Alliston Hornets The Alliston Hornets are a Canadian Junior ice hockey team based in Alliston , Ontario , Canada . They play in the Georgian Mid - Ontario Junior C Hockey League . History . The Alliston Hornets were founded in 1971 as a member of the South - Central Junior D Hockey League . In 1973 , that league was promoted and renamed the Central Ontario Junior C Hockey League and then the Mid - Ontario Junior C Hockey League in 1976 . Despite training multiple National Hockey League alumni , the Hornets were in tough in the Mid - Ontario Junior C Hockey League with teams like the Bradford Bulls and the Orangeville Crushers . It is not known if the Hornets had celebrated any playoff success in the Mid - Ontario Junior C Hockey League , but it is known that they never once competed for the Clarence Schmalz Cup , the All - Ontario championship . In 1994 , the Mid - Ontario Junior C Hockey League merged with the Georgian Bay Junior C Hockey League to create the Georgian Mid - Ontario Junior C Hockey League . From 1994 until 2007 , the Hornets have failed to win a league title . Other than a blip in the radar in 2001 - 02 that resulted in a 2nd place league finish but no playoff glory , since 1994 the Hornets were not up to par with their competition . In 2004 , something changed . Since 2004 , the have Hornets have been putting up excellent winning seasons with a first place finish and two third place finishes . The 2005 - 06 season saw the Hornets finish off in third place . In the league quarter - final they drew the sixth seeded Stayner Siskins . In what many though would be a cakewalk , the Siskins had another shocking conclusion in mind . The Hornets went up on the Siskins 3 - games - to - none with little problem . Game 4 saw the Siskins avoid the sweep with a win . The Siskins had gained enough momentum to take game 5 as well . Eventually , in the end , the Siskins won four straight games to make the ultimate comeback and take the series 4 - games - to - 3 over the Alliston Hornets . The 2006 - 07 season saw the Hornets leading the standing for the first half of the season and then fall away to both the Fergus Devils and Penetang Kings . Finishing with the third seed , the Hornets battled the Schomberg Cougars and made quick work of them with a 4 - games - to - none sweep of the series . In the semi - final , the Hornets drew the Goliath Clarence Schmalz Cup defending Champion Penetang Kings . The second seeded Kings won the series 4 - games - to - 2 in a drawn out seesaw battle . The Kings went on to win their second straight league and provincial title . 2007 - 08 proved to be the year when the Hornets finally broke out of the Georgian Bay League and made it to the All Ontario Junior C Finals . In the final series the Hornets battled perennial contenders , the Essex 73 ' s of the Great Lakes Junior C Hockey League , who were making their fourth straight appearance in the CSC finals and had won two All Ontario titles since 2002 . The series proved to be a classic and in the 7th deciding game the Hornets won in overtime and became All Ontario Champions . In 2008 - 09 the Hornets would return to the CSC Finals against the Essex 73 ' s but could not repeat as All Ontario Champions as the 73 ' s won the series in four straight games . Season - by - Season Standings . ( * ) " Standings Incomplete . "