Delhi Travellers

The Delhi Travellers are a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in Delhi, Ontario, Canada. The Travellers play in the Provincial Junior Hockey League after previously playing in the Southern Ontario Junior Hockey League of the Ontario Hockey Association.
==History==
Prior to 1966, the Delhi franchise was a member of the Shamrock Junior D Hockey League. In 1966, they jumped to the Southern Counties Junior D Hockey League. In 1972, the team changed their name from the Rockets to the Flames.
The 1980-81 season saw the Flames raise to the heights of provincial recognition. They finished second overall in the Southern league standings with 21 wins, 7 losses, and 6 ties, a fair distance behind the first place St. George Dukes. Once in the playoffs, the Flames took the Southern league by storm and won their first ever league championship. The victory launched the Flames into the provincial final in competition for the OHA Cup. Their opponents were the Belmont Bombers, the champions of the Western Junior D Hockey League. The Bombers made quick work of the Flames, sweeping the series 4-games-to-none.
In the 1986 playoffs, the Flames once again took the Southern league crown. The victory brought them into line for another crack at the OHA Cup. Once in the provincial final, they found them against the Western league champions Seaforth Centenaires. The Centenaires were battle-hardened from their play in the North Division of the 12-team Western league and kept the Flames at bay for a 4-games-to-1 series victory.
In 1988, Delhi's Southern league folded and merged with the Western league to create a province-wide 18-team super-league. In 1991, the Western league was dropped in favour of the OHA Junior Development League.
From their point of entry into the Western league in 1988, the Delhi Flames found themselves in vast trouble. In 1991, the team changed their names to the Delhi Leafs to honour the towns former Intermediate league representative. The Leafs suffered horrible losing season from 1991 all the way until they opted to change their team name to the Delhi Travellers in 1998. After one season under the Travellers moniker, and one of their worst seasons in franchise history, the team took a leave of absence from the OHAJDL.
In 2000-01, the Travellers were back and finished in thirteenth place overall in the OHAJDL. This marked their best finish since entering the league in 1988. A year later they had a winning record. In fact, as of 2007, every season from 2000-on the Travellers at least matched their previous seasons performance if not bettered it.
After the 2005-06 season, the Travellers found themselves in second place overall in the OHAJDL with 29 wins. In the opening round of the playoffs, the Travellers challenged and defeated the Burford Bulldogs 4-games-to-2. In the conference semi-final, the Travellers then met the Hagersville Hawks and beat them 4-games-to-3. Then Delhi challenged the Tavistock Braves and swept them 4-games-to-none to win their first ever birth into the league final since joining the league eighteen years before. They met the underdog Lucan Irish, a seventh seed berth from the other conference who defied all odds to make it this far. The Irish were not to be denied of the Cinderella Story, as they defeated the Travellers 4-games-to-2 to win the OHA Cup.
After 2006, the OHAJDL was disbanded and replaced by the Southern Ontario Junior Hockey League. In its first season, the Travellers finished in second place despite winning 32 games -- three more than the previous season. In the first round of the playoffs, the Travellers challenged the Port Dover Sailors. The Travellers had no problem with the Sailors and swept them 4-games-to-none. The next round had Delhi faced off against the St. George Dukes. The long time rivals went to six games with Delhi win the series 4-games-to-2. The next round had the Travellers trying for their second straight conference title against the Tavistock Braves. The series went the distance and the Travellers came out on top in Game 7 winning the series 4-games-to-3. In their second straight final, the Travellers met a tough foe in the Mitchell Hawks. The Hawks and Travellers fought, but the Hawks won Game 6 and took the series 4-games-to-2 to take away Delhi's second straight chance at the OHA Cup.
In the Summer of 2013, after much uncertainty, the Travellers ended up in the new Midwestern Junior C Hockey League. In 2014-15, the team finished an imperfect season, losing all 40 games played.
For the 2016-17 season the eight Junior "C" hockey leagues in Sourhern Ontario amalgamated into one league, the Provincial Junior Hockey League. The Midwestern League were placed in the Central Conference and re-branded the Pat Doherty division.
==Season-by-season record==
Season 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	OTL 	GF 	GA 	P 	Results 	Playoffs 	 	
1966-67	24 	16 	8 	0 	- 	118 	95 	32 	1st SCJDHL 	 	 	
1967-68	24 	17 	7 	0 	- 	147 	104 	34 	2nd SCJDHL 	 	 	
1968-69	30 	20 	9 	1 	- 	196 	132 	41 	2nd SCJDHL 	 	 	
1969-70	30 	15 	12 	3 	- 	156 	146 	33 	3rd SCJDHL 	 	 	
1970-71	30 	13 	17 	0 	- 	146 	155 	26 	5th SCJDHL 	 	 	
1971-72	28 	11 	15 	2 	- 	122 	133 	24 	6th SCJDHL 	 	 	
1972-73	30 	17 	13 	0 	- 	133 	122 	34 	4th SCJDHL 	 	 	
1973-74	29 	16 	13 	0 	- 	164 	156 	32 	3rd SCJDHL 	 	 	
1974-75	30 	17 	13 	0 	- 	190 	172 	34 	2nd SCJDHL 	 	 	
1975-76	35 	23 	9 	3 	- 	-- 	-- 	49 	2nd SCJDHL 	 	 	
1976-77	28 	9 	18 	1 	- 	-- 	-- 	19 	8th SCJDHL 	 	 	
1977-78	34 	4 	29 	1 	- 	129 	261 	9 	8th SJDHL 	 	 	
1978-79	32 	14 	18 	0 	- 	158 	187 	28 	5th SJDHL 	 	 	
1979-80	32 	14 	16 	2 	- 	160 	169 	30 	6th SJDHL 	 	 	
1980-81	34 	21 	7 	6 	- 	213 	115 	48 	2nd SJDHL 	 	 	
1981-82	36 	20 	14 	2 	- 	-- 	-- 	42 	4th SJDHL 	 	 	
1982-83	36 	16 	15 	5 	- 	-- 	-- 	37 	4th SJDHL 	 	 	
1983-84	36 	22 	11 	3 	- 	-- 	-- 	47 	2nd SJDHL 	 	 	
1984-85	35 	17 	14 	4 	- 	-- 	-- 	38 	2nd SJDHL 	 	 	
1985-86	32 	21 	6 	5 	- 	-- 	-- 	47 	1st SJDHL 	 	 	
1986-87	40 	14 	20 	6 	- 	-- 	-- 	34 	5th SJDHL 	 	 	
1987-88	31 	12 	16 	3 	- 	-- 	-- 	27 	4th SJDHL 	 	 	
1988-89	35 	6 	22 	7 	- 	137 	246 	19 	17th WJDHL 	 	 	
1989-90	35 	5 	27 	3 	- 	165 	255 	13 	17th WJDHL 	 	 	
1990-91	40 	9 	30 	1 	0 	156 	248 	19 	18th WJDHL 	 	 	
1991-92	33 	1 	31 	1 	0 	117 	296 	3 	17th OHAJDL 	 	 	
1992-93	40 	10 	26 	1 	3 	130 	239 	24 	16th OHAJDL 	 	 	
1993-94	40 	5 	33 	2 	- 	112 	283 	12 	17th OHAJDL 	 	 	
1994-95	39 	5 	31 	2 	1 	122 	270 	13 	18th OHAJDL 	 	 	
1995-96	40 	14 	25 	1 	0 	168 	229 	29 	16th OHAJDL 	 	 	
1996-97	39 	13 	22 	2 	2 	163 	216 	30 	14th OHAJDL 	 	 	
1997-98	37 	14 	19 	3 	1 	160 	192 	32 	14th OHAJDL 	 	 	
1998-99	38 	5 	29 	1 	3 	86 	207 	14 	18th OHAJDL 	 	 	
1999-00	Did Not Participate 	Did Not Participate 	Did Not Participate 	Did Not Participate 	Did Not Participate 	Did Not Participate 	Did Not Participate 	Did Not Participate 	Did Not Participate 	Did Not Participate 	Did Not Participate 	
2000-01	40 	13 	25 	0 	2 	-- 	-- 	28 	13th OHAJDL 	 	 	
2001-02	40 	19 	17 	1 	3 	148 	147 	42 	10th OHAJDL 	 	 	
2002-03	40 	18 	17 	1 	4 	156 	175 	41 	11th OHAJDL 	 	 	
2003-04	40 	18 	12 	7 	3 	161 	146 	46 	5th OHAJDL 	 	 	
2004-05	40 	27 	11 	0 	2 	163 	114 	56 	3rd OHAJDL 	 	 	
2005-06	38 	29 	6 	3 	0 	176 	92 	61 	2nd OHAJDL 	 	 	
2006-07	42 	32 	9 	0 	1 	198 	120 	65 	2nd SOJHL 	 	 	
2007-08	42 	30 	6 	- 	6 	183 	126 	66 	2nd SOJHL 	 	 	
2008-09	40 	31 	6 	- 	3 	202 	122 	65 	2nd SOJHL 	 	 	
2009-10	36 	28 	6 	- 	2 	214 	119 	58 	2nd SOJHL 	 	 	
2010-11	35 	20 	14 	- 	1 	155 	136 	41 	8th SOJHL 	 	 	
2011-12	35 	26 	8 	- 	1 	180 	136 	53 	2nd SOJHL 	 	 	
2012-13	38 	17 	19 	- 	2 	167 	183 	36 	6th SOJHL-Mc 	 	 	
2013-14	39 	6 	31 	- 	2 	106 	194 	14 	8th MWJCHL 	Lost Quarters - 1-4 - (Mounties) 	 	
2014-15	40 	0 	40 	0 	- 	52 	273 	0 	9th MWJCHL 	DNQ 	 	
2015-16	40 	4 	35 	1 	- 	92 	225 	9 	9th of 9 MWJCHL 	DNQ 	 	
2016-17	40 	1 	39 	0 	- 	71 	304 	2 	9th of 9-PJHLDoughery Div 	DNQ 	 	
2017-18	40 	1 	39 	0 	0 	55 	274 	2 	9th of 9-PJHLDoughery Div 	DNQ 	 	
2018-19	40 	4 	36 	0 	0 	52 	298 	8 	8th of 9Dougherty Div-PJHL 	Lost Div. Quarter - 0-4 - (Braves) 	 	
2019-20	40 	0 	40 	0 	0 	47 	532 	0 	9th of 9Dougherty Div-PJHL 	DNQ 	 	
2020-21	Opted out of season due to COVID-19 pandemic	Opted out of season due to COVID-19 pandemic	Opted out of season due to COVID-19 pandemic	Opted out of season due to COVID-19 pandemic	Opted out of season due to COVID-19 pandemic	Opted out of season due to COVID-19 pandemic	Opted out of season due to COVID-19 pandemic	Opted out of season due to COVID-19 pandemic	Opted out of season due to COVID-19 pandemic	Opted out of season due to COVID-19 pandemic	Opted out of season due to COVID-19 pandemic	Opted out of season due to COVID-19 pandemic
===Playoffs===
*1981 Won league, Lost OHA final
:Belmont Bombers defeated Delhi Flames 4-games-to-none in OHA final
*1986 Won league, Lost OHA final
:Seaforth Centenaires defeated Delhi Flames 4-games-to-1 in OHA final
*2006 Lost final
:Delhi Travellers defeated Burford Bulldogs 4-games-to-2 in conf. quarter-final
:Delhi Travellers defeated Hagersville Hawks 4-games-to-3 in conf. semi-final
:Delhi Travellers defeated Tavistock Braves 4-games-to-none in conf. final
:Lucan Irish defeated Delhi Travellers 4-games-to-2 in final
*2007 Lost final
:Delhi Travellers defeated Port Dover Sailors 4-games-to-none in conf. quarter-final
:Delhi Travellers defeated St. George Dukes 4-games-to-2 in conf. semi-final
:Delhi Travellers defeated Tavistock Braves 4-games-to-3 in conf. final
:Mitchell Hawks defeated Delhi Travellers 4-games-to-2 in final
*2009 Lost final
:Delhi Travellers defeated Burford Bulldogs 4-games-to-none in conf. semi final
:Delhi Travellers defeated Hagersville Hawks 4-games-to-none in conf. final
:Delhi Travellers competed against North Middlesex Stars and Thamesford Trojans in semi-final round robin
:Delhi Travellers advanced to finals against North Middlesex Stars
:North Middlesex Stars defeated Delhi Travellers 4-games-to-3 in final
*2010 Lost semi-final
:Delhi Travellers defeated St. George Dukes 4-games-to-1 in conf. semi final
:Delhi Travellers defeated Hagersville Hawks 4-games-to-1 in conf. final
:Exeter Hawks and Thamesford Trojans defeated Delhi Travellers in semi-final round robin
==Notable alumni==
*Ryan Vandenbussche
==External links==
*Travellers' Official Webpage
Category:Established in 1960
Category:Canadian ice hockey teams
Category:Southern Ontario Junior Hockey League team
Category:OHA Junior Development League teams