Simcoe Storm The Simcoe Storm are a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in Simcoe , Ontario , Canada . They are currently members of the Niagara & District Junior C Hockey League , a league governed by the Ontario Hockey Association , Ontario Hockey Federation , and Hockey Canada . The Storm are eligible to compete for the Clarence Schmalz Cup , the Ontario Hockey Association ' s second highest championship . History . The Simcoe Juniors were founded in 1959 as members of the Niagara District Junior B Hockey League . A season later they took the name " Pacers " . In 1961 , the Simcoe Pacers jumped to the Central Junior C Hockey League . They soon changed their names to the Simcoe Blades . 1965 Championship Run . The Simcoe Blades finished their sixth season , fourth in the Central Jr . C league , with a record of 26 wins and 5 losses . With first place clinched , the Blades met the pesky Hespeler Shamrocks in the Central League quarter - final . The Shamrocks battled hard and at one point even led in the series , but the Blades rebounded and won the series 4 - games - to - 2 . In the league semi - final , the Blades drew the Preston Pals . The Pals were out of their league and were swept in three games in a best - of - five series . They then drew the Milton Merchants in the league final and spanked them four games straight to win the Central League crown . With their league out of the way , they then moved into the Provincial playdowns . Their provincial semi - final opponent would end up being the Point Edward Redmen , who had defeated the Port Huron junior team to make it thus far . The best - of - five series was hard fought . In game one , the Blades led 9 - 1 after two periods . In the third , a vicious line - brawl broke out involving all ten skaters and one goalie . Game one was one by the Blades 11 - 5 . Game two saw the Blades come from behind to defeat the Redmen 5 - 2 . The third game had the Blades show the Redmen exactly how good they were , as they crushed them 13 - 3 to take the series . In the other provincial semi - final , the Lindsay Merchants took out the Penetang Hurons 4 - games - to - 1 to meet the Blades in the final . The All - Ontario final took place in late April and early May 1965 between Simcoe and Lindsay . Simcoe took the first three games : 7 - 2 , 5 - 1 , and 3 - 1 . Each game got closer as Lindsay grew stronger . Game four in Lindsay had the Merchants prove why they made the final , taking the game 6 - 5 with a huge surge in the second period . Game five was back in Simcoe on May 3 . Lindsay made a game of it , leading 3 - 2 after the second frame . In the next period , the Blades scored the equalizer halfway through , before Doug Macaulay scored the winner with 3 : 34 remaining in the third in front of an estimated 1 , 400 fans . After only six years of existence , the Simcoe junior team won its first provincial championship . The 1966 - 67 season has the Central league divide up into the Intercounty Junior C Hockey League and the Western Junior C Hockey League . The Blades went to the Intercounty league . In 1969 , the Blades folded less than 20 games into the 1968 - 69 Intercounty Junior C season . Their final game saw them take a 14 - 0 drubbing against the Ingersoll Marlands . With only 9 skaters and a goalie at the game , the goaltender for the Blades quit the team at the end of the second period . Ingersoll ' s back up goalie played the remainder for the Blades . It would be the last game the " Blades " would ever play . The next season , the team returned as the Simcoe Chargers . In 1972 , the team became the Jets and they joined the Central Junior C Hockey League . That season they would lose a nail - biting series to the Caledonia Corvairs , 3 - games - to - 2 in the league quarter - finals . The Corvairs would go on to win both the league and the OHA Junior C championship . 1974 : Two - time Finalists . The 1973 - 74 proved to be a strange year for the Simcoe Jets . The Jets finished the 1973 - 74 season in third place with 20 wins , 10 losses , and 2 ties . They entered the league quarter - finals against the Hanover Barons . The series proved to be a 3 - games - to - none sweep for the Jets . In the semi - final , the Jets drew the New Hamburg Hahns . The usually powerful Hahns were not up to the challenge provided by the Jets , as Simcoe won 3 - games - to - 1 . This entered the Jets into the Central Junior C League ' s finals against the Woodstock Navy - Vets . The Vets took game one 3 - 1 , the Jets took back game two 4 - 2 . The Vets won game three 4 - 1 , while the Jets returned the favour in the overtime of game four , 3 - 2 . The Jets then put on the " jets " and took their first series lead with a game five 2 - 0 victory . Woodstock , with their backs to the wall , came back and won both games six and seven ( 6 - 4 , 3 - 1 ) to win the Central league crown . But the Jets were not out , not because they won but because Woodstock was technically too big of a town to play in the OHA Junior C playdowns . Woodstock moved on to play the Owen Sound Salvagemen in the OHA Super C finals ( Woodstock won 4 - games - to - none ) and Simcoe gained a birth to the OHA Junior C semi - finals . In the semi - finals they were greeted by the Leamington Flyers of the Great Lakes Junior C Hockey League . Simcoe lost game one , 4 - 2 , but took the next four straight 6 - 5 , 4 - 1 , 11 - 7 , and 5 - 3 to earn a berth into the OHA Finals . The other finalists were the Cobourg Cougars , and the Jets had a good start against them with a 5 - 4 victory . Game two was won 6 - 5 in overtime by Cobourg . Game two was won 4 - 3 in double overtime , but was marred by a bench clearing brawl at the end of the first overtime period . Cobourg took game four in regulation 2 - 1 and then crushed a defeated Jets squad 9 - 6 in the fifth and final game . The Jets would be two - time finalists , but not champions . In 1974 , they joined the newly formed Niagara & District Junior C Hockey League . Then in 1976 , they took another crack at Junior B with the Southwestern Junior B Hockey League . After two seasons with the SWJBHL , they then jumped to the Golden Horseshoe Junior B Hockey League . 1976 - 1980 : Back in Junior B . In 1976 , the Simcoe Jets took their franchise ' s second stab at Junior B Hockey . Stepping on the ice with the Southwestern Junior B Hockey League , the Jets were promoted with the Brantford Penguins , Tillsonburg Mavericks , Woodstock Navy - Vets , London Diamonds , St . Thomas Colonels . The Jets finished the 1976 - 77 season with a 16 - 21 - 2 record . In the league ' s second and final season , the Jets finished with a near - identical record of 16 - 22 - 2 . The SWJBHL was divided up , and the Jets found themselves in the Golden Horseshoe Junior B Hockey League . In their first season in the GHJHL , the Jets finished in sixth place with 13 wins , and in their second season they finished seventh with 14 wins . After four losing seasons , the Jets elected to return to the Niagara & District Junior C Hockey League in 1980 . Now known as the Storm and stable since 1989 , prior to this Simcoe had suffered almost annual financial strife . On top of folding in 1969 , the franchise sat out the 1982 - 83 season as well as the 1988 - 89 season . 2006 Niagara Champions . After finishing second overall in the Niagara District Junior C league regular season standings with 28 wins , 6 losses , and 2 losses in overtime , the Simcoe Storm seemed destined for great things in the 2006 playoffs . In the Western Division semi - final , the Storm drew the Woodstock Navy - Vets . The Storm crushed the Vets in four straight games . In the Western Division final , the Storm then were challenged by the Norwich Merchants . The Storm took them out , winning the series 4 - games - to - 1 , taking the Western Division crown . Next they took on the top ranked and annual Clarence Schmalz Cup contending Grimsby Peach Kings . The Storm shocked the Peach Kings by defeating them handily , 4 - games - to - 1 , to win the Niagara League championship and gain a berth into the provincial semi - finals . In them semi - finals , the Storm drew the defending Schmalz Cup champion Essex 73 ' s . The 73 ' s knocked the Storm out , sweeping them in four games . 50 Years . The 2008 - 09 season will mark the 50th year since the founding of the franchise in 1959 . The 2008 - 09 will also mark the 20th anniversary of the " Storm " moniker . Season - by - Season Results . " Key :