Owen Sound Rams

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Owen Sound Rams

City	Owen Sound, Ontario
League	OLA Junior B Lacrosse League
Founded	1973
Home Arena	Bayshore Community Centre
Colours	Black, Red, and White
Coach	Brian Jones
GM	Brad Bowers

The Owen Sound Rams are Junior "B" box lacrosse team from Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada. The Rams play in the OLA Junior B Lacrosse League.

Owen Sound Satellites 1973 - 1977

Owen Sound Forsythes 1978

Owen Sound Signmen 1979 - 1989

Owen Sound Flying Dutchmen 1990 - 2005

Owen Sound Rams 2006 to Present

[edit] History

The Owen Sound junior lacrosse team first appeared, statistically, in the second year of the short history of the Ontario Lacrosse Association's Junior "C" league. Led by future coach Mark Kazarian and heavily skilled David Cruikshank, the Satellites started a string of four straight finals appearances and three straight Ontario Junior "C" Championships. Competing against the Orangeville Stingers and the Orillia Lions, both future OLA Junior A Lacrosse League teams, the Owen Sound franchise was not short on competition.

After the 1979 season, the OLA-C folded into the OLA-B and with it came the Owen Sound Signmen. During the 1980 season, the Signmen won their first ever Ontario Junior "B" title and their forth straight league championship (3 Junior "C", 1 Junior "B"). Sadly, at their first stab at the National title, the Founders Cup, the Signmen lost out to the Alberta champion.

The next big season for the Owen Sound team came in 1993. Now under the name "Flying Dutchmen", Owen Sound finished the season in first place with a 20-2 record. In the Quarter-final, they swept the Guelph Regals in three games. In the Semi-final, the Dutchies swept the Elora Mohawks in four straight games. In the Final, the Dutchmen were challenged by the Orillia Kings for the league title. Although a tight series, the Dutchmen took the best-of-7 in 6 games. They went on to win the Founders Cup as National Champions.

Although 1994 was not a very good season for the Dutchies, the next few seasons were quite productive. In 1998, the Dutchies even won the West Conference's Regular Season with a 19-4-1 record, but failed to do much in the playoffs. 1999 until present could only be described as "rebuilding years". Although the team hasn't really done badly, they seem to be struggling to put together a season that could be viewed as a success. In 2006, they changed their name to the Rams.

[edit] 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
1973	26	12	14	0	327	381	24	4th OLA-C Div B	Lost 1st Round
1974	26	17	9	0	404	310	34	4th OLA-C Central	Lost Division Semi-final
1975	24	8	14	2	328	390	18	7th OLA-C Central	DNQ
1976	22	17	5	0	381	293	34	1st OLA-C	Lost Final
1977	24	18	6	0	434	276	36	2nd OLA-C	Won League
1978	20	16	4	0	354	233	32	2nd OLA-C	Won League
1979	24	21	3	0	490	226	42	1st OLA-C	Won League
1980	16	14	2	0	310	162	28	1st OLA-B Central	Won League
1981	20	15	5	0	348	209	30	3rd OLA-B West	Lost Quarter-final
1982	24	20	4	0	418	257	40	1st OLA-B West	Won League, Won Founders Cup
1983	22	14	6	0	392	262	28	2nd OLA-B West	Lost Semi-final
1984	20	16	4	0	429	247	32	2nd OLA-B Div II	Lost Quarter-final
1985	24	13	11	0	381	295	26	4th OLA-B West	Lost Quarter-final
1986	20	12	8	0	309	302	24	3rd OLA-B West	Lost Quarter-final
1987	24	8	16	0	289	334	16	6th OLA-B West	DNQ
1988	20	3	17	0	199	302	6	6th OLA-B West	DNQ
1989	20	13	7	0	240	223	26	4th OLA-B	Lost Quarter-final
1990	20	11	9	0	279	234	22	6th OLA-B	Lost Semi-final
1991	18	7	11	0	217	207	14	6th OLA-B	Lost Quarter-final
1992	20	6	14	0	215	319	12	9th OLA-B	DNQ
1993	22	20	2	0	360	160	40	1st OLA-B	Won League, Won Founders Cup
1994	22	7	14	1	216	279	15	9th OLA-B	DNQ
1995	22	15	6	1	252	207	31	2nd OLA-B Central	Lost Semi-final
1996	22	13	9	0	263	203	26	3rd OLA-B West	Lost Quarter-final
1997	22	15	7	0	301	210	30	3rd OLA-B West	Lost Quarter-final
1998	24	19	4	1	354	178	39	1st OLA-B West	Lost Semi-final
1999	21	10	11	0	227	194	20	7th OLA-B West	Lost 1st Round
2000	21	6	15	0	157	241	12	7th OLA-B West	DNQ
2001	20	5	15	0	123	190	10	10th OLA-B West	DNQ
2002	22	8	13	1	141	189	17	9th OLA-B West	DNQ
2003	20	7	12	1	133	165	15	6th OLA-B West	Lost Quarter-final
2004	20	12	8	0	176	169	24	5th OLA-B West	Lost Quarter-final
2005	20	10	9	1	184	167	21	8th OLA-B West	Lost 1st Round
2006	20	11	8	1	159	143	23	6th OLA-B West	Lost 1st Round
2007	20	12	8	0	191	137	24	7th OLA-B West	Lost Quarter-final