- Owen Sound North Stars Jr. B
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- For the current senior lacrosse team, please see: Owen Sound NorthStars.
- For the original senior lacrosse team, please see: Owen Sound North Stars.
Owen Sound North Stars 
City Owen Sound, Ontario League OLA Junior B Lacrosse League Founded 1973 Home Arena Bayshore Community Centre Colours Blue, Red, and White Coach Rodney Tapp GM Brad Bowers The Owen Sound North Stars are Junior "B" box lacrosse team from Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada. The North Stars play in the OLA Junior B Lacrosse League.
- Owen Sound Satellites 1973 - 1977
- Owen Sound Forsythes 1978
- Owen Sound Signmen 1979 - 1989
- Owen Sound Flying Dutchmen 1990 - 2005
- Owen Sound Rams 2006 - 2008
- Owen Sound North Stars 2009 to Present
History
The Owen Sound junior lacrosse team first appeared, statistically, in the second year of the short history of the Ontario Lacrosse Association's Junior "C" league. Led by future coach Mark Kazarian and heavily skilled David Cruikshank, the Satellites started a string of four straight finals appearances and three straight Ontario Junior "C" Championships. Competing against the Orangeville Stingers and the Orillia Lions, both future OLA Junior A Lacrosse League teams, the Owen Sound franchise was not short on competition.
After the 1979 season, the OLA-C folded into the OLA-B and with it came the Owen Sound Signmen. During the 1980 season, the Signmen won their first ever Ontario Junior "B" title and their fourth straight league championship (3 Junior "C", 1 Junior "B"). Sadly, at their first stab at the National title, the Founders Cup, the Signmen lost out to the Alberta champion.
The next big season for the Owen Sound team came in 1993. Now under the name "Flying Dutchmen", Owen Sound finished the season in first place with a 20-2 record. In the Quarter-final, they swept the Guelph Regals in three games. In the Semi-final, the Dutchies swept the Elora Mohawks in four straight games. In the Final, the Dutchmen were challenged by the Orillia Kings for the league title. Although a tight series, the Dutchmen took the best-of-7 in 6 games. They went on to win the Founders Cup as National Champions.
Although 1994 was not a very good season for the Dutchies, the next few seasons were quite productive. In 1998, the Dutchies even won the West Conference's Regular Season with a 19-4-1 record, but failed to do much in the playoffs. 1999 until present could only be described as "rebuilding years". Although the team hasn't really done badly, they seem to be struggling to put together a season that could be viewed as a success. In 2006, they changed their name to the Rams. Starting the 2009 season the Owen Sound Jr B Lacrosse team took on a new sponsor and a new name. The Team is now known as the " Owen Sound ProTeam North Stars "
Season-by-Season results
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Season GP W L T GF GA PTS Placing Playoffs 1973 26 12 14 0 327 381 24 4th OLA-C Div B Lost 1st Round 1974 26 17 9 0 404 310 34 4th OLA-C Central Lost Division Semi-final 1975 24 8 14 2 328 390 18 7th OLA-C Central DNQ 1976 22 17 5 0 381 293 34 1st OLA-C Lost Final 1977 24 18 6 0 434 276 36 2nd OLA-C Won League 1978 20 16 4 0 354 233 32 2nd OLA-C Won League 1979 24 21 3 0 490 226 42 1st OLA-C Won League 1980 16 14 2 0 310 162 28 1st OLA-B Central Won League 1981 20 15 5 0 348 209 30 3rd OLA-B West Lost Quarter-final 1982 24 20 4 0 418 257 40 1st OLA-B West Won League, Won Founders Cup 1983 22 14 6 0 392 262 28 2nd OLA-B West Lost Semi-final 1984 20 16 4 0 429 247 32 2nd OLA-B Div II Lost Quarter-final 1985 24 13 11 0 381 295 26 4th OLA-B West Lost Quarter-final 1986 20 12 8 0 309 302 24 3rd OLA-B West Lost Quarter-final 1987 24 8 16 0 289 334 16 6th OLA-B West DNQ 1988 20 3 17 0 199 302 6 6th OLA-B West DNQ 1989 20 13 7 0 240 223 26 4th OLA-B Lost Quarter-final 1990 20 11 9 0 279 234 22 6th OLA-B Lost Semi-final 1991 18 7 11 0 217 207 14 6th OLA-B Lost Quarter-final 1992 20 6 14 0 215 319 12 9th OLA-B DNQ 1993 22 20 2 0 360 160 40 1st OLA-B Won League, Won Founders Cup 1994 22 7 14 1 216 279 15 9th OLA-B DNQ 1995 22 15 6 1 252 207 31 2nd OLA-B Central Lost Semi-final 1996 22 13 9 0 263 203 26 3rd OLA-B West Lost Quarter-final 1997 22 15 7 0 301 210 30 3rd OLA-B West Lost Quarter-final 1998 24 19 4 1 354 178 39 1st OLA-B West Lost Semi-final 1999 21 10 11 0 227 194 20 7th OLA-B West Lost 1st Round 2000 21 6 15 0 157 241 12 7th OLA-B West DNQ 2001 20 5 15 0 123 190 10 10th OLA-B West DNQ 2002 22 8 13 1 141 189 17 9th OLA-B West DNQ 2003 20 7 12 1 133 165 15 6th OLA-B West Lost Quarter-final 2004 20 12 8 0 176 169 24 5th OLA-B West Lost Quarter-final 2005 20 10 9 1 184 167 21 8th OLA-B West Lost 1st Round 2006 20 11 8 1 159 143 23 6th OLA-B West Lost 1st Round 2007 20 12 8 0 191 137 24 7th OLA-B West Lost Quarter-final 2008 20 11 8 1 150 135 23 5th OLA-B West Lost 1st Round 2009 20 10 10 0 125 138 20 8th OLA-B West Lost Quarter-final 2010 20 11 8 1 125 127 23 6th OLA-B West Lost 1st Round 2011 20 4 16 0 161 225 8 13th OLA-B West DNQ External links
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