Wellington Dukes

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Wellington Dukes

City:	Wellington, Ontario
League:	Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League
Division:	East
Founded:	1983
Home Arena:	Wellington & District Community Centre
Colours:	Red, Yellow, and Blue
Head Coach:	Marty Abrams
General Manager:	Marty Abrams
Parent club(s):	Belleville Bulls
Farm club(s):	Napanee Raiders
Previous franchise history
1972-1982:	Belleville Bobcats
1982-1987:	Trenton Bobcats
1987-1989:	Belleville Bobcats (merged)

The Wellington Dukes are a Tier II Junior "A" ice hockey team from Wellington, Ontario, Canada. They are in the Eastern Conference of the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League and used to be a part of the Metro Junior A Hockey League.

1 History
2 Season-by-Season Record
3 Notable Alumni
4 External links

[edit] History

The Dukes were founded in 1983 as a member of the Central Junior C Hockey League. They moved up to Metro "B" in 1989 when they took over the Belleville Bobcats franchse, and moved up to Junior "A" in 1991. The Dukes have been in the OPJHL since 1998.

In 2003, the Dukes defeated the Aurora Tigers 4-games-to-2 to win the Frank L. Buckland Trophy. At the Dudley Hewitt Cup tournament, the Dukes first beat the Fort Frances Borderland Thunder of the Superior International Junior Hockey League by a score of 7-1. They were defeated 2-1 by the North Bay Skyhawks of the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League. They then defeated the Thunder Bay Bulldogs of the SIJHL 7-4 to finish second in the round robin. In the semi-final, the Dukes defeated Fort Frances 4-2. In the final, they defeated the North Bay Skyhawks by a convincing score of 4-0 to win the Central Canadian Championship.

At the Royal Bank Cup 2003, their National tournament started with a 4-1 loss to the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League's Humboldt Broncos. In the second game, the Dukes were embarrassed by the Alberta Junior Hockey League's Camrose Kodiaks 7-1. In the third game, the Dukes battled for their lives. In a hard battle with the Charlottetown Abbies of the Maritime Junior A Hockey League the Dukes prevailed 1-0 in overtime. Their final round robin game, the Dukes defeated the Lennoxville Cougars of the Quebec Junior AAA Hockey League 5-2 to finish third in the round robin. In the semi-finals, the Dukes squared off against Humboldt again and were defeated 3-2. Humboldt moved on to win the Royal Bank Cup as National Champions.

[edit] Season-by-Season Record

Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Year	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	PTS	Finish	Playoffs
1987-88	32	22	7	3	-	222	142	47	3rd COJCHL
1988-89	40	23	12	5	-	275	172	51	2nd COJCHL
1989-90	44	25	15	4	-	235	178	54	5th Metro B	--
1990-91	44	24	14	6	-	209	180	54	4th Metro B	--
1991-92	44	19	22	3	-	180	195	41	7th Metro A	--
1992-93	48	28	17	3	-	248	188	59	2nd Metro A	--
1993-94	50	28	20	2	-	263	225	58	5th Metro A	Lost Quarter-final
1994-95	50	27	18	5	-	231	191	59	3rd Metro A	--
1995-96	52	26	23	3	-	219	222	55	7th Metro A	Lost Quarter-final
1996-97	50	21	26	3	-	212	224	45	8th Metro A	--
1997-98	50	23	22	5	-	223	213	51	7th Metro A	--
1998-99	51	23	23	3	2	205	223	51	20th OPJHL
1999-00	49	33	9	6	1	257	144	73	5th OPJHL
2000-01	49	30	9	6	4	226	142	70	7th OPJHL
2001-02	49	37	5	7	0	238	116	81	1st OPJHL	Lost Final
2002-03	49	47	1	1	0	298	87	95	1st OPJHL	Won League, Won DHC
2003-04	49	37	5	3	4	253	134	81	3rd OPJHL
2004-05	49	35	11	2	1	222	148	73	6th OPJHL
2005-06	49	33	8	6	2	261	120	74	5th OPJHL	Lost Conf. SF
2006-07	49	38	5	4	2	219	92	82	3rd OPJHL	See Playoffs