The Halton Hills Bulldogs are Junior "B" box lacrosse team from Georgetown, Ontario, Canada. The Bulldogs play in the OLA Junior B Lacrosse League.
History The Bulldogs joined the OLA-B in 1995. Despite the 1999–2000 name change, the team has always played out of Georgetown.
The Bulldogs first four seasons were mediocre at best and their fifth season was horrible. The 1999 season (0-21-0), although terrible served as a catalyst for turning Halton into a winning lacrosse team.
The 2000 season turned out to be an excellent turnaround for the team. Changing their name during the wintertime, the Bulldogs went from no wins in 1999 to an 8-12-0 record. They failed to make the playoffs that year, but did qualify for the "Tier II" Championship—and won. Since winning the Tier II title, Halton has not had a losing season. The only unfortunate point is that the Bulldogs, despite having some regular season success, have yet to do very well in the playoffs. In six straight playoff berths, the Bulldogs have yet to get past the quarter-finals. Another highpoint in their recent history is that for the past six seasons, the team's goals for have surpassed the number of goals against. Once again though, making the playoffs is one thing, having success in them is another.
In 2002, the Bulldogs were awarded the right to host the prestigious Founders Cup Tournament. This gave the Bulldogs an automatic berth in the national tourney. In pool play the Bulldogs came second to the Ontario Champs from Spartan. This put them in the semi-finals against the Clarington Green Gaels. The Bulldogs, despite a huge effort from everyone involved could not pull out the victory as the Gaels came from behind to win 7–5 in overtime. While the Gaels went on to win the tournament, the Bulldogs were forced to play in the bronze medal game against Edmonton. In the end it was not meant to be as the Miners defeated the Bulldogs 9–7 in overtime.
In 2010, the Bulldogs won the Founders Cup, defeating the host Mimico Mountaineers 4–3 in double overtime.
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 Playoffs1992 20 1 18 1 154 279 3 11th OLA-B DNQ1993 22 11 11 0 229 233 22 8th OLA-B Lost quarter-final1994 22 9 13 0 193 217 18 7th OLA-B Lost quarter-final1995 22 7 15 0 158 230 14 4th OLA-B Central DNQ1996 22 12 10 0 221 193 24 5th OLA-B West Won Tier II Title1997 22 5 17 0 174 285 10 7th OLA-B West DNQ1998 24 7 17 0 201 263 14 7th OLA-B West DNQ1999 21 0 21 0 141 285 0 10th OLA-B West DNQ2000 21 8 12 0 181 206 16 6th OLA-B West Won Tier II Title2001 20 12 6 2 239 182 26 5th OLA-B West Lost quarter-final2002 22 16 5 1 265 145 33 3rd OLA-B West Lost quarter-final2003 20 10 9 1 193 164 21 8th OLA-B East Lost 1st round2004 20 14 6 0 199 131 28 4th OLA-B East Lost quarter-final2005 20 11 7 2 175 147 24 5th OLA-B East Lost quarter-final2006 20 10 10 0 182 141 20 6th OLA-B East Lost 1st round2007 20 14 6 0 216 129 28 4th OLA-B East Lost Conference Final2008 20 15 5 0 224 137 30 4th OLA-B East Ontario Jr B Finalist2009 20 17 2 1 208 99 35 2nd OLA-B EastConference Finalists2010 20 17 3 0 202 92 34 2nd OLA-B East Won League & Won Founders Cup2011 20 17 3 0 216 117 34 2nd OLA-B East Ontario Jr B Finalist2012 20 17 2 1 243 130 35 3rd OLA-B East Lost Conference Semi-Finals2013 20 17 2 1 262 146 35 2nd OLA-B East Lost Conference Semi-Finals2014 20 16 4 0 225 137 32 4th OLA-B East
Founders Cup CANADIAN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS Year Round Robin RecordW-L-T Standing Semifinal Gold Medal Game 2010Etobicoke, ON W, Onondaga Jr. Redhawks 17-3W, Calgary Mountaineers 7-3W, Saskatchewan SWAT 17-4W, Moncton Mavericks 14-1W, Winnipeg Gryphons 18-4 5-0-0 1st of 6Barb Cormier Division W, Kamloops Venom 11-2 W, Mimico Mountaineers 4-3 2OTCHAMPIONS References
External links Bulldogs Webpage The Bible of Lacrosse Unofficial OLA Page