Penetang Kings

The Penetang Kings are a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in Penetanguishene, Ontario, Canada. They play in the Carruthers Division of the Provincial Junior Hockey League after previously playing in the Georgian Mid-Ontario Junior C Hockey League of the Ontario Hockey Association.
==History==
The first chapter of current Penetanguishene junior hockey history came in 1973. The Penetang Hurons joined up with the Central Ontario Junior C Hockey League, a league recently promoted from the Junior D level. The Hurons lasted only two seasons before folding.
In 1977, two years after the demise of the Hurons. The Penetang Kings were created as members of the Georgian Bay Junior C Hockey League.
In 1983-84, the Penetang won the Georgian Bay league championship to move into the All-Ontario playdowns. They made it all the way to the Clarence Schmalz Cup finals, were they played against the Niagara Junior C Hockey League champions, the Woodstock Navy-Vets. The Kings brushed them off with a 4-game-sweep to clinch their first ever provincial championship.Ontario Hockey Association 2006-2007 Constitution, Regulations and Rules of Competition by The Ontario Hockey Association (2006) The Kings were led to the Cup by local player and future National Hockey Leaguer Brian McReynolds, who the next year won the Manitoba Centennial Cup National Junior A Championship with the Orillia Travelways of the OHA Junior A Hockey League.Legends of Hockey - NHL Player Search - Player - Brian McReynolds
In 1994, the Georgian Bay league merged with the Mid-Ontario Junior C Hockey League to create the Georgian Mid-Ontario Junior C Hockey League. Although the Kings were rather competitive in the league, success has not come until recently.
The 2005-06 season saw the Kings finish the regular season in first place. In the league quarter-finals, the Kings were placed against the eighth place Midland Flyers and swept them 4-games-to-none. The semi-final was against the sixth seeded Stayner Siskins. The Kings dispatched them 4-games-to-1 to move on to the Georgian Mid-Ontario finals. The Kings were up against the powerhouse Fergus Devils, but it in surprising fashion swept the second seeded Devils 4-games-to-none to win their first ever Georgian Mid-Ontario championship. The Kings found themselves in the All-Ontario playdowns for the first time possibly twenty-two years. Their quarter-final match up was against the Kincardine Bulldogs of the Western Junior C Hockey League. In their hardest challenge yet, the bested the Bulldogs 4-games-to-2. In the semi-finals, the Kings ran into the Central Junior C Hockey League's Port Perry Mojacks. The Kings dispatched the Mojacks 4-games-to-2 to reach their first Clarence Schmalz Cup final in twenty-two years. The Kings were up against a heavily favoured Essex 73's squad. The 73's had torn up the Great Lakes Junior C Hockey League and swept the Niagara Junior C Hockey League's Simcoe Storm to reach the final. Penetang's goalie, Dan Earles, took over and post three 1-0 shutouts in a 4-games-to-1 series victory over the 73's.Home | Ontario Hockey Association
The 2006-07 season was more of a challenge than ever. After coming in second place in the regular season to the Fergus Devils, the Kings again had to face the Midland Flyers in the quarter-finals and again swept them 4-games-to-none. In the semi-final, the Kings were challenged by a tough Alliston Hornets squad. After going up 3-games-to-none in the series, the Hornets battled back to make the series 3-games-to-2 before the Kings finally won a tight game 6 and kill the Hornet surge thanks to 2 late game points. This set up a rematch of the 2006-07 GMO Final. Fergus came out tough, but were beaten in the first two games both in double overtime, both times by a 3-2 score. The Devils came back and won game 3 and game 4 just to have the Kings win game 5 and then game 6 4-3 in overtime. Four of the six games played in the Final were finished in overtime. In the Semi-final, the Kings again ran into the Kincardine Bulldogs of the Western Junior C Hockey League. By game 4, the Bulldogs had the Kings against the wall with a 3-games-to-1 series lead. To the Bulldogs dismay, the Kings won game 5 2-1, game 6 3-1, and then game 7 with a crushing 5-0 victory. In the semi-final, the Kings drew the Central Junior C Hockey League's Lakefield Chiefs and in an extremely close series, swept the Chiefs 4-games-to-none to reach the All-Ontario Final for the second straight year. Again, their opponent was the Great Lakes Junior C Hockey League's Essex 73's. In the Final, the 73's got the one-up on the Kings in game 1, taking it 4-3. From that point on, with again excellent backstopping from Dan Earles, the Kings dismantled the 73's. They won the next 4 games straight to win the series 4-games-to-1 and clinch their second straight Clarence Schmalz Cup.Home | Ontario Hockey Association
==Season-by-season standings==
Season 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	OL 	GF 	GA 	P 	Results 	Playoffs 	 	
1973-74	30 	9 	17 	4 	- 	138 	176 	22 	6th CJCHL 	Lost MO Semi-final 	 	
1974-75	31 	4 	25 	2 	- 	84 	191 	10 	7th CJCHL 	Lost MO Semi-final 	 	
1975-77	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 	
1977-78	32 	21 	8 	3 	- 	262 	170 	45 	1st GBJCHL 	Won League, Lost CSC QF 	 	
1978-79	35 	31 	3 	1 	- 	255 	144 	63 	1st GBJCHL 	Won League, Lost CSC SF 	 	
1979-80	30 	23 	7 	0 	- 	-- 	-- 	46 	1st GBJCHL 	Won League, Lost CSC QF 	 	
1980-81	32 	19 	9 	4 	- 	211 	149 	42 	4th GBJCHL 	Lost Quarter-final 	 	
1981-82	40 	26 	11 	3 	- 	-- 	-- 	55 	2nd GBJCHL 	Won League, Bronze in OHA 	 	
1982-83	34 	20 	10 	4 	- 	-- 	-- 	44 	4th GBJCHL 	Won League, Lost CSC SF 	 	
1983-84	32 	24 	6 	2 	- 	-- 	-- 	50 	1st GBJCHL 	Won League, Won CSC 	 	
1984-85	32 	19 	8 	5 	- 	185 	136 	43 	1st GBJCHL 	Lost Semi-final 	 	
1985-86	32 	16 	16 	0 	0 	204 	175 	32 	5th GBJCHL 	Lost Quarter-final 	 	
1986-87	32 	11 	18 	2 	1 	166 	221 	25 	6th GBJCHL 	Lost Quarter-final 	 	
1987-88	30 	12 	18 	0 	0 	143 	159 	24 	4th GBJCHL 	Lost Quarter-final 	 	
1988-89	36 	2 	32 	2 	0 	131 	259 	6 	7th GBJCHL 	Lost Quarter-final 	 	
1989-90	36 	9 	26 	1 	0 	121 	219 	19 	5th GBJCHL 	Lost Quarter-final 	 	
1990-91	30 	15 	12 	2 	1 	146 	124 	33 	4th GBJCHL 	Lost Final 	 	
1991-92	36 	21 	14 	1 	0 	-- 	-- 	43 	4th GBJCHL 	Lost Quarter-final 	 	
1992-93	35 	14 	20 	0 	1 	-- 	-- 	29 	5th GBJCHL 	Lost Semi-final 	 	
1993-94	38 	17 	19 	0 	2 	-- 	-- 	36 	3rd GBJCHL 	Lost Semi-final 	 	
1994-95	36 	27 	8 	1 	- 	-- 	-- 	55 	1st GMOHL 	Lost Final 	 	
1995-96	44 	23 	20 	1 	- 	217 	204 	47 	5th GMOHL 	 	 	
1996-97	35 	17 	17 	1 	- 	164 	149 	35 	6th GMOHL 	 	 	
1997-98	36 	17 	18 	1 	- 	158 	177 	35 	5th GMOHL 	 	 	
1998-99	36 	16 	18 	2 	- 	178 	173 	34 	5th GMOHL 	 	 	
1999-00	36 	13 	21 	2 	- 	172 	184 	28 	6th GMOHL 	 	 	
2000-01	36 	20 	14 	1 	1 	155 	138 	41 	4th GMOHL 	 	 	
2001-02	36 	14 	19 	1 	2 	144 	160 	31 	7th GMOHL 	 	 	
2002-03	36 	17 	17 	1 	1 	157 	146 	36 	5th GMOHL 	Lost Semi-final 	 	
2003-04	36 	19 	11 	5 	1 	159 	127 	44 	4th GMOHL 	 	 	
2004-05	40 	23 	9 	6 	2 	157 	124 	54 	3rd GMOHL 	 	 	
2005-06	42 	28 	8 	4 	2 	170 	109 	62 	1st GMOHL 	Won League, Won CSC 	 	
2006-07	42 	27 	9 	3 	3 	190 	127 	60 	2nd GMOHL 	Won League, Won CSC 	 	
2007-08	42 	35 	6 	0 	1 	222 	91 	71 	2nd GMOHL 	Lost Final 	 	
2008-09	42 	30 	10 	- 	2 	194 	121 	62 	2nd GMOHL 	 	 	
2009-10	42 	32 	8 	- 	2 	206 	104 	66 	2nd GMOHL 	Lost Final 	 	
2010-11	40 	21 	12 	- 	7 	168 	146 	49 	5th GMOHL 	 	 	
2011-12	40 	21 	18 	- 	1 	168 	152 	43 	4th GMOHL 	Won Quarters - 4-0 - (Cougars)Lost Semi's - 2-4 - (Hornets) 	 	
2012-13	40 	21 	15 	- 	4 	200 	181 	46 	4th GMOHL 	Won Quarters - 4-1 - (Shamrocks)Lost Semi's - 1-4 - (Hornets) 	 	
2013-14	40 	30 	6 	- 	4 	217 	133 	64 	1st GMOHL 	Won Quarters - 4-0 - (Flyers)Won Semi's - 4-2 - (Cougars)Won League - 4-2 - (Hornets)Lost CSC QF - 2-4 - (Wingham)	 	
2014-15	40 	20 	15 	- 	5 	141 	147 	45 	4th GMOHL 	Won Quarters - 4-0 - (Golden Hawks)Lost Semi's - 0-4 - (Cougars) 	 	
2015-16	40 	17 	23 	2 	- 	143 	164 	36 	6th of 9 GMOHL 	Won Quarters - 4-1 - (Flyers)Won Semifinals - 4-3 - (Golden Hawks)Lost Finals, 0-4 (Hornets) 	 	
2016-17	42 	17 	21 	2 	- 	159 	213 	36 	6th of 8-PJHLCarruthers Div 	Won Div Quarters - 4-3 - (Terriers)Lost Div Semifinal, 1-4 (Hornets) 	 	
2017-18	42 	21 	18 	0 	3 	186 	166 	45 	4th of 8-PJHLCarruthers Div 	Won Div Quarters - 4-2 - (Flyers)Lost Div Semifinal, 2-4 (Siskins) 	 	
2018-19	42 	20 	19 	1 	2 	168 	170 	43 	4th of 8-PJHLCarruthers Div 	Won Div Quarters - 4-2 - (Terriers)Won Div Semifinal, 4-0 (Siskins)Lost Div. Finals 0-4 (Hornets) 	 	
2019-20	42 	20 	21 	0 	1 	184 	181 	41 	4th of 8-PJHLCarruthers Div 	Won Div Quarters - 4-0 (Golden Hawks)Lost Div Semifinal,  3-4 (Hornets) 	 	
2020-21	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic 	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021-22	30 	13 	14 	0 	3 	125 	122 	29 	5th 	Lost Division Quarterfinals 	 	
2022-23	40 	8 	26 	2 	4 	110 	209 	22 	T-8th 	Lost Division Quarterfinals 	 	
2023-24	42 	18 	20 	3 	1 	145 	167 	40 	5th 	Lost Division Quarterfinals 	 	
(*) Standings Incomplete.
*2000-2004http://www.ohahockey.org/ Provided by GMO League statistician
*2004–PresentHome | Ontario Hockey Association
==Clarence Schmalz Cup Appearances==
:1984: Penetang Kings defeated Woodstock Navy-Vets 4-games-to-none
:2006: Penetang Kings defeated Essex 73's 4-games-to-1
:2007: Penetang Kings defeated Essex 73's 4-games-to-1Home | Ontario Hockey Association
==Notable alumni==
*Brian McReynoldsLegends of Hockey - NHL Player Search - Player - Brian McReynolds
* Daniel Earles
==References==
==External links==
*Kings Homepage
Category:Ontario Hockey Association
Category:Canadian ice hockey teams
Category:Established in 1977
Category:Georgian Mid-Ontario Junior C Hockey League teams
Category:Provincial Junior Hockey League (OHA) teams