The Haliburton County Huskies are a Junior "A" ice hockey team from Haliburton , Ontario, Canada. They are a part of the Ontario Junior Hockey League .
6-718: This franchise was founded in 1965 as the Oshawa Crushmen, and were initially a member of the Eastern Junior B Hockey League . In 1972, the Crushmen jumped to the Metro Junior B Hockey League and were renamed the Legionaires. In the late 1970s, the Legionaires were coached by future National Hockey League coach "Iron" Mike Keenan . Keenan's star player during this time was a young Dale Hawerchuk . At
12-846: The Ontario Hockey Association and Canadian Amateur Hockey Association , and competed for the All-Ontario Junior "B" title, the Sutherland Cup . In 1951, the Eastern Group of the Ontario Hockey Association Junior B grouping was segregated and named the Eastern Junior B Hockey League. In 1960, the league consisted of entries from Peterborough, Whitby, Belleville, Kingston, Picton, and Cobourg. A year later,
18-481: The EJBHL added Gananoque. From 1963 until 1965, the league dropped to two full-time members: Kingston and Peterborough. Belleville moonlit as a Junior C team in a Junior B league and the rest of the teams dropped to Junior C. In 1965, Cobourg and Oshawa jumped on board with the league. Although Trenton missed some time, the league consisted of Trenton, Peterborough, Belleville, Oshawa, Cobourg, and Kingston. In 1972,
24-857: The Iroquois Park Sports Centre. In 2021, the Fury again relocated to Minden, Ontario in Haliburton County , where they play out of S.G Nesbitt Memorial Arena as the Haliburton County Huskies. MetJHL years Notable alumni of the Legionnaires, and the Fury include: Eastern Junior B Hockey League The Eastern Junior B Hockey League (EJBHL) was a Junior "B" ice hockey league based in Eastern Ontario . They were sanctioned by
30-563: The end of the 2005–06 season, the Oshawa Legionaires were bought out by NHLers Keith Primeau , Wayne Primeau , as well as business man Peter Tosh. Keith had recently retired due to injury and created his own equipment line known as "Fury", based out of Oshawa. In turn, the Primeaus bought the local team and named them to reflect the name of his company. In 2008, the Fury relocated to Whitby, Ontario , where they played out of
36-639: The league was closed and divided between the original Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League and the Metro Junior B Hockey League . In 1973, the Kingston Frontenacs made the jump to the Ontario Major Junior Hockey League . The other five remaining teams are all one way or another members of the current Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League . In their final years, the EJBHL was dominated by Peterborough, Kingston, and Oshawa. These three teams combined for
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