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.

Founders Cup Trophy
2006 Founders Cup Logo

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
1964Guelph Mohawks (ON)
1965Huntsville Teen Towners (ON)Ottawa (ON)
1966New Westminster Athletics (BC)
1967Elora Mohawks (ON)
1968Elora Mohawks (ON)
1969Vancouver Grandview (BC)
1970Whitby Transporters (ON)
1971Victoria McDonalds (BC)
Founders Cup era
1972Long Branch PCO's* (ON)
1973NOTL Warriors (ON)
1974Whitby Transporters (ON)
1975Windsor Warlocks (ON)Esquimalt (BC)North Glenora Blues (AB)Edmonton, AB
1976Elora Mohawks (ON)Burnaby (BC)Windsor Warlocks (ON)Windsor, ON
1977Scarborough Saints (ON)Quebec (QC)St. John's, NL
1978Point Edward Pacers (ON)Quebec (QC)
1979Point Edward Pacers (ON)
1980Enoch Tomahawks (AB)Toronto Beaches (ON)Owen Sound Signmen (ON)Baie-Comeau, QC
1981NOTL Warriors (ON)
1982Owen Sound Signmen (ON)Delta Islanders (BC)(13-10)[2]Port Coquitlam, BC
1983Point Edward Pacers (ON)Calgary, AB.
1984Point Edward Pacers (ON)Scarborough Saints (ON)Huntsville, ON
1985Scarborough Saints (ON)
1986Mississauga Tomahawks (ON)Alberta (AB)Akwesasne EaglesDartmouth, NS
1987Kitchener-Waterloo Braves (ON)Mississauga Tomahawks (ON)Huntsville Hawks (ON)Kitchener, ON
1988Kitchener-Waterloo Braves (ON)Sarnia, ON
1989Orangeville Northmen (ON)
1990Orangeville Northmen (ON)Port Coquitlam Saints (BC)Esquimalt LegionEsquimalt, 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
1991Huntsville Hawks
OJBLL
1992
Scarborough, ON		Scarborough Saints
OJBLL - Host		9-5Orillia Kings
OJBLL
1993
Winnipeg, MB		Owen Sound Flying Dutchmen[3]
OJBLL		15-13Orillia Kings
OJBLL
1994Orillia Kings
OJBLL
1995
St. Catharines, ON		Orillia Kings
OJBLL
1996Spartan Warriors
OJBLL		Orillia Kings
OJBLL
1997
Etobicoke, ON		Six Nations Red Rebels[4]
OJBLL		11-9 OTOrillia Kings
OJBLL		Iroquois Nationals[5]
ILA		11-4Mimico Mountaineers
OJBLL - Host
1998
Akwesasne		Clarington Green Gaels[6]
OJBLL		13-6Iroquois Nationals
ILA - Host		Six Nations Red Rebels
OJBLL		12-10Edmonton Miners
RMLL
1999
Milton, ON		Edmonton Miners
RMLL		13-10Milton Mavericks
OJBLL - Host		Clarington Green Gaels
OJBLL		10-8Elora Mohawks
OJBLL
2000
Clarington, ON		Clarington Green Gaels
OJBLL - Host		8-6Iroquois Nationals
ILA		Elora Mohawks
OJBLL		18-1Calgary Mountaineers
RMLL
2001
Edmonton, AB		Wallaceburg Red Devils
OJBLL		10-5Edmonton Miners
RMLL - Host		Scarborough Saints
OJBLL		11-10 OTDelta Islanders
WCJLL - Host
2002
Georgetown, ON		Clarington Green Gaels
OJBLL		7-6St. Catharines Spartans
OJBLL		Edmonton Miners
RMLL		9-7 OTHalton Hills Bulldogs
OJBLL - Host
2003
Port Coquitlam, BC		Barrie Tornado
OJBLL		16-8Coquitlam Adanacs
WCJLL		Prince George Posse
TOJLL		13-11 OTPort Coquitlam Saints
WCJLL - Host
2004
Elora, ON		Clarington Green Gaels
OJBLL		11-8Elora Mohawks
OJBLL - Host		Edmonton Warriors
RMLL		15-9Manitoba Buffalo
RMLL
2005
Saskatoon, SK		Elora Mohawks
OJBLL		11-2Edmonton Warriors
RMLL		Kamloops Rattlers
TOJLL		6-4Calgary Shamrocks
RMLL
2006
Windsor, ON		Oakville Buzz
OJBLL		10-4Windsor AKO Fratmen
OJBLL - Host		Calgary Shamrocks
RMLL		14-4Iroquois Nationals
ILA
2007
Kamloops, BC		Six Nations Rebels
OJBLL		8-2Coquitlam Adanacs
WCJLL		Calgary Shamrocks
RMLL		6-5Calgary Mountaineers
RMLL
2008
Guelph, ON		Six Nations Rebels
OJBLL		8-7Guelph Regals
OJBLL - Host		Iroquois Nationals
FNLA		5-3Port Coquitlam Saints
WCJLL
2009
Edmonton, AB		Calgary Mountaineers[7]
RMLL		8-4Clarington Green Gaels
OJBLL		Edmonton Warriors
RMLL - Host		7-6Red Deer Rampage
RMLL
2010
Etobicoke, ON		Halton Hills Bulldogs[8]
OJBLL		4-3 2OTMimico Mountaineers
OJBLL - Host		Kamloops Venom
TOJLL		8-3Calgary Mountaineers
RMLL
2011
Saskatoon, SK		Six Nations Rebels[9]
OJBLL		14-11Calgary Mountaineers
RMLL		Saskatchewan SWAT
PGLL - Host		15-7Manitoba Gryphons
RMLL
2012
Hagersville, ON		Six Nations Rebels[10]
OJBLL - Host		8-7Akwesasne Indians
OJBLL		Calgary Mountaineers
RMLL		17-11Onondaga Redhawks
ILA
2013
Winnipeg, MB		Six Nations Rebels[11]
OJBLL		16-12Calgary Mountaineers
RMLL		Onondaga Redhawks
ILA		14-9Team Nova Scotia
2014
Halifax, NS		Six Nations Rebels[12]
OJBLL		14-7Seneca WarChiefs
INJBLL		Team Nova Scotia
Host		11-4Manitoba Blizzard
RMLL
2015
Calgary, AB		Akwesasne Indians[13]
OJBLL		9-6 OTSeneca WarChiefs
FNJBLL		Calgary Mountaineers
RMLL - Host		9-6Coquitlam Adanacs
WCJLL
2016
Orangeville, ON		Orangeville Northmen[14]
OJBLL - Host		11-6Clarington Green Gaels
OJBLL		Seneca WarChiefs
FNJBLL		17-8Calgary Chill
RMLL
2017
Saskatoon, SK		Orangeville Northmen[15]
OJBLL		18-7Red Deer Rampage
RMLL		Seneca WarChiefs
FNJBLL		15-8Manitoba Blizzard
RMLL
2018
Akwesasne		Elora Mohawks[16]
OJBLL		9-5Seneca WarChiefs
FNJBLL		Coquitlam Adanacs
BCJT1LL		9-8Manitoba Blizzard
RMLL
2019
Winnipeg, MB		Calgary Shamrocks
RMLL		16-15Six Nations Rebels
OJBLL		Coquitlam Adanacs
BCJT1LL		7-4Manitoba Blizzard
RMLL - Host
2022
Brampton, ON		Nepean Knights
OJBLL		7-6Coquitlam Adanacs
BCJT1LL		Edmonton Warriors
RMLL		12-11Brampton Excelsiors
OBJLL - Host
2023
Port Coquitlam, BC		Edmonton Warriors
RMLL		9-7Akwesasne Thunder
OJBLL		Port Coquitlam Saints
BCJT1LL - Host		12-8Onondaga Redhawks
FNJBLL

References
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  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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