The Mississauga Tomahawks are a Junior "B" box lacrosse team from Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. The Mississauga Tomahawks play in the OLA Junior B Lacrosse League.
History Brampton Excelsiors 1989 - 1994 Brampton-Milton Mavericks 1995 Milton Mavericks 1996 to 2006 Mississauga Tomahawks 2007 to Present
The franchise has a storied history of owners, players, sponsors and supporters. The current owners brought the team to Mississauga by way of Milton.
The team began as a feeder team for the OLA Junior A Lacrosse League's Brampton Excelsiors. In 1995, the team went separate ways from its parent club and moved to Milton. Under the Junior "A" club, the franchise never really did that well. The release from the Junior "A" Excelsiors seemed to be a good thing. After two slow seasons, business seemed to pick up from 1997 until 1999. In 1999 The Milton Mavericks led by notable players such as Jim Leworthy, Andrew Hartholt, and arguably the best Jr’B goalie at the time Andrew Dowdell, made a valiant run at the Founders Cup Championship. The Mavericks entered the Founders Cup Tournament as underdogs, but quickly showed the rest of the field that they were there to win. The 1999 Mavericks squad eventually fell short losing the gold medal game to the Edmonton Minors, 13–10. Many players from both squads went onto to play in both the MSL and the NLL.
The team went on hiatus in 2000 after their 15-6-0 run in the 1999 season. When the team returned in 2002, they were not the same. After three mediocre losing seasons, the team went on hiatus again in 2005. When the team returned in 2006 under the new management of Craig Ferchat and Jim Meagher it had little or no support from either the Milton Minor Lacrosse Association or the Village of Milton. Local sponsorship was near zero and the player pool was small and shrinking, approximately 250 players in the last year.
In the Fall of 2006 the team was moved to Mississauga and changed its name to the Mississauga Tomahawks Jr. B Lacrosse Club. In Mississauga it now enjoys a growing player pool of approximately 750-900 players/year, cooperation with the Mississauga Tomahawks Lacrosse Association and the Mississauga Tomahawks Jr. A team. The reception from the City of Mississauga and local sponsors is a change for the team.
The name change creates yet another chapter in Mississauga junior lacrosse history, for more info, please see: Mississauga Tomahawks.
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 Playoffs1989 20 4 16 0 111 320 8 10th OLA-B DNQ1990 20 1 18 1 164 285 3 11th OLA-B DNQ1991 18 6 12 0 157 176 12 8th OLA-B Lost quarter-final1992 20 10 10 0 203 183 20 6th OLA-B Lost semi-final1993 22 11 10 1 178 194 23 6th OLA-B Lost quarter-final1994 22 11 9 2 190 191 24 5th OLA-B Lost quarter-final1995 22 7 13 2 192 244 16 3rd OLA-B Central DNQ1996 22 7 15 0 192 267 14 6th OLA-B West DNQ1997 22 11 10 1 237 238 23 5th OLA-B West DNQ1998 24 19 5 0 275 205 38 2nd OLA-B West Lost quarter-final1999 21 15 6 0 230 178 30 3rd OLA-B West Lost quarter-final2000 0 - - - - - - Folded2001 0 - - - - - - Folded2002 21 8 12 1 209 240 17 8th OLA-B West Lost 1st round2003 20 7 12 1 179 209 15 9th OLA-B East DNQ2004 20 2 18 0 141 266 4 10th OLA-B East DNQ2005 0 - - - - - - Folded2006 20 1 19 0 98 243 2 13th OLA-B East DNQ2007 20 8 11 1 177 186 17 8th OLA-B East Lost 1st round2008 20 1 18 1 120 217 3 12th OLA-B East DNQ2009 20 2 18 0 112 214 4 12th OLA-B East DNQ2010 20 8 11 1 123 160 17 8th OLA-B East Lost 1st round2011 20 8 12 0 178 218 16 8th OLA-B East Lost 1st round2012 20 4 16 0 151 296 8 10th OLA-B East DNQ2013 20 5 15 0 127 246 10 10th OLA-B East DNQ2014 20 3 16 1 137 272 7 11th OLA-B East DNQ
Notable alumni John Tavares Andrew Dowdell Chris Powless Jim Leworthy Jr Corey Leigh External links Mississauga Tomahawks Jr. A Lacrosse Website Mississauga Tomahawks Jr. B Lacrosse Website Jr. A Lacrosse League Website Ontario Lacrosse Association (OLA)