STRONG SHOWING IN 1950
The Winnipeg Tribune described the 1950 Eastern Canadian Junior lacrosse play off between the St. Catherine’s Athletics and the Manitoba Al...
MINTO CUP PLAY DOWNS 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...
INTRODUCTION OF THE MINTO CUP PLAY DOWNS
In the twentieth century Canada began the change from a rural agricultural society to an urban industrialized nation. One facet...
With 6 Builders, 9 Players, 3 teams and over 300 guests, the 2018 induction was the biggest and best. Take a moment to relive event gala event. Of if you did not attend get a sense of what you...
Long before Keith MacLennan and Harry Nightingale were inducted into the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame, two giants of Manitoba lacrosse had entered the Hall. Native Manitoba, Dick Buckingham,...
When you think of box lacrosse you think of the “Fastest game on two feet” – it was not always so. But with significant rule changes the game changed from congested game requiring brute ...
The Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame formally inducted it first Manitoban, honouring Keith (Mac) McLennan at an induction ceremony in Burnaby, BC on November 9, 2013.
McLennan was j...
On November 9, 2014 Harry Nightingale was inducted to Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame at a ceremony in New Westminster, British Columbia. Harry was selected as a Builder for his over fifty year...
The Mann Cup was caught up in a dispute over which team was the title-holder. In order to clear the air, the Winnipeg Lacrosse Association (WLA) met to organize a Dominion tournament to ...
In 1932, the Canadian Amateur Lacrosse Association officially announced that Box lacrosse would supplant the long established 12 man field game as the official format for the Mann Cup.
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