Montreal Junior Lacrosse League

The Montreal Junior Lacrosse League (MJLL) is a Junior B box lacrosse league. The teams are located in Quebec and one in Vermont. The league was formed in 2014[1] to help fill a void of junior lacrosse in the area.

Montreal Junior Lacrosse League
SportBox Lacrosse
Founded2014
Ceased2015
CEOChristian Lamothe
No. of teams4
Country Canada
 United States
Last
champion(s)		Vermont Jr. Voyageurs (2014)

History

Four teams competed in the inaugural 2014 season, which began in late May. The Vermont Jr. Voyageurs (6-0) finished undefeated in the regular season[2] to earn a playoff bye into the championship series. Second-seed Montreal Shamrocks (4-2) defeated Kanehsatake (2-4) in two-straight games (12-1, 13-3) to advance. In the best-of 3 final, Vermont won Game 1 at home 11-7. Game 2 was played in Montreal, with the Jr. Voyageurs clinching the first-ever MJLL title with an 11-6 victory.

In Winter of 2015 it was announced that three of the four MJLL teams would merge with the Iroquois Nations Junior B Lacrosse League to form a new seven-team league (renamed First Nations Junior B Lacrosse League). On May 16, 2015 the Montreal Shamrocks won the first-ever FNJBLL game, 6-5 over Kanehsatake Warriors. The game was played at Aréna Kevin-Lowe in Lachute, Québec.

Teams
TeamCityArena
Montreal Jr. PhoenixMontreal, QuebecAréna Bill-Durnan
Montreal Jr. ShamrocksMontreal, QuebecAréna Bill-Durnan
Kanehsatake Jr. WarriorsDeux-Montagnes, QuebecOlympia Arena
Vermont Jr. VoyageursEssex Junction, VermontEssex Skating Facility

Champions
  • 2014: Vermont Jr. Voyaguers

References
  1. "Montreal Junior League set for 2014". Inside Lacrosse. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  2. "Jr Voyageurs in Provincial Championships". Vermont Voyageurs. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
  • Official MJLL website
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