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The Akwesasne Lightning are Junior "B" box lacrosse team from Akwesasne (the borderlands between Ontario, Quebec, and New York). The Lightning play in the OLA Junior B Lacrosse League.
The Akwesasne Lightning joined the OLA-B in 1996. They joined around the same time that the other major Iroquois teams, Onondaga Warriors and Kahnawake Mohawks, joined the OLA. Onondaga and Kahnawake walked away after a few years in the league to join the Iroquois Lacrosse League, but Akwesasne decided to stay the course and have become a top team in the OLA-B.
After a dismal 5-17-0 first season, the Lightning never slipped below a .500 record until 2007. In 2004, the Lightning even finished first in the Eastern Conference with a 17-1-2 record. The past two seasons were dominated by the Oakville Buzz, with both years seeing them reach the finals. The Buzz have been so dominant that the Lightning have not survived past the semi-final in the past two years.
The Lightning are from the Akwesasne reserve. The reserve sits on the border between Canada and the United States where Ontario, Quebec, and New York meet. This location is quite obviously unique as the rest of the teams in the league are based out of Canadian cities and towns.
After the 2008 Season, the Lightning folded and moved to the Iroquois Lacrosse Association due to a tough economic drop, and not enough money to finance the team.
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 | 201 | 285 | 10 | 7th OLA-B East | DNQ | ||
| 1997 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 262 | 259 | 22 | 5th OLA-B East | DNQ | ||
| 1998 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 303 | 188 | 30 | 2nd OLA-B East | Lost Quarter-final | ||
| 1999 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 232 | 212 | 20 | 4th OLA-B East | Lost Quarter-final | ||
| 2000 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 235 | 241 | 20 | 5th OLA-B East | DNQ | ||
| 2001 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 252 | 171 | 28 | 2nd OLA-B East | Lost 1st Round | ||
| 2002 | 22 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 254 | 190 | 31 | 3rd OLA-B East | Lost Quarter-final | ||
| 2003 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 234 | 155 | 31 | 3rd OLA-B East | Lost Quarter-final | ||
| 2004 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 243 | 125 | 36 | 1st OLA-B East | Lost Semi-final | ||
| 2005 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 242 | 118 | 34 | 2nd OLA-B East | Lost Semi-final | ||
| 2006 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 195 | 128 | 28 | 3rd OLA-B East | Lost 1st Round | ||
| 2007 | 20 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 129 | 189 | 14 | 9th OLA-B East | DNQ | ||
| 2008 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 148 | 168 | 18 | 8th OLA-B East | Lost 1st Round | ||
| 2009 | Did Not Participate | ||||||||||
| 2010 | 20 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 105 | 153 | 12 | 9th OLA-B East | DNQ | ||
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