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.
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
Season
GP
W
L
T
GF
GA
PTS
Placing
Playoffs
1993
22
3
18
1
175
285
7
12th OLA-B
DNQ
1994
22
4
18
0
169
316
8
12th OLA-B
DNQ
1995
22
4
18
0
179
318
8
5th OLA-B East
DNQ
1996
22
6
16
0
214
262
12
6th OLA-B East
DNQ
1997
22
2
20
0
133
348
4
7th OLA-B East
DNQ
1998
20
16
4
0
219
171
32
1st OLA-B East
Lost semi-final
1999
20
13
7
0
232
191
26
3rd OLA-B East
Lost 1st round
2000
20
14
6
0
231
155
28
3rd OLA-B East
Lost semi-final
2001
20
12
7
1
237
191
25
5th OLA-B East
Lost semi-final
2002
22
8
13
1
193
244
17
7th OLA-B East
Lost Conference Quarter-final
2003
20
15
4
1
229
167
31
2nd OLA-B East
Lost Conference Final
2004
20
12
7
1
203
155
25
6th OLA-B East
Lost Conference Quarter-final
2005
20
5
15
0
116
239
10
9th OLA-B East
DNQ
2006
20
8
12
0
182
201
16
9th OLA-B East
DNQ
2007
20
4
15
1
132
224
9
12th OLA-B East
DNQ
2008
20
11
9
0
210
182
22
3rd OLA-B East
Lost Conference Quarter-final
2009
20
6
12
2
121
164
14
8th OLA-B East
Lost Conference Quarter-final
2010
20
5
15
0
92
155
10
10th OLA-B East
DNQ
2011
20
1
19
0
92
281
2
12th OLA-B East
DNQ
2012
20
3
17
0
113
268
6
11th OLA-B East
DNQ
2013
20
10
10
0
194
194
20
5th OLA-B East
Lost Conference Quarter-final
2014
20
7
13
0
150
179
14
8th OLA-B East
Lost 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.