The Stayner Siskins are a Canadian Junior ice hockey team based in Stayner, Ontario . They were members of the Georgian Mid-Ontario Junior C Hockey League until 2016 when it merged into the Provincial Junior Hockey League .
16-809: The Stayner Siskins began their journey in 1972 as a member of the South-Central Junior D Hockey League. The next year, the league was promoted and became the Central Ontario Junior C Hockey League. In these early years, the Siskins were not overly successful in their league, but during the playoff were sent out to represent the league in the All-Ontario Junior "D" playdowns for the Ontario Hockey Association Cup. The Siskins first appearance in
32-553: A 3-games-to-none lead. Out of nowhere, the Siskins won games 4, 5, 6, and finally game 7 to pull the ultimate upset and advance to the league semi-finals. The Siskins fell to the eventual provincial champions, the Penetang Kings managed to defeat them 4-games-to-1. The 2006-07 season had the Siskins finish fifth place in the league and draw the fourth seeded Erin Shamrocks in the league quarter-finals. The Siskins upset
48-845: A Canadian junior ice hockey team based in St. Thomas, Ontario , Canada. The team plays in the Western division of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League . Junior ice hockey in St. Thomas began in 1961 with the St. Thomas Barons in the Western Ontario Junior "B" Hockey League . The league was replaced by the Southern Ontario Junior A Hockey League in 1970, and the Barons switched to
64-603: The Belmont Bombers were in town, but they were ready this time. The Bombers dispatched the Stayner Siskins 4-games-to-1. In 1975-76, the Stayner Siskins and Belmont Bombers met for the third and final time. The Siskins and Bombers both came out to win, as the series went the distance the Siskins took the decisive game 7 and the series 4-games-to-3. It is doubtful that these two franchises have ever met since outside of tournament or exhibition play. In 1976,
80-670: The Canadian Amateur Hockey Association . The Barons withdrew from the championship series during the fourth game, played at the Whitney Forum in Flin Flon on May 5. The team left after an on-ice brawl during the second period. The referee defaulted the game to the Bombers, who were leading by a 4–0 score at the time. The Bombers led the series three games to one after the default win. Game five
96-578: The St Thomas Stars of the Jr B Greater Ontario Hockey League from the 07-08 to the 09-10 seasons. The majority of playoffs for the 2019'20 season were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic . The Sailors were swept in the first round. This Ontario ice hockey team-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . St. Thomas Stars The St. Thomas Stars are
112-486: The 2001-02 to win the title of this new league and they won it again in 2003-04. They were not able to reach the Clarence Schmalz Cup on either campaign. The 2005-06 season saw the Siskins finish sixth place at the end of the regular season. The Siskins drew the third seeded Alliston Hornets . The Siskins played spoiler in a huge way. The Hornets were heavily favoured to win the series and had built up
128-462: The All-Ontario Junior D championship came during the 1973-74 season. This year saw the beginning of a three-year rivalry with the Belmont Bombers of the Western Ontario Junior D Hockey League . In the 1974 final, the Siskins, led by veteran captain Kevin McInnis, dropped the Bombers 4-games-to-2 to win their first OHA Cup. The next year saw the Siskins make their second appearance. Again
144-723: The All-Ontario playdowns and made it all the way to the Clarence Schmalz Cup final but lost to the Great Lakes Junior C Hockey League 's powerhouse Belle River Canadiens . The Siskins won the last Mid-Ontario league championship in 1994, but did not advance to the All-Ontario final. In 1994, the Mid-Ontario league merged with Georgian Bay Junior C Hockey League to create the Georgian Mid-Ontario Junior C Hockey League . It took Stayner until
160-788: The Bombers in 05-06. Prior to the 06-07 season, they changed their name to the Central Elgin Express. This was done as the team was going to be splitting their home games between Belmont and Port Stanley. During the 07-08 season, the Express played all their home games in Port Stanley, which was formerly home to the Port Stanley Lakers, which became the West Lorne Lakers before leaving the OHA. During
176-499: The Central Ontario Junior C Hockey League became the Mid-Ontario Junior C Hockey League. The 1976-77 playoffs saw Stayner reach the Ontario Hockey Association Cup final again, but this time against the Western league's Exeter Hawks . The Hawks proved too much for the Siskins to handle as they swept Stayner 4-games-to-none. In 1992, the Stayner Siskins won the Mid-Ontario Junior C Hockey League championship. They entered
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#1732801085061192-675: The Shamrocks and won the series 4-games-to-2. They then ran into the first seeded Fergus Devils and fell to the Devils 4-games-to-1. Belmont Bombers The Port Stanley Sailors are a Canadian Junior ice hockey team based in Port Stanley, Ontario . They play in the Provincial Junior Hockey League . The Sailors were formerly known as the Belmont Bombers, playing their last season as
208-725: The league championship during the 1968–69 season, then played against the Flin Flon Bombers from the Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL) for the Canadian Hockey Association east-west final, and for the Father Athol Murray Trophy. The series was a best-of-seven format which began in St. Thomas. It was the first Canadian national junior ice hockey championship played which was not under the jurisdiction of
224-807: The new league and changed their name to the Elgins. The Elgins folded in 1973, and were merged into the St. Thomas Colonels in the Central Junior C Hockey League . The team moved into the Southwestern Ontario Junior "B" Hockey League in 1976, and then into the Western Ontario Junior Hockey League in 1978. The Colonels changed their name to the Pests in 1980, and then to the Stars in 1984. The Barons won
240-481: The summer of 2008, it was announced that The Central Elgin Express had been sold by Peter North and Bill Walters to a group of four equal owners led by St. Thomas resident Dale J. Howard. The other three owners are Harold Lang, Matt Stolk and Mike Carson. The Sailors were not able to play in 08-09 because the OHA schedule had already been finalized. So the Sailors began play in 09-10. The Express were affiliated with
256-644: Was scheduled in Flin Flon on May 7, and games six and seven would have been in St. Thomas if necessary. The Barons were escorted from the arena to their hotel by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police due to fear of violence. The Canadian Press described the Barons as being over-matched in the series and were not up to the calibre of the WCHL. The Barons abandoned the series in the interest of player safety, and departed for home on May 6, despite
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