Mount Brydges Bulldogs The Mount Brydges Bulldogs are a Canadian Junior ice hockey team based in Mount Brydges , Ontario , Canada . They play in the Southern Ontario Junior Hockey League of the Ontario Hockey Association . The Bulldogs are three - time provincial champions . History . The Mount Brydges Bulldogs were founded in 1975 as members of the Western Junior D Hockey League . The 1983 – 84 season saw the Bulldogs pull off an impressive 22 – 7 – 5 record , which led them on to winning the their first Western league championship , despite competition with the Exeter Hawks who only suffered a total of two losses before the start of the playoffs . In the provincial final , the Bulldogs met the Grand Valley Harvesters of the Northern Junior D Hockey League . The Bulldogs took the series 4 games to 2 to win their first - ever OHA Cup . The Bulldogs were a tough team throughout the 1980s . In 1988 , the Western league absorbed the Southern league and became an eighteen - team super - league . From that point on into the mid - 1990s , the Bulldogs struggled . In 1991 , the Western League was disbanded and replaced with the OHA Junior Development League . The 1996 – 97 season proved to be one of the best ever for the Bulldogs . With 34 wins and only 3 losses , the Bulldogs were ranked at the top of the league at the conclusion of the regular season . The Bulldogs battled through three rounds of playoffs to reach the OHAJDL final . In the final the Bulldogs met the Wellesley Applejacks . Wellesley could not keep up with the Bulldogs and this earned Mount Brydges their second OHA Cup with a 4 - games - to - none sweep . The Bulldogs finished the 2000 - 01 season in eighth place overall with a record of 23 wins and 14 losses . The Bulldogs shocked the league as they plowed through their competition in the first three rounds of the playoffs to win their conference title and challenge for the provincial championship . In the final they met the Wellesley Applejacks , who were caught flat - footed and defeated 4 games to 1 . This marked the Bulldogs ' third provincial championship . The 2004 – 05 season was a strong one for the Bulldogs who finished sixth place overall in the OHAJDL . They again battled through the first three rounds of the playoffs , winning their conference . In the end they met the Hagersville Hawks , an opponent that was not to be denied an OHA Cup . The Bulldogs lost the series 4 - games - to - 1 , their first ever loss in the provincial final . The Bulldogs finished the 2005 - 06 season with a . 500 record and ranked eleventh place overall . In the first round of the playoffs the Bulldogs pulled off a major upset knocking off the number one ranked Mitchell Hawks 4 - games - to - 2 . The second round they met the Thamesford Trojans who defeated the Bulldogs 4 - games - to - 1 . Mount Brydges pulled off a 21 - win season in 2006 - 07 but still only finished in tenth place overall . In the first round of the playoffs they met the Lambeth Lancers . The Lancers defeated the Bulldogs 4 - games - to - 1 . The 2007 - 2008 season proved to be the best regular season in franchise history . With 36 wins and only 3 losses , the Bulldogs found themselves ranked on top of the league with 73 points . The Bulldogs swept their way through the first two rounds of the playoffs before meeting the perennial powerhouse Thamesford Trojans in the Yeck Conference finals . Thamesford powered past Mount Brydges 4 games to none , en route to their 2008 championship .