Founders Cup Trophy
2006 Founders Cup Logo

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

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

Founders' Cup Champions

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
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

  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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