Cup era
1972	Long Branch PCO's* (ON)
1973	NOTL Warriors (ON)
1974	Whitby Transporters (ON)
1975	Windsor Warlocks (ON)	Esquimalt (BC)	North Glenora Blues (AB)	Edmonton, AB
1976	Elora Mohawks (ON)	Burnaby (BC)	Windsor Warlocks (ON)	Windsor, ON
1977	Scarborough Saints (ON)	Quebec (QC)		St. John's, NL
1978	Point Edward Pacers (ON)		Quebec (QC)
1979	Point Edward Pacers (ON)
1980	Enoch Tomahawks (AB)	Toronto Beaches (ON)	Owen Sound Signmen (ON)	Baie-Comeau, QC
1981	NOTL Warriors (ON)
1982	Owen Sound Signmen (ON)	Delta Islanders (BC)	(13-10)^[2]	Port Coquitlam, BC
1983	Point Edward Pacers (ON)	Calgary, AB.
1984	Point Edward Pacers (ON)	Scarborough Saints (ON)		Huntsville, ON
1985	Scarborough Saints (ON)
1986	Mississauga Tomahawks (ON)	Alberta (AB)	Akwesasne Eagles	Dartmouth, NS
1987	Kitchener-Waterloo Braves (ON)	Mississauga Tomahawks (ON)	Huntsville Hawks (ON)	Kitchener, ON
1988	Kitchener-Waterloo Braves (ON)			Sarnia, ON
1989	Orangeville Northmen (ON)
1990	Orangeville Northmen (ON)	Port Coquitlam Saints (BC)	Esquimalt Legion	Esquimalt, BC

(*) denotes in 1972, the Founders Cup was awarded to the Junior "C" Champion instead of the Junior "B" Champion.

Year	Gold Medal Game			Bronze Medal Game
Year	Champions	Score	Finalists	Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
1991	Huntsville Hawks OJBLL
1992 Scarborough, ON	Scarborough Saints OJBLL - Host	9-5	Orillia Kings OJBLL
1993 Winnipeg, MB	Owen Sound Flying Dutchmen^[3] OJBLL	15-13	Orillia Kings OJBLL
1994	Orillia Kings OJBLL
1995 St. Catharines, ON	Orillia Kings OJBLL
1996	Spartan Warriors OJBLL		Orillia Kings OJBLL
1997 Etobicoke, ON	Six Nations Red Rebels^[4] OJBLL	11-9 OT	Orillia Kings OJBLL	Iroquois Nationals^[5] ILA	11-4	Mimico Mountaineers OJBLL - Host
1998 Akwesasne	Clarington Green Gaels^[6] OJBLL	13-6	Iroquois Nationals ILA - Host	Six Nations Red Rebels OJBLL	12-10	Edmonton Miners RMLL
1999 Milton, ON	Edmonton Miners RMLL	13-10	Milton Mavericks OJBLL - Host	Clarington Green Gaels OJBLL	10-8	Elora Mohawks OJBLL
2000 Clarington, ON	Clarington Green Gaels OJBLL - Host	8-6	Iroquois Nationals ILA	Elora Mohawks OJBLL	18-1	Calgary Mountaineers RMLL
2001 Edmonton, AB	Wallaceburg Red Devils OJBLL	10-5	Edmonton Miners RMLL - Host	Scarborough Saints OJBLL	11-10 OT	Delta Islanders WCJLL - Host
2002 Georgetown, ON	Clarington Green Gaels OJBLL	7-6	St. Catharines Spartans OJBLL	Edmonton Miners RMLL	9-7 OT	Halton Hills Bulldogs OJBLL - Host
2003 Port Coquitlam, BC	Barrie Tornado OJBLL	16-8	Coquitlam Adanacs WCJLL	Prince George Posse TOJLL	13-11 OT	Port Coquitlam Saints WCJLL - Host
2004 Elora, ON	Clarington Green Gaels OJBLL	11-8	Elora Mohawks OJBLL - Host	Edmonton Warriors RMLL	15-9	Manitoba Buffalo RMLL
2005 Saskatoon, SK	Elora Mohawks OJBLL	11-2	Edmonton Warriors RMLL	Kamloops Rattlers TOJLL	6-4	Calgary Shamrocks RMLL
2006 Windsor, ON	Oakville Buzz OJBLL	10-4	Windsor AKO Fratmen OJBLL - Host	Calgary Shamrocks RMLL	14-4	Iroquois Nationals ILA
2007 Kamloops, BC	Six Nations Rebels OJBLL	8-2	Coquitlam Adanacs WCJLL	Calgary Shamrocks RMLL	6-5	Calgary Mountaineers RMLL
2008 Guelph, ON	Six Nations Rebels OJBLL	8-7	Guelph Regals OJBLL - Host	Iroquois Nationals FNLA	5-3	Port Coquitlam Saints WCJLL
2009 Edmonton, AB	Calgary Mountaineers^[7] RMLL	8-4	Clarington Green Gaels OJBLL	Edmonton Warriors RMLL - Host	7-6	Red Deer Rampage RMLL
2010 Etobicoke, ON	Halton Hills Bulldogs^[8] OJBLL	4-3 2OT	Mimico Mountaineers OJBLL - Host	Kamloops Venom TOJLL	8-3	Calgary Mountaineers RMLL
2011 Saskatoon, SK	Six Nations Rebels^[9] OJBLL	14-11	Calgary Mountaineers RMLL	Saskatchewan SWAT PGLL - Host	15-7	Manitoba Gryphons RMLL
2012 Hagersville, ON	Six Nations Rebels^[10] OJBLL - Host	8-7	Akwesasne Indians OJBLL	Calgary Mountaineers RMLL	17-11	Onondaga Redhawks ILA
2013 Winnipeg, MB	Six Nations Rebels^[11] OJBLL	16-12	Calgary Mountaineers RMLL	Onondaga Redhawks ILA	14-9	Team Nova Scotia
2014 Halifax, NS	Six Nations Rebels^[12] OJBLL	14-7	Seneca WarChiefs INJBLL	Team Nova Scotia Host	11-4	Manitoba Blizzard RMLL
2015 Calgary, AB	Akwesasne Indians^[13] OJBLL	9-6 OT	Seneca WarChiefs FNJBLL	Calgary Mountaineers RMLL - Host	9-6	Coquitlam Adanacs WCJLL
2016 Orangeville, ON	Orangeville Northmen^[14] OJBLL - Host	11-6	Clarington Green Gaels OJBLL	Seneca WarChiefs FNJBLL	17-8	Calgary Chill RMLL
2017 Saskatoon, SK	Orangeville Northmen^[15] OJBLL	18-7	Red Deer Rampage RMLL	Seneca WarChiefs FNJBLL	15-8	Manitoba Blizzard RMLL
2018 Akwesasne	Elora Mohawks^[16] OJBLL	9-5	Seneca WarChiefs FNJBLL	Coquitlam Adanacs BCJT1LL	9-8	Manitoba Blizzard RMLL
2019 Winnipeg, MB	Calgary Shamrocks RMLL	16-15	Six Nations Rebels OJBLL	Coquitlam Adanacs BCJT1LL	7-4	Manitoba Blizzard RMLL - Host
2022 Brampton, ON	Nepean Knights OJBLL	7-6	Coquitlam Adanacs BCJT1LL	Edmonton Warriors RMLL	12-11	Brampton Excelsiors OBJLL - Host
2023 Port Coquitlam, BC	Edmonton Warriors RMLL	9-7	Akwesasne Thunder OJBLL	Port Coquitlam Saints BCJT1LL - Host	12-8	Onondaga Redhawks FNJBLL

References[edit]

^ "History | CLA Founders' Cup".
^ "About the Owen Sound Northstars Jr B Lacrosse Team". www.northstarsjrblax.com. Archived from the original on 2014-03-14.
^ "Owen Sound 25th Anniversary Dutchmen News Centre News". www.bayshorebroadcasting.ca. Archived from the original on 2018-08-27.
^ "All Aboriginal team wins national championship".
^ "Challenge leads to bronze (Iroquois Lacrosse Association). - Free Online Library".
^ "1998 Clarington Green Gaels headed to the Hall of Fame".
^ "Clarington Green Gaels shocked in Founders final".
^ "Founders Cup for Kevin Jenkins".
^ "On Pointstreak Sports Technologies".
^ "Hail to the Champions: Six Nations Rebels Win Record Fifth Founders Cup Lacrosse Title in All-First Nations Final". Indian Country Today. 20 August 2012.
^ "Six Nations Rebels Three-peat!". 28 August 2013.
^ "Six Nations Rebels enjoy fourth straight Founders Cup win". Brantford Expositer. 27 August 2014.
^ "Founders Cup Goes to Akwesasne". 26 August 2015.
^ "Jr B Northmen claim Founders Cup". Orangeville Citizen. 25 August 2016.
^ "Orangeville Northmen repeat as 2017 Founders Cup champions". Orangeville Banner. 20 August 2017.
^ "Founders Cup wraps up in Akwesasne with win by Elora".

External links[edit]

[1] "History | CLA Founders' Cup".

[2] "About the Owen Sound Northstars Jr B Lacrosse Team". www.northstarsjrblax.com. Archived from the original on 2014-03-14.

[3] "Owen Sound 25th Anniversary Dutchmen News Centre News". www.bayshorebroadcasting.ca. Archived from the original on 2018-08-27.

[4] "All Aboriginal team wins national championship".

[5] "Challenge leads to bronze (Iroquois Lacrosse Association). - Free Online Library".

[6] "1998 Clarington Green Gaels headed to the Hall of Fame".

[7] "Clarington Green Gaels shocked in Founders final".

[8] "Founders Cup for Kevin Jenkins".

[9] "On Pointstreak Sports Technologies".

[10] "Hail to the Champions: Six Nations Rebels Win Record Fifth Founders Cup Lacrosse Title in All-First Nations Final". Indian Country Today. 20 August 2012.

[11] "Six Nations Rebels Three-peat!". 28 August 2013.

[12] "Six Nations Rebels enjoy fourth straight Founders Cup win". Brantford Expositer. 27 August 2014.

[13] "Founders Cup Goes to Akwesasne". 26 August 2015.

[14] "Jr B Northmen claim Founders Cup". Orangeville Citizen. 25 August 2016.

[15] "Orangeville Northmen repeat as 2017 Founders Cup champions". Orangeville Banner. 20 August 2017.

[16] "Founders Cup wraps up in Akwesasne with win by Elora".

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