Brampton Excelsiors Jr. B
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| Sport | Box lacrosse |
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| Founded | 2012 |
| League | Ontario Junior B Lacrosse League |
| Based in | Brampton, Ontario |
| Arena | Brampton Memorial |
| Colours | Maroon, Yellow, and White |
| Head coach | Todd Wilfong |
| General manager | Brent McCauley |
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The Brampton Excelsiors are a Junior "B" box lacrosse team from Brampton, Ontario, Canada. The Excelsiors play in the OLA Junior B Lacrosse League and are eligible to compete for the Founders Cup National Championship. The Excelsiors are members of the same system of teams as the Major Excelsiors and the Junior A Excelsiors.
Announced October 16, 2011, the Excelsiors were admitted as an expansion team into the OJBLL for the 2012 season.[1][2]
On April 22, 2012, the Jr. B Excelsiors played their first game, at home, with an 11–6 win over the Hamilton Bengals.[3] The Excelsiors finished the season with a 4-16 record and did not make the playoffs.[4]
In their second season, the Excelsiors finished 10–10 and received the final playoff spot in their conference. In the conference quarter-final, they drew the undefeated, two-time defending national champion Six Nations Rebels. The Rebels won 15–5 and 17–5 to finish the Excelsiors' season and first playoff berth.[5]
The 2014 season was filled with a summer-long battle against the Welland Generals and Owen Sound North Stars for the final playoff spot in the West.[6] Even though the final rankings were not determined until the final weekend of the season, the Generals topped both Owen Sound and Brampton for the final spot.[7]
In the 2015 season, the Brampton Excelsiors were moved from the West division to the East division because Mimico's Jr B was folded and became a Jr A team after moving from Mississauga.