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COURTESY TEWENHNI’TATSHON LOUIS DELISLE This article was written by Tewenhni'tatshon Louis Delisle, special to The Eastern Door.  The year was 1969, the Caughnawaga Indians had just won the Quebec Division of the Ontario – Quebec Inter – Provincial Lacrosse League, and the right to challenge for the President’s Cup, emblematic of the Senior B Championship of Canada.

Kahnawake Mohawk Jacob Ruest scores a goal while fighting off captain John Lintz of the then three-time defending President’s Cup champion St. Albert Miners at the Kahnawake Sports Complex in 2019. (David Tuan Bui, The Eastern Door)

(Courtesy Greg Horn/Iorì:wase) Kahnawake will be hosting the 55th annual Presidents’ Cup Senior B men’s national lacrosse championship, beginning this Sunday.

In 2013, the Caughnawaga Indians settled for a bronze medal at the President’s Cup in Kahnawake. After a spectacular finish to the playoffs this year, Dirt McComber’s Indians head to Nanaimo looking for a different colour of medal.

Joe Curotte played with some of lacrosse's greatest legends, and his stay-at-home, be consistent defence led him to the Ontario Lacrosse Hall of Fame.

NLL championship √, Mann Cup √, President’s Cup √. Goalie Angus Goodleaf has won almost every trophy in the lax world, and he plans to be between the pipes when his hometown finally captures the ever-elusive trophy at the end of the month.

A knife’s edge was all that divided the two teams in the QSLL finals, but in the end it was the Mohawk side of the blade that found the mark, and booked Kahnawake into the President’s Cup in Alberta.

The Kahnawake Mohawks have a commanding series lead in the best-of-seven series against the Capital Region Axemen, with a chance to close the series this weekend.

Kahnawake Mohawks goalie Angus Goodleaf makes one of 25 saves Saturday night at the Kahnawake Sports Complex. The Mohawks (11-3) beat the Capital Region Axemen (13-1)

The Caughnawaga Indians felt the same heat their cross-town rivals the Kahnawake Mohawks felt Sunday and fell to the Capital Region Axemen by a sizeable margin.