The Calgary Mountaineers are a 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...

 organization based out of Calgary

Calgary

Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...

, 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...

, 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 organization represents teams at three levels of the Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League

Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League

The Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League is the name of the box lacrosse leagues in Alberta with one team in Saskatchewan and as of 2011 one in Manitoba. It is sanctioned by the Alberta Lacrosse Association. It organizes all senior and junior play in the province...

: a Senior B squad, along with a Junior A team and a Junior B team.

The Junior B Mountaineers were created in the late 1990s, and have won the Alberta Provincial Championship in 2000, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010.http://www.rockymountainlax.com/

In the 2009 season, the Mounties finished the regular season first overall in Alberta with a nearly unfettered record of 19-1.http://www.nllinsider.com/2009/08/26/a-closer-look-at-the-2009-founders-cup-champion-calgary-mountaineers/
On August 22, 2009, the Junior B Mountaineers doing what only two non-Ontarian teams have done before upset 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...

's 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....

 8-4 to win 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...

's first 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 1999, http://www.seniorblacrosse.com/2009/09fc.html finishing the season with an overall record of 29-3.

External links

A closer look at the 2009 Founders Cup champion Calgary Mountaineers