Major Series Lacrosse
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Major Series Lacrosse is a Senior 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...

 league based out of Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

, 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...

 sanctioned by the Ontario Lacrosse Association
Ontario Lacrosse Association
Ontario Lacrosse Association is a sanctioned sports body in Ontario, Canada. Empowered by the Canadian Lacrosse Association, the OLA controls and regulates Minor level, Junior level and Senior level Lacrosse...

. Most of the players in the league play or have played in the National Lacrosse League
National Lacrosse League
The National Lacrosse League is a men's professional indoor lacrosse league in North America. It currently has nine teams; three in Canada and six in the United States. Unlike other lacrosse leagues which play in the summer, the NLL plays its games in the winter and spring. Each year, the playoff...

. Each year, the playoff teams battle for the right to compete against the Western Lacrosse Association
Western Lacrosse Association
The Western Lacrosse Association is an amateur league of men's Senior A box lacrosse sanctioned by the Canadian Lacrosse Association. It consists of seven teams, based in cities throughout southwestern British Columbia. Each year, the playoff teams battle for the right to compete against the...

 champion for the Mann Cup
Mann Cup
The Mann Cup is the trophy awarded to the senior men's lacrosse champions of Canada. The championship series is played between the Western Lacrosse Association champion and the Major Series Lacrosse champion...

 every September. The championship is hosted alternately between Ontario and British Columbia every year.

Teams

Team Centre
Ajax-Pickering Rock Ajax
Ajax, Ontario
Ajax is a town in the Durham Region in the Greater Toronto Area.The town is named for the HMS Ajax a Royal Navy cruiser that served in World War II. Ajax is a part of the Greater Toronto Area and the...

Brampton Excelsiors
Brampton Excelsiors (MSL)
The Brampton Excelsiors are Senior "A" box lacrosse team from Brampton, Ontario, Canada. The Excelsiors play in the Major Series Lacrosse Senior "A" Lacrosse League.-Season-by-season results:...

Brampton
Brampton, Ontario
Brampton is the third-largest city in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada and the seat of Peel Region. As of the 2006 census, Brampton's population stood at 433,806, making it the 11th largest city in Canada. It is also one of Canada's fastest growing municipalities, with an average...

Brooklin Redmen
Brooklin Redmen
The Brooklin Redmen are a box lacrosse team from Whitby, Ontario. The Redmen play in the Major Series Lacrosse league . The MSL, and its counterpart, the Western Lacrosse Association, represent the highest level of competitive box lacrosse in Canada...

Whitby
Whitby, Ontario
Whitby is a town in Durham Region. Whitby is located in Southern Ontario east of Toronto on the north shore of Lake Ontario, and is home to the headquarters of Durham Region...

Kitchener-Waterloo Kodiaks
Kitchener-Waterloo Kodiaks
The Kitchener-Waterloo Kodiaks are Senior "A" box lacrosse team from Kitchener, Ontario. The Kodiaks play in the Major Series Lacrosse Senior "A" Lacrosse League.-External links:* * * *...

Kitchener
Kitchener, Ontario
The City of Kitchener is a city in Southern Ontario, Canada. It was the Town of Berlin from 1854 until 1912 and the City of Berlin from 1912 until 1916. The city had a population of 204,668 in the Canada 2006 Census...

Peterborough Lakers
Peterborough Lakers (MSL)
The Peterborough Lakers are Senior "A" box lacrosse team from Peterborough, Ontario. They play in the Major Series Lacrosse league where under the current format, they compete in 20 regular season games from May through July and playoffs beginning in August and ending with the Mann Cup in September...

Peterborough
Peterborough, Ontario
Peterborough is a city on the Otonabee River in southern Ontario, Canada, 125 kilometres northeast of Toronto. The population of the City of Peterborough was 74,898 as of the 2006 census, while the census metropolitan area has a population of 121,428 as of a 2009 estimate. It presently ranks...

Six Nations Chiefs
Six Nations Chiefs
The Six Nations Chiefs are Senior "A" box lacrosse team from Six Nations, Ontario. The chiefs play in the Major Series Lacrosse Senior "A" League.-See also:* Six Nations Arrows - an affiliated Junior "A" box lacrosse team.-External links:* * * *...

Six Nations
Six Nations 40, Ontario
Six Nations is the largest First Nation in Canada with a total of 23,902 band members. 11,865 are reported living in the territory. It is the only territory in North America that has the six Iroquois nations living together. These nations are the Mohawk, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, Seneca and...


Champions

Bold indicates Mann Cup
Mann Cup
The Mann Cup is the trophy awarded to the senior men's lacrosse champions of Canada. The championship series is played between the Western Lacrosse Association champion and the Major Series Lacrosse champion...

 winners

2011 Brampton Excelsiors
2010 Peterborough Lakers
2009 Brampton Excelsiors
2008 Brampton Excelsiors
2007 Peterborough Lakers
2006 Peterborough Lakers
2005 Peterborough Lakers
2004 Peterborough Lakers
2003 Brampton Excelsiors
2002 Brampton Excelsiors
2001 Brampton Excelsiors
2000 Brooklin Redmen
1999 Brampton Excelsiors
1998 Brampton Excelsiors
1997 Niagara Falls Gamblers
1996 Six Nations Chiefs
1995 Six Nations Chiefs
1994 Six Nations Chiefs
1993 Brampton Excelsiors
1992 Brampton Excelsiors
1991 Brooklin Redmen
1990 Brooklin Redmen
1989 Brooklin Redmen
1988 Brooklin Redmen
1987 Brooklin Redmen
1986 Brooklin Redmen
1985 Brooklin Redmen
1984 Peterborough Lakers
1983 Peterborough Lakers
1982 Peterborough Lakers
1981 Brampton Excelsiors
1980 Brampton Excelsiors
1979 Peterborough Red Oaks
1978 Peterborough Red Oaks
1977 Brampton Excelsiors
1976 Brampton Excelsiors
1975 Brampton Excelsiors
1974 Windsor Warlocks
1973 Peterborough Lakers
1972 Brantford Warriors
1971 Peterborough Lakers
1970 Brantford Warriors
1969 Brooklin Redmen
1968 Brooklin Redmen
1967 Peterborough Don Byes

1966 Peterborough Pepsi Petes
1965 Brooklin Merchants
1964 Brooklin Merchants
1963 Brooklin Merchants
1962 Brampton Ramblers
1961 Port Credit Sailors
1960 Port Credit Sailors
1959 Peterborough Mercurys
1958 Wellend Switsons
1957 Peterborough Trailermen
1956 Peterborough Trailermen
1955 Peterborough Trailermen
1954 Peterborough Trailermen
1953 Peterborough Trailermen
1952 Peterborough Timbermen
1951 Peterborough Timbermen
1950 Owen Sound Crescents
1949 Hamilton Tigers
1948 Hamilton Tigers
1947 Mimico Mountaineers
1946 St. Catharines Athletics
1945 St. Catharines Athletics
1944 St. Catharines Athletics
1943 Mimico-Brampton Combines
1942 Mimico Brampton Combines
1941 St. Catharines Athletics
1940 St. Catharines Athletics
1939 St. Catharines Athletics
1938 St. Catharines Athletics
1937 Orillia Terriers
1936 Orillia Terriers
1935 Orillia Terriers
1934 Orillia Terriers
1933 Hamilton Tigers
1932 Mimico Mountaineers
1931 Brampton Excelsiors
1930 Brampton Excelsiors
1929 Oshawa Generals
1928 Oshawa Generals
1927 Weston L.C.

1926 Brampton Excelsiors
1925 Weston L.C.
1924 Weston L.C.
1923 Weston L.C.
1922 Weston L.C.
1921 Toronto Riverside
1920 Toronto St. Simon's Anglicans
1919 Toronto St. Simon's Anglicans
1918 Toronto Beaches
1917 Toronto Young Torontos
1916 Toronto Young Torontos
1915 Toronto Young Torontos
1914 Brampton Excelsiors
1913 Brampton Excelsiors
1912 Brampton Excelsiors
1911 Toronto Young Torontos
1910 St. Catharines Athletics
1909 St. Catharines Athletics
1908 St. Catharines Athletics
1907 St. Catharines Athletics
1906 No Champion
1905 St. Catharines Athletics
1904 Brantford
1903 Brantford
1902 Brantford
1901 Orangeville Dufferins
1900 Orangeville Dufferins
1899 Orangeville Dufferins
1898 Orangeville Dufferins
1897 Toronto Tecumseh
1896 Toronto Tecumseh
1895 Seaforth
1894 Stratford
1893 Stratford
1892 Stratford
1891 Niagara Falls
1890 St. Catharines Athletics
1889 St. Catharines Athletics
1888 Paris Brants
1887 Toronto


Defunct teams

  • Owen Sound North Stars
    Owen Sound North Stars
    The Owen Sound North Stars are a defunct Canadian Senior box lacrosse team. The team played in the City of Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada and participated in the Major Series Lacrosse and the OLA Senior B Lacrosse League...

  • Windsor Warlocks
    Windsor, Ontario
    Windsor is the southernmost city in Canada and is located in Southwestern Ontario at the western end of the heavily populated Quebec City – Windsor Corridor. It is within Essex County, Ontario, although administratively separated from the county government. Separated by the Detroit River, Windsor...

  • St. Catharines Athletics
    St. Catharines Athletics (MSL)
    The St. Catharines Athletics are a defunct Senior "A" box lacrosse team from St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.-Championships:***...

  • St. Regis Indians
    St. Regis Indians
    The St. Regis Indians are a former Senior "A" box lacrosse team from St. Regis Mohawk Reservation, New York on Akwesasne island. The Indians played in the Major Series Lacrosse Senior "A" Lacrosse League from 1998 to 2009. From 1998 to 2005, the team was known as the Akwesasne Thunder.-External...

  • Barrie Lakeshores
    Barrie Lakeshores
    The Barrie Lakeshores were a Senior "A" box lacrosse team from Barrie, Ontario. The Lakeshores played in the Major Series Lacrosse Senior "A" Lacrosse League.-History:...

  • Fergus Thistles

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