Montreal Junior Lacrosse League

Montreal Junior Lacrosse League

Sport	Box Lacrosse
Founded	2014
Ceased	2015
CEO	Christian Lamothe
No. of teams	4
Country	Canada  United States
Last champion(s)	Vermont Jr. Voyageurs (2014)

The Montreal Junior Lacrosse League (MJLL) is a Junior B box lacrosse league. The teams are located in Quebec and one in Vermont. The league was formed in 2014^[1] to help fill a void of junior lacrosse in the area.

History

Four teams competed in the inaugural 2014 season, which began in late May. The Vermont Jr. Voyageurs (6-0) finished undefeated in the regular season^[2] to earn a playoff bye into the championship series. Second-seed Montreal Shamrocks (4-2) defeated Kanehsatake (2-4) in two-straight games (12-1, 13-3) to advance. In the best-of 3 final, Vermont won Game 1 at home 11-7. Game 2 was played in Montreal, with the Jr. Voyageurs clinching the first-ever MJLL title with an 11-6 victory.

In Winter of 2015 it was announced that three of the four MJLL teams would merge with the Iroquois Nations Junior B Lacrosse League to form a new seven-team league (renamed First Nations Junior B Lacrosse League). On May 16, 2015 the Montreal Shamrocks won the first-ever FNJBLL game, 6-5 over Kanehsatake Warriors. The game was played at Aréna Kevin-Lowe in Lachute, Québec.

Teams

Team	City	Arena
Montreal Jr. Phoenix	Montreal, Quebec	Aréna Bill-Durnan
Montreal Jr. Shamrocks	Montreal, Quebec	Aréna Bill-Durnan
Kanehsatake Jr. Warriors	Deux-Montagnes, Quebec	Olympia Arena
Vermont Jr. Voyageurs	Essex Junction, Vermont	Essex Skating Facility

Champions

• 2014: Vermont Jr. Voyaguers

References

1. "Montreal Junior League set for 2014". Inside Lacrosse. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
2. "Jr Voyageurs in Provincial Championships". Vermont Voyageurs. Retrieved 22 July 2014.

External links

• Official MJLL website