The Coquitlam Adanacs are a Canadian box lacrosse team based in Coquitlam, British Columbia. The Adanacs play in B.C.'s seven team Western Lacrosse Association (WLA), whose champion competes against Ontario's Major Series Lacrosse champion for the Mann Cup every September.
The Adanacs originally started as a basketball team during the 1920s in New Westminster. The team expanded to lacrosse and played as the Adanacs until 1951. In 1965, a new Coquitlam Adanacs lacrosse team was formed by old Adanac players, and won the Mann Cup in 2001. Between 1998 and 2003, Coquitlam and Victoria played against each other in six straight WLA championships. The Shamrocks would come out on top of that rivalry, winning four titles to the Adanacs two, and both teams would win national championships in that era, Victoria's in 1999 and 2003.
For a single season in 1968, the Adanacs moved to Portland, Oregon as an experiment to try to stoke interest in box lacrosse in the American Pacific Northwest. When the National Lacrosse Association collapsed prior to the 1969 season, and efforts to relocate the Adanacs to Seattle failed, they returned to their traditional home in Coquitlam.
The Adanacs play their home games at the Poirier Sport & Leisure Complex.
The Adanacs hold the unique distinction of winning the "Nations in 1980" the first world championship of indoor (box in Canada) lacrosse by defeating the North American Natives, composed of First Nations players, in a nationally televised game from Vancouver's Pacific Coliseum on July 17, 1980. This event was also unique in that the North American Natives were the first to team to ever represent First Nations people in a world championship in any sport.
The Adanacs Junior 'a' team has won the Minto Cup, the national junior 'a' championship, 5 times, including the two most recent titles, in 2024 and 2025.
Trivia The name "ADANAC" is simply "CANADA" spelled backwards. The team played the 1968 season in Portland, Oregon, but returned the following season.
All-time record
Season Team name Games Win Losses Tie GF GA Points Playoffs1965Coquitlam Adanacs301218027233924Defeated in Finals1966Coquitlam Adanacs301911031424138Defeated in Finals1967Coquitlam Adanacs301415127425429Defeated in Semi-Finals1968Portland Adanacs382414041336548Defeated in Semi-Finals1969Coquitlam Adanacs29263038224252Defeated in Finals1970Coquitlam Adanacs301416035036428Defeated in Finals1971Coquitlam Adanacs311812142939037Defeated in Finals1972Coquitlam Adanacs31922038356618Defeated in Semi-Finals1973Coquitlam Adanacs25169039635032Defeated in Semi-Finals1974Coquitlam Adanacs24815129835817Defeated in Semi-Finals1975Coquitlam Adanacs24816028638316Defeated in Semi-Finals1976Coquitlam Adanacs24915031635618Defeated in Semi-Finals1977Coquitlam Adanacs241113029728822Defeated in Semi-Finals1978Coquitlam Adanacs241013131033221Defeated in Finals1979Coquitlam Adanacs301712142738235Defeated in Finals1980Coquitlam Adanacs24159028726830Defeated in Semi-Finals1981Coquitlam Adanacs24177033326234Defeated in Finals1982Coquitlam Adanacs24816028030816Defeated in Finals1983Coquitlam Adanacs241014025626320Did Not Qualify1984Coquitlam Adanacs241014026527520Defeated in playoff round robin1985Coquitlam Adanacs241410022720028Defeated in playoff round robin1986Coquitlam Adanacs241014020424520Defeated in Semi-Finals1987Coquitlam Adanacs241311022622626Defeated in Finals1988Coquitlam Adanacs241311022619526Defeated in Mann Cup1989Coquitlam Adanacs241113024224922Defeated in Finals1990Coquitlam Adanacs24618020324212Did Not Qualify1991Coquitlam Adanacs24186026819836Defeated in Finals1992Coquitlam Adanacs241014019122820Defeated in Semi-Finals1993Coquitlam Adanacs23176025121234Defeated in Mann Cup1994Coquitlam Adanacs20137021519926Defeated in Finals1995Coquitlam Adanacs251111323622625Defeated in Semi-Finals1996Coquitlam Adanacs20515015819010Did Not Qualify1997Coquitlam Adanacs20910116917119Defeated in Semi-Finals1998Coquitlam Adanacs25159125521631Defeated in Mann Cup1999Coquitlam Adanacs25187024820136Defeated in Finals2000Coquitlam Adanacs251411027827628Defeated in Finals2001Coquitlam Adanacs20128022522424Won Mann Cup2002Coquitlam Adanacs20136126420527Defeated in Finals2003Coquitlam Adanacs20173026619534Defeated in Finals2004Coquitlam Adanacs20119022320022Defeated in Semi-Finals2005Coquitlam Adanacs18134126719827Defeated in Finals2006Coquitlam Adanacs18116119218723Defeated in Semi-Finals2007Coquitlam Adanacs1897217818820Defeated in Mann Cup2008Coquitlam Adanacs18133218013528Defeated in Finals2009Coquitlam Adanacs1899017118618Defeated in Finals2010Coquitlam Adanacs1899020419718Defeated in Semi-Finals2011Coquitlam Adanacs18711016016414Did Not Qualify2012Coquitlam Adanacs18108014713720Defeated in Finals2013Coquitlam Adanacs1898116417119Defeated in Semi-Finals2014Coquitlam Adanacs18711013514414Defeated in Semi-Finals2015Coquitlam Adanacs18711014116814Did Not Qualify2016Coquitlam Adanacs18711014016214Did Not Qualify2017Coquitlam Adanacs18513013318310Did Not Qualify2018Coquitlam Adanacs1821601311944Did Not Qualify2019Coquitlam Adanacs1831501222016Did Not Qualify2020season cancelled2021season cancelled2022Coquitlam Adanacs18126018615224Defeated in Semi-Finals2023Coquitlam Adanacs1821601371964Did Not Qualify2024Coquitlam Adanacs18710115117715Did Not Qualify2025Coquitlam Adanacs18152117412931Defeated in Finals2026Coquitlam Adanacs18126017111524Defeated in Mann CupTotal60 Season1,3596946452014,42714,2681,4081 Mann Cup
External links Coquitlam Adanacs homepage Western Lacrosse Association