Collingwood Blues
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| Collingwood Blues | |
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| City: | Collingwood, Ontario |
| League: | Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League |
| Division: | North |
| Founded: | Unknown |
| Home Arena: | Eddie Bush Memorial Arena |
| Colours: | Blue, Gold, Black, and White |
| Head Coach: | Jim Hamilton |
| General Manager: | Dan McIlhone |
| Parent club(s): | Oshawa Generals |
| Farm club(s): | Alliston Hornets |
| Franchise history | |
| 1940s-1955: | Collingwood Greenshirts |
| 1955-19xx: | Collingwood Cobras |
| 19xx-1969: | Collingwood Legionnaires |
| 1969-1977: | Collingwood Blues |
| 1977-1979: | Collingwood Glassmen |
| 1979-1987: | Collingwood Shipbuilders |
| 1988-present: | Collingwood Blues |
The Collingwood Blues are a Tier II Junior "A" ice hockey team from Collingwood, Ontario, Canada. They are a part of the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League.
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[edit] History
Collingwood junior hockey excellence can be traced back as far as 1950 where the town's Junior "C" team won four straight Clarence Schmalz Cups as All-Ontario Junior "C" Champions.
Although the exact origin of the Blues is not currently known, they dabbled mainly in Junior B and Junior C from 1969 until 1993. They won the Central Junior B Hockey League playoff championship in 1970 and 1971. In 1972, after transferring to the Mid-Ontario Junior B League, they won their league title. They won that title again in 1975-76 and advanced through the Ontario playdowns all the way to the Sutherland Cup provincial final against the St. Marys Lincolns of the Western Junior B Hockey League. St. Marys won the series 4-3.
The Blues played in the Southern Ontario Junior A Hockey League in 1976-77 and finished third out of four teams. The league folded and Collingwood dropped all the way to Junior C in 1977-78 with a team called the Glassmen. In 1979, the team changed their name to the Shipbuilders and jumped to the Major Intermediate A Hockey League. The Shipbuilder were 1982-83 Major Int. "A" Champions and second place in the province to a team from Timmins, Ontario. In 1983, the league was promoted to Senior "A". The team left the league in 1987 and went on hiatus. In their final Senior season, they won the OHA Senior "A" title 4-games-to-2 against the Dunnville Mudcats of the Southern Senior A Hockey League.
In 1988, the Blues voted back into the Central Junior B Hockey League. In 1993, the league was promoted to Tier II Junior A status and the Blues remain a member of that league today.
[edit] Season-by-Season Results
| Season | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | P | Results | Playoffs | |
| 1969-71 | Central Jr. B Standings Not Available | ||||||||||
| 1971-76 | Mid-Ontario Jr. B Standings Not Available | ||||||||||
| 1976-77 | 34 | 10 | 18 | 6 | - | 156 | 176 | 26 | 3rd SOJAHL | Lost Semi-final | |
| 1977-79 | Georgian Bay Jr. C Standings Not Available | ||||||||||
| 1979-83 | Major Int. A Standings Not Available | ||||||||||
| 1983-84 | 38 | 20 | 17 | 1 | - | 238 | 221 | 41 | 7th OHA Sr. A | ||
| 1984-85 | 40 | 23 | 16 | 1 | - | 206 | 194 | 47 | 4th OHA Sr. A | ||
| 1985-86 | 36 | 15 | 21 | 0 | - | 144 | 205 | 30 | OHA Sr. A | ||
| 1986-87 | OHA Sr. A Standings Not Available | ||||||||||
| 1987-88 | Did Not Participate | ||||||||||
| 1988-89 | 42 | 5 | 34 | 3 | - | 166 | 353 | 13 | 15th CJBHL | ||
| 1989-90 | 42 | 13 | 24 | 5 | - | 201 | 257 | 31 | 10th CJBHL | ||
| 1990-91 | 42 | 15 | 22 | 5 | - | 170 | 209 | 35 | 11th CJBHL | ||
| 1991-92 | 42 | 7 | 28 | 7 | - | 147 | 247 | 21 | 14th CJBHL | ||
| 1992-93 | 48 | 10 | 36 | 2 | - | 162 | 355 | 23 | 15th CJBHL | ||
| 1993-94 | 40 | 10 | 29 | 1 | - | 127 | 223 | 22 | 14th OPJHL | ||
| 1994-95 | 48 | 21 | 24 | 3 | - | 210 | 223 | 46 | 11th OPJHL | ||
| 1995-96 | 49 | 28 | 16 | 5 | - | 237 | 193 | 61 | 7th OPJHL | ||
| 1996-97 | 51 | 28 | 18 | 5 | - | 249 | 206 | 62 | 8th OPJHL | ||
| 1997-98 | 51 | 35 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 263 | 156 | 74 | 3rd OPJHL | ||
| 1998-99 | 51 | 41 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 309 | 126 | 84 | 2nd OPJHL | ||
| 1999-00 | 47 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 243 | 148 | 60 | 12th OPJHL | ||
| 2000-01 | 49 | 27 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 224 | 142 | 57 | 16th OPJHL | ||
| 2001-02 | 49 | 23 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 191 | 181 | 51 | 18th OPJHL | ||
| 2002-03 | 49 | 23 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 204 | 176 | 47 | 22nd OPJHL | ||
| 2003-04 | 49 | 22 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 174 | 216 | 51 | 17th OPJHL | ||
| 2004-05 | 49 | 13 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 158 | 217 | 30 | 28th OPJHL | ||
| 2005-06 | 48 | 22 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 171 | 172 | 51 | 21st OPJHL | Lost Conf. SF | |
| 2006-07 | 48 | 22 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 157 | 169 | 51 | 17th OPJHL | Lost Conf. SF | |
[edit] Sutherland Cup Appearances
- 1976: St. Marys Lincolns defeated Collingwood Blues 4-games-to-3
