The Trenton Golden Hawks are a Canadian Junior ice hockey team from Trenton , Ontario . They are members of the Ontario Junior Hockey League , a part of the Canadian Junior Hockey League and a member of the Ontario Hockey Association and Hockey Canada . The team relocated to Trenton in 2009, but were previously known as the Port Hope Predators of Port Hope, Ontario . The team started in 1996 as the Port Hope Buzzards of the Metro Junior A Hockey League .
19-595: Previous to Junior A coming to Port Hope, and subsequently leaving it, the town has operated a series of Junior C teams by the name Port Hope Panthers . In 1996, the Port Hope Buzzards were founded in the Metro Junior A Hockey League . The league only lasted until 1998, when the Metro was absorbed by the larger and healthier Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League . In November 2005, coach Bret Meyers
38-924: A junior hockey team based in Port Hope , Ontario , Canada. They play in the Provincial Junior Hockey League of the Ontario Hockey Association . In 1995, the Trenton Sting made the jump from the Eastern Ontario Junior C Hockey League to the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League . In their wake, they formed a feeder team that was to be known as the Brighton Buzz. The Junior C league changed its name to
57-677: The Empire B Junior C Hockey League just prior to the 1995-96 season to avoid confusion with the Ottawa District Hockey Association 's Eastern Ontario Junior C Hockey League . After two seasons, in 1997 the Brighton Buzz moved and became the Colborne Blackhawks. The Blackhawks folded mid-season in 1999. The Sting's feeder team had been an utter disaster as it had only won 16 games in 140 contests over four seasons. In 2004, Junior hockey came back to
76-569: The Ontario Hockey Association found Clayden guilty of tampering with players from the Cobourg Cougars ' roster. He was suspended for one year and the team was fined $ 5000. In September 2007, Port Hope coach Brian Drumm was suspended for 20 games for striking a Lindsay Muskies player in the face during a game. The team was also fined $ 3500. In early 2009, the Trenton Hercs announced that they were folding mid-season and leaving
95-723: The Ontario Junior Hockey League . In March, rumblings of team moving into the Trenton market came afloat. It turned out to be the Port Hope Predators. According to OJHL commissioner Bob Hooper: “The league never really wanted a team in Port Hope in the first place.” In the 2008-09 season, Port Hope was second in league attendance, while Trenton was ninth. On April 2, 2009, the move and name change were announced. The Port Hope Predators are now
114-525: The "Patcheyes", the Picton Pirates were founded in 1989 as members of the Eastern Ontario Junior C Hockey League. In 1995, the Eastern Ontario Junior C Hockey League changed its name to the Empire B Junior C Hockey League to avoid further confusion with the rather local Ottawa District Hockey Association 's Eastern Ontario Junior C Hockey League . In 2016, the Empire B Junior C Hockey League became
133-571: The 1st place Napanee Raiders who swept the Pirates 2 years in a row, but the Pirates had other plans for the Raiders taking the first 3 games to lead the series 3–0 the Raiders would claw back with the next 2 wins making it 3–2 but the Pirates were not to be denied in Game 6 at home in front of a packed house the pirates got out to an early 4–0 lead in the first and never looked back winning game 6 5–2 and
152-699: The Port Hope Panthers. The Panthers were the league champions for the 2014/15 season and came up short against the Essex 73's during the Clarence Schmalz finals. In 2015/16 they repeated as the league champion and repeated their run to the CSC finals only to have Ayr Centennials claim the title. This made the Panthers the final Empire B Junior C champions. On 2016/17 the league became members of
171-761: The Provincial Junior Hockey League. In the first season of the PJHL the Panthers were the Tod Division Champions and made a playoff run the league finals. The finals was a rematch with Ayr Centennials who defended their CSC title. Picton Pirates The Picton Pirates are a Junior ice hockey team based in Picton , Ontario , Canada. They play in the Tod Division of the Provincial Junior Hockey League . Nicknamed
190-762: The Rebels with a 4-games-to-none sweep. In the team's first ever league final, the Cobras found themselves up against the Amherstview Jets . After a long and hard-fought battle, the Jets had enough fuel left to win game 7 and the series 4-games-to-3. On May 28, 2009, it was announced the Colborne Cobras would move to Port Hope to fill the void left by the OJHL 's Port Hope Predators moving to Trenton and became
209-560: The Tod division of the Provincial Junior Hockey League , an amalgamation of the Southern Ontario junior 'C' leagues under a single banner. The Pirates' first three seasons were disastrous. With nine wins in three seasons, including a winless 1991–92 season, the Pirates did not have a lot to cheer about in the early going. Finally, in the fourth season of operation, the Pirates came to life. The Pirates celebrating winning seasons for
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#1732797368752228-532: The Town of Colborne. The Empire B league expanded and formed the Colborne Cobras. Their first season was all about survival as the team finished in dead last. The 2005-06 season saw the Cobras show some staying power with thirteen wins, despite a fifth-place finish. They made the playoffs, and in the league quarter-final the Cobras drew the Picton Pirates . The Cobras defeated the Pirates 3-games-to-2 to win
247-683: The Trenton Golden Hawks. The Trenton Golden Hawks won their first Frank L Buckland Cup Trophy as OJHL playoff champions in 2016, by defeating the Georgetown Raiders in 7 games. From there, the Golden Hawks traveled north to Kirkland Lake to compete in the Dudley-Hewitt Up, where they went 3-0 in round-robin play and defeated the defending NOJHL champions and Dudley-Hewitt Cup champions Soo Thunderbirds in
266-421: The distance and the Pirates were defeated 3-games-to-2 in a best-of-five. The 2006–07 season was not good to the Picton Pirates. They finished in fifth place, just barely outside the playoff picture. The 2007–08 season was much of the same for the Picton Pirates. They finished in fifth place, again just barely outside the playoff picture. The 2008–09 season was different the Picton Pirates finished fourth but
285-744: The final. Trenton traveled to Lloydminster, Alberta/Saskatchewan for the Royal Bank Cup. Trenton finished first with a 3-0-0-1 record, but were stunned in the semi-final by the hosts Lloydminster Bobcats, who won 6-2. Central Canada Championships NOJHL - OJHL - SIJHL - Host Round robin play with 2nd vs 3rd in semi-final to advance against 1st in 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. Port Hope Panthers The Port Hope Panthers are
304-437: The next ten years. They capped off this strong run with their only league championship in the 1998-99 season. The Pirates were also regular season champions in 1998 and 2000. In recent years, the Pirates' records have been up and down. In 2005–06, the Pirates finished the regular season in fourth place. In the playoff quarter-final, the Pirates drew the upstart Colborne Cobras . The series ended up being an upset as it went
323-434: The team's first ever playoff series. In the league semi-final, the Cobras were swamped by the eventual champion Napanee Raiders 4-games-to-none. The 2006-07 season was a breakout season for the Colborne Cobras. With thirty-two wins in thirty-nine games, the Cobras finished in first place overall in the regular season. In the league semi-final, the Cobras drew the fourth seeded Campbellford Rebels . The Cobras dispatched
342-470: Was suspended for one season and the team was fined $ 4000 after the Ontario Hockey Association investigated the Predators over allegations of hazing and irresponsible public behaviour by the players of the team. In January 2006, the Predators were fined $ 1000 and their director of operations Tim Clayden was suspended for one month for signing a player to a Junior C card without his knowledge. In June 2007,
361-478: Was swept by the Napanee Raiders in the first round of the playoffs The 2009-10 season was the same as the 08-09 pirates ended in fourth and again was swept by the Napanee Raiders in round 1 of the playoffs. The 2010–11 season was a year of redemption for the 3rd place Picton Pirates and faced off with the 2nd place Amherstview Jets in round 1 beating them in 7 games 4–3, The Pirates then moved on to face
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