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Barrie Lakeshores (formerly Barrie Tornado)

City	Barrie, Ontario Barrie, Ontario Barrie is a city in Southern Ontario, Canada, located on the western shore of Lake Simcoe, approximately 90 km north of Toronto. Although located in Simcoe County, the city is politically independent...
League	OLA Junior A Lacrosse League OLA Junior A Lacrosse League The Ontario Junior A Lacrosse League is a box lacrosse league in Ontario, Canada sanctioned by the Ontario Lacrosse Association. The playoff champion moves on to compete for the National Championship—the Minto Cup.-The teams:-Playoff Champions:...
Founded	2000
Home Arena	Barrie Dunlop Arena
Colours	Blue Blue Blue is a colour, the perception of which is evoked by light having a spectrum dominated by energy with a wavelength of roughly 440–490 nm. It is considered one of the additive primary colours. On the HSV Colour Wheel, the complement of blue is yellow; that is, a colour corresponding to an equal... , Red Red Red is any of a number of similar colors evoked by light consisting predominantly of the longest wavelengths of light discernible by the human eye, in the wavelength range of roughly 630–740 nm. Longer wavelengths than this are called infrared , and cannot be seen by the naked eye... , and Yellow Yellow Yellow is the color evoked by light that stimulates both the L and M cone cells of the retina about equally, with no significant stimulation of the S cone cells. Light with a wavelength of 570–590 nm is yellow, as is light with a suitable mixture of red and green...
Coach	Kenny Hamilton
GM	Cathy Kloepfer

The Barrie Lakeshores (formerly Tornado) are Junior "A" box lacrosse

Box lacrosse

Box lacrosse, also known as indoor lacrosse and sometimes shortened to boxla, LAX or simply box, is an indoor version of lacrosse played mostly in North America. The game originated in Canada, where it is the most popular version of the game played in contrast to the traditional field lacrosse game...

team from Barrie, Ontario

Barrie, Ontario

Barrie is a city in Southern Ontario, Canada, located on the western shore of Lake Simcoe, approximately 90 km north of Toronto. Although located in Simcoe County, the city is politically independent...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. The Lakeshores play in the OLA Junior A Lacrosse League

OLA Junior A Lacrosse League

The Ontario Junior A Lacrosse League is a box lacrosse league in Ontario, Canada sanctioned by the Ontario Lacrosse Association. The playoff champion moves on to compete for the National Championship—the Minto Cup.-The teams:-Playoff Champions:...

History

Founded in 2000 as an Ontario Jr. B lacrosse team, the Barrie Tornado were named after the deadly 1985 tornado that put the Canadian City on the map.

The 2000 season, their first season, was a good start but nothing special. Since then, the Tornado have never slipped below a .500 record. Between 2000 and 2003, the team got progressively better. In 2000, they started out with a 5-15-0 record. The next season, the Tornado performed much better with an even 10-10-0 record, making the playoffs. In the first round, the squad faced the Green Gaels, the defending Canadian Champs. The boys from Barrie made quick work defeating the Gaels 3-1. The Tornado moved onto the second round and faced the Scarborough Saints, and eventually fell in a 5 game series. In 2002, Barrie had a 14-7-1 record in an extended 22-game season. Barrie met the Saints again in the first round defeating them 3-0. In the second round, the Tornado faced off against the Gaels yet again. In a back and forth series, the Tornado succumbed to the Gaels in 5 games. (The Gaels would eventually claim the Canadian Championship.)

2003 was the coming out party for the Tornado. By the end of the season, Barrie clinched first in the Eastern Conference with a 15-4-1 record. In the first round of the playoffs, Barrie took on the Oakville Buzz

Oakville Buzz

The Oakville Buzz are Junior "B" box lacrosse team from Oakville, Ontario, Canada. The Buzz play in the OLA Junior B Lacrosse League. The Buzz won the 2006 Founders Cup Canadian National Champions. As of the 2009 season, the Buzz will moving to the West Conference, playing in the South West...

. The series, surprisingly, went the distance. The long series was a sign of the beginning of the growth of a young and quickly developing Buzz team. The Tornado took the series 3 games to 2. The Quarter-finals were against the Mimico Mountaineers

Mimico Mountaineers

The Mimico Mountaineers are Junior "B" box lacrosse team from Mimico, Ontario, Canada. The Mountaineers play in the OLA Junior B Lacrosse League.-History:...

. Barrie very quickly went down 2 games to none in the best-of-5 series. To the dismay of the Mountaineers, Barrie pulled themselves back together and won the next 3 games straight to earn a birth to the Conference final. In the Eastern Conference final, the Barrie Tornado took on the Nepean Knights

Nepean Knights

The Nepean Knights are Junior "B" box lacrosse team from Nepean, Ontario, Canada. The Knights play in the OLA Junior B Lacrosse League.-History:...

. The Tornado won the series without much trouble, 3 games to 1, to earn a birth into the League final.

The finals determine the OLA's representative at the National Championships. The Tornado's opponent in the Provincial championship was the Six Nations Red Rebels. The two teams split the first two games of the best-of-5 final series with Six Nations winning 15-8 and Barrie taking game two 15-10. Barrie won a hard fought 8-6 win on the Six Nations home floor only to have the Rebels return the favour in on the Barrie floor with a 12-5 win to force a game 5. The thrilling series came to an end with Barrie Tornado claiming an 11-8 victory to win the Ontario title and the J. A. MacDonald Trophy to earn a birth into the 2003 Founders Cup

Founders Cup

The Founders Cup is the championship trophy of Canada's Junior "B" lacrosse leagues. The custodial duties of this trophy fall upon the Canadian Lacrosse Association. The National Champions are determined through a round robin format with a playdown for the final in a host city...

tournament in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia

Port Coquitlam, British Columbia

Port Coquitlam is a city in British Columbia, Canada. Located 27 km east of Vancouver, it sits at the confluence of the Fraser River and the Pitt River. Coquitlam borders it on the north, the Coquitlam River borders it on the west, and the cities of Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows lie across the Pitt...

2003 Founders Cup

The National Championship opened for Barrie against Juan de Fuca on August 20, 2003. The Tornado dominated their opponents, defeating them by a score of 11-5. The same day, Barrie played their second game against Coquitlam

Coquitlam, British Columbia

Coquitlam is a city in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, Canada. Coquitlam is mainly a suburban city, and is one of the 21 municipalities comprising Metro Vancouver. According to the 2007 Canadian Census, it is the 5th-largest city in British Columbia...

. The result was indicative of a team playing their second game of the day, as they squashed Coquitlam by a score of 17-3.

Day two, August 21, saw Barrie crush Edmonton by a score of 13-3. August 22, had Barrie play their last game of the round robin against Winnipeg, defeating them 18-7. The victory clinched first place in Pool A, and a birth into the Semi-final against Prince George

Prince George, British Columbia

Prince George, with a population of 71,030 , is the largest city in northern British Columbia, Canada, and is known as "BC's Northern Capital"...

. In the end, Barrie pulled out a squeaker as they defeated Prince George by a close and low scoring 7-6 decision. In the other semi, Coquitlam

Coquitlam, British Columbia

defeated Port Coquitlam

Port Coquitlam, British Columbia

by a score of 10-8 to meet Barrie in the final.

Although the final between Barrie and Coquitlam was a lot closer than their first meeting, the Tornado cruised to a 16-8 win to earn their first ever Founders Cup

Founders Cup

as National Junior "B" Champions.

Since 2003

Barrie had a pair of rebuilding years in 2004 and 2005, but came back to form in 2006 with a great 17-2-0 record. Sadly, the Tornado were upset in the quarter-finals by the Mimico Mountaineers

Mimico Mountaineers

The Mimico Mountaineers are Junior "B" box lacrosse team from Mimico, Ontario, Canada. The Mountaineers play in the OLA Junior B Lacrosse League.-History:...

, cutting down the dream of a second Founders Cup

Founders Cup

. Following the 2008 season the Tornado switched leagues with the Orillia Rama Kings

Orillia Rama Kings

The Orillia Rama Kings are Junior "B" box lacrosse team from Orillia, Ontario, Canada. The Kings play in the OLA Junior B Lacrosse League.-External links:***...

and are now a member of the Ontario Junior A Lacrosse League

OLA Junior A Lacrosse League

. They now go by the name Barrie Lakeshores.

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
2000	20	5	15	0	146	272	10	8th OLA-B East	DNQ
2001	20	10	10	0	209	202	20	7th OLA-B East	Lost Quarter-final
2002	22	14	7	1	253	205	29	4th OLA-B East	Lost Quarter-final
2003	20	15	4	1	245	159	31	1st OLA-B East	Won League, Won Founders Cup Founders Cup The Founders Cup is the championship trophy of Canada's Junior "B" lacrosse leagues. The custodial duties of this trophy fall upon the Canadian Lacrosse Association. The National Champions are determined through a round robin format with a playdown for the final in a host city...
2004	20	10	10	0	204	166	20	9th OLA-B East	DNQ
2005	20	11	8	1	215	148	23	6th OLA-B East	Lost 1st Round
2006	19	17	2	0	202	119	34	2nd OLA-B East	Lost Quarter-final
2007	20	11	9	0	176	139	22	5th OLA-B East	Lost Quarter-Final
2008	20	13	6	1	160	129	27	7th OLA-B East	Lost 1st Round
2009	*22	8	15	0	188	215	16	9th OLA-A	DNQ
2010	22	4	18	0	174	279	8	10th OLA-A	DNQ
2011	22	7	15	0	187	270	14	10th OLA-A	DNQ

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