The Calgary Mountaineers are a
box lacrosse
Box lacrosse, also known as boxla, box, or indoor lacrosse, is an indoor version of lacrosse played mostly in North America. The game originated in Canada in the 1930s, where it is more popular than field lacrosse. Lacrosse is Canada's officia ...
organization based in
Calgary
Calgary ( ) is the largest city in the western Canadian province of Alberta and the largest metro area of the three Prairie Provinces. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806, maki ...
,
Alberta
Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Ter ...
, Canada. The organization has teams at three levels of the
Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League
The Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League (RMLL) is a box lacrosse league based in Alberta with three teams in Saskatchewan and, as of 2018, one in Manitoba. It is sanctioned by the Alberta Lacrosse Association. RMLL organizes all senior and junior play ...
: a Senior B squad, along with a Junior A and Junior B teams.
Sr. B Mountaineers
The Senior Mountaineers have existed for over 30 years, and in 1983, captured the Canadian Senior B championship, the
Presidents Cup
The Presidents Cup is a series of men's golf matches between a team representing the United States and an International Team representing the rest of the world minus Europe. Europe competes against the United States in a similar but considerably ...
.
Jr. A Mountaineers
Established in 2006, the
Calgary Jr. A Mountaineers
The Junior A Mountaineers Lacrosse Club was established in 2006 as an expansion team to the Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League (RMLL) Junior A program bringing the total number of Junior A lacrosse teams in Alberta to four. Playing out of Calgary, t ...
are one of four teams in the province at the Junior A level. They were the host team for the 2008
Minto Cup
The Minto Cup is awarded annually to the champion junior men's box lacrosse team of Canada.
It was donated in 1901 by the Governor-General, Lord Minto. Originally restricted to amateurs, within three years the first under-the-table professional ...
, Canada's national Junior A championship. The tournament was held at the
Max Bell Centre in August 2008, won by
Orangeville Northmen Orangeville Northmen may refer to one of two teams that compete in Ontario Lacrosse Association Junior leagues:
* Orangeville Northmen Jr. A who compete in the OLA Junior A Lacrosse League
*Orangeville Northmen Jr. B
The Orangeville Northmen are Ju ...
.
Jr. B Mountaineers
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Calgary Jr. B Mountaineers
The Calgary Mountaineers are a box lacrosse organization based out of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The organization represents teams at three levels of the Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League: a Senior B squad, along with a Junior A team and a Junior B t ...
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Lacrosse teams in Alberta
Sports clubs and teams established in the 1970s
1970s establishments in Alberta
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