Brantford Blast Brantford Blast are a Canadian senior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey Association ' s Major League Hockey , from Brantford , Ontario , Canada . The team was established in 2000 , and play their games at the Brantford Civic Centre . Competitive hockey back in Brantford . In 2000 , the Ontario Hockey Association allowed for the expansion of the first Brantford team since 1987 into Ontario ' s top tier of Senior hockey . The Brantford Prowl competed during the 2000 - 01 Southwestern Senior A Hockey League season and finished in fifth place with a record of 12 wins , 17 losses , and a tie . The team took 2001 - 02 off , but then re - emerged in 2002 as the Blast . In 2002 , Brantford rejoined the top tier of Ontario senior hockey this time known as the Brantford Blast . At the time , the city had the Brantford Golden Eagles in the Ontario Hockey Association , but had also lost teams , like the Brantford Alexanders of the Ontario Hockey League , who left in 1984 and the Brantford Smoke of the Colonial Hockey League , who left in 1998 . The Blast would play their home games at the Brantford Civic Centre as well . The Blast have made it to the post season twice . In the 2005 - 06 season , when they won the league , but lost in the first round to the Dundas Real McCoys 4 games to 2 . In the 2006 - 07 season , they placed third , defeating the Petrolia Squires 4 games to 3 , and the Windsor St . Clair Saints 4 games to none to capture their first MLH Championship after a 4 - 3 win Monday March 12 in front of the home town crowd in Brantford . 2008 Allan Cup . The Blast finished the 2007 - 08 season just barely out of first place . They swept the Windsor St . Clair Saints 4 - games - to - none in the Major League Hockey semi - final , but were defeated 4 - games - to - 2 to the Dundas Real McCoys . The Brantford Blast were the host team of the 2008 Allan Cup , which was held in Brantford from April 14 - April 19 , 2008 . This was also the 100th anniversary for the event , one of the reasons that the Blast wanted to host it . The Brantford Blast became the first Ontario Hockey Association team since the Brantford Motts Clamatos , in 1987 , to win the Allan Cup . As hosts of the 2008 Allan Cup , the Blast failed to win their league and were allowed to bypass the OHA Final against the Whitby Dunlops and the Renwick Cup against the Thunder Bay Hawks . After almost a months rest , the Blast competed at home for the Allan Cup and won the entire thing . After suffering their only loss of the tournament to the Shawinigan Xtreme 3 - 2 in the first game , the Blast defeated the Bentley Generals 5 - 3 to clinch second in their division . They defeated the Robertson Cup and EOSHL champion Whitby Dunlops in the quarter - final handily , 7 - 2 . They then knocked off the Major League Hockey and Renwick Cup champion Dundas Real McCoys in the semi - final 3 - 2 in overtime . They met Bentley again in the final , who defeated the 2007 champions Lloydminster Border Kings and the Shawinigan Xtreme , and defeated them 3 - 1 to win the Canadian National Senior " AAA " crown . Season - by - season record . " Note : GP = Games played , W = Wins , L = Losses , T = Ties , OTL = Overtime losses , Pts = Points , GF = Goals for , GA = Goals against