The Couchiching Terriers were a Junior A ice hockey team from Rama, Ontario , Canada from Lake Couchiching . The team originated in neighbouring Orillia, Ontario , and played in the Ontario Junior A Hockey League . The Terriers were 1985 Centennial Cup National Champions and three time Dudley Hewitt Cup Central Canadian Champions (1984, 1985, 1986). The team folded in 2010 when offered a buyout from the league.
13-723: The Junior A team that now boasts the name "Terriers" was previously known as the Orillia Travelways and was a member of the Mid-Ontario Junior B Hockey League from at least 1971 to 1978. The Mid-Ontario league was discontinued in 1978 and the Travelways were added to the Central Junior B Hockey League at that time. They moved up to the Tier II Junior A ranks for the first time in 1981, joining
26-496: A Junior A ice hockey team from Rama, Ontario , Canada from Lake Couchiching . The team originated in neighbouring Orillia, Ontario , and played in the Ontario Junior A Hockey League . The Terriers were 1985 Centennial Cup National Champions and three time Dudley Hewitt Cup Central Canadian Champions (1984, 1985, 1986). The team folded in 2010 when offered a buyout from the league. The Junior A team that now boasts
39-954: The Niagara District Hockey League . Additional Junior C teams such as the Oakville Blades , Hespeler Shamrocks and Milton Flyers joined in 1970. Other members were the Barrie Colts and the Oak Ridges Dynes. In 1971, the Junior B leagues re-aligned themselves geographically, as the Collingwood Blues and Owen Sound Greys joined the Mid-Ontario junior B league, and the Oakville Blades , Milton Flyers , Burlington Mohawks , Hespeler Shamrocks and Streetsville Derbys moving to
52-942: The Ontario Hockey Association and Canadian Amateur Hockey Association , and competed for the All-Ontario Junior "B" title, the Sutherland Cup . The league was formed in 1970, bringing aboard several Suburban Junior C Hockey League teams such as the Orillia Terriers , the Newmarket Redmen and the Bolton Bruins, the Midland Flyers and Streetsville Derbys , and the Burlington Mohawks from
65-601: The Ontario Junior Hockey League , and won the 1985 Centennial Cup as the best Junior A team in Canada. They are not connected with the Orillia Terriers , a different club which competed in the OHA Senior A and Intermediate A ranks from 1968 to 1982. Orillia was the league's top team, winning three straight playoff championships, but dropped out in 1986 when faulty trusses forced the closing of
78-492: The 1985 Centennial Cup as the best Junior A team in Canada. They are not connected with the Orillia Terriers , a different club which competed in the OHA Senior A and Intermediate A ranks from 1968 to 1982. Orillia was the league's top team, winning three straight playoff championships, but dropped out in 1986 when faulty trusses forced the closing of the Orillia Community Centre. During their absence
91-682: The Central Junior B. The Owen Sound Greys made the jump to the Southern Ontario Junior A Hockey League in 1975 after 3 straight Mid-Ontario titles. In 1976, they were followed into the Southern Ontario A by the Collingwood Blues . In 1978, a weakened Mid-Ontario league folded and the Orillia Terriers , Thornhill Thunderbirds , the Barrie Colts , and Oak Ridges Dynes joined the Central League . Couchiching Terriers The Couchiching Terriers were
104-543: The Junior A league collapsed, so the team returned to the Central Junior B league in 1987 under the name "Laidlaws" (their sponsor, the Travelways bus line was acquired by Laidlaw transportation). When Laidlaw dropped the sponsorship, they returned to their "Terriers" name in 1989 and returned to Tier II in 1993 when the Central loop became the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League. The Terriers won
117-461: The Orillia Community Centre. During their absence the Junior A league collapsed, so the team returned to the Central Junior B league in 1987 under the name "Laidlaws" (their sponsor, the Travelways bus line was acquired by Laidlaw transportation). When Laidlaw dropped the sponsorship, they returned to their "Terriers" name in 1989 and returned to Tier II in 1993 when the Central loop became the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League. The Terriers won
130-409: The name "Terriers" was previously known as the Orillia Travelways and was a member of the Mid-Ontario Junior B Hockey League from at least 1971 to 1978. The Mid-Ontario league was discontinued in 1978 and the Travelways were added to the Central Junior B Hockey League at that time. They moved up to the Tier II Junior A ranks for the first time in 1981, joining the Ontario Junior Hockey League , and won
143-593: The new league's first playoff championship in 1994. At the time of their folding, the Terriers were the official farm team of the Barrie Colts and the parent club of the Alliston Hornets . The Terriers folded due to financial troubles combined with a lack of arena time. The rink in Rama wanted too much money for ice time, so the Terriers wished to move back to Orillia—their original home. Not enough ice time
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#1732787864948156-420: The new league's first playoff championship in 1994. At the time of their folding, the Terriers were the official farm team of the Barrie Colts and the parent club of the Alliston Hornets . The Terriers folded due to financial troubles combined with a lack of arena time. The rink in Rama wanted too much money for ice time, so the Terriers wished to move back to Orillia—their original home. Not enough ice time
169-622: Was available at the Orillia rink due to minor hockey needs. The Terriers also wanted to move to Orillia due to the town's deeper interest in junior hockey. Ticket sales in recent years in Rama were weak, but in Orillia, where the Terriers played a handful of games, the arena was near, if not full. Mid-Ontario Junior B Hockey League The Mid-Ontario Junior B Hockey League was a Junior "B" ice hockey league based in Southern Ontario from 1970 to 1978. They were sanctioned by
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