The West Durham Ironheads are Junior "B" box lacrosse team from Pickering, Ontario, Canada. The Ironheads play in the OLA Junior B Lacrosse League.
History The West Durham Ironheads (formerly the Markham Ironheads) are a relatively new team. The 2006 season was their fifth in the league and they have shown substantial growth, gaining access to the playoffs in their past three seasons.
Their first-ever OLA Junior "B" game took place on April 20, 2002, against the Onondaga Warriors (now of the Iroquois league)—a 20–9 loss. Their first-ever victory came on April 28, 2002, against the Nepean Knights. In their fourth-ever game, they beat the Knights by a score of 9–5.
They have yet to win a playoff round.
The Ironheads are the Jr. B affiliate of the Toronto Beaches of the Ontario Jr. A Lacrosse League.
In 2010, the Ironheads moved to Ajax and played out of the Ajax Community Centre while retaining the "Markham Ironheads" name. In 2017, the Ironheads officially changed their name to the "West Durham Ironheads" and affiliated with the West Durham Minor Lacrosse Association. In 2018, the Ironheads moved once again, this time to Pickering. The West Durham Ironheads now play their home games at Delany Arena at the Pickering Recreation Centre.
On one hot night in the summer of 2013, the Ironheads equipment manager Sean "Boa" Gillespie invented the "Seannie Shuffle", in which he danced while wiping the floor of sweat and condensation while also getting players and fans to cheer uncontrollably. "Seannie Shuffles" are usually followed by a lengthy towel wave while full sprinting back to the bench.
Season-by-season results Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against Season GP W L T GF GA PTS Placing Playoffs2002 22 4 18 0 165 262 8 10th OLA-B East DNQ2003 20 7 13 0 163 201 14 10th OLA-B East DNQ2004 20 10 8 2 196 180 20 8th OLA-B East Lost 1st Round2005 20 9 11 0 179 169 18 7th OLA-B East Lost 1st Round2006 20 10 10 0 180 157 20 8th OLA-B East Lost 1st Round2007 20 8 12 0 139 183 16 9th OLA-B East DNQ2008 20 4 14 2 123 182 10 11th OLA-B East DNQ2009 20 7 11 2 145 174 16 7th OLA-B East Lost Conference Quarter-Finals2010 20 4 16 0 117 166 8 11th OLA-B East DNQ2011 20 9 11 0 219 223 18 7th OLA-B East Lost Conference Quarter-Finals2012 20 7 13 0 167 234 14 8th OLA-B East Lost Conference Quarter-Finals2013 20 9 11 0 188 214 18 8th OLA-B East Lost Conference Quarter-Finals2014 20 6 13 1 143 191 13 9th OLA-B East DNQ2015 20 9 11 0 168 175 18 8th OLA-B East Lost Conference Quarter-Finals2016 20 8 12 0 166 166 16 7th OLA-B East Lost Conference Quarter-Finals2017 20 10 9 1 177 199 21 6th OLA-B East Lost Conference Quarter-Finals
References
External links Ironheads Webpage The Bible of Lacrosse Unofficial OLA Page