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The Elora Mohawks are Junior "B" box lacrosse
Box lacrosse
Box lacrosse, also known as indoor lacrosse and sometimes shortened to boxla, LAX or simply box, is an indoor version of lacrosse played mostly in North America. The game originated in Canada, where it is the most popular version of the game played in contrast to the traditional field lacrosse game...
team from Elora, Ontario
Elora, Ontario
Elora is a community in the township of Centre Wellington, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada. It is well known for its 19th-century limestone architecture, its artistic community and the geographically significant Elora Gorge.-History:...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. The Mohawks play in the OLA Junior B Lacrosse League
OLA Junior B Lacrosse League
The Ontario Junior B Lacrosse League is a box lacrosse league sanctioned by the Ontario Lacrosse Association in Ontario, Canada.-History:The Junior "B" level of the Ontario Lacrosse Association has been around since at least 1964...
.
- Fergus Thistles 19xx - 1962
- Guelph Mohawks 1963 - 1966
- Elora Mohawks 1967 to Present
History
Probably founded in the 1960s, the Mohawks started out as the Fergus Thistles. In 1963, the team moved to become the Guelph Mohawks. In 1967 the team moved to Elora, OntarioElora, Ontario
Elora is a community in the township of Centre Wellington, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada. It is well known for its 19th-century limestone architecture, its artistic community and the geographically significant Elora Gorge.-History:...
and won the Canadian Castrol Cup in that year. They have bounced between the OLA Junior A Lacrosse League
OLA Junior A Lacrosse League
The Ontario Junior A Lacrosse League is a box lacrosse league in Ontario, Canada sanctioned by the Ontario Lacrosse Association. The playoff champion moves on to compete for the National Championship—the Minto Cup.-The teams:-Playoff Champions:...
and the OLA Junior B Lacrosse League
OLA Junior B Lacrosse League
The Ontario Junior B Lacrosse League is a box lacrosse league sanctioned by the Ontario Lacrosse Association in Ontario, Canada.-History:The Junior "B" level of the Ontario Lacrosse Association has been around since at least 1964...
.
2004 Playoff Run
The 2004 Season ended with the Mohawks tied for first place in the West with the Spartan WarriorsSpartan Warriors
The St. Catharines Spartans are a Junior "B" box lacrosse team from St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. The Spartans play in the OLA Junior B Lacrosse League.-External links:***...
with a 17-3-0 record. Prior to the season, it was announced that the Mohawks were to also host the 2004 National Championship—the Founders Cup
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 in a host city...
. The Mohawks opened up the Playoffs against the 8th seed Windsor Fratmen
Windsor AKO Fratmen Lacrosse Team
The Windsor Clippers is a member of the Junior "B" league in the Ontario Lacrosse Association. The team, from Windsor, Ontario, Canada, was known as the Windsor AKO Fratmen from 2003 until 2009 as they were sponsored by the AKO Fraternity.-History:...
. The upstart Fratmen had barely squeezed past the Wallaceburg Red Devils
Wallaceburg Red Devils
The Wallaceburg Red Devils are Junior "B" box lacrosse team from Wallaceburg, Ontario, Canada. The Red Devils play in the OLA Junior B Lacrosse League.-History:...
into the last playoff spot and had stolen a big 8-7 victory from the Division leading Sarnia Pacers
Sarnia Pacers
The Sarnia Pacers are Junior "B" box lacrosse team from Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. The Pacers play in the OLA Junior B Lacrosse League.Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against...
to even make the playoffs. The series was a mismatch from the start—the Mohawks swept the Fratmen in three games. The second round put them up against the Orangeville Northmen
Orangeville Northmen Jr. B
The Orangeville Northmen are Junior "B" box lacrosse team from Orangeville, Ontario, Canada. The Northmen play in the OLA Junior B Lacrosse League.-History:...
, which also resulted in a three game sweep. The Conference Final was against the Spartan Warriors
Spartan Warriors
The St. Catharines Spartans are a Junior "B" box lacrosse team from St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. The Spartans play in the OLA Junior B Lacrosse League.-External links:***...
, another easy three games. This set up a League Final between the Mohawks and the Clarington Green Gaels
Clarington Green Gaels
The Clarington Green Gaels are Junior "B" box lacrosse team from Clarington, Ontario, Canada. The Gaels play in the OLA Junior B Lacrosse League....
. In what had looked like a fourth straight possible sweep ended up going the distance. Despite crushing the Gaels in 2 of the first three games by scores of 16-4 and 12-1, the Gaels came back to win 3 of the last four games and upset the Mohawks for the league title.
As host of the 2004 Founders Cup
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 in a host city...
, the Elora Mohawks received an automatic berth into the tourney and received a chance at redemption for the Provincial Title loss. The tourney started on August 21 with the Mohawks facing off against the Sherbrooke Jr. Extrême of Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
. What occurred was nothing short of a massacre—30-1 Mohawks. Later that night, the Saskatoon Smash had received a similar demoralizing thrashing from the Mohawks, losing 27-5. The next night the Mohawks defeated the Delta Islanders of British Columbia 16-2. The night after, the Mohawks also beat the Calgary Mountaineers
Calgary 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.-Sr...
11-4. The Mohawks appeared to back to their normal selves.
The Semi-final was against the Edmonton Warriors, and the Mohawks enthused the home crowd with a 16-5 win. The finals were to be played against the OLA Champion Clarington Green Gaels
Clarington Green Gaels
The Clarington Green Gaels are Junior "B" box lacrosse team from Clarington, Ontario, Canada. The Gaels play in the OLA Junior B Lacrosse League....
who were having an excellent tournament as well. The Mohawks had their chance at redemption, to avenge the team that took away their chance at their fifth OLA Jr B league title. The Finals did not go as planned for the again-favoured Mohawks. The Gaels won 11-8.
2005 Playoff Run
After the disappointing 2004 Season, the Mohawks prepared for a rebuilding year. With 13 rookies, the Mohawks finished the 2005 season with a 11-9-0 record. The sixth place finish pitted them against the Guelph RegalsGuelph Regals
The Guelph Regals are Junior "B" box lacrosse team from Guelph, Ontario, Canada. The Regals play in the OLA Junior B Lacrosse League.-History:...
in the first round. Despite the Regals seemingly having the better club, the Mohawks swept the series with three straight victories. This upset prompted an immediate match up between the Mohawks and the first seed Spartan Warriors
Spartan Warriors
The St. Catharines Spartans are a Junior "B" box lacrosse team from St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. The Spartans play in the OLA Junior B Lacrosse League.-External links:***...
. Despite an 18-2-0 record, the series went the distance and in game five the Mohawks pulled the ultimate upset defeating the heavily favoured Warriors 9-6. In the Conference Final, the Mohawks then fought off the second seed Orangeville Northmen
Orangeville Northmen Jr. B
The Orangeville Northmen are Junior "B" box lacrosse team from Orangeville, Ontario, Canada. The Northmen play in the OLA Junior B Lacrosse League.-History:...
in 4 games to push into the league finals. The Finals pitted the Mohawks against the 2005 Cinderella
Cinderella
"Cinderella; or, The Little Glass Slipper" is a folk tale embodying a myth-element of unjust oppression/triumphant reward. Thousands of variants are known throughout the world. The title character is a young woman living in unfortunate circumstances that are suddenly changed to remarkable fortune...
Story Oakville Buzz
Oakville Buzz
The Oakville Buzz are Junior "B" box lacrosse team from Oakville, Ontario, Canada. The Buzz play in the OLA Junior B Lacrosse League. The Buzz won the 2006 Founders Cup Canadian National Champions. As of the 2009 season, the Buzz will moving to the West Conference, playing in the South West...
. The Buzz were most lacrosse enthusiast's favourite to not only win the league, but to win the National title. What no one counted on was the playoff suave that would be exhibited by the Elora Mohawks. Elora went up 2 games to none quickly—9-7, 14-5. With the threat of elimination, the Buzz came on strong in Game 3, winning 9-4. But the Buzz could not stop the Mohawks, as the Elora squeaked out a 9-8 victory in Game 4 to win the OLA title and earn a birth into the Founders Cup
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 in a host city...
tournament in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
On August 24, the Mohawks played their first game of their second straight Founders Cup
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 in a host city...
tourney. In the first game against the Coquitlam Adanacs
Coquitlam Adanacs
The Coquitlam Adanacs are a Canadian box lacrosse team based in Coquitlam, British Columbia. The Adanacs play in B.C.'s seven team Western Lacrosse Association , whose champion competes against Ontario's Major Series Lacrosse champion for the Mann Cup every September.The Adanacs originally started...
of British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
, the Mohawks got the ball rolling with a 12-6 win. The next night, the Mohawks beat the Sherwood Park Titans
Sherwood Park Titans
The Sherwood Park Titans are a box lacrosse team which plays in the Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League. The Titans were granted an expansion franchise in the winter of 2003 for the 2004 season. The previous two seasons, the Titans were dominant in the Tier 2 league as they compiled a total of 32 wins,...
of Alberta
Alberta
Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
12-3. The Playdown Round then began. On August 26, the Mohawks defeated the Winnipeg Warhawks 13-2. Later that night, they also defeated the Calgary Mountaineers
Calgary 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.-Sr...
7-2. The final Playdown game was against the Iroquois Lacrosse Association All-Stars, in which they defeated the ILA 14-3.
The victory against the ILA pushed the Mohawks through to the finals against the Edmonton Warriors. The Warriors could not match the Mohawks determination as the Mohawks won their second Founders Cup
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 in a host city...
Championship as the best Junior "B" Lacrosse team in Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
-- one year after everyone figured it would have happened.
Season-by-season results
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against| Season | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS | Placing | Playoffs |
| 1961 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 325 | 211 | 32 | 3rd OLA-A | Lost Semi-final |
| 1962 | 20 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 138 | 302 | 6 | 6th OLA-A | DNQ |
| 1963 | 24 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 227 | 259 | 20 | 5th OLA-A | Lost Quarter-final |
| 1964 | 24 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 236 | 295 | 14 | 8th OLA-A | DNQ |
| 1965 | 20 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 182 | 394 | 2 | 9th OLA-A | DNQ |
| 1967 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 299 | 107 | 28 | 1st OLA-B | Won Ontario Final, Won Canadian Castrol Cup |
| 1968 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 1st OLA-B | Won Ontario Final, Won Canadian Castrol Cup |
| 1969 | 24 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 278 | 452 | 10 | 8th OLA-A | Lost Quarter-final |
| 1970 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 342 | 321 | 26 | 3rd OLA-B West | Lost Division Semi-Final |
| 1971 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 350 | 320 | 26 | 4th OLA-B West | Lost Division Semi-Final |
| 1972 | 30 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 462 | 373 | 42 | 1st OLA-B West | Lost Semi-Final |
| 1973 | 30 | 6 | 22 | 2 | 280 | 514 | 14 | 6th OLA-B West | DNQ |
| 1974 | 25 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 241 | 344 | 14 | 5th OLA-B West | DNQ |
| 1975 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 331 | 352 | 24 | 4th OLA-B West | Lost Quarter-final |
| 1976 | 24 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 429 | 294 | 40 | 2nd OLA-B West | Won Ontario Final, Won Founders Cup 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 in a host city... in Windsor |
| 1977 | 22 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 271 | 259 | 20 | 7th OLA-A | Lost Semi-final |
| 1978 | 24 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 347 | 222 | 39 | 1st OLA-A West | Lost Ontario Final |
| 1979 | 24 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 313 | 298 | 25 | 2nd OLA-A West | Lost Semi-final |
| 1980 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 224 | 286 | 16 | 7th OLA-A | Lost Quarter-final |
| 1981 | 20 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 206 | 374 | 10 | 8th OLA-A | Lost Quarter-final |
| 1982 | 20 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 161 | 322 | 6 | 9th OLA-A | DNQ |
| 1983 | 24 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 186 | 398 | 2 | 9th OLA-A | DNQ |
| 1984 | 24 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 221 | 447 | 4 | 7th OLA-A | Lost Quarter-final, Won Tier II Title |
| 1985 | 24 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 253 | 366 | 14 | 5th OLA-A | Lost Tier II Final |
| 1986 | 0 | - | - | ||||||
| - | - | - | Folded | ||||||
| 1987 | 24 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 294 | 300 | 18 | 5th OLA-B West | DNQ |
| 1988 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 306 | 230 | 26 | 2nd OLA-B West | Lost Semi-final |
| 1989 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 229 | 150 | 30 | 3rd OLA-B | Lost Semi-final |
| 1990 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 248 | 202 | 25 | 4th OLA-B | Lost Semi-final |
| 1991 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 251 | 185 | 28 | 2nd OLA-B | Lost League Final |
| 1992 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 276 | 215 | 26 | 3rd OLA-B | Lost Quarter-final |
| 1993 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 259 | 222 | 26 | 4th OLA-B | Lost Semi-final |
| 1994 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 307 | 264 | 29 | 4th OLA-B | Lost Semi-final |
| 1995 | 22 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 237 | 254 | 19 | 4th OLA-B West | DNQ |
| 1996 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 341 | 249 | 30 | 2nd OLA-B West | Lost Semi-final |
| 1997 | 22 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 265 | 256 | 18 | 6th OLA-B West | Won Tier II Title |
| 1998 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 271 | 247 | 28 | 4th OLA-B West | Lost Quarter-final |
| 1999 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 296 | 169 | 42 | 1st OLA-B West | Won Ontario, Lost Founders Cup Bronze in Milton |
| 2000 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 255 | 178 | 36 | 1st OLA-B West | Lost Ontario Final, Won Founders Cup Bronze in Bowmanville |
| 2001 | 20 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 344 | 91 | 39 | 1st OLA-B West | Lost Conference Final |
| 2002 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 303 | 176 | 36 | 2nd OLA-B West | Lost Conference Final |
| 2003 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 225 | 119 | 34 | 3rd OLA-B West | Lost Quarter-final |
| 2004 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 214 | 116 | 34 | 1st OLA-B West | Lost Ontario Final, Lost Founders Cup 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 in a host city... Final in Elora |
| 2005 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 179 | 145 | 22 | 6th OLA-B West | Won Ontario, Won Founders Cup 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 in a host city... in Saskatoon |
| 2006 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 161 | 138 | 18 | 10th OLA-B West | DNQ |
| 2007 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 187 | 132 | 28 | 3rd OLA-B West | Lost Semi-final |
| 2008 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 197 | 129 | 27 | 2nd OLA-B West | Lost Conference Final |
| 2009 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 170 | 116 | 27 | 2nd OLA-B West | Lost Ontario Final |
| 2010 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 175 | 118 | 33 | 2nd OLA-B West | Lost Ontario Final |
| 2011 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 235 | 178 | 33 | 2nd OLA-B West |