The Orangeville Northmen are a Junior "A" box lacrosse team from Orangeville, Ontario, Canada. The Northmen play in the OLA Junior A Lacrosse League.
History
Orangeville Stingers 1975 - 1981 Orangeville Northmen 1982 to Present
The Northmen are connected to the Orangeville Northmen Jr. B, who were founded to be a feeder team for the Junior "A" Northmen.
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 Playoffs1975 24 13 11 0 341 359 26 3rd OLA-C Central Lost Division Quarter-final1976 22 11 11 0 257 276 22 6th OLA-C Won League1977 24 15 8 1 301 230 31 3rd OLA-C Lost final1978 20 8 12 0 214 237 16 4th OLA-C Lost quarter-final1979 24 5 19 0 232 442 10 4th OLA-C1980 16 2 14 0 146 269 4 6th OLA-B Central DNQ1981 20 0 20 0 89 394 0 8th OLA-B West DNQ1982 20 4 16 0 180 283 8 9th OLA-B East DNQ1983 22 9 13 0 308 324 18 10th OLA-B East DNQ1984 20 8 12 0 313 317 16 3rd OLA-B Div II Won Tier II Title1985 24 9 15 0 281 354 18 5th OLA-B East DNQ1986 18 8 9 1 192 257 17 5th OLA-B East Lost quarter-final1987 0 - - - - - - Folded1988 0 - - - - - - Folded1989 20 15 5 0 276 160 30 2nd OLA-B Won League, won Founders Cup1990 20 17 3 0 268 158 34 2nd OLA-B Won League, won Founders Cup1991 20 14 6 0 234 198 28 2nd OLA-A Lost quarter-final1992 20 9 11 0 213 219 18 7th OLA-A Lost quarter-final1993 22 18 4 0 329 213 36 2nd OLA-A Won League, won Minto Cup1994 26 21 5 0 367 194 42 1st OLA-A West Lost semi-final1995 20 19 1 0 231 125 38 1st OLA-A Won League, won Minto Cup1996 20 18 2 0 283 118 36 2nd OLA-A Won League, won Minto Cup1997 18 14 4 0 184 158 28 2nd OLA-A Lost semi-final1998 22 12 10 0 264 205 24 6th OLA-A Lost semi-final1999 20 16 3 1 211 165 33 2nd OLA-A Lost semi-final2000 20 16 4 0 220 141 32 2nd OLA-A Won League2001 20 14 5 1 203 158 29 3rd OLA-A Lost quarter-final2002 20 14 6 0 185 158 28 4th OLA-A Lost semi-final2003 20 16 3 1 194 137 33 2nd OLA-A Lost final2004 20 15 4 1 196 140 31 1st OLA-A Lost semi-final2005 22 19 3 0 220 123 38 2nd OLA-A Lost final2006 22 11 10 1 176 155 23 6th OLA-A Lost semi-final2007 18 14 3 1 170 106 29 2nd OLA-A Lost final2008 22 19 3 0 207 114 38 1st OLA-A Won League, won Minto Cup2009 22 19 2 1 303 138 39 1st OLA-A Won League, won Minto Cup2010 22 21 1 0 268 116 42 1st OLA-A Won League2011 22 19 3 0 242 147 38 1st OLA-A Lost final2012 20 16 4 0 256 148 32 3rd OLA-A Won League, won Minto Cup2013 20 12 8 0 212 197 24 5th OLA-A Lost quarter-final2014 20 12 8 0 196 154 24 6th OLA-A Lost quarter-final2015 20 9 9 2 171 149 20 5th OLA-A Lost Quarter-Final2016 20 14 5 1 197 165 27 2nd OLA-A Won League2017 20 10 9 1 145 158 21 6th OLA-A Lost Quarter-Final2018 20 12 8 0 169 142 24 4th OLA-A Lost Final2019 20 16 3 1 191 128 33 1st OLA-A Won League, Won Minto Cup2020 Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic2021 8 3 5 0 46 65 6 4th of 5 East9th of 11 OJLL Did not qualify2022 20 13 7 0 200 156 26 5th OLA-A Lost Semi-Final2023 20 20 0 0 270 117 40 1st OLA-A Lost Final2024 20 17 3 0 230 153 34 1st OLA-A Won League2025 20 16 4 0 183 149 32 1st OLA-A Won League2026 18 9 9 0 160 150 18 3rd of 6 East7th of 12 OJLL Lost Semi-Final
Orangeville natives and Northmen alumni in the NLL Orangeville and the Northmen have produced a number of National Lacrosse League players, coaches, and executives.
Dillon Ward (Colorado Mammoth) Adam Jones (Colorado Mammoth) Greg Harnett (Calgary Roughnecks) Jon Harnett (Boston Blazers, Calgary Roughnecks) Mike Poulin (Toronto Rock, Boston Blazers, Calgary Roughnecks) Bill Hostrawser (Washington Stealth, Toronto Rock) Rob Hellyer (Toronto Rock) Damon Edwards (Toronto Rock) Jesse Gamble (Toronto Rock) Hayden Smith (Buffalo Bandits) Andrew Suitor (Minnesota Swarm, New England) Glen Bryan (Toronto Rock, Buffalo Bandits) Craig England (Buffalo Bandits, Toronto Rock, New England) Nick Rose (Boston Blazers, Calgary Roughnecks, Toronto Rock) Bruce Codd (Albany Attack, Columbus Landsharks, Montreal Express, Ottawa Rebel, Arizona Sting, Calgary Roughnecks, Toronto Rock) Pat Coyle (Detroit Turbos, Ontario Raiders, Toronto Rock, Colorado Mammoth) Chad Culp (Buffalo Bandits) Darren Halls (Minnesota Swarm) Jon Harasym (Columbus Landsharks, Rochester Knighthawks, Minnesota Swarm, Buffalo Bandits, Toronto Rock) Bryan Kazarian (Albany Attack, Buffalo Bandits, Chicago Shamrox) Mike Kirk (Boston Blazers, Rochester Knighthawks) Rusty Kruger (Rochester Knighthawks, New York Saints, Albany Attack, San Jose Sharks, Toronto Rock, Chicago Shamrox, Buffalo Bandits) Matt Lyons (Rochester Knighthawks, Boston Blazers) Brad MacDonald (Calgary Roughnecks, Toronto Rock, Arizona Sting, Portland Lumberjax) Mat MacLeod (Rochester Knighthawks, Orlando Titans, Toronto Rock) Mike MacLeod (Toronto Rock) Rob Marshall (Toronto Rock) Brodie Merrill (Edmonton Rush) Patrick Merrill (Orlando Titans, Toronto Rock) Brandon Miller (Albany Attack, San Jose Stealth, Chicago Shamrox, Philadelphia Wings, Toronto Rock) Mackenzie Mitchell (Vancouver, New England) Mike Murray (Toronto Rock) Pat O'Toole (New York Saints, Buffalo Bandits, Rochester Knighthawks) Jim Rankin (Syracuse Smash) Gary Scott (Albany Attack, Toronto Rock) Brandon Sanderson (Montreal Express, Ottawa Rebel) Chris Sanderson (Baltimore Thunder, Philadelphia Wings, New Jersey Storm) Josh Sanderson (Albany Attack, Toronto Rock, Calgary Roughnecks, Boston Blazers) Lindsay Sanderson Nathan Sanderson (Toronto Rock) Phil Sanderson (Buffalo Bandits, Toronto Rock) Ryan Sanderson (Buffalo Bandits, Baltimore Thunder, Albany Attack) Shane Sanderson Terry Sanderson Brandon Slade (Toronto Rock) Ty Thompson (Las Vegas Desert Dogs) Peter Veltman (Arizona Sting, San Jose Stealth)
References
External links Northmen "A" Webpage History of the Northmen