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Junior "B"

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team from

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on the

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Reserve. The Rebels play in the

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. The Rebels hold the record for most Junior B national championships in

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history with seven.

History

Initially named the Six Nations Red Rebels. The Red Rebels follow in the tradition of the

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. After years of success on the Six Nations 40 Reserve, in 1996 it became clear that it was time to add a second tier of Junior lacrosse to the region.

Founders Cup - 1997

This theory was proven when the Red Rebels won the National title, the

in only their second year of existence by defeating the favoured

Orillia Rama Kings The Orillia Kings are Junior "B" box lacrosse team from Orillia, Ontario, Canada. The Kings play in the OLA Junior B Lacrosse League The Ontario Junior B Lacrosse League (OJBLL) is a box lacrosse league sanctioned by the Ontario Lacrosse Associ ...

9-7 in a thrilling Overtime Gold Medal match at the Mimico Arena in 1997. The Red Rebels finished the Round-Robin portion of the Founders Cup tournament with a 4-and-1 record. The Red Rebels met the host, Mimico Mountaineers and were pushed to overtime where they prevailed with a 7-6 win over a young netminder, Anthony Cosmo.

Founders Cup - 1998

The Red Rebels won their 1st

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as the Ontario Jr B Champions in 1998. The Red Rebels forced to play for the Bronze Medal as a result of a tie-breaking formula after the

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and the Iroquois Lacrosse Association finished in a 3-way tie for first-place at the

championship held in Akwasasne. The Red Rebels defeated the Edmonton Miners 12-10 to win the Bronze Medal that season.

Ontario Finals- 2003

The Rebels dropped the term Red from their name prior to the 2002 OLA Jr B Regular season. The Rebels made a run during the 2003 season, however, the upstart

Barrie Tornado The Barrie Lakeshores are Junior "A" box lacrosse team from Barrie, Ontario, Canada. The Lakeshores play in the OLA Junior A Lacrosse League. History Founded in 2000 as an Ontario Jr. B lacrosse team, the Barrie Tornado were named after the dead ...

won the hard fought five game Ontario Jr B championship series. Barrie went on to win the

that year.

Founders Cup - 2007

The Rebels did not made a serious run again until the memorable 2007 season. After start the regular season by dropping two of their first three games, the Rebels proceeded to go unbeaten in regulation time the rest of the season to finish with a 17-and-3 record for 1st-place in Western Conference. After sweeping the 8th-seed,

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in the opening round, Six Nations found a tough veteran-laden

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squad in their path. The Rebels took the opening game relatively easy, but in game two Owen Sound upset Six Nations with a 9-7 overtime victory. The series returned to the Gaylord Powless Arena where the Rebels proceeded to take game two 10-6 and game three 14-7 to advance to the Western Conference Final against the

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. Six Nations would sweep the series but it was not an easy task winning 6-4, 9-3 and 6-5 over the tough Fratmen to advance to the Ontario Final against the undefeated

. The Green Gaels were perfect through the regular season (20-and-0) and reached the Ontario Final in the minimum nine games. The Rebels shocked the favoured Green Gaels by winning 8-6 at the Bowmanville complex of game one. Six Nations returned to the Gaylord Powless Arena and won game two 10-7 before being pushed to overtime in game three on the Green Gaels home floor. However, the Rebels prevailed to win 9-6 to claim their 2nd

as Ontario Jr B Champions and the right to represent Ontario at the

in Kamloops, B.C. The Rebels were dominating throughout the tournament by outscoring the seven teams they faced by a combined 86-25 at the

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Jr B Championships. Six Nations Rebels were crowned the best Jr B team in Canada following their 8-2 romp over the

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to win the 2007

championship held at the MacArthur Sports Center. This is the second time the Rebels have won the

in franchise history.

Ontario Jr B 2008

The 2008 season had high expectation of the Rebels this season and the team did not disappoint their fans as they completed their 1st perfect Regular season in franchise history by winning all 20 games to be seeded 1st throughout the Ontario Jr B playoffs. Six Nations set a team record by allowing only 89 goals in the 20 regular season games which challenged the 1989 record of 84 goals allowed by the goalie tandem of Stephen Dietrich and Bob Watson of the

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. The Rebels road to their 2nd consecutive

was not as smooth as the regular season. Six Nations began with a 3-game sweep of

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. The Rebels won the 1st game of the next series against the

. However, the Rebels calendar year of being perfect would come to an end on same August 15 that they had last felt the sting of a defeat as Windsor won game two 7-6 to tie the series at one game apiece. Six Nations would win the next two games 10-7 and 10-4 to advance to the Western Conference Finals against the red hot,

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. The Mohawks were riding a 13-game winning coming into the series. Elora upset the Rebels 11-10 in the series opener at the

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and followed up with a 9-6 win at the Elora Community Centre to lead the series 2-0. With their backs to the wall, Six Nations played a more desperate game in Game 3 to come away with a 10-4 victory. Back in Elora the Rebels kept rolling with a 12-7 triumph to force a Game 5. Six Nations completed their comeback with a 7-6 thriller as Cody Johnson would net the series winner with 45 seconds left on the clock to advance to the Ontario Jr B Final against the

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. The Rebels won the Ontario Jr B Final in four games over the Bulldogs to advance to the Founders Cup being held in Guelph.

Founders Cup 2008

The Rebels breezed through the round-robin portion of the Founders Cup tournament which was being hosted by the

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. Six Nations defeated

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14-2,

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9-3,

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19-2,

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9-3 and Calgary Chill 17-4. The Rebels met up with the PoCo Saints in the Semi-Final and came away with a 10-3 triumph which would set up an All-Ontario final against the host Regals. The Rebels jumped out to a 4-1 over the Regals during the first period of the

championship game. However, the improved Guelph Regals battled back to tie the game midway through the third period a 6-6. Just when talk of overtime became part of the conversation, Rebels Torrey VanEvery put the Rebels up 7-6 and Gold medal game MVP, Jeremy Johns would add the eventual game-winning-goal for an 8-6 with less than two minutes remaining. The Regals would add a goal at the buzzer for an 8-7 final. The Rebels became the 1st team since the 1994-1995 Orillia Kings to win back-to-back

and

titles.

Founders Cup 2011

They finished the 2011 season with a regular season record of 19-1-0 and secured the # 1-seed in the Western Conference. The team set a franchise record of 326 goals scored, surpassing the previous record set in 1997 by the Rebels first Founders Cup championship team. The postseason began with a 3-game sweeps of the

and

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in the Western Conference Quarter and Semi-Finals. Next was the Rebels nemesis the previous 2 years, the

. This year was different as the Rebels needed 4 games to eliminate the Mohawks to advance to the OLA Jr B Finals against the

for the

. The Rebels took the finals opener 14-11, however the Bulldogs would win the next two contest 9-6 and 8-5. The Rebels rebounded to win game four 13-9 to force the fifth and final game at the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena. With more than 1,600 lacrosse fans watching the final game, the Rebels would claim a 10-7 victory to advance to the

tournament in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The Rebels breezed through the round robin earning a perfect 5-0 record with victories over the

(14-11), Montreal Phoenix (20-2), Manitoba Gryphons (17-3), Saskatchewan Selects (27-4) and

(16-8) giving them a bye into the finals. The finals saw the Rebels faced their 1st round opponents,

. The Rebels completed their quest by winning the championship game 14-11 to win their 3rd

in 5 years and 4th in franchise history.

Founders Cup 2012

Six Nations Rebels hosted the 2012

Tournament at the

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from August 14 to August 19 with 8 teams from across Canada in attendance. The representatives from across Canada were as follows: BC Jr B Lacrosse -

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, Alberta Jr B Lacrosse -

, Saskatchewan Jr B Lacrosse -

, Manitoba Jr B Lacrosse - Manitoba Gryphons, Ontario Jr B Lacrosse -

Akwesasne Indians The Akwesasne Indians are Junior "B" box lacrosse team from Akwesasne (the borderlands between Ontario, Quebec, and New York). The Indians compete in the OLA Junior B Lacrosse League. History The Akwesasne Lightning joined the OJBLL in 1996. They ...

, Quebec Jr B Lacrosse - Team Quebec, Nova Scotia Jr B Lacrosse - Team Nova Scotia, Iroquois Lacrosse Association - Onondaga Redhawks and the host team Six Nations Rebels. Teams were split into two Pools. Pool A had

, Onondaga Redhawks, Team Quebec and

. Pool B had

, Manitoba Gryphons, Team Nova Scotia and Six Nations Rebels. There were 25 games were played, 18 in the preliminary rounds and 7 playoff games.

won Pool A with a 4-0-0 record, Onondaga Redhawks 3-1-0,

1-3-0 and Team Quebec 0-4-0. While Pool B finished Six Nations Rebels 3-0-1,

3-0-1, Team Nova Scotia 2-2-0, Manitoba Gryphons 1-3-0 and

0-4-0. Six Nations was awarded # 1-seed in Pool A due to better Goal Differential against common opponents. Semi-Finals pitted Six Nations Rebels vs Onondaga Redhawks in one Semi-final and

in the other semi-final. Six Nations Rebels defeated Onondaga Redhawks 19-8 while

defeated

11-8 to advance to the

Championship game. In the Tier II semi-finals - Team Nova Scotia defeated Team Quebec 10-8 and

edged Manitoba Gryphons 12-11. Tier II final saw Team Nova Scotia win the Six Nations Elected Council Trophy as they beat the SWAT 11-6.

defeated Onondaga Redhawks 17-11 to win the Bronze Medal Game.

Final saw Six Nations Rebels jump out to a 4-2 first period and 6-2 second period lead, then hang on for a thrilling 8-7 victory over Akwesanse Indians before 2,700 lacrosse fans to become the first team to win 5

Championships. It is the 4th

win in the last 6 years for Six Nations. The Rebels won in 1997, 2007, 2008, 2011 and 2012.

Season-by-season results

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

Playoff results

Founders Cup

CANADIAN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

References

External links

Official websiteThe Bible of Lacrosse
{{OLA-B Ontario Lacrosse Association teams Lacrosse of the Iroquois Confederacy Lacrosse clubs established in 1996 1996 establishments in Ontario Six Nations of the Grand River