The Elora Hawks are Junior "A" box lacrosse team from Elora, Ontario, Canada. The Hawks play in the OLA Junior A Lacrosse League.
Probably founded in the 1960s, the Mohawks started out as the Fergus Thistles. In 1963, the team moved to become the Guelph Mohawks. In 1967 the team moved to Elora, Ontario and won the Canadian Castrol Cup in that year. They have bounced between the OLA Junior A Lacrosse League and the OLA Junior B Lacrosse League.
On April 3, 2025, the team announced that the team will be renamed from the "Mohawks" to the "Hawks".
The 2004 Season ended with the Mohawks tied for first place in the West with the Spartan Warriors with a 17âÂÂ3âÂÂ0 record. Prior to the season, it was announced that the Mohawks were to also host the 2004 National ChampionshipâÂÂthe Founders Cup. The Mohawks opened up the Playoffs against the 8th seed Windsor Fratmen. The upstart Fratmen had barely squeezed past the Wallaceburg Red Devils into the last playoff spot and had stolen a big 8âÂÂ7 victory from the Division leading Sarnia Pacers to even make the playoffs. The series was a mismatch from the startâÂÂthe Mohawks swept the Fratmen in three games. The second round put them up against the Orangeville Northmen, which also resulted in a three-game sweep. The Conference Final was against the Spartan Warriors, another easy three games. This set up a League Final between the Mohawks and the Clarington Green Gaels. In what had looked like a fourth straight possible sweep ended up going the distance. Despite crushing the Gaels in 2 of the first three games by scores of 16âÂÂ4 and 12âÂÂ1, the Gaels came back to win 3 of the last four games and upset the Mohawks for the league title.
As host of the 2004 Founders Cup, the Elora Mohawks received an automatic berth into the tourney and received a chance at redemption for the Provincial Title loss. The tourney started on August 21 with the Mohawks facing off against the Sherbrooke Jr. Extrême of Quebec. What occurred was nothing short of a massacreâÂÂ30âÂÂ1 Mohawks. Later that night, the Saskatoon Smash had received a similar demoralizing thrashing from the Mohawks, losing 27âÂÂ5. The next night the Mohawks defeated the Delta Islanders of British Columbia 16âÂÂ2. The night after, the Mohawks also beat the Calgary Mountaineers 11âÂÂ4. The Mohawks appeared to back to their normal selves.
The Semi-final was against the Edmonton Warriors, and the Mohawks enthused the home crowd with a 16âÂÂ5 win. The finals were to be played against the OLA Champion Clarington Green Gaels who were having an excellent tournament as well. The Mohawks had their chance at redemption, to avenge the team that took away their chance at their fifth OLA Jr B league title. The Finals did not go as planned for the again-favoured Mohawks. The Gaels won 11âÂÂ8.
After the disappointing 2004 Season, the Mohawks prepared for a rebuilding year. With 13 rookies, the Mohawks finished the 2005 season with an 11âÂÂ9âÂÂ0 record. The sixth-place finish pitted them against the Guelph Regals in the first round. Despite the Regals seemingly having the better club, the Mohawks swept the series with three straight victories. This upset prompted an immediate match up between the Mohawks and the first seed Spartan Warriors. Despite an 18âÂÂ2âÂÂ0 record, the series went the distance and in game five the Mohawks pulled the ultimate upset defeating the heavily favoured Warriors 9âÂÂ6. In the Conference Final, the Mohawks then fought off the second seed Orangeville Northmen in 4 games to push into the league finals. The Finals pitted the Mohawks against the 2005 Cinderella Story Oakville Buzz. The Buzz were most lacrosse enthusiast's favourite to not only win the league, but to win the National title. What no one counted on was the playoff suave that would be exhibited by the Elora Mohawks. Elora went up 2 games to none quicklyâÂÂ9âÂÂ7, 14âÂÂ5. With the threat of elimination, the Buzz came on strong in Game 3, winning 9âÂÂ4. But the Buzz could not stop the Mohawks, as the Elora squeaked out a 9âÂÂ8 victory in Game 4 to win the OLA title and earn a berth into the Founders Cup tournament in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
On August 24, the Mohawks played their first game of their second straight Founders Cup tourney. In the first game against the Coquitlam Adanacs of British Columbia, the Mohawks got the ball rolling with a 12âÂÂ6 win. The next night, the Mohawks beat the Sherwood Park Titans of Alberta 12âÂÂ3. The Playdown Round then began. On August 26, the Mohawks defeated the Winnipeg Warhawks 13âÂÂ2. Later that night, they also defeated the Calgary Mountaineers 7âÂÂ2. The final Playdown game was against the Iroquois Lacrosse Association All-Stars, in which they defeated the ILA 14âÂÂ3.
The victory against the ILA pushed the Mohawks through to the finals against the Edmonton Warriors. The Warriors could not match the Mohawks determination as the Mohawks won their second Founders Cup Championship as the best Junior "B" Lacrosse team in CanadaâÂÂone year after everyone figured it would have happened.
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
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