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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.

• 1937–1937 Vancouver Burrard Olympics
• 1938–1949 Vancouver Burrards
• 1950–1950 Vancouver Burrard Westerns
• 1951–1951 Vancouver Combines
• 1952–1958 Vancouver Pilseners
• 1959–1969 Vancouver Carlings
• 1970–1993 Vancouver Burrards

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.

Team record

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

• Terry Kirstiuk (2001–2007)
• Shawn Joinson (2008–present)

Managers

• Terry Kirstiuk (2001–2006)
• Shawn Joinson (2007–present)

Head coaches

• Dan Rodrigues (2001)
• Marc Olimpo (2002–2004)
• Dan Rodrigues (2005)
• Tony Delmonico (2007–2010)

Team Record

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

• Terry Kirstiuk (governor / team manager) 2003–2004, 2008–present
• Terry Kirstiuk (governor) 2005–2007
• Dave Stewart-Candy (team manager) 2005–2007

Team Record

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

Intermediate B

Team Record

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.

• 1 - Walt Lee
• 1 - Jack Green
• 2 - Don Hamilton
• 5 - John Cavallin
• 14 - Harry Buchanan
• 18 - Bill Chisholm
• 21 - Roy Cavallin
• 29 - Dave Evans

References

1. "History - Maple Ridge Burrards". www.burrards.ca. Retrieved 2024-10-02.
2. "1960s Burrards Vancouver [Down Memory Lane]". www.clhof.org. Retrieved 2024-10-02.
3. "Home - Western Lacrosse Association". www.wlalacrosse.com. Retrieved 2024-10-02.

• Lacrosse teams in Vancouver