Mississauga Tomahawks Jr. A

Mississauga Tomahawks
Founded 1973
League OLA Junior A Lacrosse League
Based in Mississauga, Ontario
Arena Port Credit Arena
Colours Orange, Blue, and White
President Craig Ferchat

The Mississauga Tomahawks were a Junior "A" box lacrosse team from Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. The Tomahawks played in the OLA Junior A Lacrosse League. Some former Tomahawks players who have gone on to professional lacrosse are John Tavares, Peter Tavares, Anthony Cosmo, Jeff Shatler, Drew Candy, Jamie McKeracher, Cory Leigh, John Rosa, Rob Kirkby, Ted Dowling, Mat Giles, Jason Clark, Neil Doddridge and Ted Dowling.

On June 26, 2014 the Board of Governors and the OLA Board of Directors approved the relocation of the Jr. A Tomahawks to Mimico, beginning in 2015. This is a franchise amalgamation between the Jr. A Tomahawks and the Jr. B Mountaineers. The Jr. B Tomahawks will remain the direct affiliate of the Jr. A Mountaineers. The Jr. B Mountaineers lacrosse program will terminate following the 2014 season.

History

Current franchise

Mississauga Athletics 19xx - 1974
Mississauga Sullivan Homes 1975 - 1976
Mississauga Merchants 1977 - 1979
Mississauga Arrowheads 1980 - 1984
Mississauga Tomahawks 1985 - 2014

Traditional franchise

Toronto Township PCO's 1965 - 1967
Mississauga Athletics 1968 - 1974
Mississauga Chiefs 1975 - 1976
Mississauga Builders 1977 - 1980
Mississauga Tomahawks 1981 - 1983

Current franchise 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 Playoffs
1979 22 14 8 0 346 317 28 3rd OLA-B East
1980 16 7 9 0 235 233 14 4th OLA-B Central Lost 1st Round
1981 20 9 11 0 262 251 18 5th OLA-B West DNQ
1982 24 15 9 0 319 324 30 3rd OLA-B West Lost Quarter-final
1983 22 13 9 0 288 243 26 4th OLA-B East Lost Quarter-final
1984 20 16 4 0 308 216 32 1st OLA-B Div IV Lost Semi-final
1985 24 20 4 0 369 257 40 1st OLA-B West Lost Final
1986 18 18 0 0 453 160 36 1st OLA-B East Won League, Won Founders Cup
1987 24 21 3 1 432 253 42 1st OLA-B West Won League
1988 24 8 15 1 268 371 17 6th OLA-A DNQ
1989 24 7 17 0 244 347 14 6th OLA-A DNQ
1990 20 7 13 0 188 298 14 6th OLA-A Lost Quarter-final
1991 20 11 9 0 247 214 22 4th OLA-A Lost Quarter-final
1992 20 8 11 1 224 230 17 8th OLA-A Lost Quarter-final
1993 22 12 10 0 303 322 24 7th OLA-A Lost Quarter-final
1994 26 7 19 0 242 364 14 5th OLA-A East DNQ
1995 20 7 13 0 170 214 14 8th OLA-A Lost Quarter-final
1996 20 6 12 2 157 271 14 8th OLA-A Lost Quarter-final
1997 18 5 13 0 166 215 10 8th OLA-A Lost Quarter-final
1998 22 8 14 0 210 261 16 9th OLA-A DNQ
1999 20 7 13 0 195 208 14 7th OLA-A Lost Quarter-final
2000 20 12 8 0 210 194 24 4th OLA-A Lost Quarter-final
2001 20 7 13 0 196 221 14 9th OLA-A DNQ
2002 20 3 17 0 164 239 6 11th OLA-A DNQ
2003 20 7 12 1 197 239 15 9th OLA-A DNQ
2004 20 0 20 0 138 267 0 11th OLA-A DNQ
2005 22 3 19 0 167 304 6 11th OLA-A DNQ
2006 22 7 15 0 203 275 14 10th OLA-A DNQ
2007 18 5 13 0 129 188 10 10th OLA-A DNQ
2008 22 2 20 0 113 212 4 12th OLA-A DNQ
2009 22 1 21 0 137 330 2 12th OLA-A DNQ
2010 22 2 20 0 136 361 4 12th OLA-A DNQ
2011 22 2 20 0 130 295 4 12th OLA-A DNQ
2012 20 0 20 0 140 313 0 11th OLA-A DNQ
2013 20 1 19 0 114 266 2 11th OLA-A DNQ
2014 20 0 20 0 94 280 0 11th OLA-A DNQ

Traditional franchise 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 Playoffs
1965 20 7 13 0 234 277 14 8th OLA-A Lost Semi-final
1966 24 16 8 0 319 267 32 3rd OLA-A Lost Semi-final
1967 24 18 6 0 315 250 36 2nd OLA-A Lost Final
1968 24 11 13 0 289 257 22 4th OLA-A Lost Final
1969 24 14 10 0 418 364 28 4th OLA-A Lost Semi-final
1970 28 16 12 0 435 369 32 4th OLA-A Lost Quarter-final
1971 30 11 19 0 374 403 22 6th OLA-A Lost Quarter-final
1972 28 12 15 1 356 366 25 4th OLA-A Lost Quarter-final
1973 28 12 15 1 359 366 25 5th OLA-A Lost Quarter-final
1974 28 20 8 0 397 333 40 2nd OLA-A Lost Final
1975 28 18 10 0 446 359 36 2nd OLA-A Lost Final
1976 26 14 10 2 423 368 30 2nd OLA-A West Lost Semi-final
1977 22 16 6 0 392 276 32 2nd OLA-A Lost Quarter-final
1978 30 12 18 0 410 469 24 4th OLA-A East Lost Quarter-final
1979 28 13 15 0 397 469 26 4th OLA-A East Lost Quarter-final
1980 20 11 9 0 339 353 22 6th OLA-A Lost Quarter-final
1981 20 6 14 0 274 359 12 7th OLA-A Lost Quarter-final
1982 20 6 13 1 248 347 13 6th OLA-A Lost Quarter-final
1983 24 7 16 1 270 345 15 8th OLA-A Lost Tier II Semi-final

Mississauga Junior "C"

The Mississauga farm system also incorporated a Junior "C" team in the 1970s as a feeder team.

Mississauga Athletics 1973 - 1974
Mississauga Medics 1975 - 1977
Mississauga Renegades 1978
Season GP W L T GF GA PTS Placing Playoffs
1973 26 19 7 0 422 305 38 1st OLA-C Div B Lost Semi-final
1974 26 21 5 0 475 284 42 1st OLA-C Central Eliminated in Round Robin
1975 24 16 7 1 382 270 33 1st OLA-C Central Won League
1976 22 11 11 0 301 268 22 3rd OLA-C Lost Quarter-final
1977 24 13 11 0 332 309 26 5th OLA-C Lost Quarter-final
1978 20 11 9 0 314 269 22 3rd OLA-C Lost Semi-final

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