OLA Junior B Lacrosse League

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

OLA Junior B Lacrosse League
Sport	Box lacrosse
Founded	1966
No. of teams	26
Country(ies)	Canada
Most recent champion(s)	Six Nations Rebels

The OLA Junior B Lacrosse League is a box lacrosse league sanctioned by the Ontario Lacrosse Association in Ontario, Canada. The OLA's Windsor AKO Fratmen hosted the 2006 National Championships for the Founders Cup.

Contents 1 History 2 The Teams 3 Champions 3.1 Tier II Champions 4 Former Member Teams 5 External links

[edit] History

The Junior "B" level of the Ontario Lacrosse Association has been around since at least 1964. At the national level, the OLA-B has been extremely dominant at the Founders Cup tournament only losing out to other leagues a handful of times in the last 40+ years.

The league has changed formats few times in the last few decades. The league has played with no divisions (1990) and with as many as seven (2005). The league presently has 26 teams, but is ever expanding. In the past few years, the league has expanded to Oakville, Windsor, London, Cornwall, Hamilton, Niagara, Markham, Orangeville, and Welland. Also, for the 2007 season, the City of Caledon applied to resurrect its old Caledon Bandits franchise, but was offered a spot in the new OLA Junior C Lacrosse League in 2008.

In recent years, the most dominant team has been the Clarington Green Gaels. Between 1998 and 2004, the Gaels won 4 Founders Cups as Canadian Junior "B" champions and 2 OLA-B Championships. Of the recent expansion of the league, the Oakville Buzz have been the most remarkable franchise to be built. With only 4 losses in 40 games during the 2005 and 2006 seasons, the Buzz were favourites to win the 2005 league title and Founders Cup. Sadly, the Buzz fell short to the eventual Founders Cup champions, the Elora Mohawks, 3 games to 1 in the league final. In 2006, the team went 19-1 and strolled through the playoffs with little opposition. The Buzz went undefeated at the Founders Cup and crushed the hopes of the host Windsor AKO Fratmen, beating them by a score of 10-4 in the final. After 6 seasons in the OLA-B, the Oakville Buzz may be strong enough to be better suited for the OLA Junior A Lacrosse League.

Players from the OLA-B and the OLA-A are often drafted straight into the professional level of lacrosse, the National Lacrosse League.

[edit] The Teams

Eastern Conference
Team	Centre	2007 Record	Finish
Akwesasne Lightning	Akwesasne	6-13-1-13	2nd Far East
Barrie Tornado	Barrie	11-9-0-22	2nd Mid East
Clarington Green Gaels	Clarington	20-0-0-40	1st Mid East
Cornwall Celtics	Cornwall	7-13-0-14	1st Far East
Gloucester Griffins	Gloucester	4-16-0-8	4th Far East
Halton Hills Bulldogs	Georgetown	14-6-0-28	3rd South East
Huntsville Hawks	Huntsville	9-10-1-19	3rd Mid East
Markham Ironheads	Markham	8-12-0-16	4th Mid East
Mimico Mountaineers	Mimico	15-5-0-30	2nd South East
Mississauga Tomahawks	Mississauga	8-11-1-17	4th South East
Nepean Knights	Nepean	4-15-1-9	3rd Far East
Newmarket Saints	Newmarket	7-13-0-14	5th Mid East
Oakville Buzz	Oakville	14-4-2-30	1st South East
Western Conference
Team	Centre	2007 Record	Finish
Elora Mohawks	Elora	14-6-0-28	2nd Mid West
Guelph Regals	Guelph	3-16-1-7	4th Mid West
Hamilton Bengals	Hamilton	11-9-0-22	3rd South West
London Blue Devils	London	7-13-0-14	3rd Far West
Niagara Thunderhawks	Niagara	13-7-0-26	2nd South West
Orangeville Northman	Orangeville	15-5-0-30	1st Mid West
Owen Sound Rams	Owen Sound	12-8-0-24	3rd Mid West
St. Catharines Spartans	St. Catharines	9-10-1-19	4th South West
Sarnia Pacers	Sarnia	2-18-0-4	4th Far West
Six Nations Red Rebels	Six Nations	17-3-0-34	1st South West
Wallaceburg Red Devils	Wallaceburg	13-7-0-26	2nd Far West
Welland Warlords	Welland	0-20-0-0	5th South West
Windsor AKO Fratmen	Windsor	13-7-0-26	1st Far West

[edit] Champions

2007 Six Nations Rebels

2006 Oakville Buzz

2005 Elora Mohawks

2004 Clarington Green Gaels

2003 Barrie Tornado

2002 St. Catharines Spartans

2001 Wallaceburg Red Devils

2000 Clarington Green Gaels

1999 Elora Mohawks

1998 Six Nations Red Rebels

1997 Orillia Kings

1996 Spartan Warriors (St. Catharines)

1995 Orillia Kings

1994 Orillia Kings

1993 Owen Sound Flying Dutchmen

1992 Scarborough Saints

1991 Huntsville Hawks

1990 Orangeville Northmen

1989 Orangeville Northmen

1988 Kitchener-Waterloo Braves

1987 Mississauga Tomahawks

1986 Mississauga Tomahawks

1985 Scarborough Saints

1984 Point Edward Pacers

1983 Point Edward Pacers

1982 Owen Sound Signmen

1981 Niagara Warriors

1980 Owen Sound Signmen

1979 Point Edward Pacers

1978 Point Edward Pacers

1977 Scarborough Saints

1976 Elora Mohawks

1975 Windsor Warlocks

1974 Whitby Transporters

1973 Niagara Warriors

1972 Whitby Transporters

1971 Rexdale Warriors

1970 Whitby Transporters

1969 Mississauga PCO's

1968 Elora Mohawks

1967 Elora Mohawks

1966 Toronto Township Combines

[edit] Tier II Champions

2000 Halton Hills Bulldogs

1998 Guelph Regals

1997 Elora Mohawks

1987 Six Nations Arrows

1986 Wallaceburg Griffins

1985 Spartan Warriors

1984 Orangeville Northmen

[edit] Former Member Teams

Kahnawake Jr. Mohawks

Kitchener-Waterloo Braves

Mississauga Tomahawks

Onondaga Redhawks

Orangeville Northmen

Orillia Rama Kings

Six Nations Arrows

Toronto Beaches

Windsor Warlocks

Brantford Posse

[edit] External links

• OLA Official Website
• The Bible of Lacrosse
• Unofficial OLA Website

OLA Junior B Lacrosse League

Current Teams: Akwesasne Lightning | Barrie Tornado | Clarington Green Gaels | Cornwall Celtics | Elora Mohawks | Gloucester Griffins | Guelph Regals | Halton Hills Bulldogs | Hamilton Bengals | Huntsville Hawks | London Blue Devils | Markham Ironheads | Mimico Mountaineers | Mississauga Tomahawks Jr. B | Nepean Knights | Niagara Thunderhawks | Oakville Buzz | Orangeville Northmen | Owen Sound Rams | Sarnia Pacers | Scarborough Saints | Six Nations Red Rebels | Spartan Warriors | Wallaceburg Red Devils | Welland Warlords | Windsor AKO Fratmen Former Member Teams: Kitchener-Waterloo Braves | Mississauga Tomahawks | Orangeville Northmen | Orillia Rama Kings | Six Nations Arrows | Toronto Beaches | Windsor Warlocks Ontario Lacrosse Association | Canadian Lacrosse Association | Founders Cup