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The Markham Ironheads are Junior "B" 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 Markham, Ontario

Markham, Ontario

Markham is a town in the Regional Municipality of York, located within the Greater Toronto Area of Southern Ontario, Canada. The population was 261,573 at the 2006 Canadian census...

, Canada

Canada

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. The Ironheads play in the OLA Junior B Lacrosse League

OLA Junior B Lacrosse League

The Ontario Junior B Lacrosse League is a box lacrosse league sanctioned by the Ontario Lacrosse Association in Ontario, Canada.-History:The Junior "B" level of the Ontario Lacrosse Association has been around since at least 1964...

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History

The Ironheads are a relatively new team. The 2006 season was their fifth in the league and they have shown substantial growth, gaining access to the playoffs in their past three seasons.

Their first ever OLA Junior "B" game took place on April 20, 2002 against the Onondaga Warriors (now of the Iroquois

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 league) -- a 20-9 loss. Their first ever victory came on April 28, 2002 against 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:...

. In their fourth ever game, they beat the Knights by a score of 9-5.

They have yet to win a playoff round.

In 2010, the Ironheads moved to Ajax and play out of the Ajax Community Centre

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
2002	22	4	18	0	165	262	8	10th OLA-B East	DNQ
2003	20	7	13	0	163	201	14	10th OLA-B East	DNQ
2004	20	10	8	2	196	180	20	8th OLA-B East	Lost 1st Round
2005	20	9	11	0	179	169	18	7th OLA-B East	Lost 1st Round
2006	20	10	10	0	180	157	20	8th OLA-B East	Lost 1st Round
2007	20	8	12	0	139	183	16	9th OLA-B East	DNQ
2008	20	4	14	2	123	182	10	11th OLA-B East	DNQ
2009	20	7	11	2	145	174	16	7th OLA-B East
2010	20	4	16	0	117	166	8	11th OLA-B East	DNQ

External links

• Ironheads Webpage
• The Bible of Lacrosse
• Unofficial OLA Page