Six Nations Rebels

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Six Nations Rebels

City	Six Nations 40, Ontario
League	OLA Junior B Lacrosse League
Founded	1996
Founders Cup wins	1997, 2007
Ontario Titles	1998, 2007
Home Arena	Gaylord Powless Arena
Colours	Red, Black, and White
Coach	Stew Monture
GM	Wray Maracle

The Six Nations Rebels are Junior "B" box lacrosse team from Six Nations 40, Ontario, Canada. The Rebels play in the OLA Junior B Lacrosse League.

[edit] History

Initially named the Six Nations Red Rebels. The Red Rebels follow in the tradition of the Six Nations Arrows. After years of success on the Six Nations 40 Reserve, in 1996 it became clear that it was time to add a second tier of Junior lacrosse to the region. This theory was proven when the Red Rebels won the National title, the Founders Cup in only their second year of existence by defeating the favoured Orillia Kings 9-7 in title game in 1997. The Red Rebels won the Ontario Jr B title the following season but were forced to play for the Bronze Medal during to a tie-breaking formula after the Clarington Green Gaels and the Iroquois Lacrosse Association finished in a 3-way tie for first-place at the Founders Cup championship held in Akwasasne. The Rebels dropped the term Red from their name prior to the 2002 OLA Jr B Regular season. The Rebels made a run during the 2003 season, however, the upstart Barrie Tornado won the hard fought five game Ontario Jr B championship series. Barrie went on to win the Founders Cup that year. The did not made a series run again until the memorable 2007 season. After start the regular season by dropping two of their first three games, the Rebels proceeded to go unbeaten in regulation time the rest of the season to finish with a 17-and-3 record for 1st-place in Western Conference. After sweeping the eighth-seed, Hamilton Bengals in the opening round, Six Nations found a tough veteran-laden Owen Sound Rams squad in their path. The Rebels took the opening game relatively easy, but in game two Owen Sound upset Six Nations with a 9-7 overtime victory. The series returned to the Gaylord Powless Arena where the Rebels proceeded to take game two 10-6 and game three 14-7 to advance to the Western Conference Final against the Windsor AKO Fratmen. Six Nations would sweep the series but it was not an easy task winning 6-4, 9-3 and 6-5 over the tough Fratmen to advance to the Ontario Final against the undefeated Clarington Green Gaels. The Green Gaels were perfect through the regular season (20-and-0) and reached the Ontario Final in the minimum nine games. The Rebels shocked the favoured Green Gaels by winning 8-6 at the Bowmanville complex of game one. Six Nations returned to the Gaylord Powless Arena and won game two 10-7 before being pushed to overtime in game three on the Green Gaels home floor. However, the Rebels prevailed to win 9-6 to claim the J. A. MacDonald Trophy as Ontario Jr B Champions and the right to represent Ontario at the Founders Cup in Kamloops, B.C. The Rebels were dominating throughout the tournament by outscoring the seven teams they faced by a combined 86-25 at the Canadian Lacrosse Association Jr B Championships. Six Nations Rebels were crowned the best Jr B team in Canada following their 8-2 romp over the Coquitlam Adanacs to win the 2007 Founders Cup championship held at the MacArthur Sports Center. This is the second time the Rebels have won the Founders Cup in franchise history.

[edit] 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	Playoffs
1996	22	5	17	0	240	330	10	7th OLA-B West	DNQ
1997	22	18	4	0	305	198	36	1st OLA-B West	Lost Final, Won Founders Cup
1998	24	18	6	0	279	200	36	3rd OLA-B West	Won League
1999	21	10	11	0	232	214	20	6th OLA-B West	Lost 1st Round
2000	21	11	9	0	222	179	22	4th OLA-B West	Lost Quarter-final
2001	20	14	5	1	227	182	29	4th OLA-B West	Lost Quarter-final
2002	22	13	9	0	246	199	26	6th OLA-B West	Lost 1st Round
2003	20	16	2	2	271	157	34	2nd OLA-B West	Lost Final
2004	20	15	5	0	236	164	30	4th OLA-B West	Lost 1st Round
2005	20	11	8	1	180	174	23	4th OLA-B West	Lost Quarter-final
2006	20	10	10	0	193	175	20	9th OLA-B West	DNQ
2007	20	17	3	0	203	117	34	1st OLA-B West	Won League, Won Founders Cup