Three Nations Senior Lacrosse League

Three Nations Senior Lacrosse League

TNSLL
Sport Box lacrosse
Founded 2009
No. of teams 4
Country  Canada,
 United States
Most recent
champion(s)
Tyendinaga Thunderbirds (2016)
Most titles Snake Island Muskies (3)
Official website www.htosports.com/tnsll

The Three Nations Senior Lacrosse League (TNSLL) is a Senior B box lacrosse league based out of Ontario, Quebec and New York, sanctioned by the First Nations Lacrosse Association (FNLA). The league champion earns a spot in the Presidents Cup, the national championship of Senior B lacrosse in Canada.

History

2009

Akwesasne Thunderbirds, Cornwall Island Redmen and Massena Muskies played an inter-league schedule with the Quebec Senior Lacrosse League (QSLL). Cornwall swept Akwesasne in three-straight games (7-5; 16-6; 11-10) in the opening round before being swept in the finals (9-7; 14-4; 9-5) by Massena.

2010

Snake Island Muskies (formerly Massena) swept their opening round playoff series (20-2; 22-6; 17-13) to meet the Redmen in the finals. Cornwall Island won in three-straight games (9-5; 6-5; 10-3).

2011

The league grew to four teams with the addition of Caughnawaga Indians (previously competed in Circuit Québécois de Crosse) and St. Regis Braves.

The Muskies got some revenge from the previous seasons by knocking out the Redmen four-games-to-two (5-13; 9-8; 13-7; 8-4; 9-10; 13-7). In the finals Snake Island upset top seed St. Regis in five games (9-5; 11-13; 8-7; 8-12; 8-7). Both teams would advance to the Presidents Cup with the Braves playing host in Akwesasne.

In the round robin St. Regis Braves went a perfect 6-0 while the Muskies 4-2-1 record was second-best. The Braves defeated Snake Island 11-8 in the Gold Medal game.[1]

2012

St. Regis swept the Redmen in four games (16-11; 15-8; 20-7; forfeit) in the league finals. The Braves would go on to win their second-straight Presidents Cup.[2]

2013

Three teams made up the TNSLL (St. Regis Braves went on hiatus). Snake Island Muskies were the top seed in the Wally Roundpoint Memorial Cup playoffs. They would face the Caughnawaga Indians, who they narrowly topped for the top spot, in a best-of seven finals as the Indians eliminated the Redmen (17-8; 12-10; 9-8). A four games-to-one series (6-11; 12-10; 15-11; 11-10; 8-6) win earned Caughnawaga Indians a spot in the Presidents Cup.[3][4]

Notable players from the champion Caughnawaga Indians included the Thompson brothers (Jeremy, Jerome, Miles and Lyle) cousin Ty Thompson. Miles and Lyle went on to be named co-winners of the 2014 Tewaraaton Award[5] after their season with the University at Albany.

2014

The regular season included an 18-game schedule, each team playing the other six times. Snake Island Muskies (14-4) won the regular season, finishing just ahead of second place Akwesasne Outlawz (13-5). Caughnawaga Indians (7-11) and Tyendinaga Wolfpack (2-16) finished well behind the top two.

Snake Island easily got past the Wolpack (23-12; 20-7; forfeit) while the Muskies eliminated Caughnawaga (29-4; 20-5; forfeit). The best-of five championship series was won by Akwesasne after a thrilling four-games (8-9, 9-8, 13-9, 10-7) with Snake Island.

2015

With the Akwesasne and Caughnawaga both on hiatus, Snake Island Muskies (9-7) and Tyendinaga Wolfpack (0-6) played a inter-league schedule[6] against QSLL teams. The TNSLL championship was contested in a one-game playoff on August 8 at Deseronto Community Recreation Centre, won by the Muskies 21-9.

2016

Two teams (Caughnawaga Indians, St. Regis Braves)[7] returned while three-time champion Snake Island Muskies went on hiatus. Tyendinaga changed their name from Wolfpack to Thunderbirds.

Tyendinaga eliminated Caughnawaga in three straight to earn a spot in the finals. The Thunderbirds went on to upset St. Regis in the finals to earn their first-ever berth to Presidents Cup.

Teams

Team City/Area Arena Founded Head Coach
Caughnawaga Indians Kahnawake, Quebec Kahnawake Sports Complex 2003 Eric Flo
Snake Island Muskies Cornwall, Ontario A'nowara'ko:wa Arena 2009 On hiatus in 2016
St. Regis Braves Massena, New York Benson Centre 2009 Chuckie Brown
Tyendinaga Thunderbirds Deseronto, Ontario Deseronto Community Recreation Centre 1995 Jack Green

Former teams

Team City Founded League Titles (1993) Presidents Cup Titles Notes
Akwesasne Outlawz Akwesasne, Ontario 2009 1 0 Previously known as Cornwall Island Redmen (2009-2014).

Went on hiatus in 2015.

Akwesasne Thunderbirds Akwesasne, Ontario 2009 0 0 Ceased operations after 2010 season.

Champions

Season Playoffs winner Finalist Result
2009 Massena Muskies Cornwall Island Redmen 3-0 (best-of 5)
2010 Cornwall Island Redmen Snake Island Muskies 3-0 (best-of 5)
2011 Snake Island Muskies St. Regis Braves 3-2 (best-of 5)
2012 St. Regis Braves Cornwall Island Redmen 4-0 (best-of 7)
2013 Caughnawaga Indians Snake Island Muskies 4-1 (best-of 7)
2014 Akwesasne Outlawz Snake Island Muskies 3-1 (best-of 5)
2015 Snake Island Muskies Tyendinaga Wolfpack 21-9
2016 Tyendinaga Thunderbirds St. Regis Braves 3-1 (best-of 5)

Presidents Cup medal history

Year Team (medal) Team (medal)
2011 St. Regis Braves (GOLD) Snake Island Muskies (SILVER)
2012 St. Regis Braves (GOLD)
2013 Caughnawaga Indians (SILVER)

References

  1. "St. Regis Braves take President's Cup Championship". Indian Time. 8 September 2011.
  2. "Presidents Cup: St. Regis Braves successfully defend". Inside Lacrosse. 3 September 2012.
  3. "Indians win TNLL, advance to Presidents' Cup". KahnawakeNews.com. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  4. "Caughnawaga Indians are ILA Champs". Indian Time. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
  5. "Albany's Thompson Brothers Named Tewaaraton Award Winners" (PDF). Tewaaraton Award. 29 May 2014.
  6. "Third straight loss for Snake Island Muskies". Cornwall Standard Freeholder. 16 July 2015.
  7. "Indoor lacrosse returns to Massena Arena for June, July games". Watertown Daily Times. 17 June 2016.
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