Box lacrosse The roots of indoor lacrosse are obscure, but its invention has been attributed to one Paddy Brennan, a field lacrosse player and referee from Montreal, who, being annoyed by the constant slowing of play from balls going out of bounds in the field game, experimented with indoor games at the Mount Royal Arena during the early 1920s. Joseph Cattarinich and Leo Dandurand, owners of the National Hockey League's Montreal Canadiens in the 1920s, led the participating ice hockey arena owners to introduce the new sport. In the 1930s, 6 v 6 indoor lacrosse came to be played in the summer
Heritage Cup (box lacrosse) Heritage Cup (box lacrosse) The Heritage Cup is an international box lacrosse tournament between the national teams of Canada, Iroquois and United States. The games feature mostly players that were members of National Lacrosse League teams. The inaugural Heritage Cup was played on October 2, 2002 at the Hershey Centre in Mississauga, Ontario, and featured Team USA against Team Canada. Team USA won the game 21-16. UNITED STATES Head Coaches: Darris Kilgour (Buffalo), Tony Resch (Philadelphia) CANADA Head Coach: Les Bartley (Toronto) The 2004 Heritage Cup was held at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado on October 16, 2004. The