Victoria Shamrocks
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| Victoria Shamrocks | |
| Founded | 1950 |
| Home arena | Bear Mountain Arena Bear Mountain Arena Bear Mountain Arena is in Colwood, British Columbia, Canada. The arena was built in 2004, has 2781 seats and houses year round events for both hockey and lacrosse. With an additional floor capacity of 860 people this premier spectator facility can hold any type of event, from trade shows to major... |
| Based in | Victoria Victoria, British Columbia Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia, Canada and is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of about 78,000 within the metropolitan area of Greater Victoria, which has a population of 360,063, the 15th most populous Canadian... |
| Colours | Green, white |
| League | 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... |
| Head Coach | Walt Christianson |
| General Manager | Chris Welch |
The Victoria Shamrocks are 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...
club, based in Victoria
Victoria, British Columbia
Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia, Canada and is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of about 78,000 within the metropolitan area of Greater Victoria, which has a population of 360,063, the 15th most populous Canadian...
, British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
. The team competes in the 7-team 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...
(WLA).
The Shamrocks have won 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...
8 times. The Shamrocks can boast that some of the greatest lacrosse
Lacrosse
Lacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin played using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick, mainly played in the United States and Canada. It is a contact sport which requires padding. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh...
players in the world were proud to wear the green and white, including Jack Bionda
Jack Bionda
John Arthur James "Jack" Bionda was a lacrosse and hockey player. He was a lacrosse superstar, dominating the sport throughout the 1950s and early 1960s.-Lacrosse:...
, Archie Browning, "Whitey" Severson, "Bobby" Monaghan, Kevin Alexander, both Paul
Paul Gait
Paul Gait is widely regarded as one of the best lacrosse players of all time and is the current Vice President of the Rochester Knighthawks of the National Lacrosse League...
and Gary Gait
Gary Gait
Gary Charles Gait is widely regarded as the best lacrosse player of all time, just above his twin brother Paul. He has starred at the NCAA level at Syracuse University, at the professional level in the National Lacrosse League and Major League Lacrosse, and at the international level for the...
, and John Tavares
John Tavares (lacrosse player)
John Tavares is a professional box lacrosse player in the National Lacrosse League and mathematics teacher at Philip Pocock Catholic Secondary School in Mississauga Ontario, Canada. He attended D'Youville College in Buffalo, NY.Tavares has played his entire career with the Buffalo Bandits since...
.
The team logo is a shamrock
Shamrock
The shamrock is a three-leafed old white clover. It is known as a symbol of Ireland. The name shamrock is derived from Irish , which is the diminutive version of the Irish word for clover ....
in a circle with "Victoria" above and "Shamrocks" beneath.
The Victoria Shamrocks entered the Inter-City Lacrosse League, which is now the WLA, in 1950. In 1983, the team dropped the Shamrocks name in favour of reflecting their new sponsorship by Payless Gas; Victoria returned as the Shamrocks in 1994.
The club won the Mann Cup in 1955, 1957, 1979, 1983, 1997, 1999, 2003, and 2005.
On September 16, 2005, the Victoria Shamrocks won their 8th Mann Cup, defeating the Peterborough Lakers 4 games to 2 in a classic, hard fought series. Shamrocks' Goaltender Anthony Cosmo was awarded the Mike Kelly Memorial Trophy
Mike Kelly Memorial Trophy
The Mike Kelly Memorial Trophy is awarded annually to the Most Valuable Player in Mann Cup competition. The Mann Cup is the senior men's lacrosse championship of Canada. The championship series is played between the Western Lacrosse Association champion and the Major Series Lacrosse champion....
as the series Most Valuable Player.
Current Roster
Current WLA Scores and Stats
All time Record
| Season | Team Name | Games | Win | Losses | Tie | GF | GA | Points | Playoffs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Victoria Shamrocks | 30 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 343 | 293 | 32 | |
| 1951 | Victoria Shamrocks | 32 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 390 | 289 | 47 | |
| 1952 | Victoria Shamrocks | 32 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 472 | 333 | 44 | |
| 1953 | Victoria Shamrocks | 32 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 407 | 319 | 44 | |
| 1954 | Victoria Shamrocks | 32 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 383 | 279 | 50 | |
| 1955 | Victoria Shamrocks | 32 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 372 | 282 | 42 | Won 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... |
| 1956 | Victoria Shamrocks | 30 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 345 | 334 | 31 | |
| 1957 | Victoria Shamrocks | 30 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 349 | 295 | 39 | Won 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... |
| 1958 | Victoria Shamrocks | 30 | 11 | 18 | 1 | 272 | 303 | 23 | |
| 1959 | Victoria Shamrocks | 30 | 12 | 17 | 1 | 283 | 298 | 25 | |
| 1960 | Victoria Shamrocks | 30 | 8 | 21 | 0 | 276 | 354 | 17 | |
| 1961 | Victoria Shamrocks | 30 | 2 | 27 | 1 | 229 | 409 | 5 | |
| 1962 | Victoria Shamrocks | 32 | 14 | 18 | 0 | 277 | 324 | 28 | |
| 1963 | Victoria Shamrocks | 30 | 10 | 19 | 1 | 251 | 307 | 21 | |
| 1964 | Victoria Shamrocks | 32 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 274 | 262 | 37 | |
| 1965 | Victoria Shamrocks | 30 | 7 | 23 | 0 | 229 | 301 | 14 | |
| 1966 | Victoria Shamrocks | 30 | 11 | 18 | 1 | 244 | 280 | 23 | |
| 1967 | Victoria Shamrocks | 30 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 264 | 266 | 31 | |
| 1968 | Victoria Shamrocks | 38 | 15 | 23 | 0 | 337 | 397 | 30 | |
| 1969 | Victoria Shamrocks | 29 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 244 | 409 | 8 | |
| 1970 | Victoria Shamrocks | 30 | 8 | 22 | 0 | 323 | 407 | 16 | |
| 1971 | Victoria Shamrocks | 31 | 9 | 22 | 0 | 332 | 437 | 18 | |
| 1972 | Victoria Shamorcks | 32 | 14 | 18 | 0 | 379 | 397 | 28 | |
| 1973 | Victoria Shamorcks | 25 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 299 | 309 | 22 | |
| 1974 | Victoria Shamrocks | 24 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 290 | 318 | 16 | |
| 1975 | Victoria Shamrocks | 24 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 351 | 269 | 32 | |
| 1976 | Victoria Shamrocks | 24 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 349 | 275 | 37 | |
| 1977 | Victoria Shamrocks | 24 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 327 | 271 | 32 | |
| 1978 | Victoria Shamrocks | 24 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 352 | 278 | 32 | |
| 1979 | Victoria Shamrocks | 30 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 375 | 322 | 40 | Won 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... |
| 1980 | Victoria Shamrocks | 24 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 290 | 257 | 28 | |
| 1981 | Victoria Shamrocks | 24 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 294 | 297 | 24 | |
| 1982 | Victoria Pay Less | 24 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 273 | 287 | 22 | |
| 1983 | Victoria Pay Less | 24 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 276 | 298 | 22 | Won 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... |
| 1984 | Victoria Pay Less | 24 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 289 | 275 | 26 | |
| 1985 | Victoria Pay Less | 24 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 225 | 230 | 24 | |
| 1986 | Victoria Pay Less | 24 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 253 | 232 | 28 | |
| 1987 | Victoria Pay Less | 24 | 8 | 16 | 0 | 194 | 265 | 16 | |
| 1988 | Victoria Pay Less | 24 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 212 | 212 | 24 | |
| 1989 | Victoria Pay Less | 24 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 245 | 250 | 24 | |
| 1990 | Victoria Pay Less | 24 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 195 | 226 | 22 | |
| 1991 | Victoria Pay Less | 24 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 225 | 225 | 22 | |
| 1992 | Victoria Pay Less | 24 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 200 | 217 | 20 | |
| 1993 | Victoria Pay Less | 23 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 235 | 249 | 18 | |
| 1994 | Victoria Pay Less | 20 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 249 | 191 | 28 | |
| 1995 | Victoria Shamrocks | 25 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 246 | 234 | 28 | |
| 1996 | Victoria Shamrocks | 20 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 213 | 210 | 21 | |
| 1997 | Victoria Shamrocks | 20 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 203 | 179 | 24 | Won 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... |
| 1998 | Victoria Shamrocks | 25 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 277 | 206 | 40 | |
| 1999 | Victoria Shamrocks | 25 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 283 | 194 | 40 | Won 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... |
| 2000 | Victoria Shamrocks | 25 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 319 | 239 | 40 | |
| 2001 | Victoria Shamrocks | 20 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 311 | 192 | 39 | |
| 2002 | Victoria Shamrocks | 20 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 287 | 202 | 33 | |
| 2003 | Victoria Shamrocks | 20 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 283 | 215 | 30 | Won 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... |
| 2004 | Victoria Shamrocks | 20 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 250 | 143 | 36 | |
| 2005 | Victoria Shamrocks | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 230 | 167 | 28 | Won 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... |
| 2006 | Victoria Shamrocks | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 215 | 160 | 30 | |
| 2007 | Victoria Shamrocks | 18 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 187 | 195 | 11 | |
| 2008 | Victoria Shamrocks | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 159 | 162 | 19 | |
| 2009 | Victoria Shamrocks | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 255 | 171 | 29 | |
| Total | 60 seasons | 1,554 | 815 | 709 | 30 | 16,961 | 16,181 | 1,658 |