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The Canadian men's national lacrosse team represents Canada in men's international lacrosse competitions. The team is governed by the Canadian Lacrosse Association, which is a member of World Lacrosse, the international governing body for lacrosse. Traditionally Canada has been one of the leading nations in international play, placing among the ...
Pages in category "Olympic lacrosse players for Canada" The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The first documented description of the game was in 1637. The game was called baggataway and tewaarathon, which was played by two teams with 100 to 1,000 men each on a field that stretched from about 500 m (1,600 ft) to 3 km (1.9 mi) long. [1] A lacrosse game between the British and Canadian national teams during the 1908 Summer Olympics.
Canada's official national sports are ice hockey and lacrosse. [ 2 ] Other major professional games include curling, basketball, baseball, soccer, and football. [ 3 ] Great achievements in Canadian sports are recognized by numerous "Halls of Fame" and museums, such as Canada's Sports Hall of Fame.
The game originated from various Haudenosaunee where they play lacrosse as medicine, in a way to gather and connect with each other. This game grew into what has been modernized into the game that is represented in the Olympics. Leaving the originator of the sport jeopardizes deminishing the game of lacrosse itself. [10]
777 Columbia Street. New Westminster, British Columbia. Canada. Coordinates. 49°12′05″N 122°54′41″W / 49.2015°N 122.9114°W / 49.2015; -122.9114. Website. www.clhof.org. The Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame is a Canadian lacrosse hall of fame, located in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada. The Hall was chartered in ...
Lacrosse Canada (French: Crosse Canada), formerly the Canadian Lacrosse Association, founded in 1867, is the governing body of lacrosse in Canada. [1] It conducts national junior and senior championship tournaments for men and women in both field and box lacrosse. There are five national teams that compete in World Lacrosse championships on a ...