Brockville Braves The Brockville Braves are a Junior " A " ice hockey team from Brockville , Ontario , Canada . They are a part of the Central Junior A Hockey League . Such NHLer ' s as Larry Robinson and current player Wayne Simmons of the LA Kings amongst other famous players have all played for the Braves . History . Founded in 1963 , the Braves are the second oldest team that has never ceased operation in CJHL history — second only to Pembroke . In the 1979 , the teams was the focus of national attention when they were left homeless due to their arena collapsing . This did not stop the Braves though , playing their home games out of Cardinal and Rockland , Ontario , the Braves did not miss a beat . It took until 1986 for the Brockville Braves to win a CJHL championships . They clinched the Bogart Cup on a late April night , defeating their arch - nemesis Pembroke Lumber Kings 8 - 7 in the finals . Braves ' goalie Jacques Breault was the hero , as with 22 seconds to go in the game , turned away a penalty shot by the league ' s all - time leading scorers Luc Chabot . Although losing to Orillia , Ontario in the Ontario playdowns , the team was a memorable one . Notable members of this team were all - time Braves leading scorer Larry Mitchell , Breault , Paul Duford , Tim Dubas , Dan Nummikoski , Steve Rachwal , Chad Badawey and Rob White . Since that championship , the team has experienced more bad times than good . The late 80 ' s and early 90 ' s were not good to the Braves , who failed to make the playoffs multiple times . In 1997 , times began to change for the better again . The Braves competed in and won in Quebec , the Fred Page Cup , the Eastern Canadian Junior " A " championship . This allowed for their team to compete in the event and give them the experience they needed for the next season . The Braves regained their league title in 1998 , bringing the club around full circle . Former NHLer Todd Gill purchased the Brockville Braves and has been the head coach since 2006 - 07 . He helped bring the Fred Page Cup to Brockville for the first time for 2010 . Gill played in the NHL from 1984 to 2003 playing for the Toronto Maple Leafs , San Jose Sharks , Detroit Red Wings , Phoenix Coyotes , and St . Louis Blues . Former Braves head coach Mike McCourt was recently named head coach of the OHL ' s Niagara Ice Dogs for 2009 - 10 . McCourt was head coach with Brockville from 2003 to 2006 . In 2009 - 2010 , the Braves established a league record for most consecutive wins with 26 . Brockville completed easy series wins over Kemptville ( 4 - 0 ) and Ottawa ( 4 - 0 ) to win a birth in the finals against the Pembroke Lumber Kings - as predicted by many CJHL followers . However , it was Pembroke that made CJHL history by winning four - consecutive Art Bogart Cup championships knocking off the Braves in 5 games . Despite , the finals loss to the Lumber Kings , the Braves won the Fred Page Cup against the Lumber Kings in an all - league finals tilt as the Braves won 5 - 1 . At the Royal Bank Cup in Dauphin , Manitoba , the Braves broke a Royal Bank Cup record the highest margain of victory by defeating the Oakville Blades 11 - 2 . ( The previous record was held by the 1999 Vernon Vipers , who defeated the Charlottetown Abbies 9 - 3 in the championship game in Yorkton , SASK ) . The Braves would still have to win their last game against the LaRonge Ice Wolves , in which they did 6 - 3 to earn a birth in the semi - finals against the defending RBC champions V Vernon Vipers . Vernon went on to win the game 2 - 0 , leaving the Braves or any other CJHL team from the previous attempts to make the Royal Bank Cup final out . Season - by - season record . " Note : GP = Games Played , W = Wins , L = Losses , T = Ties , OTL = Overtime Losses , GF = Goals for , GA = Goals against " External links . < br clear = right >