Collingwood Blackhawks

The Collingwood Blackhawks are a Junior "A" ice hockey team from Collingwood, Ontario, Canada. They are a part of the Ontario Junior A Hockey League.
==History==
Collingwood junior hockey excellence can be traced back as far as 1950 where the town's Junior "C" team won four straight Clarence Schmalz Cups as All-Ontario Junior "C" Champions.
Although the exact origin of the Blues is not currently known, they dabbled mainly in Junior B and Junior C from 1969 until 1993. They won the Central Junior B Hockey League playoff championship in 1970 and 1971. In 1972, after transferring to the Mid-Ontario Junior B League, they won their league title. They won that title again in 1975-76 and advanced through the Ontario playdowns all the way to the Sutherland Cup provincial final against the St. Marys Lincolns of the Western Junior B Hockey League. St. Marys won the series 4-3, handing Collingwood their only home defeat of the season, in game 7 of the finals.
The Blues played in the Southern Ontario Junior A Hockey League in 1976-77 and finished third out of four teams. In 1977, the Collingwood Blues informed the SOJHL that they were no longer interested in Junior A hockey and left the league to join the local Junior C loop. The folding of the Blues allowed for the folding of the SOJHL. The next season the team was called the Glassmen and compete at the Junior C level. In 1979, the team changed their name to the Shipbuilders and jumped to the Major Intermediate A Hockey League. The Shipbuilder were 1982-83 Major Int. "A" Champions and second place in the province to a team from Timmins, Ontario. In 1983, the league was promoted to Senior "A". The team left the league in 1987 and went on hiatus. In their final Senior season they dropped down to the Georgian Bay Senior A Hockey League. They finished second in the regular season behind the Durham Huskies, but they won the league playoffs and the OHA Senior "A" title 4-games-to-2 against the Dunnville Mudcats of the Southern Ontario league.
In 1988, the Blues voted back into the Central Junior B Hockey League. In 1993, the league was promoted to Junior A status and the Blues remain a member of that league today.
In 2010, the Blues changed their name to the Blackhawks.
==Season-by-season results==
Season 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	OTL 	GF 		GA 	P 	Results 	Playoffs 	
1969-70	40 	18 	18 	4 	- 	183 	189 	40 	3rd CJBHL 	Won League 	
1970-71	40 	24 	15 	1 	- 	195 	138 	51 	2nd CJBHL 	Won League 	
1971-72	40 	22 	13 	5 	- 	226 	155 	49 	3rd MOJBHL 	 	
1972-73	40 	28 	9 	3 	- 	217 	139 	59 	1st MOJBHL 	Lost Final 	
1973-74	40 	26 	12 	2 	- 	217 	143 	54 	2nd MOJBHL 	Lost Semi-final 	
1974-75	39 	27 	8 	4 	- 	223 	180 	58 	1st MOJBHL 	Lost Final 	
1975-76	36 	25 	7 	4 	- 	260 	128 	54 	1st MOJBHL 	Won League, Lost SC Final	
1976-77	34 	10 	18 	6 	- 	156 	176 	26 	3rd SOJAHL 	Lost Semi-final 	
1977-78	32 	14 	14 	4 	- 	190 	172 	32 	5th MOJCHL 	 	
1978-79	37 	30 	7 	0 	- 	256 	112 	60 	1st GBIAHL 	 	
1979-80	36 	23 	12 	1 	- 	194 	140 	47 	2nd GBIAHL 	 	
1980-81	36 	25 	10 	1 	- 	223 	158 	51 	2nd OHA Int. A 	 	
1981-82	36 	24 	11 	1 	- 	236 	182 	49 	2nd OHA Int. A 	 	
1982-83	29 	24 	5 	0 	- 	228 	129 	48 	1st OHA Int. A 	Won League 	
1983-84	38 	20 	17 	1 	- 	238 	221 	41 	7th OHA Sr. A 	 	
1984-85	40 	23 	16 	1 	- 	206 	194 	47 	4th OHA Sr. A 	 	
1985-86	36 	15 	21 	0 	- 	144 	205 	30 	6th OHA Sr. A 	 	
1986-87	24 	18 	6 	0 	- 	193 	120 	36 	2nd GBSAHL 	Won League, Won OHA title	
1987-88	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
1988-89	42 	5 	34 	3 	- 	166 	353 	13 	15th CJBHL 	 	
1989-90	42 	13 	24 	5 	- 	201 	257 	31 	10th CJBHL 	 	
1990-91	42 	15 	22 	5 	- 	170 	209 	35 	11th CJBHL 	 	
1991-92	42 	7 	28 	7 	- 	147 	247 	21 	14th CJBHL 	 	
1992-93	48 	10 	36 	2 	- 	162 	355 	23 	15th CJBHL 	 	
1993-94	40 	10 	29 	1 	- 	127 	223 	22 	8th OPJHL-E 	 	
1994-95	48 	21 	24 	3 	- 	210 	223 	46 	5th OPJHL-E 	 	
1995-96	49 	28 	16 	5 	- 	237 	193 	61 	2nd OPJHL-P 	 	
1996-97	51 	28 	18 	5 	- 	249 	206 	62 	2nd OPJHL-P 	 	
1997-98	51 	35 	12 	3 	1 	263 	156 	74 	1st OPJHL-P 	 	
1998-99	51 	41 	8 	1 	1 	309 	126 	84 	1st OPJHL-C 	 	
1999-00	47 	26 	13 	5 	3 	243 	148 	60 	3rd OPJHL-N 	 	
2000-01	49 	27 	19 	2 	1 	224 	142 	57 	4th OPJHL-N 	 	
2001-02	49 	23 	21 	4 	1 	191 	181 	51 	6th OPJHL-N 	 	
2002-03	49 	23 	25 	0 	1 	204 	176 	47 	4th OPJHL-N 	 	
2003-04	49 	22 	20 	3 	4 	174 	216 	51 	4th OPJHL-N 	 	
2004-05	49 	13 	32 	4 	0 	158 	217 	30 	5th OPJHL-N 	Lost Div. SF 	
2005-06	48 	22 	19 	6 	1 	171 	172 	51 	4th OPJHL-N 	Lost Div. SF 	
2006-07	48 	22 	19 	4 	3 	157 	169 	51 	3rd OPJHL-N 	Lost Div. SF 	
2007-08	49 	10 	36 	- 	3 	107 	220 	23 	8th OPJHL-N 	 	
2008-09	49 	22 	23 	- 	4 	169 	183 	48 	6th OJHL-P 	 	
2009-10	56 	14 	40 	- 	2 	152 	287 	30 	14th OJAHL 	DNQ 	
==Sutherland Cup Appearances==
:1976: St. Marys Lincolns defeated Collingwood Blues 4-games-to-3
==Notable alumni==
* Aaron Downey
* Kevin Colley
* Curtis Sanford
* Kerry Fraser
* Matt Beleskey
==External links==
*Blues Website
*Aaron Downey's profile at www.legendsofhockey.net
Category:Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League teams