Vancouver Burrards Explained

Vancouver Burrards Senior Lacrosse Club has been the name of several lacrosse teams in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Currently, the Club consists of three teams in Senior B, Senior C, and Intermediate B lacrosse; the Junior B team suspended operations for the 2007 season. There is no affiliation between the current Vancouver Burrards teams and the WLA Burrards now located in Maple Ridge.

Due to arena availability in the City of Vancouver leading up to the 2010 Winter Olympics, the Senior B Burrards were forced out of their home arena at Killarney Community Centre after the 2006 season and moved to the Burnaby Lake arena. This resulted in the 2007 season becoming the first lacrosse season since 1928 in which no senior men's summer lacrosse was played within the City of Vancouver.

Senior A 1937–1993

Former Senior 'A' team which joined the Inter-City Lacrosse League in 1937. The team played in the Western Lacrosse Association until 1993 when the team was transferred to Surrey. Two years later the Surrey Burrards moved to their current home in Maple Ridge.

During the team's existence in Vancouver, it underwent numerous name changes to reflect sponsorship and merging with other teams.

In the early days, the Vancouver Forum on the PNE grounds was used as the home arena until Kerrisdale Arena was built on the west side of the city in 1949. In May 1990, the Burrards left Kerrisdale Arena and moved to the PNE Agridome, playing there until departing for Surrey four seasons later.

HISTORY - UNDER CONSTRUCTION

The Burrard Olympics were founded in 1937 by Les Dickinson, Bill Calder, and Ed Bayley of the Burrard Liberal Association – however the team almost never got out of the starting gate due to a player signing dispute between the Richmond Farmers, Vancouver Home Gas and the newly formed Burrards. Three days before their Inter-City Lacrosse League season opener on May 1, 1937, a solution was found which saw the Richmond Farmers and Vancouver Home Gas teams merged into one combined squad.

The Burrard Olympics finished their inaugural season in last place and were renamed the Vancouver Burrards the following season, although in those early days the nickname Burrard Bombers or Blue Bombers was often heard and seen in the press. The Burrards improved to finish in third-place in the 5-team league with a winning record but then fell to the New Westminster Salmonbellies 15-11 and 12–10 in the first round of playoffs.

1939 saw the Burrards took first place during the regular season by 2 points but then lose again in the first-round of playoffs, this time 20–4 in game seven to the New Westminster Adanacs.

Vancouver Burrards won the Inter-City Lacrosse League regular season for the second year in a row in 1940. This time for the post-season, they secured a bye to the league finals and then swept the New Westminster Adanacs in four games. The Burrards then brushed aside the Rossland Red Men in two games to win the Kilmarnock Cup, symbolic of the senior champion of British Columbia. Vancouver then travelled eastwards to meet the Cornwall Braves in the Dominion semi-finals, easily handling their opposition in 2 lopsided games. Making their first Mann Cup appearance, the Burrards won the opening game 14-9 versus the St. Catharines Athletics before losing the next three games 15–5, 17–10, and 18–5.

Inter-City Lacrosse League (ICLL) 1937–1967

National Lacrosse Association (NLA) 1968

Western Lacrosse Association (WLA) 1969–1993

Team Record

Vancouver Burrards
SeasonTeamGPWLTGFGAPTS
1937Vancouver Burrard Olympics28820035545716
1938Vancouver Burrards241410036633126
1939Vancouver Burrards24195039827638
1940Vancouver Burrards24175243330136
1941Vancouver Burrards24177036229134
1942Vancouver Burrards24149125422329
1943Vancouver Burrards18108024521620
1944Vancouver Burrards241014029927620
1945Vancouver Burrards24204040427840
1946Vancouver Burrards241211131632525
1947Vancouver Burrards24158135731531
1948Vancouver Burrards24168034928032
1949Vancouver Burrards1697021718618
1950Vancouver Burrard Westerns321714143541235
1951Vancouver Combines321714143541235
1952Vancouver Pilseners321715041141934
1953Vancouver Pilseners321912137230639
1954Vancouver Pilseners321418034232628
1955Vancouver Pilseners321220031740824
1956Vancouver Pilseners301613131032033
1957Vancouver Pilseners301020027932720
1958Vancouver Pilseners301613132031233
1959Vancouver Carlings301514130928731
1960Vancouver Carlings302010031124840
1961Vancouver Carlings30199237126640
1962Vancouver Carlings32266033621252
1963Vancouver Carlings30227132624945
1964Vancouver Carlings32239036727446
1965Vancouver Carlings302010031326140
1966Vancouver Carlings301514128728431
1967Vancouver Carlings301612229126434
1968Vancouver Carlings382216041037944
1969Vancouver Carlings29920027636918
1970Vancouver Burrards301614034835332
1971Vancouver Burrards311218135539625
1972Vancouver Burrards361917043540338
1973Vancouver Burrards25178034828334
1974Vancouver Burrards241113029429122
1975Vancouver Burrards241410032230828
1976Vancouver Burrards241014031232320
1977Vancouver Burrards24167130330333
1978Vancouver Burrards241113031733322
1979Vancouver Burrards301119037343522
1980Vancouver Burrards241113029729222
1981Vancouver Burrards241212029428624
1982Vancouver Burrards241212029330824
1983Vancouver Burrards241410027626028
1984Vancouver Burrards24915022026318
1985Vancouver Burrards241113020423822
1986Vancouver Burrards241311023421426
1987Vancouver Burrards241014025826320
1988Vancouver Burrards241113020420422
1989Vancouver Burrards24915022124118
1990Vancouver Burrards24168023619332
1991Vancouver Burrards24816018725116
1992Vancouver Burrards24915019222316
1993Vancouver Burrards2442002203128

Senior B (1999-2007)

West Coast Senior Lacrosse Association (WCSLA) franchise from 1989 to 2007. Team moved to Burnaby prior to the start of the 2007 season and renamed Burnaby Burrards the following year.

Governors

Managers

Head coaches

Team Record

Vancouver Snr 'B' Burrards
SeasonTeamGPWLT/OLGFGAPTS
1970Killarney
1971South Vancouver Killarney20810221220810
1972Vancouver Sporting Club
1973unknown
1974suspended operations-------
1975Vancouver Mr. Sport Hotel1831411192107
1976unknown
1977unknown
1978Vancouver Disco-Sports Angels20515018427510
1979Vancouver Disco-Sports Angels20713019924214
1980Vancouver Disco-Sports Angels
1981Vancouver Disco-Sports Angels1669120820613
1982Vancouver Disco-Sports Angels
1983Vancouver Disco-Sports Angels
1984East Vancouver20514122031011
1985East Vancouver Bluebirds20613120121113
1986Vancouver2041601682118
1987suspended operations-------
1988suspended operations-------
1989Vancouver2422201763054
1990Vancouver21714014
1991Vancouver21516110
1992Vancouver Burrards2121815
1993Vancouver-Killarney Vipers21611417620716
1994Vancouver Vipers2178517218119
1995Vancouver Vipers1811611101893
1996Vancouver Vipers2121901134
1997Vancouver Vipers2102101172500
1998Vancouver Vipers2102011532901
1999Vancouver Burrards2121901072764
2000Vancouver Burrards211182852724
2001Vancouver Burrards2111821412404
2002Vancouver Burrards1841401152078
2003Vancouver Burrards18710112417115
2004Vancouver Burrards1821421151916
2005Vancouver Burrards183141962017
2006Vancouver Burrards1821601132004
2007Vancouver Burrards1831321311978

Senior C

West Central Lacrosse League (WCLL) franchise established in 2003 as the Vancouver Vipers. In October 2005 during the off-season, Vancouver's executive decided to rename the team the Burrards to keep in line with all other Vancouver box lacrosse teams from minor up through to senior level.

Team Executive

Team Record

Vancouver Snr 'C' Burrards
SeasonTeamGPWLTOLGFGAPTSASPENPIMPLACE
2003Vancouver Vipers1201200491410---4th
2004Vancouver Vipers121110057143269541684th
2005Vancouver Vipers125421848313109561523rd
2006Vancouver Burrards1246027110310100771643rd
2007Vancouver Burrards123801881187106862025th

Junior A

In 1948 Vancouver Burrards defeated the St. Catharines Athletics 3 games to 2 (13-17, 10–4, 10–9, 10–13, 12–10) for the Minto Cup, Canadian Junior National Championship.

Junior B

Team Record

Vancouver Jnr 'B' Burrards
SeasonTeamGPWLTGFGAPTS
2001Vancouver Burrards2021531081927
2002Vancouver Burrards201190952782
2003suspended operations-------
2004Vancouver Burrards18711011218814
2005Vancouver Burrards18610217720014
2006Vancouver Burrards1659214616012
2007suspended operations-------

Intermediate B

Team Record

Vancouver Int 'B' Burrards
SeasonTeamGPWLTGFGAPTS
2001suspended operations-------
2002Vancouver Burrards1611502
2003Vancouver Burrards211011020
2004suspended operations-------
2005suspended operations-------
2006Vancouver Burrards1811613
2007Vancouver Burrards210210962540

Retired Numbers

The following players have had their jersey numbers retired by the WLA Burrards club. The Senior B and Senior C Burrards also pay respect to these numbers and avoid using them as well.

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