The Gloucester Griffins are a Junior "B" box lacrosse team from Gloucester, Ontario, Canada. The Griffins play in the OLA Junior B Lacrosse League.
History The Griffins were founded in 1978 as a Junior "B" lacrosse team and became and incorporated non-for-profit business in 1992. A couple times, due to the team nearness to the Quebec border, the Griffins have jumped leagues. The Griffs played in Quebec in 1979 and 1980, and then again in 1988 and 1989. The Griffins have been a constant fixture in the OLA-B since 1990. In 1989, the Griffins hosted the Founders Cup, the National Championships, on behalf of the Ligue de Crosse Junior du Québec and again they hosted it in 1991 for the OLA-B. As Quebec Provincial Champions in 1988 and 1989, they also earned their way to the tournament twice, for a total of three National Championship appearances.
Since re-entering the OLA-B, the Griffins had 5 strong seasons, but only got past the quarter-finals in the playoffs once. Since 1994, the sky has come crashing down for the Griffins. Once a powerhouse in Eastern Ontario lacrosse, the Griffins have suffered 12 straight losing seasons. The bottom fell out in 2005, with the Griffins completing an entirely winless season. The 0-20-0 Griffins averaged a 17.50 goals against average.
The team has since rebuilt and won the Far East title in 2009 with a 12-8-0 record thanks to a Grant Schubert overtime winner in the final game of the year against Kahnawake.
Season-by-season results Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against Season GP W L T GF GA PTS Placing Playoffs1978 18 0 18 0 146 429 0 4th OLA-B (Div) Lost semi-final1979 16 8 8 0 - - 16 Quebec 1980 - - - - - - - Quebec Lost OLA-B Semi-final1981 18 7 11 0 215 238 14 5th OLA-B East DNQ1982 20 13 6 1 268 215 27 3rd OLA-B East Lost quarter-final1983 22 12 9 1 276 272 25 5th OLA-B East Lost 1st round1984 20 6 14 0 243 325 12 4th OLA-B Div III Lost Tier II Quarter-final1985 24 12 12 0 369 331 24 4th OLA-B East Lost quarter-final1986 18 10 7 1 234 215 21 2nd OLA-B East Lost quarter-final1987 19 14 5 0 260 183 30 2nd OLA-B East Lost semi-final1988 20 17 3 0 - - 34 1st Quebec Won League, lost Founders Cup Final1989 16 13 3 0 - - 26 1st Quebec Won League, lost Founders Cup Final1990 20 12 8 0 233 238 24 5th OLA-B Lost quarter-final1991 18 10 7 1 212 191 21 5th OLA-B Lost quarter-final1992 20 11 8 1 243 211 23 4th OLA-B Lost quarter-final1993 22 17 5 0 274 188 34 2nd OLA-B Lost semi-final1994 22 14 6 2 264 212 30 3rd OLA-B Lost quarter-final1995 22 9 13 0 249 243 18 4th OLA-B East DNQ1996 22 2 20 0 136 383 4 8th OLA-B East DNQ1997 22 1 21 0 145 384 2 8th OLA-B East DNQ1998 20 7 13 0 182 228 14 5th OLA-B East DNQ1999 20 9 10 1 187 195 18 6th OLA-B East Lost 1st round2000 20 7 13 0 170 186 14 6th OLA-B East DNQ2001 20 6 14 0 139 190 12 9th OLA-B East DNQ2002 22 5 17 0 168 253 10 9th OLA-B East DNQ2003 20 2 18 0 128 252 4 13th OLA-B East DNQ2004 20 1 19 0 96 307 2 11th OLA-B East DNQ2005 20 0 20 0 101 350 0 11th OLA-B East DNQ2006 20 2 18 0 133 253 4 12th OLA-B East DNQ2007 20 4 16 0 124 225 8 13th OLA-B East DNQ2008 20 6 14 0 141 222 12 10th OLA-B East DNQ2009 20 12 8 0 137 157 24 3rd OLA-B East Lost Conference Quarter-final2010 20 10 9 1 136 145 21 6th OLA-B East Lost Conference Quarter-final2011 20 6 13 1 166 255 13 9th OLA-B East DNQ2012 20 6 14 0 158 249 12 9th OLA-B East DNQ2013 20 2 17 1 147 231 5 11th OLA-B East DNQ2014 20 11 9 0 222 203 22 5th OLA-B East Lost Conference Quarter-final
References
External links Griffins Webpage Griffins Team History Gloucester Lacrosse Association (Minor) The Bible of Lacrosse Unofficial OLA Page