From 1976 until 1983, the original Hamilton Bengals existed in the OLA Junior A Lacrosse League.

Their first playoff opponent was the Niagara Thunderhawks who gave them the rookie treatment, vanquishing the Bengals in three straight games.

They would go on and win their first ever playoff series as well before falling in the second round to the Six Nations Rebels.

In 2018 the Bengals completed their best regular season ever, but fell in the first round of the playoffs to the Wallaceburg Red Devils, losing 3 games - 2.

The Bengals Coaching Staff were selected by their peers as Jr B West Coaching Staff of the year in both 2017 and 2018 Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against