Mann Cup

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The Mann Cup is the trophy awarded to the senior men's lacrosse champions of Canada. The championship series is played between the Western Lacrosse Association champion and the Major Series Lacrosse champion.^[1] The trophy is one of the most valuable trophies in all of sports, made of solid gold and valued at $25,000.^[2]

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 1935, the year after Sir Donald Mann's death, when group of hockey arena owners convinced the Canadian Lacrosse Association to convert the Mann Cup championship to indoor or box lacrosse.

Contents 1 Champions 2 1914 Calgary Chinooks 3 1922 Vancouver Lacrosse Club 4 Cup mishaps 5 See also 6 References

[edit] Champions

1901 Ottawa Capitals 1902 Montreal Shamrocks 1903 Montreal Shamrocks 1904 Montreal Shamrocks 1905 Montreal Shamrocks 1906 Ottawa Capitals 1907 Montreal Shamrocks 1908 New Westminster Salmonbellies 1909 New Westminster Salmonbellies 1910 ­Young Torontos 1911 Vancouver Athletic Club 1912 ­Vancouver Athletic Club 1913 ­Vancouver Athletic Club 1914 ­Vancouver Athletic Club (awarded to Calgary by cup trustees, see below) 1915 ­New Westminster Salmonbellies 1916 New Westminster Salmonbellies 1917 New Westminster Salmonbellies 1918 Vancouver­ Coughlans 1919 ­Vancouver Foundation Club 1920­ New Westminster Salmonbellies 1921 New Westminster Salmonbellies 1922 New Westminster Salmonbellies (Vancouver briefly held cup in 1922) 1923 New Westminster Salmonbellies 1924 New Westminster Salmonbellies 1925 New Westminster Salmonbellies 1926 Weston Westonmen 1927 New Westminster Salmonbellies 1928 Ottawa Emmets 1929 Oshawa Generals 1930 Brampton Excelsiors 1931 Brampton Excelsiors 1932 Mimico Mountaineers 1933 ­Hamilton Tigers 1934 ­Orillia Terriers 1935 Orillia Terriers

1936 Orillia Terriers 1937 New Westminster Salmonbellies 1938 St. Catharines Athletics 1939 New Westminster­ Adanacs 1940 St. Catharines Athletics 1941 St. Catharines Athletics 1942 Mimico/Brampton Combines 1943 New Westminster Salmonbellies 1944 ­St. Catharines Athletics 1945 Vancouver Burrards 1946 ­St. Catharines Athletics 1947 New Westminster­ Adanacs 1948 Hamilton Tigers 1949 Vancouver­ Burrards 1950 Owen Sound­ Crescents 1951 ­Peterborough Timbermen 1952 Peterborough Timbermen 1953 Peterborough Timbermen 1954 Peterborough Timbermen 1955 Victoria Shamrocks 1956 Nanaimo Timbermen 1957 Victoria Shamrocks 1958 New Westminster Salmonbellies 1959 New Westminster O'Keefes 1960 Port Credit­ Sailors 1961 Vancouver­ Burrards 1962 New Westminster O'Keefes 1963 Vancouver­ Carlings 1964 Vancouver­ Carlings 1965 New Westminster Salmonbellies 1966 Peterborough­ Lakers 1967 Vancouver­ Carlings 1968 Brooklin­ Redmen 1969 Brooklin­ Redmen 1970 New Westminster Salmonbellies 1971 Brantford­ Warriors

1972 New Westminster Salmonbellies 1973 Peterborough­ Lakers 1974 New Westminster Salmonbellies 1975 Vancouver­ Burrards 1976 New Westminster Salmonbellies 1977 Vancouver­ Burrards 1978 Peterborough­ Red Oaks 1979 Victoria Shamrocks 1980 Brampton Excelsiors 1981 New Westminster Salmonbellies 1982 Peterborough­ Lakers 1983 Victoria­ Payless 1984 Peterborough­ Lakers 1985 Brooklin­ Redmen 1986 New Westminster­ Salmonbellies 1987 Brooklin­ Redmen 1988 Brooklin­ Redmen 1989 New Westminster Salmonbellies 1990 Brooklin­ Redmen 1991 New Westminster Salmonbellies 1992 ­Brampton Excelsiors 1993 Brampton Excelsiors 1994 ­Six Nations Chiefs, Ontario 1995 Six Nations­ Chiefs 1996 Six Nations­ Chiefs 1997 Victoria Shamrocks 1998 Brampton Excelsiors 1999 Victoria Shamrocks 2000 Brooklin­ Redmen 2001 Coquitlam Adanacs 2002 Brampton Excelsiors 2003 Victoria Shamrocks 2004 Peterborough Lakers 2005 Victoria Shamrocks 2006 Peterborough Lakers 2007 Peterborough Lakers

[edit] 1914 Calgary Chinooks

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.

After the Mann Cup was turned over to the control of the Canadian Lacrosse Association in 1926, all references to the Calgary Chinooks title were removed from the records.

[edit] 1922 Vancouver Lacrosse Club

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.

About a week, 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.

[edit] Cup mishaps

In 1989, the Mann Cup—which is made of gold—was stolen from it alarm-rigged glass display case from the 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, dented, but otherwise intact.

In 2004, the Peterborough Lakers won the Mann Cup. During a celebratory gathering the trophy was dropped in a bonfire and significantly damaged. The trophy had to be repaired and reconstructed.

[edit] See also

Mike Kelly Memorial Trophy -- Mann Cup MVP award.

[edit] References