BC Junior A Lacrosse League

BC Junior A Lacrosse League
	British Columbia Junior A Lacrosse League
Sport	Box Lacrosse
Founded	1937
Commissioner	Karl Christiansen
No. of teams	8
Country	Canada
Most recent; champion(s)
Official website	www.bcjall.com

The British Columbia Junior A Lacrosse League is a junior box lacrosse league based in British Columbia, Canada. The BCJALL is one of three leagues that constitute as Junior A within the Canadian Lacrosse Association as the highest level of junior, ages 16 to 21 years old, box lacrosse in Canada. The BCJALL currently consists of eight (8) teams located throughout the Lower Mainland (6) and Vancouver Island (2). Regular Season play begins the last week of April through to the first week of July. Teams compete annually for the British Columbia Provincial Championship, with the winner moving on to play for the Minto Cup, the Canadian National Championship.

History[]

Inter-City Junior A Lacrosse League (1959-1969)
Junior A Lacrosse League (1970-1971)
Pacific Junior A Lacrosse League (1972-1974)
West Canada Major Junior Lacrosse League (1975-1982)
British Columbia Junior A Lacrosse League (1983-Present)

Teams[]

Current

Team	City	Arena	Capacity
Burnaby Lakers	Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada	Bill Copeland Sports Centre	2,000
	Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada	Poirier Sport & Leisure Complex	2,200
	Ladner, British Columbia, Canada		1,800
	Langley, British Columbia, Canada	Langley Events Centre	5,276
	Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada		300
	New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada	Queen's Park Arena	3,500
	Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada		1,000
	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	Bear Mountain Arena	2,781

Former

- in 1987 played a 12-game BCJALL schedule, playing each team twice
(1983-2001) → (2002-2007) → (2008) → Langley
Richmond Roadrunners (1972-1992)

Potential

Player eligibility[]

New players enter the league annually through the BCJALL Midget Draft. Teams select minor lacrosse players throughout British Columbia who are in their second year of midget lacrosse, 15 or 16 years old. The order of selection depends on the final standings of the teams in the prior regular season. The last place team selects first, the second to last will choose second, and so on. Players aged 16–21 are eligible to play in the BCJALL. There is no limit to the amount of 21-year-olds on a teams rosters. Each team is permitted to carry only two non-British Columbian players.

Minto Cup[]

Champions[]

The Minto Cup has been captured by a BCJALL team 8 times since the league's reformation in 1983

Year	Champion	Finalist	Series/Score
1988	(BC)	(BC)	2-0 gms
1994	(BC)	Brampton Excelsiors (ON)	4-3 gms
1998	Burnaby Lakers (BC)	Six Nations Arrows (ON)	4-1 gms
2000	Burnaby Lakers (BC)	Orangeville Northmen (ON)	4-2 gms
2002	Burnaby Lakers (BC)	St. Catharines Athletics (ON)	4-2 gms
2004	Burnaby Lakers (BC)	(BC)	2-0 gms
2005	Burnaby Lakers (BC)	Six Nations Arrows (ON)	2-1 gms
2010	(BC)	Orangeville Northmen (ON)	2-0 gms

The Minto Cup was also won 12 times by teams from British Columbia between 1948 and 1988:

Year	Champion	Finalist	Series/Score
1948	Vancouver Burrards (BC)	St. Catharines Athletics (ON)	3-2 gms
1949	(BC)	(ON)	3-1 gms
1953	(BC)		3-2 gms
1954	(BC)	(MB)	3-0 gms
1956	(BC)	Brampton Excelsiors (ON)	4-0 gms
1960	(BC)	(ON)	4-1 gms
1962	(BC)	(ON)	4-2 gms
1971	Richmond Roadrunners (BC)	Peterborough PCO's (ON)	4-3 gms
1976	(BC)	Brampton Excelsiors (ON)	4-0 gms
1977	Burnaby Cablevision (BC)	Whitby CBC Builders (ON)	4-2 gms
1978	Burnaby Cablevision (BC)	Whitby CBC Builders (ON)	4-1 gms
1979	Burnaby Cablevision (BC)	Peterborough Gray-Munros (ON)	8-6

British Columbian teams saw some success between 1901 and 1909 when the Minto Cup was played for as the Canadian Senior National Championship, New Westminster Salmonbellies winning in 1908 and 1909. As the Canadian Professional Championship, the West dominated the Minto Cup, never relenting between 1910 and 1924. The Salmonbellies winning nine and Vancouver winning three as the Vancouver Lacrosse Club, Vancouver Greenshirts, and Vancouver Terminals.

Records and awards[]

Individual records

Most Goals in a Season: 115, Kevin Alexander 1975
Most Assists in a Season: 118, Dan Wilson 1977
Most Points in a Season: 217, Kevin Alexander 1976
Most Penalty Minutes in a Season: 196, Jame Harding 1998
Most Points in a Season, Rookie:
Most (6 G/GM) in a Season:
Most Goals in a Single Game:

Team records

Most Wins in a Season:
Most Wins in an Inaugural Season:
Most Points in a Season:
Most Goals in a Season:
Fewest Goals Against in a Season:
Most Power Play Goals in a Season:

Annual awards

Bill Dickinson Trophy - Scoring Champion: 2013, Cody Nass (Delta Islanders/New Westminster Salmonbellies)
Delmonico Trophy - Most Valuable Player: 2013, Cody Nass (Delta Islanders/New Westminster Salmonbellies)
Monty Leahy Memorial Trophy - Top Goal Tender: 2013, Davide DiRuscio (Coquitlam Adanacs)
Marholis Gilson Award - Rookie of the Year: 2013, Cody Nass (Delta Islanders/New Westminster Salmonbellies)
Keith McEachren Trophy - Most Sportsmanlike Player: 2013, Brandon Bull (Langley Thunder)
John Urban Award - Graduating Player Award: 2013, Chris Wardle (Victoria Shamrocks)
Al Boles Memorial Trophy - Most Inspirational Player: 2013, Peter Dubenski (Nanaimo Timbermen)
Doug Hazelwood Memorial Trophy - Coach of the Year: 2013, Neil Doddridge (Coquitlam Junior Adanacs)