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| Founded | 1990s |
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| League | Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League |
| Based in | Calgary, Alberta |
| Colours | Black, Silver, Maroon/Blue and White |
| Head coach | Wayne Sutherland |
| Championships | 2000, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 RMLL & 2009 Founders Cup |
| Website | Jr B Mountaineers |
The Calgary Mountaineers are a box lacrosse organization based out of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The organization represents teams at three levels of the Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League: a Senior B squad, along with a Junior A team and a Junior B team.
The Junior B Mountaineers were created in the late 1990s, and have won the Alberta Provincial Championship in 2000, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013.
In the 2009 season, the Mounties finished the regular season first overall in Alberta with a nearly unfettered record of 19–1. On August 22, 2009, the Junior B Mountaineers doing what only two non-Ontarian teams have done before upset the OLA Junior B Lacrosse League's Clarington Green Gaels 8–4 to win Alberta's first Founders Cup since 1999, finishing the season with an overall record of 29–3.
CANADIAN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
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The Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League (RMLL) is a box lacrosse league based in Alberta with three teams in Saskatchewan and, as of 2018, one in Manitoba. It is sanctioned by the Alberta Lacrosse Association. RMLL organizes all senior and junior play in the province. The league is broken into several divisions: Senior B, Senior C, Junior A, Junior B, Tier II and Tier III. Junior Ladies and Senior Ladies divisions were added in 2004 and 2011, respectively.
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