Senior Series Lacrosse

Senior Series Lacrosse is a Senior C box lacrosse league based out of Ontario, Canada sanctioned by the Ontario Lacrosse Association. SSL teams compete for the Nobile Cup (named after league founder Shelly Nobile) league championship.

Senior Series Lacrosse
SportBox lacrosse
Founded2019
No. of teams11
CountryCanada
Most recent
champion(s)
London TimberKings
(2024)
Most titlesSix Nations Tomahawks (2)
Official websitehttps://www.htosports.com/teams/?u=SENIORSERIESLACROSSE&s=lacrosse

History

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Formed in 2019,[1] Senior Series Lacrosse was formed to fill a void between Senior B (full-contact, very competitive) and Masters (non-contact) box lacrosse.[2] Senior Series Lacrosse offers players an opportunity to continue playing competitive full-contact lacrosse after Junior without the time commitment of Senior A or B levels. SSL play modified CLA rules with games taking place at a single site over a weekend. Playing multiple games on the same day, teams play two 20-minute halves instead of three periods.

Five teams (Huntsville Hawks, Lakefield Rage, London Blue Devils, Peel Region Tigers, Six Nations Tomahawks)[3] competed in the inaugural season playing 14 games over four weekends. Teams are seeded with the four top teams advancing to the league playoffs.

The league expanded to seven in 2020 with the addition of North Bay Titans and Toronto Lightning. Prior to the 2022 season Khaos Lacrosse Club and Wellington Aces were added to the circuit.

Teams

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Senior Series Lacrosse
Team City Joined
Barrie Bearcats Barrie 2024
Georgetown Gators Georgetown 2024
Huntsville Hawks Huntsville 2019
Khaos Lacrosse Club Cambridge 2022
Lakefield Rage Lakefield 2019
London Timber Kings London 2019
North Bay Titans North Bay 2020
Schooners Lacrosse Club St. Catharines 2019
Six Nations Tomahawks Hagerville 2019
Toronto Lightning Toronto 2020
Wellington Aces Wellington 2022

Champions

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Legends Cup winners
Season Champion Runner up Result MVP
2019 Six Nations Tomahawks Lakefield Rage 10-0[4] Alex Kedoh Hill (Six Nations Tomahawks)
2020 Season cancelled due to COVID-19
2021 Lakefield Rage Huntsville Hawks 8-4[5] Aaron Woods (Lakefield Rage)
2022 Khaos Lacrosse Club Lakefield Rage 5-1 Tyrus Rehanek (Khaos Lacrosse Club)[6]
2023 Six Nations Tomahawks Wellington Aces 7-2
2024 London TimberKings Georgetown Gators Nathan Joyes (Khaos Lacrosse Club)

References

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  1. ^ "Ontario Lacrosse announces new Senior lacrosse league" (PDF). Ontario Lacrosse Association. January 23, 2019.
  2. ^ "Huntsville resident named commissioner of new Ontario lacrosse league". MuskokaRegion.com. December 10, 2018.
  3. ^ "Emerging senior lacrosse league will open a new venue for the game". Two Row Times. February 27, 2019.
  4. ^ "Six Nations Tomahawks Win First-Ever Legends Cup". Lacrosse All Stars. August 20, 2019.
  5. ^ "Lakefield Rage win Ontario Senior C lacrosse title, doubling up on Huntsville Hawks in final". Peterborough Examiner. August 24, 2021.
  6. ^ "Senior Series Lacrosse Awards & Honors". HomeTeamsONLINE. Retrieved 2024-07-09.
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Senior Series Lacrosse website

Ontario Lacrosse Association OntarioLacrosse.com