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The Minto Cup

The Minto Cup is awarded annually to the champion junior men's box lacrosse team of Canada. The 2023 competition is in Edmonton, Alberta, from August 20-27.

It was donated in 1901 by the Governor-General, Lord Minto.[1] Originally restricted to amateurs, within three years the first under-the-table professional teams were already competing for it. After 1904, with efforts to keep the professionals out of competition proving to be futile, it was made open to all challengers.

The last successful amateur challenge came in 1908 when New Westminster Salmonbellies won it; the last amateur challenge was made in 1913 by Vancouver Athletic Club. This would be the only time in Canadian lacrosse history when the Mann Cup champions (Vancouver) faced the Minto Cup champions (New Westminster) head-to-head – with the silverware (Minto) going to the winner.

With the professionals essentially in control of the cup by 1910, the newly inaugurated Mann Cup became the replacement for the senior men's national amateur championship.

The Minto Cup professional competition was dominated by the New Westminster Salmonbellies, who held the trophy for 21 of the 29 years in which it was contested (the competition was suspended during World War I). 1924 was the last year professionals played for the Minto Cup—after the Coast professional league folded in June 1924, it was then placed into storage and for a time lost and forgotten when the last trustee died. The trophy was located just prior to the 1938 junior competition, underneath a desk in his office. During the trophy's period of inactivity, there were suggestions to make the Minto Cup an international championship trophy.

In 1934 the last trustee appointed to supervise the Cup died, and the Lord Minto of the day eventually transferred it to the Canadian Lacrosse Association, which decided to award it as the trophy for the national junior men's champion, starting in 1937. Originally, the competition was between all-star provincial teams formed by adding players to the provincial champion. In 1960 this practice was abandoned and the trophy has since been competed for by the Junior A provincial champions of British Columbia of the British Columbia Junior A Lacrosse League, Ontario of the Ontario Junior A Lacrosse League and recently Alberta, of the RMLL the only provinces where organized lacrosse thrives.

Champions[edit]

Senior Amateur Champions (1901–1903)[edit]

  • 1901 Ottawa Capitals - defeated Cornwall
  • 1901 Montreal Shamrocks - defeated Ottawa Capitals and Vancouver YMCA
  • 1902 Montreal Shamrocks - defeated New Westminster Salmonbellies
  • 1903 Montreal Shamrocks - defeated Brantford

Professional/Senior Champions (1904–1908)[edit]

  • 1904 Montreal Shamrocks - defeated Ottawa Capitals
  • 1905 Montreal Shamrocks - defeated St. Catharines Athletics and Souris (Manitoba)
  • 1906 Ottawa Capitals - defeated Montreal Shamrocks
  • 1907 Montreal Shamrocks - won by default, no challenges
  • 1908 New Westminster Salmonbellies - defeated Montreal Shamrocks and Ottawa Capitals

Professional Champions (1909–1924)[edit]

  • 1909 New Westminster Salmonbellies - defeated Regina Capitals and Toronto Tecumsehs
  • 1910 New Westminster Salmonbellies - defeated Montreal Lacrosse Club and Montreal Nationals
  • 1911 Vancouver Lacrosse Club - defeated New Westminster and Toronto Tecumsehs
  • 1912 New Westminster Salmonbellies - defeated Cornwall
  • 1913 New Westminster Salmonbellies - defeated Vancouver Athletic Club
  • 1914 New Westminster Salmonbellies - won by default
  • 1915 New Westminster Salmonbellies - defeated Vancouver Lacrosse Club
  • 1916 no competition
  • 1917 no competition
  • 1918 Vancouver "Greenshirts" - claim disputed by New Westminster
  • 1919 New Westminster Salmonbellies - defeated Vancouver Terminals
  • 1920 Vancouver Terminals - defeated New Westminster
  • 1921 New Westminster Salmonbellies defeated Vancouver Terminals
  • 1922 New Westminster Salmonbellies defeated Vancouver Terminals
  • 1924 New Westminster Salmonbellies - won by default
  • 1925–1936 no competition for trophy; placed in storage by Trustee (New Westminster Salmonbellies claims the titles for these years of non-competition)

Junior Champions (1937–Present)[edit]

The Orangeville Northmen celebrate their 2008 championship in Calgary.
  • 1937 Orillia Terriers - defeated Vancouver Burrard Bluebirds
  • 1938 Mimico Mountaineers - defeated Richmond-Point Grey Juniors
  • 1939 no decision
  • 1940 Ontario All-Stars - defeated British Columbia All-Stars
  • 1941–1946, no competition
  • 1947 St. Catharines Athletics - defeated Vancouver Burrard BC All-Stars
  • 1948 Vancouver Burrards - defeated St. Catharines Athletics
  • 1949 Vancouver Norburn Eagletime - defeated Ontario All-Stars
  • 1950 St. Catharines Athletics - defeated Vancouver Burrard BC All-Stars
  • 1951 Mimico Mountaineers - defeated Manitoba All-Stars
  • 1952 Brampton Excelsiors - defeated Vancouver Kerrisdale BC All-Stars
  • 1953 New Westminster Salmonacs - defeated Long Branch Monarchs
  • 1954 Vancouver PNE Junior Indians - defeated Manitoba All-Stars
  • 1955 Long Branch Monarchs - defeated Manitoba All-Stars
  • 1956 Mount Pleasant (Vancouver) No.177 Legionnaires - defeated Brampton Excelsiors
  • 1957 Brampton ABC's - defeated Victoria Shamrocks
  • 1958 Brampton ABC's - defeated Victoria Shamrocks
  • 1959 Brampton ABC's - defeated New Westminster Salmonbellies
  • 1960 New Westminster Salmonbellies - defeated Whitby Red Wings
  • 1961 Hastings Legionnaires - defeated Burnaby Norburns
  • 1962 Victoria Shamrocks - defeated Brampton Armstrongs
Year Champion Finalist Series Scores
1963 Oshawa Green Gaels (ON) Victoria Shamrocks (BC) 4-2 gms
1964 Oshawa Green Gaels (ON) New Westminster Salmonbellies (BC) 4-1 gms
1965 Oshawa Green Gaels (ON) New Westminster Salmonbellies (BC) 4-2 gms
1966 Oshawa Green Gaels (ON) New Westminster Salmonbellies (BC) 4-2 gms
1967 Oshawa Green Gaels (ON) New Westminster Salmonbellies (BC)
1968 Oshawa Green Gaels (ON) New Westminster Salmonbellies (BC)
1969 Oshawa Green Gaels (ON) South Vancouver Legion (BC) 4-0 gms
1970 Lakeshore Maple Leafs (ON) Burnaby Cablevision (BC) 4-0 gms
1971 Richmond Roadrunners (BC) Peterborough PCO's (ON) 4-3 gms
1972 Peterborough PCO's (ON) Richmond Roadrunners (BC) 4-0 gms
1973 Peterborough PCO's (ON) Richmond Roadrunners (BC) 4-3 gms
1974 Peterborough PCO's (ON) Burnaby Cablevision (BC)
1975 Peterborough Gray-Munros (ON) Burnaby Cablevision (BC) 4-1 gms
1976 Victoria MacDonalds (BC) Bramelea Excelsiors (ON) 4-0 gms
1977 Burnaby Cablevision (BC) Whitby CBC Builders (ON) 4-2 gms
1978 Burnaby Cablevision (BC) Whitby CBC Builders (ON) 4-1 gms
1979 Burnaby Cablevision (BC) Peterborough Gray-Munros (ON)
1980 Whitby CBC Builders (ON) New Westminster Salmonbellies (BC) 4-1 gms
1981 Peterborough James Gang (ON) Burnaby Cablevision (BC) 4-0 gms
1982 Peterborough James Gang (ON) Victoria-Esquimalt Legion (BC) 4-1 gms
1983 Peterborough James Gang (ON) Etobicoke Eclipse (ON)
1984 Whitby Warriors (ON) New Westminster Salmonbellies (BC)
1985 Whitby Warriors (ON) Victoria-Esquimalt Legion (BC) 4-3 gms
1986 Peterborough Maulers (ON) Victoria-Esquimalt Legion (BC) 11-7
1987 Peterborough Maulers (ON) Victoria-Esquimalt Legion (BC)
1988 Victoria-Esquimalt Legion (BC) Coquitlam Adanacs (BC) 2-0 gms
1989 Peterborough Maulers (ON) Richmond Outlaws (BC) 4-1 gms
1990 St. Catharines Athletics (ON) Richmond Outlaws (BC) 2-1 gms
1991 St. Catharines Athletics (ON) Victoria Eagles (BC) 4-1 gms
1992 Six Nations Arrows (ON) Coquitlam Adanacs (BC) 4-3 gms
1993 Orangeville Northmen (ON) Coquitlam Adanacs (BC) 4-0 gms
1994 New Westminster Salmonbellies (BC) Brampton Excelsiors (ON) 4-3 gms
1995 Orangeville Northmen (ON) New Westminster Salmonbellies (BC) 4-0 gms
1996 Orangeville Northmen (ON) Burnaby Lakers (BC) 4-3 gms
1997 Whitby Warriors (ON) Burnaby Lakers (BC) 4-2 gms
1998 Burnaby Lakers (BC) Six Nations Arrows (ON) 4-1 gms
1999 Whitby Warriors (ON) Burnaby Lakers (BC) 4-1 gms
2000 Burnaby Lakers (BC) Orangeville Northmen (ON) 4-2 gms
2001 St. Catharines Athletics (ON) Burnaby Lakers (BC) 4-2 gms
2002 Burnaby Lakers (BC) St. Catharines Athletics (ON) 4-2 gms
2003 St. Catharines Athletics (ON) Burnaby Lakers (BC) 2-1 gms
2004
Burnaby & Victoria, BC		 Burnaby Lakers[2]
(BCJALL)		 Victoria Shamrocks
(BCJALL)		 2-0 6-3, 13-5
2005
Edmonton, AB		 Burnaby Lakers[3]
(BCJALL)		 Six Nations Arrows
(OJALL)		 2-1 9-11, 13-12, 8-6
2006
Whitby, ON		 Peterborough Lakers[4]
(OJALL)		 Six Nations Arrows
(OJALL)		 1-0 9-5
2007
New Westminster, BC		 Six Nations Arrows[5]
(OJALL)		 Burnaby Lakers
(BCJALL)		 1-0 19-8
2008
Calgary, AB		 Orangeville Northmen[6]
(OJALL)		 Victoria Shamrocks
(BCJALL)		 1-0 9-4
2009
Brampton, ON		 Orangeville Northmen[7]
(OJALL)		 Brampton Excelsiors
(OJALL)		 2-1 10-9, 8-11, 8-4
2010
Coquitlam, BC		 Coquitlam Adanacs[8]
(BCJALL)		 Orangeville Northmen
(OJALL)		 2-0 9-6, 8-4
2011
Okotoks, AB		 Whitby Warriors[9]
(OJALL)		 Coquitlam Adanacs
(BCJALL)		 2-1 9-12, 5-4, 12-7
2012
Whitby, ON		 Orangeville Northmen[10]
(OJALL)		 Coquitlam Adanacs
(BCJALL)		 2-0 19-6, 9-4
2013
New Westminster, BC		 Whitby Warriors[11]
(OJALL)		 New Westminster Salmonbellies
(BCJALL)		 3-1 16-6, 7-9, 13-4, 10-8 OT
2014
Langley, BC		 Six Nations Arrows[12]
(OJALL)		 Coquitlam Adanacs
(BCJALL)		 4-2 6-7, 6-11, 19-5, 10-7, 12-7, 14-8
2015
Hagersville, ON		 Six Nations Arrows[13]
(OJALL)		 Coquitlam Adanacs
(BCJALL)		 4-2 7-9, 9-8 OT, 8-5, 4-5, 8-2, 9-4
2016
Langley, BC		 Coquitlam Adanacs[14]
(BCJALL)		 Orangeville Northmen
(OJALL)		 3-2 3-2, 6-9, 9-7, 5-6, 6-5 OT
2017
Brampton, ON		 Six Nations Arrows[15]
(OJALL)		 Coquitlam Adanacs
(BCJALL)		 3-0 12-7, 9-4, 8-3
2018
Calgary, AB		 Coquitlam Adanacs[16]
(BCJALL)		 Brampton Excelsiors
(OJALL)		 3-1 11-9, 8-6, 6-8, 10-8 OT
2019
Victoria, BC		 Orangeville Northmen
(OJALL)		 Victoria Shamrocks
(BCJALL)		 3-0 10-8, 11-5, 7-5
2022
Brampton, ON		 Whitby Warriors
(OJLL)		 St. Albert Miners
(RMLL)		 2-1 12-8, 8-9 OT, 6-5
2023
Edmonton, AB		 Burlington Blaze
(OJLL)		 Coquitlam Adanacs
(BCJALL)		 2-0 10-9 OT, 12-7

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "The Minto Cup: Before the Juniors". Old School Lacrosse. 23 March 2014.
  2. ^ "Arrows take third in Minto Cup". Ammsa.com.
  3. ^ "Burnaby takes Minto Cup title - The Globe and Mail". The Globe and Mail. 5 September 2005.
  4. ^ "Canadian championships follow Morrison". 19 September 2006.
  5. ^ Lau, Alfie (September 2, 2007). "Six Nations romps to lacrosse title". PressReader. Times Colonist. Archived from the original on November 22, 2022. Retrieved December 23, 2023.
  6. ^ "Orangeville captures Minto Cup | The Star". The Toronto Star. September 2008.
  7. ^ "2009 Minto Cup" (TXT). 2009. Retrieved December 23, 2023.
  8. ^ "Coquitlam Adanacs capture 2010 Minto Cup with 2-0".
  9. ^ "Whitby wins Minto Cup Cdn lacrosse title". www.sportsnet.ca.
  10. ^ "Orangeville Northmen, 2012 Minto Cup Champions | Canadian Lacrosse Association - Pointstreak Sites". cla.pointstreaksites.com. Archived from the original on 2018-08-27.
  11. ^ "Minto Cup champion Whitby Warriors best of 2013". 31 December 2013.
  12. ^ "Six Nations Arrows win Minto Cup | TheSpec.com". The Hamilton Spectator. 24 August 2014.
  13. ^ "Durston Wins Second Minto". Chatham-Kent Sports Network. 30 August 2015.
  14. ^ "Northmen fall to Adanacs in decisive fifth game in Minto Cup finals". Orangeville Banner. 30 August 2016.
  15. ^ "Six Nations Arrows sweep Minto Cup final in Brampton". 26 August 2017.
  16. ^ "Coquitlam Adanacs capture national junior box lacrosse crown". 26 August 2018.

External links[edit]

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