Lakefield Chiefs The Lakefield Chiefs are a Canadian Junior ice hockey team based in Lakefield , Ontario , Canada . They play in the Central Ontario Junior C Hockey League of the Ontario Hockey Association . History . The Lakefield Chiefs emerged in the late 1970s as members of the Eastern Junior D Hockey League . In the 1977 - 78 season , the Chiefs were Eastern league champions and faced off against the Western Ontario Junior D Hockey League Champions the Exeter Hawks . In a long and tight series , the Chiefs won game 7 and the series 4 - games - to - 3 to win their first OHA Cup as provincial champions . A year later , the Chiefs were again the Eastern league champions . For the provincial title , the Chiefs drew the Western Ontario league ' s St . George Dukes . The Chiefs defeated them 4 - games - to - 2 to clinch their second straight OHA Cup as Ontario Junior " D " Champions . In 1980 , the Lakefield Chiefs were promoted to join the Central Lakeshore Junior C Hockey League . Around 1986 , the league merged with the Quinte - St . Lawrence Junior C Hockey League and became the Central Ontario Junior C Hockey League . That same year , the Chiefs won the Central Lakeshore championship . In 1987 , the Chiefs won the Central Ontario league championship . They moved on to the provincial championships and found themselves in the Clarence Schmalz Cup final against the Niagara & District Junior C Hockey League ' s Norwich Merchants . The Chiefs came out victorious , winning the series 4 - games - to - 2 to win their first Clarence Schmalz Cup . Over the next eleven seasons , the Chiefs won three league titles . They won in 1989 , 1997 , and 1999 . In 2000 , the Lakefield Chiefs won their third league championship in four years . This year was different . They pushed deep into provincial playdowns and found themselves again in the Clarence Schmalz Cup finals . Their opponent ended up being the Great Lakes Junior C Hockey League ' s Belle River Canadiens . The Chiefs defeated them to win their second All - Ontario title at the Junior " C " level 4 - games - to - 2 . The Chiefs won their league again in 2004 . In 2005 - 06 , the Chiefs finished the season in fourth place . In the league quarter - final , the Chiefs defeated the Georgina Ice 3 - games - to - none . In the league semi - final , the Chiefs ran into the top seeded Port Perry Mojacks . The Mojacks defeated the Chiefs 4 - games - to - 1 to move on to the league final . The 2006 - 07 season proved to be much more fruitful for the Chiefs . The Chiefs won the regular season crown to earn the top seed in the playoffs . In the league semi - final , the Chiefs played against the Uxbridge Bruins and swept them 4 - games - to - none . In the league final , the Chiefs also swept the Port Perry Mojacks 4 - games - to - none to win the league championship . They moved on to the provincial quarter - finals where they were pitted against the Empire B Junior C Hockey League ' s Amherstview Jets . The Chiefs beat the Jets 4 - games - to - 2 to advance further . In the provincial semi - final , the Chiefs ran into the Georgian Mid - Ontario Junior C Hockey League ' s Penetang Kings . The Chiefs were swept 4 - games - to - none by the Kings .