The Napanee Raiders are a Junior ice hockey team based in Napanee , Ontario , Canada. They play in the Provincial Junior Hockey League of the Ontario Hockey Association .
18-771: The current Napanee Junior C hockey team found its genesis in the 1960s as a member of the Eastern Junior C Hockey League when the team was known as the Napanee Red Wings and later the Napanee Legion. In 1966 the team changed its name to the Napanee Kelly Tiremen, a name that remained with the team through to the 1980 season. Napanee made several appearances in the Clarence Schmalz Cup playoffs during this era advancing to
36-587: The Clarence Schmalz Cup final. Their opponents were the Paris Mounties of the Niagara & District Junior C Hockey League . However unlike the 1993 finals, the Raiders fell short of their bid for a second provincial crown, losing in the championship series, 4-games-to-1. In the 2000-01 season, the Raiders won their sixth Empire B Junior C Hockey League championship. In 2005-06, the Raiders finished
54-567: The Ontario Hockey Association and is sanctioned by the Ontario Hockey Federation and Hockey Canada . The league was formed in 2016 with the merging of eight Junior C leagues. PJHL teams compete for the Clarence Schmalz Cup . In the works since 2014, it was announced in the spring of 2016 that the eight Junior C leagues of the Ontario Hockey Association would merge for the 2016-17 season to create
72-662: The Provincial Junior Hockey League (PJHL) are awarded the Cup. The PJHL was formed in 2016 from the former 8 provincial leagues that previously competed in a tournament, commonly called the All-Ontario Championships, to determine the winner of the Cup. The trophy was named in honour of Clarence "Tubby" Schmalz , an administrator from Walkerton, Ontario . He served as the Ontario Hockey Association president from 1969 to 1972. In 1974,
90-566: The 2015/16 season the Empire B Junior C Hockey League merged with seven other leagues from Southern Ontario to form the Provincial Junior Hockey League . The former league became the Tod Division of the East conference. Clarence Schmalz Cup The Clarence Schmalz Cup is the Ontario Hockey Association 's Junior "C" ice hockey championship and championship trophy. The champions of
108-595: The Alliston Hornets (Georgian Mid Ontario) this time pushing them to six games. After failing to make the playoffs for the first time in 2012-2013, the Raiders have been showing signs of improvement over the past three seasons under head coach Michael Hartwick. The team missed the playoffs by one point in 2013–2014, then reached the Empire B Junior C Hockey League final in each of the past two seasons, ultimately losing to Port Hope both years. The team has improved its wins and points records both seasons also. After
126-592: The Eastern Ontario Junior C Hockey League to the Empire B Junior C Hockey League . The name change was to end confusion between the league and the neighbouring Ottawa District Hockey Association 's long-running Eastern Ontario Junior C Hockey League . In 1995–96, the Napanee Raiders won their fourth straight league championship. Unlike the previous two years, the Raiders made it through to
144-461: The Eastern Ontario Junior C Hockey League was re-formed. The Napanee Raiders were its first regular-season and playoff champions in 1990. In 1993, the Napanee Raiders forced the Ontario Hockey Association to take the far-east upstart league seriously. The Raiders finished first in the regular season with thirty-two wins in thirty-five games played. They won the league playoffs and entered the Clarence Schmalz Cup provincial playdowns. They made it to
162-521: The Junior "C" or "D" level and awaited the Super "C" playoffs. The class was disbanded by 1976 as the only teams eligible for the championship had found homes in Junior "B". Schmalz Cup Page OHA Junior C Provincial Junior Hockey League The Provincial Junior Hockey League (PJHL) is a Canadian junior ice hockey league spanning parts of Southern Ontario . The PJHL is the third tier of
180-723: The Major Junior A program began operating independently of the association as the Ontario Major Junior Hockey League ; Schmalz became the league's first commissioner, a post he held until 1978. He served as vice-chairman of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association from 1979 to 1981, and as chairman in 1981. The association renamed the OHA Junior C Cup in his memory in 1982, then collaborated with Schmalz's family in
198-574: The Provincial Junior Hockey League. The union was in an effort to streamline rules across the classification and to promote growth and development. The leagues that make up the PJHL are the former Central , Empire B , Georgian Mid-Ontario , Great Lakes , Midwestern , Niagara & District , Southern , and Western . leagues that are now the eight divisions split into four conferences. The first game in PJHL history
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#1732797297656216-491: The Raiders and defeated them 4-games-to-2 to move on to the league final. During the 2006-07 season, the Raiders invited the local Canada World Youth branch along with a large contingent of Peruvians from "La Brigada de Voluntarios Bolivarianos del Peru" to attend the game. The Raiders defeated the Picton Pirates 6-3 in front of their guests. The 2007-08 season saw the Raiders win the Empire B Championship and for
234-707: The creation of a commemorative trophy case in the lobby of the Walkerton Community Centre. Bolded is winner of Clarence Schmalz Cup as PJHL and OHA champion. 7 6 5 4 3 2 This trophy was awarded during the 1970s to a new class of junior hockey known as Super "C". The teams that competed were deemed to be from centres too small for Junior "B" but yet too big for Junior "C". The cities that competed for it: Barrie, Woodstock, Kitchener, Owen Sound, and Brantford; struggled throughout that decade to find Junior "B" leagues that suited their needs. While waiting, these teams generally played "down" in
252-993: The cup final in 1963, semi-finals in 1966 and 1967 and the quarter-finals in 1968. In 1980 the Kelly Tiremen became the Napanee Warriors. By this time the Eastern League became the Quinte-St. Lawrence Junior C Hockey league. The league was floundering and in 1986 merged with the more western Central Ontario Junior C Hockey League . It left the Napanee Warriors without a local league and forced them to go on hiatus. Alumni: Blair Jarmin, Jason Hoagle, Aaron Uens, Mike Cassleman, Dylan Bliss, Jon Hull, Scott Bradley, Todd Demerah, John Cranston, Brian Marisson, Andrew Box, Paul Butler, Ben White, Ben Carter, Isaac Brown, Scott Myers, Andrew Hamilton, Jesse Wansborough, Brian Lyman, After three seasons with no junior hockey,
270-809: The first time since 1996 they defeated the Central Ontario League Champion (Georgina Ice) in the CSC QF. The Raiders would fall to the Alliston Hornets (eventual CSC Champs) in five games in the CSC SF The Raiders finished the 2008-09 season with a 20-0 home record. The Raiders regained their league championship in 2009-10 but had similar results in the CSC playdowns. They defeated the Little Britain Merchants (Central Ontario League) in 7 games but fell again to
288-515: The provincial final where they faced the Western Ontario Junior C Hockey League 's Hanover Barons for Ontario's crown. The Raiders came out on top with a 4-games-to-2 series win. This marked both the Raiders' and the new league's first provincial championship. The Raiders won the Eastern Ontario Junior C League title again in 1994 and 1995. After the 1995 championship, the league announced that they were changing their name from
306-542: The provincial semi-final, the Raiders ran into the Central Ontario Junior C Hockey League 's Port Perry Mojacks . The Mojacks swept the Empire B champions 4-games-to-none. The 2006-07 season saw the Napanee Raiders slip to third place overall in the regular season standings. The Raiders met the Amherstview Jets in the league semi-final. The Jets were set on avenging the 2006 Finals loss to
324-478: The regular season in first place overall. They received a bye through the league quarter-finals and ended up against the second year Colborne Cobras in the league semi-final. The Raiders proved too much for the Cobras and crushed them 4-games-to-none. In the league final, the Raiders met up with the Amherstview Jets . In a long and tough series, the Raiders prevailed in game 7, winning the series 4-games-to-3. In
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