Gloucester Rangers The Gloucester Rangers are a Junior " A " ice hockey team from Gloucester , Ontario , Canada . They are a part of the Central Junior A Hockey League . History . The franchise dates back to the 1968 expansion Ottawa M . & . W ( MacIntosh & Watts ) Rangers and made their home in Lietram in south Ottawa . In 1972 , the M & W Rangers became the Gloucester Rangers and played out of the Earl Armstrong Arena . The Rangers won their first Art Bogart Cup as league champions in 1981 by defeating the Pembroke Lumber Kings . The 1995 Centennial Cup ( now Royal Bank Cup ) was awarded to the City of Gloucester and the Gloucester Rangers . The Rangers , who were up by a goal in the championship game against the Calgary Canucks of the AJHL . The Canucks tied the game in the dying seconds and won the Centennial Cup in overtime . After their last playoff appearance of the 20th century , the Rangers fell on hard times missing the playoffs multiple times . After a 10th place performance after the 2001 - 02 season , the Gloucester Rangers Jr . A Hockey Club was sold , and the colours and uniforms were changed to black , purple , and silver , which gave the Rangers a new reputation for the 2002 - 03 season . The Rangers also landed the best players that were acquired in blockbuster trades with their cross - town rivals Ottawa Jr . Senators . The changes paid off . In December 2002 , the Gloucester Rangers traded for Mitch O ' Keefe , who would then go on to record 6 regular season shutouts in 2003 - 04 . Despite losing the 2004 Art Bogart Cuo finals , the Gloucester Rangers were predicted to be a championship contender the next season . In October 2004 , with the sudden resignition of coaches Justin Nistico and Wayne Hughes , the championship - bound team lost its wheels to players demanding trades before January and the Rangers dropped mid - way in the overall standings and lost the Hawkesbury Hawks in the first round of the playoffs . Orleans Blues . Days after the Gloucester Rangers lost the first - round to the Hawkesbury Hawks , the team was sold to a group of Orleans businessmen , who re - named the team - Orleans Blues , and the newly - created team remained at the Earl Armstrong Arena instead of playing out of the Orleans Arena of the Orleans Recreation Complex ( now Bob McQuarrie Recreation Centre ) . The change results in lost tickets sales and a drop in attendance . The Blues best season was in 2006 - 07 , when goaltender Adam Courchaine led the team to their only playoff appearance . After a disastrous 2007 - 08 season , the Blues were no more and returned to the traditional Gloucester Rangers . Gloucester Rangers return . The owners of the Orleans Blues decided to return as the Gloucester Rangers because the Central Junior A Hockey League board of governers denied permit the team to move to Orleans , Ontario . Former Ottawa 67 ' s assistant coach Vince Milette was hired as the Rangers coach . The Rangers requested to play four regular season games in Rockland , Ontario . But , the decision was denied by the league . On October 10 , 2008 the Gloucester Rangers played a game at the nearby Orleans Recreation Centre against the Cumberland Grads for special game to commemorate the rivalry between the Rangers and Grads . At the time of the game , the Orleans Arena was re - named the Roger Senecal Arena in memory of Roger Senecal , who died in 2002 . Senecal was a big part of the Gloucester Rangers Hockey Association . On March 6 , 2009 , the Rangers qualified for the 8th and final playoff spot defeating Brockville 4 - 1 . The Rangers bowed out of the quarter - finals losing the series 4 games to 0 to the Nepean Raiders . Former Belleville Bulls and Ottawa 67 ' s forward Stephan Blunden now plays for the Gloucester Rangers going into the 2009 - 10 season . 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 >