Petrolia Squires The Petrolia Squires are a Canadian senior ice hockey team from Petrolia , Ontario . They play in the Western Ontario Athletic Association Senior Hockey League and are two - time Allan Cup National Champions . History . Intermediate C . The Petrolia Chiefs were founded in 1970 as members of the Tri - County Intermediate League . In 1973 , the Chiefs won their league , but lost the Intermediate C provincial final to a team from Bracebridge , Ontario 4 - games - to - none . Also in 1973 , they changed their name to the Petrolia Squires as their league became the Western Intermediate C Hockey League . In 1976 , the Western Intermediate C Hockey League merged with the Seaway Intermediate C Hockey League to create the Seaway - Western Intermediate C Hockey League . The Squires played one season with the league and then moved up to the Continental Senior A Hockey League . In that one season , the Squires won the 1977 league championship as well as the provincial championship by defeating the Bradford Comets 4 - games - to - 1 . Continental League . In the Continental League , the Squires found strong competition , with early feuds with the Durham Huskies and the Lucan - Ilderton Jets . As well , the Continental League was in competition for the Allan Cup , the National championship . In their second season in the league , the Squires won the league championship . They went on to meet the OHA Senior A champion Thunder Bay Twins in the Ontario Hockey Association final . The Squires won the series 4 - games - to - 2 and also won the Eastern Canadian senior championship as well , earning them a berth into the 1979 Allan Cup final . In the National final , the Squires met the Steinbach Huskies . The Squires won game one 6 - 5 in overtime , then game two 7 - 3 . The Huskies took game three 5 - 4 , before the Squires came alive won the next two 6 - 1 and 7 - 1 to win their first national title . In 1980 , the Squires were defeated in the league final by a new foe , the Cambridge Hornets . The Squires and Hornets would meet in five straight league championships . Three would be won by Cambridge , two would be won by Petrolia , but each would walk away with another Allan Cup . In 1980 , the Continental Senior A Hockey League was renamed the OHA Senior A Hockey League , as the original folded in 1979 . OHA Senior A . In 1981 , the Squires won the OHA championship by defeating the Hornets 4 - games - to - 1 , they also gained a berth to the Allan Cup . The Squires traveled all the way to Thunder Bay , Ontario to compete in a first - time round robin tournament for the prestigious trophy . Their first game saw the Squires get embarrassed by the Thunder Bay Twins 8 - 3 . Game two had the Squires defeat the St . Boniface Mohawks 6 - 4 and in game three the Squires beat the Grand Falls Cataracts 6 - 3 . In the semi - final , the Squires drew Grand Falls again , while the Twins drew the Mohawks whom they just defeated 5 - 4 in overtime . The Squires repeated their 6 - 3 performance over the Cataracts , but the Twins were shocked by the Mohawks with a 4 - 3 loss . Petrolia beat St . Boniface 5 - 1 to win their second Allan Cup . The 1982 playoffs ended a little tougher than 1981 , with the Squires requiring all seven games to defeat the Hornets . The Squires were also Eastern Canadian champions . Petrolia qualified for their third Allan Cup , but were up against a tough Cranbrook Royals team at Cranbrook , British Columbia . The Royal won games one and two easily and the Squires made game three interesting but still lost . It took until game four until the Squires woke up and won 6 - 1 , but it was too late as the Royals took game five 7 - 3 and the series to win the national championship . Seaway - Cyclone . In 1986 , the OHA Senior A Hockey League was reduced in size and declared Senior AAA . The Squires dropped to their local Seaway - Cyclone Senior B Hockey League . After two seasons in the league , the Squires seemingly took a one year leave from the Ontario Hockey Association for the 1988 - 89 season and returned in for the 1989 - 90 Seaway - Cyclone Senior B season . In a time where all Senior teams systematically disappeared and never came back , the Squires refused to disband and came right back to action . Southwestern Senior A . In 1990 , the Seaway Cyclone Senior B Hockey League merged with the Southern Senior A Hockey League to create the Southwestern Senior A Hockey League . The Squires are the only remaining team from the founding of the Southwestern League to still exist in modern hockey . Throughout the 1990s , the Southwestern League , led by Petrolia , struggled to stay alive and fought for recognition from the OHA and Hockey Canada to be declared the top level of senior hockey in the Province of Ontario . The Petrolia Squires and the city of Sarnia , Ontario were awarded the 2001 Allan Cup . In the first game , the Squires defeated the Stony Plain Eagles 3 - 1 . They then met and were massacred by the home - province rival Dundas Real McCoys 8 - 0 . In their final round robin game , a 2 - 2 tie with the Lloydminster Border Kings earned them a semi - final berth over the McCoys . In the semi - final , the Squires defeated Stony Plain 3 - 0 , but fell to Lloydminster in the Allan Cup final by a score of 7 - 2 . Major League Hockey . In 2002 , the Southwestern Senior A Hockey League was recognized as the Ontario Hockey Association ' s Allan Cup representative and was renamed the OHA Senior AAA Hockey League . In 2004 , the league was renamed Major League Hockey . The Petrolia Squires are the only Ontario Hockey Association Senior level team to have been founded prior to 2000 , are the only team to still exist from the OHA Senior A Hockey League without ever disbanding , and are the only Intermediate level team to have survived and still play in the OHA ( not including Western Ontario Athletic Association Senior Hockey League teams , who are not affiliated with the OHA ) . As of 2008 , the Petrolia Squires have been a franchise for 38 seasons and only sat on the sidelines for one of those years . Season - by - season standings . " Note : GP = Games played , W = Wins , L = Losses , T = Ties , OTL = Overtime losses , SOL = Shootout Loses * , Pts = Points , GF = Goals for , GA = Goals against