Collingwood Blues
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| Collingwood Blues | |
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| Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League | |
| City | Collingwood, Ontario |
| Founded | Unknown |
| Division | North |
| Franchise history | 19xx-1955: Collingwood Greenshirts 1955-19xx: Collingwood Cobras 19xx-1969: Collingwood Legionnaires 1969-1977: Collingwood Blues 1977-1979: Collingwood Glassmen 1979-1987: Collingwood Shipbuilders 1988-Pres: Collingwood Blues |
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| Head Coach | Jim Hamilton |
| General Manager | Dan McIlhone |
| Arena | Eddie Bush Memorial Arena |
| Team Colors | Blue, Gold, Black, and White |
| Affiliate Team(s) | Oshawa Generals Alliston Hornets |
| Royal Bank Cups | none |
| Dudley Hewitt Cups | none |
| Buckland Trophies | none |
| Schmalz Cups | 1950, 1951, 1952, and 1953 |
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 dropped down to the Georgian Bay Senior A Hockey League. They finished second in the regular season behind the Durham Huskies, but they won the league playoffs and the OHA Senior "A" title 4-games-to-2 against the Dunnville Mudcats of the Southern Ontario 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 | ||||||||||
| 1971-73 | Mid-Ontario Jr. B Standings Not Available | ||||||||||
| 1973-74 | 40 | 26 | 12 | 2 | - | 217 | 143 | 54 | 2nd MOJBHL | Lost Semi-final | |
| 1974-75 | 39 | 27 | 8 | 4 | - | 223 | 180 | 58 | 1st MOJBHL | Lost Final | |
| 1975-76 | 36 | 25 | 7 | 4 | - | 260 | 128 | 54 | 1st MOJBHL | Won League, Lost SC Final | |
| 1976-77 | 34 | 10 | 18 | 6 | - | 156 | 176 | 26 | 3rd SOJAHL | Lost Semi-final | |
| 1977-78 | 32 | 14 | 14 | 4 | - | 190 | 172 | 32 | 5th MOJCHL | ||
| 1978-79 | 37 | 30 | 7 | 0 | - | 256 | 112 | 60 | 1st GBIAHL | ||
| 1979-80 | 36 | 23 | 12 | 1 | - | 194 | 140 | 47 | 2nd GBIAHL | ||
| 1980-81 | 36 | 25 | 10 | 1 | - | 223 | 158 | 51 | 2nd OHA Int. A | ||
| 1981-82 | 36 | 24 | 11 | 1 | - | 236 | 182 | 49 | 2nd OHA Int. A | ||
| 1982-83 | 29 | 24 | 5 | 0 | - | 228 | 129 | 48 | 1st OHA Int. A | Won League | |
| 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 | 6th OHA Sr. A | ||
| 1986-87 | 24 | 18 | 6 | 0 | - | 193 | 120 | 36 | 2nd GBSAHL | Won League, Won OHA title | |
| 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 | Lost Div. SF | |
| 2005-06 | 48 | 22 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 171 | 172 | 51 | 21st OPJHL | Lost Div. SF | |
| 2006-07 | 48 | 22 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 157 | 169 | 51 | 17th OPJHL | Lost Div. SF | |
| 2007-08 | 49 | 10 | 36 | - | 3 | 107 | 220 | 23 | 32nd OPJHL | ||
[edit] Sutherland Cup Appearances
- 1976: St. Marys Lincolns defeated Collingwood Blues 4-games-to-3
