Orillia Terriers (senior and intermediate hockey)

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Orillia Terriers
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City Orillia, Ontario
League OHA Senior "A" 1966-1979
Georgian Bay Int. "A" 1979-1980
Major Int. A 1980-1982
Operated1966 (1966)-1982
Home arena Orillia Arena
ColoursUnknown
Head coach Ike Hildebrand, Joseph Kane, Doug Kelcher

The Orillia Terriers were a Canadian senior ice hockey team from Orillia, Ontario, Canada that competed in the OHA Senior A from 1966 to 1979, [1] and represented in the Central Ontario Junior B Hockey League from 1979 to 1981 (Intermediate A) by the Orillia Travelways, [2] and for the 1981-82 season by the Orillia Terriers in the Ontario Junior A Hockey League. [3]

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The Terriers are not known to be connected with the Couchiching Terriers of the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League, although the junior club was known as the Orillia Terriers from 1989 to 1997.

History

The team originated as the Orillia Pepsis in 1966, but changed their name to the Terriers in 1969.[ citation needed ]

The Terriers won the J. Ross Robertson Cup as the OHA Senior A League champions in 1970 and 1973. [4] The Terriers also won the 1973 Allan Cup as Canadian Senior A champions, defeating the visiting St. Boniface Mohawks of Manitoba 4-1 in a best-of-seven final playdown series. They had lost the 1970 national final to the Spokane Jets.[ citation needed ]

The 1972-73 edition of the club featured a number of veterans like Mike Draper, Gary Milroy and Grant Moore, all of whom had been in place since the first season, 1968-69. Also on the team were: Claire Alexander, who later played for the Toronto Maple Leafs; Jim Keon, brother of then-Leaf captain Dave Keon; Blake Ball, who played Gilmore Tuttle in the 1977 film "Slap Shot"; and goalie Louis Levasseur, who went on to all-star status in the World Hockey Association.[ citation needed ]

Orillia dropped down to Intermediate A in 1979 and left that league in 1982.[ citation needed ]

Season-by-season results

SeasonGPWLTGFGAPResultsPlayoffs
1966-674012262157207268th OHA Sr. A
1967-6840112901462112210th OHA Sr. A
1968-693923151184144473rd OHA Sr. A
1969-7040317220110964OHA Sr. AWon league
1970-71392712023214154OHA Sr. ALost final
1971-724026131222150533rd OHA Sr. A
1972-734431130214132622nd OHA Sr. AWon league, Won Allan Cup
1973-744029110203126582nd OHA Sr. ALost final
1974-754018220189200364th OHA Sr. A
1975-764413301161255276th OHA Sr. A
1976-773414191168164296th OHA Sr. A
1977-784016222184191346th OHA Sr. A
1978-794014251202241295th OHA Sr. A
1979-803617190167195345th GBIAHL
1980-813620160203186404th OHA Int. A
1981-823612222161230264th OHA Int. A

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References

  1. ↑ http://www.hockeydb.com/stte/orillia-terriers-7288.html [ bare URL ]
  2. ↑ http://www.hockeydb.com/stte/orillia-travelways-9837.html [ bare URL ]
  3. ↑ http://www.hockeydb.com/stte/orillia-terriers-7289.html [ bare URL ]
  4. ↑ "Senior Series". Ontario Hockey Association. 2019. Retrieved February 4, 2021.


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