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The Huntsville Hawks are Junior "C" 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 Huntsville, Ontario
Huntsville, Ontario
Huntsville is a town in the Muskoka Region of Ontario, Canada. It is located north of Toronto and south of North Bay....
, 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 Hawks play in the Ontario Junior C Lacrosse League. They were known as the Huntsville Legionaires in 1965, Huntsville Tornadoes in 1966, and as the Huntsville Hawks from 1967 to the present.
History
The Hawks were one of the oldest running Junior "B" teams in lacrosse prior to 2010. The Hawks won the second ever National title, then known as the Castrol CupFounders 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 their inaugural season. They also pulled off a second National title in 1991, winning 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...
.
Since their last Founders Cup, the Hawks have found it hard to draw top talent to the Huntsville area and their season results have suffered. The team also had to fold in 2000 to rebuild some of its interior structure. The fold happened after a winless 1999 season. Since another winless season in 2004, the past two season have gone a little smoother for the Hawks with two straight 6-14-0 seasons. In 2007 the club almost went .500, only to suffer through yet another winless season in 2008. Although there were marginal gains in 2009 & 2010, it is clear the Hawks were going to have a tough time competing going forward.
At the 2010 OLA AGM, the Hawks asked for admission into the OLA Jr. C Lacrosse League, dropping from Jr. B.
1991 Founders Cup
At the end of the 1991 season, the Hawks were in 4th place overall with a 13-5-0 record. With home advantage in the first round of the playoffs, they drew the fifth seed Gloucester GriffinsGloucester Griffins
The Gloucester Griffins are Junior "B" box lacrosse team from Gloucester, Ontario, Canada. The Griffins play in the OLA Junior B Lacrosse League.-History:...
. The Griffins did not provide much of a challenge as the Hawks swept them 3 games to none. In the league semi-final, the Hawks drew the first place Scarborough Saints in a best-of-seven series. After dropping the first two games, the Hawks walked through them in four straight. The finals saw them take on the second seed Elora Mohawks
Elora Mohawks
The Elora Mohawks are Junior "B" box lacrosse team from Elora, Ontario, Canada. The Mohawks play in the OLA Junior B Lacrosse League.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...
. In another upset, the Hawks again lost the first two games, only to take the next four to clinch the Provincial title. The 1991 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...
was played in the host city of Gloucester, Ontario
Gloucester, Ontario
Gloucester is a suburb of and within the City of Ottawa. Gloucester Township was established in 1792 and originally included lands east of the Rideau River from the Ottawa River south to Manotick. It was incorporated as a township in 1850 and became a city in 1981...
. In their opening game, Huntsville once again met their first round playoff opponents, the host team Gloucester Griffins
Gloucester Griffins
The Gloucester Griffins are Junior "B" box lacrosse team from Gloucester, Ontario, Canada. The Griffins play in the OLA Junior B Lacrosse League.-History:...
and beat them by a 12-5 score. The Hawks next met the West Coast champion Delta Islanders, and dropped a close decision 10-9. Next came the Manitoba team, whom the Hawks defeated easily. Thanks to a defeat for the Islanders at the hands of the Griffins, Huntsville qualified for the finals, wherein they defeated Gloucester 18-3 to claim the 1991 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...
.
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 |
| 1966 | 24 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 265 | 365 | 18 | 6th OLA-A | Lost Quarter-final |
| 1967 | 24 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 343 | 304 | 28 | 3rd OLA-A | Lost Semi-final |
| 1968 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 282 | 339 | 24 | 3rd OLA-A | Lost Semi-final |
| 1969 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 303 | 323 | 26 | 5th OLA-A | Lost Quarter-final |
| 1970 | 28 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 243 | 593 | 2 | 8th OLA-A | DNQ |
| 1974 | 26 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 285 | 377 | 16 | 7th OLA-C Central | Eliminated in Round Robin |
| 1975 | 24 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 356 | 364 | 25 | 4th OLA-C Central | Lost Semi-final |
| 1976 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 313 | 311 | 22 | 4th OLA-C | Lost Quarter-final |
| 1977 | 24 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 346 | 333 | 22 | 6th OLA-C | Lost Quarter-final |
| 1978 | OLA-B | ||||||||
| 1979 | 22 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 385 | 253 | 35 | 1st OLA-B East | |
| 1980 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 314 | 153 | 28 | 1st OLA-B East | Lost Quarter-final |
| 1981 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 258 | 206 | 16 | 4th OLA-B East | Lost Quarter-final |
| 1982 | 20 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 232 | 272 | 14 | 6th OLA-B East | DNQ |
| 1983 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 333 | 259 | 30 | 2nd OLA-B East | Lost Semi-final |
| 1984 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 301 | 216 | 27 | 1st OLA-B Div III | Lost Semi-final |
| 1985 | 24 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 278 | 246 | 33 | 2nd OLA-B East | Lost Semi-final |
| 1986 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 252 | 209 | 20 | 3rd OLA-B East | Lost Semi-final |
| 1987 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 303 | 185 | 32 | 1st OLA-B East | Lost Final |
| 1988 | 20 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 197 | 203 | 14 | 5th OLA-B East | DNQ |
| 1989 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 231 | 172 | 24 | 5th OLA-B | Lost Semi-final |
| 1990 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 258 | 176 | 29 | 3rd OLA-B | Lost Quarter-final |
| 1991 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 261 | 202 | 26 | 4th OLA-B | Won League, 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... |
| 1992 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 255 | 224 | 21 | 5th OLA-B | Lost Semi-final |
| 1993 | 22 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 194 | 289 | 8 | 11th OLA-B | DNQ |
| 1994 | 22 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 202 | 235 | 15 | 10th OLA-B | DNQ |
| 1995 | 22 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 170 | 260 | 8 | 5th OLA-B Central | DNQ |
| 1996 | 22 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 207 | 298 | 16 | 5th OLA-B East | DNQ |
| 1997 | 22 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 192 | 304 | 8 | 6th OLA-B East | DNQ |
| 1998 | 20 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 169 | 243 | 10 | 6th OLA-B East | DNQ |
| 1999 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 126 | 325 | 0 | 9th OLA-B East | DNQ |
| 2000 | 0 | - | |||||||
| - | Folded | ||||||||
| 2001 | 20 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 141 | 294 | 2 | 11th OLA-B East | DNQ |
| 2002 | 22 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 173 | 259 | 6 | 11th OLA-B East | DNQ |
| 2003 | 20 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 122 | 203 | 10 | 12th OLA-B East | DNQ |
| 2004 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 102 | 256 | 0 | 12th OLA-B East | DNQ |
| 2005 | 20 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 160 | 236 | 12 | 8th OLA-B East | Lost 1st Round |
| 2006 | 20 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 145 | 188 | 12 | 10th OLA-B East | DNQ |
| 2007 | 20 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 188 | 188 | 19 | 6th OLA-B East | Lost Round 1 |
| 2008 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 131 | 256 | 0 | 13th OLA-B East | DNQ |
| 2009 | 20 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 120 | 217 | 12 | 9th OLA-B East | DNQ |
| 2010 | 20 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 100 | 253 | 7 | 13th OLA-B East | DNQ |