The Calgary Shamrocks are a

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Junior

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team from

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. The Shamrocks play in the

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's Junior B Tier I league. On August 18, 2019, the Shamrocks became the fourth team in Alberta's history to win the

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national lacrosse championship.

History

The Shamrocks appeared at the 2006 Founders Cup in

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and the 2007 event in

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, winning bronze at both events. In 2018, the Shamrocks returned to the national championship, this time in

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. Despite winning four of their five games, they had to settle for fifth place, defeating

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's North Shore Kodiaks in their final game. In 2019, they won their second consecutive Larry Bishop Memorial Cup as RMLL champions by sweeping the Fort Saskatchewan Rebels in two games. Then the Shamrocks travelled to

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for their fourth national competition. The Shamrocks finished the round robin in second with a 5-1 record, only losing to

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. In the gold medal game, the Shamrocks built up a five-goal lead on the Rebels going into the third and rode it to a 16-15 win. Calgary's Cordell Hastings was named most valuable player. After the Enoch Tomahawks, Edmonton Miners, and

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, the Shamrocks are the fourth Albertan team to ever win the national Junior B title.

Season-by-season results

''Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against''

Founders Cup

CANADIAN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

References

External links

Official RMLL websiteThe Bible of Lacrosse
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