The Mississauga Tomahawks were a Junior "A" box lacrosse team from Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. The Tomahawks played in the OLA Junior A Lacrosse League. Some former Tomahawks players who have gone on to professional lacrosse are John Tavares, Peter Tavares, Anthony Cosmo, Jeff Shatler, Drew Candy, Jamie McKeracher, Cory Leigh, John Rosa, Rob Kirkby, Ted Dowling, Mat Giles, Jason Clark, Neil Doddridge and Ted Dowling.
On June 26, 2014 the Board of Governors and the OLA Board of Directors approved the relocation of the Jr. A Tomahawks to Mimico, beginning in 2015. This is a franchise amalgamation between the Jr. A Tomahawks and the Jr. B Mountaineers. The Jr. B Tomahawks remain the direct affiliate of the Jr. A Mountaineers. Their women's affiliate team is the Mississauga Trilliums of the Ontario Women's Lacrosse.
History
Current franchise Mississauga Athletics 19xx - 1974 Mississauga Sullivan Homes 1975 - 1976 Mississauga Merchants 1977 - 1979 Mississauga Arrowheads 1980 - 1984 Mississauga Tomahawks 1985 - 2014
Traditional franchise Toronto Township PCO's 1965 - 1967 Mississauga Athletics 1968 - 1974 Mississauga Chiefs 1975 - 1976 Mississauga Builders 1977 - 1980 Mississauga Tomahawks 1981 - 1983
Current franchise 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 Playoffs1979 22 14 8 0 346 317 28 3rd OLA-B East1980 16 7 9 0 235 233 14 4th OLA-B Central Lost 1st round1981 20 9 11 0 262 251 18 5th OLA-B West DNQ1982 24 15 9 0 319 324 30 3rd OLA-B West Lost quarter-final1983 22 13 9 0 288 243 26 4th OLA-B East Lost quarter-final1984 20 16 4 0 308 216 32 1st OLA-B Div IV Lost semi-final1985 24 20 4 0 369 257 40 1st OLA-B West Lost final1986 18 18 0 0 453 160 36 1st OLA-B East Won League, won Founders Cup1987 24 21 3 1 432 253 42 1st OLA-B West Won League1988 24 8 15 1 268 371 17 6th OLA-A DNQ1989 24 7 17 0 244 347 14 6th OLA-A DNQ1990 20 7 13 0 188 298 14 6th OLA-A Lost quarter-final1991 20 11 9 0 247 214 22 4th OLA-A Lost quarter-final1992 20 8 11 1 224 230 17 8th OLA-A Lost quarter-final1993 22 12 10 0 303 322 24 7th OLA-A Lost quarter-final1994 26 7 19 0 242 364 14 5th OLA-A East DNQ1995 20 7 13 0 170 214 14 8th OLA-A Lost quarter-final1996 20 6 12 2 157 271 14 8th OLA-A Lost quarter-final1997 18 5 13 0 166 215 10 8th OLA-A Lost quarter-final1998 22 8 14 0 210 261 16 9th OLA-A DNQ1999 20 7 13 0 195 208 14 7th OLA-A Lost quarter-final2000 20 12 8 0 210 194 24 4th OLA-A Lost quarter-final2001 20 7 13 0 196 221 14 9th OLA-A DNQ2002 20 3 17 0 164 239 6 11th OLA-A DNQ2003 20 7 12 1 197 239 15 9th OLA-A DNQ2004 20 0 20 0 138 267 0 11th OLA-A DNQ2005 22 3 19 0 167 304 6 11th OLA-A DNQ2006 22 7 15 0 203 275 14 10th OLA-A DNQ2007 18 5 13 0 129 188 10 10th OLA-A DNQ2008 22 2 20 0 113 212 4 12th OLA-A DNQ2009 22 1 21 0 137 330 2 12th OLA-A DNQ2010 22 2 20 0 136 361 4 12th OLA-A DNQ2011 22 2 20 0 130 295 4 12th OLA-A DNQ2012 20 0 20 0 140 313 0 11th OLA-A DNQ2013 20 1 19 0 114 266 2 11th OLA-A DNQ2014 20 0 20 0 94 280 0 11th OLA-A DNQ
Traditional franchise 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 Playoffs1965 20 7 13 0 234 277 14 8th OLA-A Lost semi-final1966 24 16 8 0 319 267 32 3rd OLA-A Lost semi-final1967 24 18 6 0 315 250 36 2nd OLA-A Lost final1968 24 11 13 0 289 257 22 4th OLA-A Lost final1969 24 14 10 0 418 364 28 4th OLA-A Lost semi-final1970 28 16 12 0 435 369 32 4th OLA-A Lost quarter-final1971 30 11 19 0 374 403 22 6th OLA-A Lost quarter-final1972 28 12 15 1 356 366 25 4th OLA-A Lost quarter-final1973 28 12 15 1 359 366 25 5th OLA-A Lost quarter-final1974 28 20 8 0 397 333 40 2nd OLA-A Lost final1975 28 18 10 0 446 359 36 2nd OLA-A Lost final1976 26 14 10 2 423 368 30 2nd OLA-A West Lost semi-final1977 22 16 6 0 392 276 32 2nd OLA-A Lost quarter-final1978 30 12 18 0 410 469 24 4th OLA-A East Lost quarter-final1979 28 13 15 0 397 469 26 4th OLA-A East Lost quarter-final1980 20 11 9 0 339 353 22 6th OLA-A Lost quarter-final1981 20 6 14 0 274 359 12 7th OLA-A Lost quarter-final1982 20 6 13 1 248 347 13 6th OLA-A Lost quarter-final1983 24 7 16 1 270 345 15 8th OLA-A Lost Tier II Semi-final
Mississauga Junior "C" The Mississauga farm system also incorporated a Junior "C" team in the 1970s as a feeder team.
Mississauga Athletics 1973 - 1974 Mississauga Medics 1975 - 1977 Mississauga Renegades 1978
Season GP W L T GF GA PTS Placing Playoffs1973 26 19 7 0 422 305 38 1st OLA-C Div B Lost semi-final1974 26 21 5 0 475 284 42 1st OLA-C Central Eliminated in Round Robin1975 24 16 7 1 382 270 33 1st OLA-C Central Won League1976 22 11 11 0 301 268 22 3rd OLA-C Lost quarter-final1977 24 13 11 0 332 309 26 5th OLA-C Lost quarter-final1978 20 11 9 0 314 269 22 3rd OLA-C Lost semi-final
References
External links Mississauga Tomahawks Jr. A Lacrosse Website Mississauga Tomahawks Jr. B Lacrosse Website Jr. A Lacrosse League Website Ontario Lacrosse Association (OLA)