Current season, competition or edition: 2024 | |
Sport | Box lacrosse |
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Founded | 1932 |
Commissioner | Paul Dal Monte |
No. of teams | 7 |
Country | Canada |
Most recent champion(s) | New Westminster Salmonbellies (2023) |
Most titles | New Westminster Salmonbellies (22 titles) |
Official website | WLAlacrosse.com |
The Western Lacrosse Association (WLA) is a men's Senior A box lacrosse league with seven teams in British Columbia. The playoff championship team each season advances to the play against the Major Series Lacrosse champions for the Mann Cup. The championship is hosted alternately between Ontario and British Columbia each year.
The league consists of the following teams:
Team |
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Burnaby Lakers |
Coquitlam Adanacs |
Langley Thunder |
Maple Ridge Burrards |
Nanaimo Timbermen |
New Westminster Salmonbellies |
Victoria Shamrocks |
Teams in bold = Mann Cup winner
1969: New Westminster Labatt Blues 1970: New Westminster Salmonbellies 1971: New Westminster Salmonbellies 1972: New Westminster Salmonbellies 1973: Vancouver Burrards 1974: New Westminster Salmonbellies 1975: Vancouver Burrards 1976: New Westminster Salmonbellies 1977: Vancouver Burrards 1978: Victoria Shamrocks 1979: Victoria Shamrocks 1980: New Westminster Salmonbellies 1981: New Westminster Salmonbellies 1982: New Westminster Salmonbellies 1983: Victoria Payless 1984: Victoria Payless 1985: New Westminster Salmonbellies 1986: New Westminster Salmonbellies 1987: New Westminster Salmonbellies | 1988: Coquitlam Adanacs 1989: New Westminster Salmonbellies 1990: Vancouver Burrards 1991: New Westminster Salmonbellies 1992: New Westminster Salmonbellies 1993: Coquitlam Adanacs 1994: New Westminster Salmonbellies 1995: New Westminster Salmonbellies 1996: Victoria Shamrocks 1997: Victoria Shamrocks 1998: Victoria Shamrocks 1999: Victoria Shamrocks 2000: Victoria Shamrocks 2001: Coquitlam Adanacs 2002: Victoria Shamrocks 2003: Victoria Shamrocks 2004: Victoria Shamrocks 2005: Victoria Shamrocks 2006: Victoria Shamrocks | 2007: Coquitlam Adanacs 2008: New Westminster Salmonbellies 2009: New Westminster Salmonbellies 2010: New Westminster Salmonbellies 2011: Langley Thunder 2012: Langley Thunder 2013: Victoria Shamrocks 2014: Victoria Shamrocks 2015: Victoria Shamrocks 2016: Maple Ridge Burrards 2017: New Westminster Salmonbellies 2018: Maple Ridge Burrards 2019: Victoria Shamrocks 2020: no season 2021: no season 2022: Langley Thunder 2023: New Westminster Salmonbellies 2024: Victoria Shamrocks |
New Westminster Salmonbellies
Maple Ridge Burrards
Victoria Shamrocks
Coquitlam Adanacs
Burnaby Lakers
Langley Thunder
Nanaimo Timbermen
the Indians
Vancouver Athletic Club / Abbotsford Hotel
New Westminster Adanacs
Richmond Farmers
Vancouver Bluebirds / Home Gas
"Norvans"
Military teams
Nanaimo
Burnaby
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