Sport | Box Lacrosse |
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First season | 1964 |
Most recent champion(s) | Ladner Pioneers (2024) |
Most titles | Fergus Thistles (6) |
Official website | Presidents Cup website |
The Presidents Cup is the national Senior-level box lacrosse championship for the Canadian Lacrosse Association. The annual Championship awards a "Gold", "Silver", and "Bronze" placing. The skill levels have been adjusted in recent years; Senior "B" teams from across Canada now compete for the Presidents Cup (as before it was all Senior teams). Senior "A" is now represented by Ontario's Major Series Lacrosse and the Western Lacrosse Association (British Columbia), who compete for the Mann Cup.
There have been three trophies used for the Presidents Cup championships. The original trophy was known as the Castrol Oil Presidents Trophy and was awarded to teams from 1964 until 1971. [1]
In 1972, a new trophy was donated as a replacement and the old Castrol Oil trophy retired. The second trophy was in use from 1972 until 1995 when it too was retired. While the original Castrol Oil trophy was donated to the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 1979, the second trophy was put into storage and became forgotten. Its existence was completely unknown to the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame until the Canadian Lacrosse Association contacted the hall in late 2016 when it was found in their storage, which was donated to the lacrosse hall in February 2016. The original trophy underwent restoration work in 2015-2016 however the second trophy is still in need of some repair.
The current trophy was donated for use starting in 1996 and has the following inscription: "Donated by the Iroquois Lacrosse Association and the '95 Presidents Cup winners, the Akwesasne Thunder, in honour and memory of the late Frank 'Tewisateni' Roundpoint, "Grandfather of Lacrosse", Akwesasne Mohawk Nation."
The first two years (1964-1965) of competition were essentially the result of provincial championship play in Ontario. The Hagerville Warriors won the Ontario Senior ‘B’ Championship in 1964 – however at some point they were later included in the list of Canadian national champions for Senior ‘B’ as the Ohsweken Warriors even though 1965 was reported in the newspaper press at that time as the first year of a National Senior ‘B’ Championship in Canada. The following year the Fergus Thistles won the Ontario Senior ‘B’ Championship. Port Alberni Labatts won the British Columbia Senior ‘B’ Championship and arrangements were made for a National Championship series to be played – however it never took place.
1965 saw the first true national competition between teams from different provinces when the Nanaimo Luckies and defending Fergus Thistles met in Nanaimo, British Columbia in a best of five series, which was swept 3-0 by Nanaimo and required a replay of the final 7 minutes and 15 seconds of the second game of the series after Fergus Thistles protested an officiating call.
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Year | Gold Medal Game | Bronze Medal Game | |||||
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Champions | Score | Finalists | Third Place | Score | Fourth Place | ||
1990 Fergus, ON | Fergus Thistles MSL - Host | 8-5 | Edmonton Miners RMLL | Owen Sound North Stars MSL | 11-5 | Ladner Pioneers WCSLA | |
1991 | Owen Sound North Stars MSL | 9-3 | Edmonton Miners RMLL | Ohsweken Warriors Can-Am | 16-15 | Calgary Mountaineers RMLL | |
1992 | Fergus Thistles MSL | Nanaimo Timbermen WCSLA | Edmonton Miners RMLL | ||||
1993 | North Shore Indians WCSLA | Edmonton Miners RMLL | Burnaby Lakers WCSLA | ||||
1994 Hamilton, ON | Tuscarora Thunderhawks ILA | Burnaby Lakers WCSLA | Akwesasne Thunder ILA | ||||
1995 Prince George, BC | Akwesasne Thunder ILA | Burnaby Lakers WCSLA | Edmonton Miners RMLL | ||||
1996 Cornwall, ON | Ohsweken Wolves Can-Am | Akwesasne Thunder ILA - Host | Kahnawake Mohawks ILA | ||||
1997 Ladner, BC | Akwesasne Thunder ILA | Ohsweken Wolves Can-Am | Ladner Pioneers WCSLA - Host | ||||
1998 Tuscarora, NY | Ladner Pioneers WCSLA | Newtown Golden Eagles Can-Am | Tuscarora Thunderhawks Can-Am - Host | ||||
1999 Burnaby, BC | Burnaby Bandits WCSLA - Host | 9-5 | North Shore Indians WCSLA | Edmonton Outlaws RMLL | 15-14 | Newtown Golden Eagles Can-Am | |
2000 Kahnawake, QC | Newtown Golden Eagles Can-Am | 13-6 | Brooklin Merchants OSBLL | Kahnawake Mohawks QSLL - Host | 11-7 | Langley Knights WCSLA | |
2001 New Westminster, BC | North Shore Indians WCSLA - Host | 6-3 | Abbotsford Bandits WCSLA | Owen Sound Woodsmen OSBLL | 17-13 | Snye Warriors TNSLL | |
2002 Edmonton, AB | Edmonton Outlaws RMLL - Host | 12-4 | Snye Warriors TNSLL | Nanaimo Timbermen WCSLA | 12-6 | Newtown Golden Eagles Can-Am | |
2003 Owen Sound, ON | Kitchener-Waterloo Kodiaks OSBLL | 7-6 | Owen Sound Woodsmen OSBLL - Host | Edmonton Outlaws RMLL | 7-5 | Nanaimo Timbermen WCSLA | |
2004 Langley, BC | Ladner Pioneers WCSLA | 6-3 | Kahnawake Mohawks QSLL | Langley Knights WCSLA - Host | 7-0 | Barrie Lakeshores OSBLL | |
2005 Waterloo, ON | Kitchener-Waterloo Kodiaks OSBLL - Host | 5-3 | Tri-City Bandits WCSLA | Sherwood Park Outlaws RMLL | 7-4 | Kahnawake Mohawks QSLL | |
2006 Ladner, BC | Wellington Aces OSBLL | 9-5 | Sherwood Park Outlaws RMLL | Ladner Pioneers WCSLA - Host | 12-6 | Tri-City Bandits WCSLA | |
2007 Owen Sound, ON | Sherwood Park Outlaws RMLL | 8-6 | Ajax-Pickering Rock OSBLL | Owen Sound Woodsmen OSBLL - Host | 9-6 | Ladner Pioneers WCSLA | |
2008 Sherwood Park, AB | Owen Sound Woodsmen OSBLL | 10-5 | Sherwood Park Outlaws RMLL - Host | Kahnawake Mohawks QSLL | 9-4 | Tri-City Bandits WCSLA | |
2009 Hagersville, ON | Owen Sound Woodsmen OSBLL | 11-5 | Tri-City Bandits WCSLA | Six Nations Sting Can-Am - Host | 8-7 | Niagara Hawks Can-Am | |
2010 Burnaby, BC | Onondaga Redhawks Can-Am | 14-7 | Owen Sound Woodsmen OSBLL | Kahnawake Mohawks QSLL | 13-8 | Burnaby Burrards WCSLA - Host | |
2011 Akwesasne | St. Regis Braves TNSLL | 11-8 | Snake Island Muskies TNSLL - Host | St. Catharines Saints OSBLL | 13-8 | Kahnawake Mohawks QSLL | |
2012 Spruce Grove, AB | St. Regis Braves TNSLL | 13-9 | St. Catharines Saints OSBLL | Rocky View Knights RMLL | 9-8OT | Spruce Grove Slash RMLL - Host | |
2013 Kahnawake, QC | St. Catharines Saints OSBLL | 8-5 | Kahnawake Mohawks QSLL - Host | Caughnawaga Indians TNSLL | 14-9 | Calgary Mountaineers RMLL | |
2014 Coquitlam, BC | Onondaga Redhawks Can-Am | 9-7 | Six Nations Rivermen OSBLL | St. Albert Miners RMLL | 7-5 | Kahnawake Mohawks QSLL | |
2015 St. Catharines, ON | Six Nations Rivermen OSBLL | 14-11 | Capital Region Axemen QSLL | St. Catharines Saints OSBLL - Host | 10-7 | Onondaga Redhawks Can-Am | |
2016 Leduc, AB | St. Albert Miners RMLL | 12-7 | Kahnawake Mohawks QSLL | Brooklin Merchants OSBLL | 13-10 | Native Sons Can-Am | |
2017 Hagersville, ON | St. Albert Miners RMLL | 7-6 | Six Nations Rivermen OSBLL - Host | Native Sons Can-Am | 10-5 | St. Regis Braves TNSLL | |
2018 Nanaimo, BC | St. Albert Miners RMLL | 10-8OT | Nanaimo Timbermen WCSLA - Host | Caghnawaga Indians TNSLL | 15-6 | Oakville Titans OSBLL | |
2019 Kahnawake, QC | Six Nations Rivermen OSL | 9-5 | Akwesasne Bucks Can-Am | Kahnawake Mohawks QSLL - Host | 12-6 | St. Albert Miners RMLL | |
2022 Edmonton, AB | Ladner Pioneers WCSLA | 8-6 | Akwesasne Bucks Can-Am | Six Nations Rivermen OSL | 12-8 | St. Albert Miners RMLL - Host | |
2023 | Ladner Pioneers WCSLA | 12-8 | Edmonton Miners RMLL | Oakville Rock OSL- Host | 18-9 | Snake Island Muskies TNSLL | |
2024 | Ladner Pioneers WCSLA - Host | 9-2 | Edmonton Miners RMLL | Allegany Arrows Can-Am | 11-8 | Snake Island Muskies TNSLL |
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