Bramalea Blues

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Bramalea Blues
Bramalea Blues
Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League
City Brampton, Ontario
Founded 1972
Division West
Head Coach TBA
General Manager TBA
Arena Victoria Park Arena
Team Colors Blue, Yellow, and White
Affiliate Team(s) Brampton Battalion
Royal Bank Cups none
Dudley Hewitt Cups 1999
Buckland Trophies 1999
Sutherland Cups 1975

The Bramalea Blues are a Tier II Junior "A" ice hockey team from Brampton, Ontario, Canada. They are a part of the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League but also used to be a part of the Metro Junior A Hockey League. They joined the OPJHL in 1995.

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[edit] History

Formed in 1972, the Blues joined the Metro Junior "B" league. The Metro had just been curtailed by the Ontario Hockey Association as the many of their top teams were moved to the newly created OHA Junior "A" league. The Blues won the Sutherland Cup in 1975 as OHA Junior "B" Champions and was one of the top Junior "B" teams in Ontario for almost two decades winning league titles in 1974, 1975, 1985, and 1988.

In 1991, the Metro league (along with the Blues) went Junior "A". The team stayed with the Metro until 1995 when a mass exodus of teams made the jump to the OPJHL. In 1999, the Blues won the Buckland Cup as league champions and the Dudley Hewitt Cup as Central Canadian Champions. They fell short at the Royal Bank Cup.

In the 1990s, the Blues had a working agreement of affiliation with the South-Central Triple A Hockey League's local Chinguacousy Blues minor hockey club.

[edit] 1999 Royal Bank Cup

The Blues opened up the Royal Bank Cup 1999 with a 4-2 victory over the British Columbia Hockey League's Vernon Vipers -- the Doyle Cup Champions. The Blues then took out the Anavet Cup Champions, the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League's Estevan Bruins 4-3. The Blues then beat the host Yorkton Terriers by a score of 5-1. The Blues had already clinched first place in the round robin and floated through a 5-1 loss to the Fred Page Cup Champion Charlottetown Abbies of the Maritime Junior A Hockey League.

The slack effort did not pay off. The Blues entered the Semi-final as the favourite to win the Royal Bank Cup, but were upset by the Vernon Vipers by a score of 3-2. The Vipers went on to win the Cup, and the favourite Blues were left with a long and unhappy ride home from Yorkton, Saskatchewan.

[edit] 2006-07

After the Royal Bank Cup upset loss to the Vernon Vipers, the Blues played like a team jinxed. With only one winning season in the last seven, the Blues have never been the same.

Despite initial optimism, at the halfway point of the 2006-07 season the Blues are sitting at a dismal 1 win, 23 losses, and an overtime loss. As of November 18, the Blues are in the basement of the OPJHL and are in danger of missing the playoffs again. On January 18, 2007, the Blues, with a 1-38-1-2 record, were officially eliminated from any chance of making the playoffs. The final blow came with the Orangeville Crushers defeating the surging Newmarket Hurricanes which pushed the Crushers out of reach in the wildcard race. [2] The Blues finished the season in last place and with one of the worst records in Tier II Junior "A" history.

[edit] Future of franchise

After folding for the 2007-08 season and almost moving to Ancaster, Ontario[1], the Blues have announced new ownership and that they will return for 2008-09.[2]

[edit] Season-by-season results

Season GP W L T OTL GF GA P Results Playoffs
1972-73 34 13 18 3 - 148 168 29 6th Metro B
1973-74 44 22 15 7 - 229 202 51 4th Metro B
1974-75 38 30 5 3 - 268 122 63 1st Metro B
1975-76 36 21 9 6 - 193 144 48 3rd Metro B
1976-77 36 17 18 1 - 180 163 35 8th Metro B
1977-78 34 11 19 4 - 145 192 26 11th Metro B
1978-79 44 28 9 7 - 298 172 63 2nd Metro B
1979-80 42 22 14 6 - 235 215 50 5th Metro B
1980-81 42 17 16 9 - 179 167 43 7th Metro B
1981-82 35 8 22 5 - 115 178 21 12th Metro B
1982-83 36 20 10 6 - 186 131 46 3rd Metro B
1983-84 42 24 11 7 - 237 166 55 2nd Metro B
1984-85 36 21 9 6 - 201 139 48 5th Metro B Won League
1985-86 35 27 5 3 - 224 121 57 2nd Metro B Lost Final
1986-87 37 16 15 6 - 194 198 38 7th Metro B Lost Quarter-final
1987-88 37 27 7 3 - 249 142 57 1st Metro B Won League
1988-89 39 19 15 5 - 200 184 43 4th Metro B
1989-90 44 26 10 8 - 235 155 60 4th Metro B
1990-91 44 26 10 8 - 233 171 60 3rd Metro B
1991-92 44 20 21 3 - 238 233 43 5th Metro A
1992-93 48 22 22 4 - 251 243 48 7th Metro A
1993-94 50 20 22 8 - 262 295 48 9th Metro A Lost Quarter-final
1994-95 50 17 31 2 - 199 249 36 12th Metro A
1995-96 50 37 10 3 - 292 142 77 3rd OPJHL
1996-97 51 36 12 3 - 263 154 76 4th OPJHL
1997-98 51 32 11 6 2 244 182 72 4th OPJHL
1998-99 51 38 6 7 0 296 158 83 3rd OPJHL Won League, Won DHC
1999-00 49 10 33 2 4 142 217 26 33rd OPJHL
2000-01 49 18 23 4 4 182 206 44 28th OPJHL
2001-02 49 25 19 4 1 224 209 55 14th OPJHL
2002-03 49 10 35 3 1 168 282 24 31st OPJHL
2003-04 49 14 30 2 3 137 223 33 30th OPJHL
2004-05 49 4 44 0 1 97 381 9 34th OPJHL
2005-06 49 10 36 1 2 127 278 23 32nd OPJHL DNQ
2006-07 49 1 45 1 2 111 360 5 35th OPJHL DNQ

[edit] Sutherland Cup appearances

1974: Hamilton Red Wings defeated Bramalea Blues by forfeit (No name of winner recorded on cup & caused investigation into violence in hockey)
1975: Bramalea Blues defeated Oakville Blades 4-games-to-3
1985: Waterloo Siskins defeated Bramalea Blues 4-games-to-1
1988: Waterloo Siskins defeated Bramalea Blues 4-games-to-1

[edit] Notable alumni

[edit] References

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ Bramalea Blues

[edit] External links


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