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A Short History of Lacrosse in Canada
( taken from the Canadian Lacrosse Association web site )
Lacrosse, which the Native People of North America knew under many different names such as Baggataway or Tewaarathon, played a significant role in the community and religious life of tribes across the continent for untold years. Its origin lost in the antiquity of myth, Lacrosse remains a notable contribution of the Native culture to modern Canadian society. Native Lacrosse was characterized by a deeply spiritual involvement, and those who took part did so with dedicated spirit and with the highest ideals of bringing glory to themselves and their tribes, and honour to the participants and the tribes to which they belonged.
In the 1840s the first games of Lacrosse were played between the townsfolk and the Native People. Though it was many years before any significant wins were logged against the Natives, the game of Lacrosse was quickly winning the loyalty and interest of the newest North Americans. Lacrosse was named Canada's National Game by Parliament in 1859. In 1867 the Montreal Lacrosse Club, headed by Dr. George Beers, organized a conference in Kingston in order to create a national body whose purpose would be to govern the sport throughout the newly formed country. The National Lacrosse Association became the first national sport governing body in North America dedicated to the governance of a sport, the standardization of rules and competition, and the running of national championships to promote good fellowship and unity across the country. The unforgettable motto of the organization was:
"OUR COUNTRY - OUR GAME"
Lacrosse, because of its unique history, exists as a link between the disparate components of Canadian history, First Nations and European Settler. It remains the rare occurrence in which an element of native culture was accepted and embraced by Canadian society. The European concepts of structure and rules were added to the religious and social rituals of the first North Americans, and together produced one of the first symbols of the new Canada, Lacrosse.
Click on the picture above to go to the Ontario Lacrosse Hall of Fame in St. Catherines
The advent of the 20th century saw Lacrosse as the dominant sport in Canada. There were extensive amateur and professional leagues across the country and teams routinely travelled from Quebec and Ontario to B.C. and vice versa to challenge for supremacy in the game. In 1901 Lord Minto, the Governor General of Canada, donated a silver cup to become the symbol of the championship of Canada. The Minto Cup, today the symbol of supremacy in the Junior ranks, remains one of the proudest prizes of Lacrosse. In 1910 Sir Donald Mann, chief architect of the Canadian Northern Railway, donated a gold cup to be awarded to the national amateur senior champion. Today it is the championship prize of the best Senior team in Box Lacrosse in Canada.
The coming of the 1930s brought innovation once again to the sport. Promoters married the two most popular games, Lacrosse and Hockey, and created Indoor Lacrosse, also known as Box Lacrosse or Boxla. The game was built upon speed and action and very quickly won massive support within the organization. By the mid 30's the field game had been completely replaced by Boxla and the box version became the official sport of the Canadian Lacrosse Association.
The Canadian Lacrosse Association today recognizes four separate disciplines in the game of Lacrosse: Box, Men's Field, Women's Field and Inter-Lacrosse. Box Lacrosse is uniquely a Canadian game and is best described as a game of speed and reaction. Men's Field Lacrosse is a game of patience and strategy which focuses on control of the ball. The Women's Field game has stayed truest to the original sport in its play. It is a game based on the skills of passing and ball control. Inter-Lacrosse is a non-contact version of the sport designed to be adaptable to the various age and skill levels of the participants.
Lacrosse was re-confirmed by Parliament as the National (Summer) Sport of Canada in 1994.
The following is an online history of USA Lacrosse.
Click here for the link: http://www.laxhistory.com/
One of Guelph's Favourite Lacrosse "sons" is Bob Watson
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Former Regals
( always requiring updates )
Thanks goes to fan, Thomas Miller, for permission to use this information he has collected.
Paul Richter (A)
Number: #22 Years played with the Regals: 199 - 199
Age: 21 Hometown: Kitchener
Height: 6'0" Weight: 210 lbs
Shoots: Left Position: Top
Best Lacrosse Moment: Scoring the game winning goal in the Teir II championship game.
Worst Lacrosse Moment: Breaking my ankle.
A Message To A Young Player: "Practice at home....and watch Jr Games."
Chris LeMoine (A)
Number: #6 Years played with the Regals: 199 - 199
Age: 21 Hometown: Waterloo
Height: 5'11" Weight: 160 lbs
Shoots: Left Position: Shooter
Best Lacrosse Moment: Being the M.V.P of the Teir II championships.
Worst Lacrosse Moment: Having my head shaved funky.
A Message To A Young Player: "Keep workin' winners don't use drugs."
Rick "Boogs" Windl
Number: #30 Years played with the Regals: 199 - 199
Age: 21 Hometown: New Hamburg
Height: 5'11" Weight: 200 lbs
Glove: Left Position: Goalie
Best Lacrosse Moment: Playing Jr "A" in Mississauga.
Worst Lacrosse Moment: Almost quitting lacrosse.
A Message To A Young Player: "Never give up,nothing in life is worth quitting,no matter the situation. Keep your stick up and always work hard"
Aaron Willmott
Number: #15 Years played with the Regals: 199 - 199
Age: 21 Hometown: Brantford
Height: 6'1" Weight: 225 lbs
Shoots: Right Position: Crease
Best Lacrosse Moment: Playing in the Bantam Nationals in B.C.
Worst Lacrosse Moment: Missing a game due to injury.
A Message To A Young Player: "Work Hard ! Have Fun !."
Dave Snyder
Number: #5 Years played with the Regals: 199 - 199
Age: 21 Hometown: Kitchener
Height: 6'0" Weight: 185 lbs
Best Lacrosse Moment: Signing with the Regals.
Worst Lacrosse Moment: Getting cut by the Jr "A" Braves.
A Message To A Young Player: "Keep working hard don't give up stay in school don't do drugs."
Tony Sandberg
Number: #11 Years played with the Regals: 199 - 199
Age: 21 Hometown: Guelph
Height: 5'10" Weight: 225lbs
Shoots: Right Position: Defence
Best Lacrosse Moment: Fights
Worst Lacrosse Moment: Losing
Message To A Young Player: "play to have fun and have fun playing"
Bill Merritt
Number: #14 Years played with the Regals: 199 - 199
Age: 21 Hometown: Oshawa
Height: 5'11" Weight: 180lbs
Shoots: Right Position: Crease
Best Lacrosse Moment: Awarded OUFLA rookie of the year.
Worst Lacrosse Moment: Missed 5 regals game due to pulled hamstring.
Message To A Young Player: "Get involved and stay positive in everything you do.strive to be the best but remember to have fun along the way".
Keith Fulford
Number: #3 Years played with the Regals: 199 - 199
Age: 21 Hometown: Winnipeg
Height: 6'0" Weight: 210lbs
Shoots: Both Ways Position: Crease
Best Lacrosse Moment: Playing at 6 National Field Lacrosse Tournements
Worst Lacrosse Moment: Finding out Brad Pitt dosn't play lacrosse
A Message To A Young Player: "Play off the wall as much as you can go hard to loose balls,Keep your stick up,and keep fit and have fun".
Mark Rintoul
Number: #16 Years played with the Regals: 199 - 199
Age: 21 Hometown: Kitchener
Height: 6'3" Weight: 200lbs
Shoots: Left Position: Crease
Best Lacrosse Moment: Playing with the great #22 Paul Richter.
Worst Lacrosse Moment: Quitting lacrosse at the age of 12.
A Message To A Young Player: "If you've quit it's not to late and do something".
Kris "Caveman" Lawler
Number: #19 Years played with the Regals: 199 - 199
Age: 21 Hometown: Guelph
Height: 5'10" Weight: 210lbs
Shoots: Right Position: Defence
Best Lacrosse Moment: Signing with the Regals.
Worst lacrosse Moment: Missing a couple of games due to a dumb injury.
A Message To A Young Player: "Keep your head up, have fun and give 100% all the time".
Regals Top 20 All Time Scorers
( Provided July 3, 2004, with permission by Thomas Miller,)
Post-Regular Season 2004
Player GP G A PTS Top 20
Pat Martin 129 192 277 469 1
Cory Savery 96 158 226 384 2
Chris Martin 97 121 163 284 3
Josh Beecraft 134 149 101 250 4
Paul Richter 105 127 107 234 5
Chad Savery 123 82 150 232 6
Cameron Monroe 66 122 102 224 7 *
Brent McDougall 93 117 104 221 8
Steve Keleher 83 69 129 198 9
Chris Lemoine 65 83 112 195 10
Dylan Gordan 109 90 89 179 11 *
Ben Monroe 92 50 116 166 12 *
Garrett Ball 80 74 69 143 13 * Traded
Bill Fraser 71 69 74 143 14
Adam Metcalf 90 55 81 135 15
Neil Boon 71 74 45 119 16
Jacob Kuiken 118 44 69 113 17
Rick Fields 61 46 63 109 18 *
Matt Peters 128 30 79 109 19
Tony Walker 104 56 50 106 20 *
Dave McDonald 94 32 72 104 *
Jason McGarr 55 27 71 98
Jason McDougall 29 46 45 90
Derek McPhee 37 50 37 87
Nathan Goodchild 94 34 50 84
J.P O'Conner 83 38 46 84
Tyler Jackson 73 42 40 83 *
Dave Snyder 72 48 34 82
Jason Huber 24 37 44 81
Eric Contini 46 26 50 76
Tim Simon 73 39 36 75
Darryl Thorne 49 30 42 72
Derek Davey 105 0 69 69
Brett Ritchie 35 23 44 67
Henry Stahlbaum 41 33 32 65 *
Marty Rendall 59 29 35 64
Simon Gordon 46 27 35 62 *
Eric Farrell 90 24 37 61 *
Chad Haig 48 26 34 60
Adam Leroy 28 24 29 54 *
Aaron Wilmott 36 17 37 54
Kevin Reid 70 0 53 53
Tim Howlett 18 34 18 52
Jason Maldonado 65 29 23 52
Bob Wren 26 19 28 47
Chris Landoni 26 20 24 44
Chad Parker 47 12 29 41
Nathan Russell 17 25 14 39
Enar Mackie 49 8 31 39
Jeremy Brown 34 9 24 33
Storm Cooksley 37 14 16 30 *
Jayme Jacobs 36 7 23 30
Casey Kleppe 31 17 12 29
John Sutcliffe 63 13 15 28
Kevin Graves 48 11 14 25
Steve Wyshnicki 62 0 26 26 *
Mike Shenkel 72 6 19 25
Andrew Marcoux 13 9 15 24 *
Ryan Jalowica 91 3 21 24
Rick Windl 73 0 24 24
Josh Marcoux 41 10 13 23
Randy Funtson 23 12 11 23
Keith Chatham 7 9 14 23
Chris Osborne 40 9 15 24 *
Taylor Gordon 43 6 16 22 *
Fred Rooymans 26 13 9 22
Mike Tanchuk 48 8 12 20
Matt Marcoux 40 5 15 20
Geoff Cazzola 19 9 10 19 *
Matt Jackson 44 6 13 19
Brian Rooney 22 9 10 19
Rob Milens 19 6 13 19
Billy Haskins 23 3 15 18
Brian Anderson 18 12 5 17
Tony Sandberg 23 9 8 17
Luke Everett 64 11 5 16
Kyle Anderson 51 6 10 16
Paul Smeltzer 44 0 16 16
Patrick Denis 29 5 9 14 *
Adam Maracle 24 6 8 14
Dennis McNabb 18 4 10 14
Dean Curtis 22 6 6 12
Trevor Wagar 6 3 8 11 * Jr"A"
Adrian Flemming 15 4 7 11
Kris Lawler 50 4 7 11
Scott Bate 15 3 8 11
Darryl Willfane 21 6 5 11
Bob Alexander 5 1 9 10
Chad Thompson 14 6 4 10 *
Glen Cressman 23 3 6 9
Peter Simon 17 5 4 9
Chris Beer 38 5 3 8
Geoff Triniastic 34 4 4 8
Luke Oswald 21 3 5 8
Don Johnston 15 4 4 8
Casey Kesselring 6 4 4 8
Brad Thorpe 24 3 4 7
Steve Dougan 3 3 4 7
Derek Landoni 15 1 6 7 *
Craig Blinkhorn 12 3 3 6 *
Jeff O'Sullivan 14 2 4 6 *
Ben Watson 18 3 3 6
Scott Rendall 17 0 6 6
Shane Sangster 22 1 4 5
Brandon Recchia 20 0 5 5 *
Chris Welsh 5 1 4 5
Tim Boogs 16 3 2 5
Jason Moyse 6 3 1 4
James Rooymans 12 1 3 4
Joe Brothers 17 0 4 4
Mike Thompson 24 1 2 3
Matt Baxter 10 3 0 3
Mark Grieve 27 0 2 2
Jeff Woods 4 0 2 2
Steve Forester 18 0 1 1
Jeff Ballentyne 6 0 1 1
Jesses Gamble 3 1 0 1 *
Creg Juniper 1 0 1 1 *
(subject to updates and corrections as the information is provided)
* Still Active in Junior
1964 Guelph Mohawks Junior A Lacrosse Stats
Year Base Pos W L T GF GA Pts
1964 Guelph 8th 7 17 0 236 295 14
1964 Regular Season
# Name GP G A PTS PIM
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Bob Brown 22 50 46 96 28
Ed O'Keefe 24 45 46 91 70
Barry Redwood 24 36 15 51 52
Arden Fisher 20 32 13 45 22
Brian Johnston 21 22 11 33 59
Peter Bergin 22 14 14 28 8
Jerry McKenna 20 10 12 22 49
Cliff Turner 21 11 11 22 29
Bryon Ronald(g) 23 0 16 16 32
Bill Fletcher 20 3 3 6 32
Bob Postie 20 2 4 6 46
Larry Magnus 23 3 3 6 18
John Meyers 7 2 2 4 2
Dan Nixon 11 4 0 4 23
Russ Snyder 7 1 1 2 17
Ken Kish 11 1 1 2 27
Jim Homer 16 0 2 2 97
John McComb(g) 1 0 0 0 0
Bill Clark(g) 2 0 0 0 0
Dave Kirvan(g) 16 0 0 0 0
Jack Richardson 4 0 0 0 2
Bryan Halls 9 0 0 0 4
Ron McDougal 14 0 0 0 6
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Team Totals 24 236 200 436 623
Average Per Game 9.8 8.3 18.2 26.0
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