Calgary Mountaineers
Founded | 1970s |
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League | Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League |
Based in | Calgary, Alberta |
Arena | Max Bell Centre |
Colors | Black, Silver, Maroon/Blue and White |
Championships |
Presidents Cup (1983) Founders Cup (2009) |
Website | Jr. A Mountaineers |
The Calgary Mountaineers are a box lacrosse organization based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The organization has teams at three levels of the Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League: a Senior B squad, along with a Junior A and Junior B teams.
Sr. B Mountaineers
The Senior Mountaineers have existed for over 30 years, and in 1983, captured the Canadian Senior B championship, the Presidents Cup.
Jr. A Mountaineers
Established in 2006, the Calgary Jr. A Mountaineers are one of four teams in the province at the Junior A level. They were the host team for the 2008 Minto Cup, Canada's national Junior A championship. The tournament was held at the Max Bell Centre in August 2008, won by Orangeville Northmen.[1]
Jr. B Mountaineers
The Calgary Jr. B Mountaineers were formed in the late 1990s, and have won the Alberta Provincial Championship in 2000, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013.[2]
On August 22, 2009, the Junior B Mountaineers upset the OLA Junior B Lacrosse League's Clarington Green Gaels 8-4 to win Alberta's first Founders Cup since 1999.
References
- ↑ "Northmen capture Minto Cup 9-4". Inside Lacrosse. 8 September 2008.
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