Victoria Shamrocks


The Victoria Shamrocks are a Senior A box lacrosse team, based in Victoria, British Columbia. The team competes in the 7-team Western Lacrosse Association.
The Shamrocks entered the former Inter-City Lacrosse League, which is now the WLA, in 1950. The team became known as the Victoria Pay Less in 1982 to reflect a major sponsorship by Pay Less Gas. The team readopted the Shamrocks name in 1995.
The Shamrocks have won the Mann Cup Canadian National Championship a total of 9 times; in 1955, 1957, 1979, 1983, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2005 and 2015. They have won a total of 20 Provincial Championships.
Some of the greatest lacrosse players in the world have been proud to wear the green and white, including Jack Bionda, Rick Brown, Archie Browning, Fred "Whitey" Severson, Geordie Johnston,"Bobby" Monaghan, Kevin Alexander, both Paul and Gary Gait, and John Tavares. The Shamrocks home arena features a "Wall of Fame" where many great players, coaches, trainers and managers who have been part of the team are enshrined.
On September 16, 2005, the Victoria Shamrocks won their 8th Mann Cup, defeating the Peterborough Lakers 4 games to 2 in a classic, hard-fought series. Shamrocks' goaltender Anthony Cosmo was awarded the Mike Kelley Memorial Trophy as the series Most Valuable Player.
Almost 10 years later, on September 11, 2015, the Victoria Shamrocks won their 9th Mann Cup, once again defeating the Peterborough Lakers 4 games to 2 in another hard-fought series. Shamrocks' forward Corey Small was awarded the Mike Kelley Memorial Trophy as the series Most Valuable Player.

All-time record

SeasonTeam NameGamesWinLossesTieGFGAPointsPlayoffs
1950Victoria Shamrocks301614034329332
1951Victoria Shamrocks32238139028947
1952Victoria Shamrocks322210047233344
1953Victoria Shamrocks322210040731944Provincial Champion
1954Victoria Shamrocks32257038327950Provincial Champion
1955Victoria Shamrocks322010237228242Mann Cup Champion
1956Victoria Shamrocks301514134533431
1957Victoria Shamrocks301910034929539Mann Cup Champion
1958Victoria Shamrocks301118127230323
1959Victoria Shamrocks301217128329825
1960Victoria Shamrocks30821027635417
1961Victoria Shamrocks3022712294095
1962Victoria Shamrocks321418027732428
1963Victoria Shamrocks301019125130721
1964Victoria Shamrocks321813127426237
1965Victoria Shamrocks30723022930114
1966Victoria Shamrocks301118124428023
1967Victoria Shamrocks301514126426631
1968Victoria Shamrocks381523033739730
1969Victoria Shamrocks2942502444098
1970Victoria Shamrocks30822032340716
1971Victoria Shamrocks31922033243718
1972Victoria Shamorcks321418037939728
1973Victoria Shamorcks251114029930922
1974Victoria Shamrocks24816029031816
1975Victoria Shamrocks24168035126932
1976Victoria Shamrocks24185134927537
1977Victoria Shamrocks24168032727132
1978Victoria Shamrocks24157235227832Provincial Champion
1979Victoria Shamrocks30199237532240Mann Cup Champion
1980Victoria Shamrocks241410029025728
1981Victoria Shamrocks241111229429724
1982Victoria Pay Less241113027328722
1983Victoria Pay Less241113027629822Mann Cup Champion
1984Victoria Pay Less241311028927526Provincial Champion
1985Victoria Pay Less241212022523024
1986Victoria Pay Less241410025323228
1987Victoria Pay Less24816019426516
1988Victoria Pay Less241212021221224
1989Victoria Pay Less241212024525024
1990Victoria Pay Less241113019522622
1991Victoria Pay Less241113022522522
1992Victoria Pay Less241014020021720
1993Victoria Pay Less23914023524918
1994Victoria Pay Less20146024919128
1995Victoria Shamrocks25129424623428
1996Victoria Shamrocks20109121321021Provincial Champion
1997Victoria Shamrocks20128020317924Mann Cup Champion
1998Victoria Shamrocks25205027720640
1999Victoria Shamrocks25205028319440Mann Cup Champion
2000Victoria Shamrocks25205031923940Provincial Champion
2001Victoria Shamrocks20190131119239
2002Victoria Shamrocks20163128720233Provincial Champion
2003Victoria Shamrocks20155028321530Mann Cup Champion
2004Victoria Shamrocks20182025014336Provincial Champion
2005Victoria Shamrocks18144023016728Mann Cup Champion
2006Victoria Shamrocks18153021516030Provincial Champion
2007Victoria Shamrocks18512118719511
2008Victoria Shamrocks1898115916219
2009Victoria Shamrocks18143125517129
2010Victoria Shamrocks18117018816922
2011Victoria Shamrocks18106218218022
2012Victoria Shamrocks18117019516822
2013Victoria Shamrocks18117019916122Provincial Champion
2014Victoria Shamrocks18142217612430Provincial Champion
2015Victoria Shamrocks18144021713928Mann Cup Champion
2016Victoria Shamrocks18144021415428
2017Victoria Shamrocks18107117215021
Total67 seasons1,680896531518,53417,442-