Mann Cup

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Mann Cup
Mann Cup depicted in Oct. 22, 1914 issue of Calgary Herald
SportBox lacrosse
CompetitionCanadian Lacrosse Association
Awarded forChampion Senior "A" men's team
CountryCanada
History
First award1910; 114 years ago (1910)
Editions113[a]
First winnerYoung Torontos
Most winsNew Westminster Salmonbellies (24 titles)[b]
Most recentSix Nations Chiefs

The Mann Cup is the trophy awarded to the senior men's box lacrosse champions of Canada. The championship is a best-of-seven, East vs West series played between the league champions of Major Series Lacrosse, the East, and Western Lacrosse Association, the West.

The original trophy is now permanently located in the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame. It is one of the most valuable in all of sports; made of solid, albeit low-karat, gold, the trophy was valued at CA$60,000 (equivalent to $193,091 in 2021) when appraised by Birks in May 1980.[1][2]

History[edit]

It was donated in 1910 by Sir Donald Mann;[3] prior to then, the Minto Cup was the senior amateur championship trophy. The Mann Cup was originally a challenge trophy, but in 1925 the champion New Westminster Salmonbellies turned the trophy over to the Canadian Lacrosse Association who instituted a national playoff system. The challenges and championships for the Mann Cup were played by the rules of traditional field lacrosse until 1932, when box lacrosse was adopted by the Canadian Lacrosse Association. The first indoor Mann Cup was played at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto in October 1932.

There have actually been three Mann Cup trophies in existence - the original and two replicas. The original 1910 trophy was in use from 1910 until 1985, when it was retired permanently to the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame. A replica trophy, which has a larger and taller base than the original 1910 trophy, was in use and awarded to teams from 1986 until 2004 when it was destroyed in a bonfire mishap in Peterborough. The second replica replaced the first replica in 2005, and its appearance mirrors the previous 1986 replica trophy and not the original 1910 trophy.

1914 Calgary Chinooks dispute[edit]

In 1914, the Vancouver Athletic Club defeated the Calgary Chinooks and Brampton Excelsiors in Mann Cup challenge matches but the Mann Cup Trustees disputed the status of one of the Vancouver players in the series versus Brampton.

Despite the views of British Columbia lacrosse, national lacrosse and amateur athletic organisations that supported Vancouver's position, the trustees instead awarded the cup to the Calgary Chinooks on September 29, 1914. Vancouver however held on to the gold trophy and refused to turn it over to either the trustees or the Chinooks.[4] On December 7, 1914, the Canadian Amateur Lacrosse Association overruled Mann Cup trustee Joseph Lally and awarded the cup to the Vancouver Athletic Club.

1922 Vancouver Lacrosse Club[edit]

In 1922, there were two rival leagues located in British Columbia battling for the Mann Cup: Vancouver Lacrosse Club and Victoria Capitals played in the British Columbia Amateur Lacrosse Association's senior league while the New Westminster Salmonbellies and Vancouver Elks played in the Pacific Coast Amateur Lacrosse Association. Control of the Mann Cup was retained by the BCALA after New Westminster left that league to join the PCALA. Vancouver Lacrosse Club won their schedule and were awarded the Mann Cup, while New Westminster won their series in the PCALA.

Just over a month later, Vancouver Lacrosse Club and New Westminster met in a three-game, total goals series to determine who would take home the Mann and Kilmarnock Cups. After Vancouver (who were at the time considered the holders of the Mann Cup) were up 7–6 in goals after two games, they then defaulted their third game after a brawl broke out and the team refused to return to the field. The score was 1-1, so New Westminster lined up and they then went through the formal motions of scoring two unopposed goals into the empty net to take the series and the silverware back by 9 goals to 8.

1963 Cornwall, Ontario series[edit]

In 1963, Cornwall, Ontario was named as host city for the Mann Cup despite not even having a senior lacrosse team nor ever participating in the Mann Cup previously.

The Western teams at that time were dominating play in Canada over their Eastern brethren, and had turned down their rights for hosting that year as they wanted the finals held in the East for successive back-to-back years to help stimulate and rejuvenate interest in the sport and the tournament. However none of the then-current teams in the Ontario Lacrosse Association league had, or could raise, the $10,000 required by the host for the performance bond posted with the Canadian Lacrosse Association.

Officials in Cornwall stepped up and in August 1963 the city was awarded the hosting rights for the 1963 Mann Cup. When the CLA had issues getting officials, Stewart Begg age 16, stepped in to officiate

Cup mishaps[edit]

In 1989, the Mann Cup was stolen from the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame in New Westminster, British Columbia. Despite fears of the cup being melted down for its gold content, it turned up a few weeks later, with a small chunk cut out of the rim, but otherwise intact.[citation needed]

Following the 1999 Mann Cup final, the cup broke during the post-game "victory lap" taken by the Victoria Shamrocks around Memorial Arena.[5]

In 2004, the Peterborough Lakers won the Mann Cup. During a celebratory gathering the replica of the trophy was dropped in a bonfire and was destroyed.[citation needed]

Champions[edit]

Year Champion Finalist(s) Series Series Location (s)
Challenge Cup (Field Lacrosse) era
1910 Toronto Young Torontos Toronto Maitlands 7-0 single game -
1911 Vancouver Athletic Club Toronto Young Torontos 9-3 two-games total goals -
1912 Vancouver Athletic Club Winnipeg Canadian Northern Railroad 47-6 two-games total goals
St. Catharines Athletics 34-1 two-games total goals -
1913 Vancouver Athletic Club Armstrong Red Apple Boys 25-3 two-games total goals
Oak Bay 13-0 single-game -
1914 Vancouver Athletic Club Calgary Chinooks 17-2 two-games total goals
Brampton Excelsiors 10-7 two-games total goals -
1915 New Westminster Salmonbellies - none - - -
1916 **New Westminster Salmonbellies - no competition due to First World War - - -
1917 **New Westminster Salmonbellies - no competition due to First World War - - -
1918 Vancouver Coughlans Shipyards Winnipeg Argonauts 10-4 two-games total goals -
1919 Victoria Foundation Shipyards Winnipegs 17-7 single-game -
1920 New Westminster Salmonbellies Vancouver Athletic Club league play -
1921 New Westminster Salmonbellies - none - league play -
1922 Vancouver Lacrosse Club Victoria Capitals league play
New Westminster Salmonbellies Vancouver Lacrosse Club 9-8 two-games total goals -
1923 New Westminster Salmonbellies Victoria Capitals 8-4 two-games total goals -
1924 New Westminster Salmonbellies - none - league play -
1925 New Westminster Salmonbellies Vancouver Indians league play -
National Playoff (Field Lacrosse) Era begins
1926 Weston Westonmen Winnipeg Tammany Tigers 22-6 two-games total goals Winnipeg, Manitoba
1927 New Westminster Salmonbellies Weston Westonmen 2 games to 0 New Westminster, British Columbia
1928 Ottawa Emmetts Winnipeg Wellingtons 2 games to 1 plus 1 tie Ottawa (Landsowne Park), Ontraio
1929 Oshawa General Motors New Westminster Salmonbellies 2 games to 0 New Westminster, British Columbia
1930 Brampton Excelsiors New Westminster Salmonbellies 2 games to 1 Toronto (Varsity Stadium), Ontario
1931 Brampton Excelsiors New Westminster Salmonbellies 2 games to 1 New Westminster, British Columbia
National Playoff (Box Lacrosse) Era begins
1932 Mimico Mountaineers Winnipeg Argonauts 2 games to 0 Toronto (Maple Leaf Gardens), Ontario
1933 Hamilton Tigers New Westminster Salmonbellies 3 games to 2 New Westminster, British Columbia
1934 Orillia Terriers New Westminster Salmonbellies 3 games to 0 Barrie, Ontario
1935 Orillia Terriers Richmond Farmers 3 games to 0 Vancouver (Denman Arena), British Columbia
1936 Orillia Terriers North Shore Indians 3 games to 1 Toronto (Maple Leaf Gardens), Ontario
1937 New Westminster Salmonbellies Orillia Terriers 3 games to 0 New Westminster, British Columbia
1938 St. Catharines Athletics New Westminster Adanacs 3 games to 0 Toronto (Maple Leaf Gardens), Ontario
1939 New Westminster Adanacs St. Catharines Athletics 3 games to 0 New Westminster / Vancouver (PNE Forum), British Columbia
1940 St. Catharines Athletics Vancouver Burrards 3 games to 1 Toronto (Maple Leaf Gardens), Ontario
1941 St. Catharines Athletics Richmond Farmers 3 games to 2 New Westminster, British Columbia
1942 Mimico-Brampton Combines New Westminster Salmonbellies 3 games to 1 Toronto (Maple Leaf Gardens), Ontario
1943 New Westminster Salmonbellies Mimico-Brampton Combines 3 games to 1 New Westminster, British Columbia
1944 St. Catharines Athletics New Westminster Salmonbellies 3 games to 2 Toronto (Maple Leaf Gardens), Ontario
1945 Vancouver Burrards St. Catharines Athletics 3 games to 0 Vancouver (PNE Forum), British Columbia
1946 St. Catharines Athletics New Westminster Salmonbellies 3 games to 0 Toronto (Maple Leaf Gardens), Ontario
1947 New Westminster Adanacs Mimico Mountaineers 3 games to 0 Vancouver (PNE Forum), British Columbia
1948 Hamilton Tigers New Westminster Adanacs 3 games to 2 Toronto (Maple Leaf Gardens), Ontario
1949 Vancouver Burrards Hamilton Tigers 3 games to 1 Vancouver (PNE Forum), British Columbia
1950 Owen Sound Crescents New Westminster Adanacs 4 games to 3 Toronto (Maple Leaf Gardens), Ontario
1951 Peterborough Timbermen Vancouver Combines 4 games to 3 Vancouver (PNE Forum / Kerrisdale) / Victoria, British Columbia
1952 Peterborough Timbermen Vancouver Pilseners 4 games to 0 Toronto (Maple Leaf Gardens), Ontario
1953 Peterborough Trailermen Victoria Shamrocks 4 games to 1 Victoria, British Columbia
1954 Peterborough Trailermen Victoria Shamrocks 4 games to 1 Peterborough (Miller Bowl), Ontario
1955 Victoria Shamrocks Peterborough Trailermen 4 games to 1 Victoria, British Columbia
1956 Nanaimo Timbermen Peterborough Trailermen 4 games to 1 Toronto (Maple Leaf Gardens), Ontario
1957 Victoria Shamrocks Long Branch Pontiacs 4 games to 0 Victoria, British Columbia
1958 New Westminster Salmonbellies Welland-Crowland Switsons 4 games to 0 New Westminster, British Columbia
1959 New Westminster O’Keefes Peterborough Mercurys 4 games to 0 New Westminster, British Columbia
1960 Port Credit Sailors Nanaimo Labatts 4 games to 1 Port Credit, Ontario
1961 Vancouver Carlings Brampton Ramblers 4 games to 0 Vancouver (Kerrisdale), British Columbia
1962 New Westminster O’Keefes Brampton Ramblers 4 games to 0 Brampton, Ontario
1963 Vancouver Carlings St. Catharines Athletics 4 games to 2 Cornwall, Ontario
1964 Vancouver Carlings Brooklin Merchants 4 games to 3 Whitby, Ontario
1965 New Westminster O’Keefes Brooklin Merchants 4 games to 3 New Westminster, British Columbia
1966 Peterborough Lakers Vancouver Carlings 4 games to 1 Peterborough, Ontario
1967 Vancouver Carlings Brooklin Redmen 4 games to 2 Vancouver (Kerrisdale), British Columbia
1968 Brooklin Redmen Nanaimo Luckies 4 games to 0 Whitby, Ontario
1969 Brooklin Redmen New Westminster Blues 4 games to 1 New Westminster / North Vancouver, British Columbia
1970 New Westminster Salmonbellies Peterborough Lakers 4 games to 0 New Westminster / Coquitlam, British Columbia
1971 Brantford Warriors New Westminster Salmonbellies 4 games to 0 Brantford, Ontario
1972 New Westminster Salmonbellies Brantford Warriors 4 games to 0 New Westminster, British Columbia
1973 Peterborough Lakers Vancouver Burrards 9-5 (single game) Brantford, Ontario
1974 New Westminster Salmonbellies Windsor Warlocks 18-5 (single game) New Westminster, British Columbia
1975 Vancouver Burrards Brampton Excelsiors 2 games to 0 Vancouver (PNE Forum), British Columbia
1976 New Westminster Salmonbellies Brampton Excelsiors 4 games to 3 Brampton, Ontario
1977 Vancouver Burrards Brampton Excelsiors 4 games to 2 Vancouver (Kerrisdale), British Columbia
1978 Peterborough Red Oaks Victoria Shamrocks 4 games to 3 Peterborough, Ontario
1979 Victoria Shamrocks Peterborough Red Oaks 4 games to 0 Victoria, British Columbia
1980 Brampton Excelsiors New Westminster Salmonbellies 4 games to 1 Brampton, Ontario
1981 New Westminster Salmonbellies Brampton Excelsiors 4 games to 0 New Westminster, British Columbia
1982 Peterborough Lakers New Westminster Salmonbellies 4 games to 2 Peterborough, Ontario
1983 Victoria Payless Peterborough Lakers 4 games to 2 Victoria, British Columbia
1984 Peterborough Lakers Victoria Payless 4 games to 1 Peterborough, Ontario
1985 Brooklin Redmen New Westminster Salmonbellies 4 games to 3 New Westminster, British Columbia
1986 New Westminster Salmonbellies Brooklin Redmen 4 games to 2 Whitby, Ontario
1987 Brooklin Redmen New Westminster Salmonbellies 4 games to 3 New Westminster, British Columbia
1988 Brooklin Redmen Coquitlam Adanacs 4 games to 2 Whitby, Ontario
1989 New Westminster Salmonbellies Brooklin Redmen 4 games to 2 New Westminster, British Columbia
1990 Brooklin Redmen Vancouver Burrards 4 games to 0 Whitby, Ontario
1991 New Westminster Salmonbellies Brooklin Redmen 4 games to 0 New Westminster, British Columbia
1992 Brampton Excelsiors New Westminster Salmonbellies 4 games to 1 Brampton, Ontario
1993 Brampton Excelsiors Coquitlam Adanacs 4 games to 1 Coquitlam, British Columbia
1994 Six Nations Chiefs New Westminster Salmonbellies 4 games to 2 Brantford, Ontario
1995 Six Nations Chiefs New Westminster Salmonbellies 4 games to 2 New Westminster, British Columbia
1996 Six Nations Chiefs Victoria Shamrocks 4 games to 0 Brantford, Ontario
1997 Victoria Shamrocks Niagara Falls Gamblers 4 games to 1 Victoria, British Columbia
1998 Brampton Excelsiors Coquitlam Adanacs 4 games to 2 Brampton, Ontario
1999 Victoria Shamrocks Brampton Excelsiors 4 games to 0 Victoria, British Columbia
2000 Brooklin Redmen Victoria Shamrocks 4 games to 0 Whitby, Ontario
2001 Coquitlam Adanacs Brampton Excelsiors 4 games to 3 Vancouver (Pacific Coliseum), British Columbia
2002 Brampton Excelsiors Victoria Shamrocks 4 games to 3 Brampton, Ontario
2003 Victoria Shamrocks Brampton Excelsiors 4 games to 1 Victoria, British Columbia
2004 Peterborough Lakers Victoria Shamrocks 4 games to 2 Peterborough, Ontario
2005 Victoria Shamrocks Peterborough Lakers 4 games to 2 Victoria, British Columbia
2006 Peterborough Lakers Victoria Shamrocks 4 games to 1 Peterborough, Ontario
2007 Peterborough Lakers Coquitlam Adanacs 4 games to 2 Coquitlam, British Columbia
2008 Brampton Excelsiors New Westminster Salmonbellies 4 games to 0 Brampton, Ontario
2009 Brampton Excelsiors New Westminster Salmonbellies 4 games to 3 New Westminster, British Columbia
2010 Peterborough Lakers New Westminster Salmonbellies 4 games to 2 Peterborough, Ontario
2011 Brampton Excelsiors Langley Thunder 4 games to 1 Langley, British Columbia
2012 Peterborough Lakers Langley Thunder 4 games to 2 Peterborough, Ontario
2013 Six Nations Chiefs Victoria Shamrocks 4 games to 2 Victoria, British Columbia
2014 Six Nations Chiefs Victoria Shamrocks 4 games to 2 Hagersville, Ontario
2015 Victoria Shamrocks Peterborough Lakers 4 games to 2 Victoria, British Columbia
2016 Six Nations Chiefs Maple Ridge Burrards 4 games to 1 Ohsweken, Ontario
2017 Peterborough Lakers New Westminster Salmonbellies 4 games to 2 New Westminster, British Columbia
2018 Peterborough Lakers Maple Ridge Burrards 4 games to 0 Peterborough, Ontario
2019 Peterborough Lakers Victoria Shamrocks 4 games to 1 Victoria, British Columbia
2020 No competition due to Covid-19 pandemic
2021 No competition due to Covid-19 pandemic
2022 Peterborough Lakers Langley Thunder 4 games to 3 Peterborough, Ontario
2023 Six Nations Chiefs New Westminster Salmonbellies 4 games to 1 New Westminster, British Columbia

Records[edit]

Team Wins Championship Years Runner-ups Runner-up Years
New Westminster Salmonbellies/New Westminster O’Keefes/New Westminster Blues 24 1915, 1916, 1917, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1927, 1937, 1943, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1965, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1981, 1986, 1989, 1991 22 1929, 1930, 1931, 1933, 1934, 1942, 1944, 1946, 1969, 1971, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1992, 1994, 1995, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2017, 2023
Peterborough Timbermen/Peterborough Trailermen/Peterborough Mercurys/Peterborough Lakers/Peterborough Red Oaks 18 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1966, 1973, 1978, 1982, 1984, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022 8 1955, 1956, 1959, 1970, 1979, 1983, 2005, 2015
Brampton Excelsiors/Mimico-Brampton Combines 11 1930, 1931, 1942, 1980, 1992, 1993, 1998, 2002, 2008, 2009, 2011 11 1914, 1943, 1961, 1962, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1981, 1999, 2001, 2003
Victoria Shamrocks/Victoria Payless 9 1955, 1957, 1979, 1983, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2015 12 1953, 1954, 1978, 1984, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2013, 2014, 2019
Vancouver Burrards/Vancouver Combines/Vancouver Carlings/Maple Ridge Burrards 8 1945, 1949, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1975, 1977 6 1940, 1951, 1973, 1990, 2016, 2018
Brooklin Merchants/Brooklin Redmen 7 1968, 1969, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990, 2000 6 1964, 1965, 1967, 1986, 1989, 1991
Six Nations Chiefs 7 1994, 1995, 1996, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2023 0
St. Catharines Athletics/Welland-Crowland Switsons 5 1938, 1940, 1941, 1944, 1946 4 1912, 1939, 1945, 1958, 1963
Vancouver Athletic Club 4 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914 1 1920
New Westminster Adanacs/Coquitlam Adanacs 3 1939, 1947, 2001 7 1938, 1948, 1950, 1988, 1993, 1998, 2007
Orillia Terriers 3 1934, 1935, 1936 1 1937
Hamilton Tigers 2 1933, 1948 1 1949
Toronto Young Torontos 1 1910 1 1911
Weston Westonmen 1 1926 1 1927
Mimico Mountaineers 1 1932 1 1947
Brantford Warriors 1 1971 1 1972
Vancouver Coughlans Shipyards 1 1918 0
Victoria Foundation Shipyards 1 1919 0
Ottawa Emmetts 1 1928 0
Oshawa General Motors 1 1929 0
Owen Sound Crescents 1 1950 0
Nanaimo Timbermen 1 1956 0
Port Credit Sailors 1 1960 0
Langley Thunder 0 3 2011, 2012, 2022
Victoria Capitals 0 2 1922, 1923
Winnipeg Argonauts 0 2 1918, 1932
Richmond Farmers 0 2 1935, 1941
Toronto Maitlands 0 1 1910
Winnipeg Canadian Northern Railroad 0 1 1912
Armstrong Red Apple Boys 0 1 1913
Oak Bay 0 1 1913
Calgary Chinooks 0 1 1914
Winnipegs 0 1 1919
Vancouver Lacrosse Club 0 1 1922
Vancouver Indians 0 1 1925
Winnipeg Tammany Tigers 0 1 1926
Winnipeg Wellingtons 0 1 1928
North Shore Indians 0 1 1936
Vancouver Pilseners 0 1 1952
Long Branch Pontiacs 0 1 1957
Nanaimo Labatts 0 1 1960
Vancouver Carlings 0 1 1966
Nanaimo Luckies 0 1 1968
Windsor Warlocks 0 1 1974
Niagara Falls Gamblers 0 1 1997

Titles by location[edit]

Results from 1926 onwards (national playoff era), current teams only

Team League Home wins Away wins
Brampton Excelsiors MSL 7 4
Brooklin Lacrosse Club MSL 4 3
Coquitlam Adanacs WLA 3 0
Maple Ridge Burrards WLA 6 2
Nanaimo Timbermen WLA 0 1
New Westminster Salmonbellies WLA 12 3
Peterborough Lakers MSL 13 5
Six Nations Chiefs MSL 4 3
Victoria Shamrocks WLA 9 0

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ The Mann Cup has been awarded 113 times. The cup has only been played for 111 times as the cup went uncontested in 1916 and 1917 due to World War I, where the New Westminster Salmonbellies were awarded the title by acclamation due to them being the most recent cup holders. In 1922, the cup was awarded twice. The trophy was not awarded in 2020 or 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  2. ^ 10 titles in field lacrosse, 14 titles in box lacrosse.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "The Mann Cup". InsideLacrosse.com. Archived from the original on 2008-01-29. Retrieved 2007-08-15.
  2. ^ Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame appraisal documentation (May 1980)
  3. ^ "The Mann Cup: Canada's signature lacrosse event". cbc.ca. Retrieved 2007-08-15.
  4. ^ "The Mann Cup" Calgary Herald. Oct. 22, 1914 (pg. 8). Retrieved 2020-10-21.
  5. ^ Source: Drew Snider, play-by-play announcer on C-FAX Radio.