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2025 Canada Games General Information:

  • 2025 Canada Summer Games Website - click here
  • 2025 Canada Summer Games Box Lacrosse Page - click here

Box Lacrosse Competition Dates:

  • U17 Female:  August 10-15, 2025 - Paradise Double Ice Complex
  • U17 Male:  August 19-24, 2025 - Paradise Double Ice Complex

 

2025 Canada Summer Games - Box Lacrosse Technical Package: click here

 

2025 Canada Summer Games Livestreaming:  TBA

 

2025 Canada Summer Games Overall Box Lacrosse Schedules & Scores: TBA

 

2025 Canada Summer Games Team BC Games Only - Schedule and Scores: TBA

 

 

 

 

Player Eligibility:

    • BCLA Registered Box Lacrosse Athletes (2025 Box Season).
    • Age Eligibility - 17U Female and 17U Male - Birth years 2009, 2010.

 

Canada Summer Games Lacrosse History

 

2022 Canada Summer Games 

 

History Facts about Lacrosse in the Canada Games:

 

 

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Halifax-Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

August 16-24, 1969
  • 1969 was the inaugural year for lacrosse at the Canada Summer Games.
  • Lacrosse - British Columbia beat Ontario 17-15 in the Gold Medal Game.
  • BC was the Grandview Legion Junior B team from South Vancouver-Trout Lake.  Team was made up of 17-19 year olds.
  • Ontario was the Rexdale Warriors Junior A team made up of 19-21 year olds.
  • The Grandview Legion team would eventually turn into the Burnaby Cablevision.

YouTube Game Clips: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfT84fcW2-E

 

 

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A big thank you to Nick Delmonico for the archives

Fun 1969 Lacrosse Facts:

 

  • BCLA Registration was approx. 4,000 athletes
  • Mann Cup - Brooklin Redmen (ON), MVP - Bill Squires
  • Minto Cup - Oshawa Green Gaels (ON), MVP - Jim Higgs
  • President's Cup - Nanaimo Luckies (BC)
  • Founder's Cup - Vancouver Grandview (BC)

St. John, New Brunswick

August 11-24, 1985

 
  • The 1985 Canada Games were almost called off because of a labor dispute, but an agreement was met in the 11th hour.
  • Prime Minister Brian Mulroney officially declared the 1985 Canada Games underway in front of a crowd of 12,000 people at Canada Games Stadium.
  • Lacrosse - British Columbia defeated Ontario in the Gold Medal Game.
  • BC was the Victoria Seasprays coached by Victoria's Brian Spaven.
  • Paul and Gary Gait headed up this strong BC Team.

 

   

A big thank you to Grant Hamilton for the archives


Fun 1985 Lacrosse Facts:

 

  • BCLA Registration was approx. 4,300 athletes
  • Mann Cup - Brooklin Redmen (ON), MVP - Wayne Colley
  • Minto Cup - Whitby Warriors (ON), MVP - Paul Gait
  • President's Cup - North Shore Indians (BC), MVP - Ben Hieltjes
  • Founder's Cup - Scarborough Saints (ON)