Nepean Knights
SportBox lacrosse
Founded1993
LeagueOLA Junior B Lacrosse League
Ontario Junior C Lacrosse League
Based inNepean, Ontario
ArenaMerivale Arena
ColoursBlack, Red, and Yellow
Head coachJr. B - Matt Firth, Jr. C - TBD
General managerMatt Firth

The Nepean Knights is a minor lacrosse association playing within the Ontario Lacrosse Association. The name is also shared by The Nepean Knights Jr. B and a newly formed (2019) Junior C team. While the Jr. B team is privately owned, the Junior C team is owned by the minor association.

Junior B history

The Nepean Knights history actually dates back well before its 1993 inception. The original Nepean junior team was the Nepean Lumberjacks of the OLA Junior "C" league in 1975 and 1976. Nepean was virtually a vacant lot for lacrosse until the 1990s, when locals applied for an expansion team in the OLA. In 1993, the Knights and the Mimico Mountaineers were granted expansion into the OLA Junior "B" league. Unlike Mimico, which has seemed to carry rather average results every year, Nepean seems to have more of one extreme or the other. From 1993 until 1997, the Knights only pulled off 19 victories in 110 contests. They failed to make the playoffs each year and were looking much like a failed franchise. But from 1998 to 2004 with the exception of a rather average 2002 seasons, the Knights hit the OLA like a Bat out of Hell. They made the playoffs seven straight year and made it to the semi-finals four times. They even finished first place in their conference in 1998, and made to the semis in their first ever playoff.

The 2005 to 2007 seasons were not so plentiful. Junior A lacrosse came to Ottawa in 2005 and that team drew most of its players from the Knights roster. This resulted in the team having three straight losing seasons, despite coming close to cracking .500 in 2006. With the Ottawa Titans on a two-year leave of absence, the Knights 2008 season was big improvement with the team going 11-9 and having a strong showing in the playoffs against the Mimico Mountaineers.

Jr. B season-by-season results

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

SeasonGPWLTGFGAPTSPlacingPlayoffs
1993223181175285712th OLA-BDNQ
1994224180169316812th OLA-BDNQ
199522418017931885th OLA-B EastDNQ
1996226160214262126th OLA-B EastDNQ
199722220013334847th OLA-B EastDNQ
1998201640219171321st OLA-B EastLost semi-final
1999201370232191263rd OLA-B EastLost 1st round
2000201460231155283rd OLA-B EastLost semi-final
2001201271237191255th OLA-B EastLost semi-final
2002228131193244177th OLA-B EastLost Conference Quarter-final
2003201541229167312nd OLA-B EastLost Conference Final
2004201271203155256th OLA-B EastLost Conference Quarter-final
2005205150116239109th OLA-B EastDNQ
2006208120182201169th OLA-B EastDNQ
2007204151132224912th OLA-B EastDNQ
2008201190210182223rd OLA-B EastLost Conference Quarter-final
2009206122121164148th OLA-B EastLost Conference Quarter-final
2010205150921551010th OLA-B EastDNQ
201120119092281212th OLA-B EastDNQ
2012203170113268611th OLA-B EastDNQ
20132010100194194205th OLA-B EastLost Conference Quarter-final
2014207130150179148th OLA-B EastLost Conference Quarter-final
2015 20 13 7 0 212 186 26 4th OLA-B East Lost Conference Quarter-final
2016 20 3 17 0 155 273 6 12th OLA-B East DNQ
2017 20 5 15 0 183 229 10 11th OLA-B East DNQ
2018 20 12 8 0 216 215 24 4th OLA-B East Lost Conference Quarter-Final
2019 20 13 7 0 241 173 26 4th OLA-B East Lost Conference Final
2022 20 18 2 0 242 109 36 1st OLA-B East Won League, won Founders Cup
2023 20 18 2 0 226 78 36 1st OLA-B East Lost Conference Semi-Final

Junior C history

In 2019, The Nepean Knights were granted a team to be a part of membership of the OLA Junior "C" league.

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