Announcements

LACROSSE ALUMNI REUNION

Manitoba Lacrosse Alumni annual reunion will be held on Sunday, April 28 at the Elmwood Legion from 1-4 PM. The winner of the Sam Thompson "Good Guy" award will be announced. Bring a friend or...

2024 LACROSSE ALUMNI REUNION

Mark this event on your new 2024 calendar: MANITOBA LACROSSE ALUMNI REUNION (Featuring the presentation of the Sam Thompson Good Guy Award) SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 2024 1:00 - 4:00 PM AT ELMWOOD...

MANITOBA BROUGHT BACK TO EARTH BY SHAMROCKS

In 1957, Manitoba's representatives changed their name from the Winnipeg All Stars to the Winnipeg Combines. No reason for the name change was provided other than the team was combination of the...

'55 WESTERN CANADIAN CHAMPS- 2ND MINTO CUP FINAL

Manitoba Junior All Star coach, Johnny Arondeus, bolstered the 1954 Eastern Canadian Junior Championship roster with the addition of top-notch juvenile players: Harry Nightingale, Gerry Kline,...

MANITOBA EASTERN CANADIAN JR. CHAMPS

Johnny Arondeous, coach of the Manitoba Junior All Stars, toughest task will be selecting the 17 players to represent Manitoba is Eastern Canadian Junior Lacrosse play downs. With most of the...

'53 TEAM UNDONE BY INCONSISTENT PLAY

After improved performances in the last two Minto Cup play downs, the Manitoba Lacrosse Association, under advisement from Jim O'Dowda, changed the way the team would be selected. For the last...

'52 MANITOBA MIRACLE

The 1952 version of the Manitoba Lacrosse Junior All Stars had many familiar faces with five players having Minto Cup experience, led by goal tender Clarke Hicks playing in his fourth Cup. What...

CLOSE, BUT NO CIGAR

The Winnipeg Tribune described the 1950 Eastern Canadian Junior lacrosse play off between the St. Catherine's Athletics and the Manitoba All Starts this way: "The thrill that local lacrosse fans...

'49 MORE THE SAME AT MINTO CUP

In 1949, everything that was old is new again, as the provincial champion; Elmwood Terriers represented Manitoba in the Minto Cup play downs against the BC junior league all stars. Coach Les...

'48 THE BEST OF TIMES AND THE WORST OF TIMES

When most Winnipeggers think of lacrosse the first thing that comes to mind is Elmwood. For thirty years, under the banners of the Elmwood Pats, Elmwood Terriers, and Kelvin Terriers, this region...

TOBA'S FIGHT FOR RESPECT

After five years of war and one year of negotiations the Minto Cup play downs were set for the fall of 1947. Changes negotiated included that provinces would be represented by their junior...

THE SECOND GREAT ERA OF LACROSSE IN WINNIPEG

In the late '30's and '40's minor lacrosse lay dormant in Winnipeg and Manitoba for more than eight years until the arrival of Tom O'Brien from Brampton, Ontario. Tom. A long time lacrosse...

DARKEST BEFORE THE DAWN

The decline in popularity of the game of lacrosse in Winnipeg can be directly linked to the Winnipeg School Division's decision to end the Winnipeg Schools Lacrosse League is 1929. The loss of...

MINTO CUP PLAYDOWNS BACK IN 1940

After some backroom wheeling and dealing, the Minto Cup play downs were re-started in the Fall of 1940. For a second time in three years, Orillia comes to Winnipeg on its March to the Minto Cup....