Sarnia Legionnaires ( 1969 - ) The Sarnia Legionnaires are a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in Sarnia , Ontario , Canada . They play in the Western division of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League . History . The Sarnia Bees joined the ranks of the current Western Junior " B " league in 1969 . The Bees were an upstart team in direct competition with the historic Sarnia Legionnaires of the Western Ontario Junior A Hockey League . By mid - season , the Bees had stolen away most of the Legionnaires fan base and the team was forced to fold . Over the next quarter century the Bees had some good teams but the club seldom lived up to the legend of the Sarnia Legionnaires . After dominating the Western Ontario Junior B Hockey League during the 1970 - 71 season , the Bees elected to jump to the Legionnaires ' old league , the Southern Ontario Junior A Hockey League , but the adventure was not overly successful and the Bees returned to the WOJHL the next season . Their experience in Junior A seemingly fueled the Bees during the 1972 - 73 season as they won the WOJHL championship and went on to defeated the Metro Junior B Hockey League ' s Toronto Nationals 4 - games - to - 2 to win Sarnia ' s first Sutherland Cup since the Sarnia Legionnaires did it in 1968 . In 1983 , the Bees were again WOJBHL champions and pushed all the way to the Sutherland Cup finals . In the final , they met the Metro Junior B Hockey League ' s St . Michael ' s Buzzers . After a long battle , the Buzzers finished off the Bees in game 7 to deny the franchise of its second Sutherland Cup . In 1995 , the Ontario Hockey League accepted the expansion of a new team known as the Sarnia Sting . To stay out of the shadow of the OHL team , the Bees changed their name to the Steeplejacks . After another couple name changes , the Sarnia franchise became the Sarnia Blast in 2001 . The team is a long standing member of the Western Junior " B " league ( WOHL ) . In 2002 , the Blast won the WOHL championship and qualified for the Sutherland Cup final . In the final they met the Mid - Western Junior B Hockey League ' s Elmira Sugar Kings . The series went the distance , but the Blast prevailed in game 7 of the series and brought the Sutherland Cup back to Sarnia for the seventh time and the first time in 29 years . In 2008 , the ownership of the Sarnia Blast was transferred to a consortium of local individuals . In memory of the fabled Sarnia Legionnaires of old , the new owners and the local Royal Canadian Legion allowed for the current team to resurrect the name . The new owners said they will put pictures of the original Legionnaires in their dressing room , hoping that will inspire today ' s young players . In their first year back under the Legionnaire name after a 38 - year absence , the club finished first in the Western Conference of the Greater Ontario Hockey League . In the playoffs , they won the conference championship by eliminating the St . Thomas Stars 4 - 1 in games , taking out the Strathroy Rockets 4 - 3 in games and ousting the London Nationals 4 - 2 in games to win the Weir Cup . The team set a league record in the 2009 playoffs when it scored three goals in 14 seconds in a game against Strathroy . Sarnia Jr . ' B ' hockey teams named the Legionnaires have now won six Western Ontario championships in 17 years of action , along with four Sutherland Cups .