Wellington Dukes The Wellington Dukes are a Junior " A " ice hockey team from Wellington , Ontario , Canada . They are in the Eastern Division of the Ontario Junior Hockey League and used to be a part of the Metro Junior A Hockey League . Originally a Junior C team in the 1970s and 1980s , the Dukes merged with the neighbouring Jr . B Belleville Bobcats and took their place in the Metro League . The Dukes have won the Dudley Hewitt Cup as Central Canadian Junior A Champions twice ( 2003 , 2011 ) . History . In the 1970s and early 1980s , the Wellington Dukes were members of the Quinte - St . Lawrence Junior C Hockey League . The league folded in 1986 . The Dukes joined the Central Junior C Hockey League in 1986 . They moved up to Metro " B " in 1989 when they took over the Belleville Bobcats franchise , and moved up to Junior " A " in 1991 . The Dukes have been in the OPJHL since 1998 . In 2003 , the Dukes defeated the Aurora Tigers 4 - games - to - 2 to win the Frank L . Buckland Trophy . At the Dudley Hewitt Cup tournament , the Dukes first beat the Fort Frances Borderland Thunder of the Superior International Junior Hockey League by a score of 7 - 1 . They were defeated 2 - 1 by the North Bay Skyhawks of the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League . They then defeated the Thunder Bay Bulldogs of the SIJHL 7 - 4 to finish second in the round robin . In the semi - final , the Dukes defeated Fort Frances 4 - 2 . In the final , they defeated the North Bay Skyhawks by a convincing score of 4 - 0 to win the Central Canadian Championship . At the Royal Bank Cup 2003 , their National tournament started with a 4 - 1 loss to the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League ' s Humboldt Broncos . In the second game , the Dukes were embarrassed by the Alberta Junior Hockey League ' s Camrose Kodiaks 7 - 1 . In the third game , the Dukes battled for their lives . In a hard battle with the Charlottetown Abbies of the Maritime Junior A Hockey League the Dukes prevailed 1 - 0 in overtime . Their final round robin game , the Dukes defeated the Lennoxville Cougars of the Quebec Junior AAA Hockey League 5 - 2 to finish third in the round robin . In the semi - finals , the Dukes squared off against Humboldt again and were defeated 3 - 2 . Humboldt moved on to win the Royal Bank Cup as National Champions . In 2008 , the Dukes joined the semi - autonomous Central Division , that formed the Central Canadian Hockey League in 2009 when the OJHL was dissolved . The Wellington Dukes defeated the hosts Huntsville Otters 5 - 3 to win the 2011 Dudley - Hewitt Cup . The Dukes travelled west to participate in the Royal Bank Cup in Camrose , Alberta . Wellington returned to the Quinte after a 4 - 1 loss to the Vernon Vipers . Wellington was chosen to host the 2014 Dudley - Hewitt Cup at their new arena . The Dukes finished no higher than 5th in the North - East conference losing to the Cobourg Cougars in the first round 4 games to 1 . The Dukes endured nearly 2 months of a playoff layoff . The Dukes entered the tournament . The Dukes finished the round robin with a 3 - 0 record , but lost the final to the Toronto Lakeshore Patriots 2 - 1 . Season - by - season record . " Note : GP = Games Played , W = Wins , L = Losses , T = Ties , OTL = Overtime Losses , GF = Goals for , GA = Goals against " Playoffs . MetJHL Years OJHL Years