The Georgetown Raiders are a Junior "A" ice hockey team from Georgetown , Ontario , Canada. They are a part of the Ontario Junior A Hockey League . The team began play in the Central Ontario Jr. B league and was known as the "Georgetown Gemini" until 1988. The Raiders won the 2005 Dudley Hewitt Cup .
14-647: The Georgetown Gemini were founded in 1975 as members of the Central Junior B Hockey League. They were the first junior club in Georgetown since the Jr. C Raiders folded in 1969. The name "Georgetown Raiders" used to belong to a different team that competed in OHA Senior A and Intermediate A ranks in the 1970s and 1980s. The two clubs are not known to be connected. At the 2006 OPJHL Showcase Tournament ,
28-701: The 1970s and 1980s. The Raiders won the W.G. Hardy Trophy, also known as the Hardy Cup , as the Canadian Intermediate A champions in 1982. They are not known to be connected to another Georgetown Raiders team which is currently a member of the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League . Georgetown was an entry in the Niagara District Intermediate A Hockey League , which folded in 1979. Georgetown
42-483: The Central Junior B Hockey League. Founded as a Jr ‘B’ team in 1948-49, the Greenshirts dropped down to Jr ‘C’ in 1949-50, although they played in a mixed league of B and C teams during the regular season. Collingwood junior hockey excellence can be traced back as far as 1950 where the town's Junior "C" team won four straight Clarence Schmalz Cups as All-Ontario Junior "C" Champions. Subsequently, they were named
56-777: The OHA’s Jr ‘C’ Team of the Century. The Blues played in the Georgia Bay Jr.C league until 1969, when they joined the Central Ontario Jr.B league. They won the Central Junior B Hockey League playoff championship in 1970 and 1971. In 1972, after transferring to the Mid-Ontario Junior B League , they won their league title. They won that title again in 1975-76 and advanced through the Ontario playdowns all
70-701: The Raiders showed the host team Newmarket Hurricanes why they have been considered a top tier OPJHL team in recent years. They started out the tournament with a close 5–3 win against the Seguin Bruins . Their second game saw them manhandle the Atlantic Junior Hockey League 's Tier III Junior "A" New York Bobcats by a score of 7–2. They closed out the round robin with a 4–4 tie against the Atlantic league's New Jersey Rockets . In
84-504: The finals. CANADIAN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS Dudley Hewitt Champions - Central , Fred Page Champions - Eastern , Western Canada Cup Champions - Western & Runner-up , and Host Round robin play with top 4 in semi-final and winners to finals. Georgetown Raiders Sr A The Georgetown Raiders were an ice hockey team from Georgetown , Ontario , Canada. They competed in the OHA Senior A and Intermediate A ranks in
98-781: The league to join the local Junior C loop. The folding of the Blues allowed for the folding of the SOJHL. The next season the team was called the Glassmen and compete at the Junior C level. In 1979, the team changed their name to the Shipbuilders and jumped to the Major Intermediate A Hockey League . The Shipbuilder were 1982-83 Major Int. "A" Champions and second place in the province to a team from Timmins, Ontario . In 1983,
112-675: The league was promoted to Senior "A". The team left the league in 1987 and went on hiatus. In their final Senior season they dropped down to the Georgian Bay Senior A Hockey League. They finished second in the regular season behind the Durham Huskies , but they won the league playoffs and the OHA Senior "A" title 4-games-to-2 against the Dunnville Mudcats of the Southern Ontario league. In 1988,
126-614: The midpoint of the third period. They tied up the game with around 6 minutes to go and forced overtime. With 6:01 left in triple overtime, Ryan Ford earned the Raiders a birth into the finals. Final score: 5-4 3OT. The final was a high scoring affair, ending with the Raiders defeating the host Newmarket Hurricanes by a score of 7–5. [1] Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against Central Canada Championships NOJHL - OJHL - SIJHL - Host Round robin play with 2nd vs 3rd in semi-final to advance against 1st in
140-750: The playoff final in all four seasons, losing to Dundas in 1980, beating the Owen Sound Greys in 1981, defeating the Collingwood Shipbuilders in 1982 and losing to Collingwood in 1983. In 1982, the Raiders became the first OHA team to ever win the Hardy Cup . Only two Ontario teams ever won it, the other being the Dundas Real McCoys in 1986. The Hardy Cup was the Senior "AA"/Intermediate "A" National Championship. The Major Intermediate A league folded in 1983. Georgetown
154-576: The quarter-finals, the Raiders found themselves deadlocked with the Eastern Junior Hockey League 's Tier III Junior "A" Capital District Selects at the end of regulation. They blew a 3-goal lead in the third period, but were saved at 6:46 of double overtime by Rob Sgarbossa. Final score: 6-5 2OT. The semi-final was much the same story. Again against the New York Bobcats, the Raiders actually found themselves down by
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#1732779575445168-783: The way to the Sutherland Cup provincial final against the St. Marys Lincolns of the Western Junior B Hockey League . St. Marys won the series 4-3, handing Collingwood their only home defeat of the season, in game 7 of the finals. The Blues played in the Southern Ontario Junior A Hockey League in 1976-77 and finished third out of four teams. In 1977, the Collingwood Blues informed the SOJHL that they were no longer interested in Junior A hockey and left
182-492: Was one of three teams accepted into the OHA Senior A league. Its fate after this point is not known. This Ontario ice hockey team-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Collingwood Blues (1988%E2%80%932011) The Collingwood Blues were a Junior "A" ice hockey team from Collingwood, Ontario , Canada. They were a part of the Ontario Junior A Hockey League and earlier
196-680: Was one of two teams from that loop (the Dundas Merchants were the other) to be accepted into the Georgian Bay Intermediate A league, with which the Niagara league had played an interlocking schedule. The league changed its name to the Major Intermediate A Hockey League in 1980. The Raiders played four years in the Georgian Bay/Major league and finished in first place three times. They also advanced to
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