Pelham Panthers

The Pelham Panthers, formerly the Port Colborne Pirates, are a Canadian Junior ice hockey team based in Pelham, Ontario, Canada. They play in the Golden Horseshoe division of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League. 
==History==
The Port Colborne Recreationists were a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey Association that played at the Junior B level through most of the 1940s. The Recreationists captured the 1943 Junior B championship, Sutherland Cup and were promoted to the Junior A level the following year where they competed for one full season. The Junior A team folded early in their second season and the Recreationists returned to Junior B hockey the following year.
The monikor "Sailors" dates back to the 1940s as well. The Port Colborne Sailors were one of the most successful franchises in the OHA Major Intermediate A Hockey League winning championships in 1949, 1950, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1975 and 1976. 
Since 1970 the Sailors have spent most of their time in the Niagara Junior C Hockey League with the exception of 1975 through 1979 when the team participated in the Niagara District Junior B Hockey League. The team changed its name several times (Sailors, Swords, Kinsmen, Schooners) before returning to the familiar "Sailors" monikor that the team played as between 1995 and 2008. In 2009 the team rebranded itself one more time as the Port Colborne Pirates.
Sutherland Cups: 1943 (as the Port Colborne Recreationists)
In 2014, after decades in Port Colborne, the team relocated to Pelham.http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/2014/07/16/junior-b-team-leaves-pelham-for-port-colborne In November 2014, the team changed their nickname to the Panthers.http://www.forterietimes.ca/2014/11/11/new-name-new-coaches-for-pelham-junior-b-hockey-team
==Season-by-season results==
Season 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	OL 	GF 	GA 	P 	Results 	Playoffs 	 	 	 	 	 	
1977-78	40 	9 	26 	5 	- 	183 	289 	23 	5th NDJBHL 	DNQ 	 	 	 	 	 	
1978-79	40 	14 	24 	2 	- 	-- 	-- 	30 	4th NDJBHL 	Lost Semi-final 	 	 	 	 	 	
1979-80	35 	16 	17 	2 	- 	196 	185 	34 	4th NJC-E 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1980-81	40 	23 	11 	6 	- 	252 	171 	52 	3rd NJC-E 	Lost Quarter-final 	 	 	 	 	 	
1981-82	36 	29 	6 	1 	- 	-- 	-- 	59 	1st NJC-CA 	Lost Final 	 	 	 	 	 	
1982-83	31 	13 	13 	5 	- 	-- 	-- 	31 	4th NJC-E 	Lost Quarter-final 	 	 	 	 	 	
1983-84	40 	30 	7 	3 	- 	-- 	-- 	63 	1st NJC-E 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1984-85	34 	20 	9 	5 	- 	161 	119 	45 	2nd NJCHL 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1985-86	40 	12 	21 	7 	- 	189 	214 	31 	9th GHJHL 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1986-87	42 	23 	16 	3 	- 	258 	203 	49 	4th GHJHL 	Lost Final 	 	 	 	 	 	
1987-88	42 	32 	6 	4 	- 	326 	179 	68 	2nd GHJHL 	Lost Final 	 	 	 	 	 	
1988-89	42 	21 	12 	9 	- 	229 	176 	51 	4th GHJHL 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1989-90	48 	17 	26 	2 	3 	254 	299 	39 	7th GHJHL 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1990-91	42 	10 	30 	1 	1 	184 	285 	22 	7th GHJHL 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1991-92	42 	14 	27 	0 	1 	172 	253 	29 	7th GHJHL 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1992-93	42 	8 	32 	2 	0 	149 	293 	18 	7th GHJHL 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1993-94	40 	13 	25 	2 	0 	192 	260 	28 	5th GHJHL 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1994-95	42 	17 	22 	3 	1 	171 	194 	38 	5th GHJHL 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1995-96	50 	35 	14 	0 	1 	222 	177 	71 	2nd GHJHL 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1996-97	42 	32 	7 	3 	0 	254 	134 	67 	1st GHJHL 	Lost Final 	 	 	 	 	 	
1997-98	49 	22 	23 	2 	2 	211 	223 	48 	5th GHJHL 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1998-99	48 	23 	16 	7 	2 	184 	138 	55 	3rd GHJHL 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1999-00	48 	25 	19 	3 	1 	174 	143 	54 	5th GHJHL 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2000-01	48 	22 	18 	5 	3 	185 	149 	52 	4th GHJHL 	Lost Final 	 	 	 	 	 	
2001-02	48 	33 	12 	2 	1 	250 	157 	69 	2nd GHJHL 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2002-03	48 	20 	22 	2 	4 	241 	256 	46 	4th GHJHL 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2003-04	48 	9 	32 	6 	1 	123 	215 	25 	7th GHJHL 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2004-05	48 	20 	20 	6 	2 	155 	178 	48 	4th GHJHL 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2005-06	49 	16 	30 	2 	1 	160 	235 	35 	6th GHJHL 	Lost Quarter-final 	 	 	 	 	 	
2006-07	49 	30 	16 	1 	2 	238 	210 	63 	3rd GHJHL 	Lost Semi-final 	 	 	 	 	 	
2007-08	49 	14 	32 	1 	2 	152 	197 	31 	7th GOJHL-GH 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
2008-09	52 	16 	27 	- 	9 	170 	250 	41 	8th GOJHL-GH 	Lost Quarter-Final 	 	 	 	 	 	
2009-10	51 	17 	30 	- 	4 	173 	243 	38 	6th GOJHL-GH 	Lost Conf. QF 	 	 	 	 	 	
2010-11	51 	25 	18 	- 	8 	225 	195 	58 	5th GOJHL-GH 	Lost Conf. SF 	 	 	 	 	 	
2011-12	51 	32 	17 	- 	2 	212 	191 	66 	4th GOJHL-GH 	Lost Conf. Final 	 	 	 	 	 	
2012-13	51 	35 	12 	- 	4 	250 	158 	74 	2nd GOJHL-GH 	Lost Conf. SF 	 	 	 	 	 	
2013-14	49 	9 	37 	- 	3 	154 	298 	21 	8th GOJHL-GH 	Lost Conf. QF 	 	 	 	 	 	
2014-15	49 	5 	42 	- 	2 	120 	336 	12 	8th GOJHL-GH 	Lost Conf. Quarter-finals, 0-4 (Corvairs) 	 	 	 	 	 	
2015-16	50 	1 	45 	0 	4 	105 	381 	6 	8th of 8-GH26th of 26-GOJHL 	Lost Conf. Quarter-finals, 0-4 (Corvairs) 	 	 	 	 	 	
2016-17	50 	12 	34 	0 	4 	129 	244 	28 	7th GOJHL-GH 	Lost Conf. Quarter-Finals, 0-4 (Falcons) 	 	 	 	 	 	
2017-18	50 	17 	29 	1 	3 	139 	217 	38 	7th GOJHL-GH 	Lost Conf. Quarter-Finals, 0-4 (Falcons) 	 	 	 	 	 	
2018-19	47 	25 	17 	0 	5 	148 	128 	55 	4th GOJHL-GH 	Won Conf. Quarter-Finals, 4-2 (Blackhawks)Lost Conf. Semi-Finals, 0-4 (Canucks)	 	 	 	 	 	
2019-20	50 	17 	30 	0 	3 	110 	199 	35 	7th GOJHL-GH 	Lost Conf. Quarter-finals 0-4 (Canucks) 	 	 	 	 	 	
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	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	48 	14 	32 	2 	0 	110 	192 	30 	7th of 8-GH22nd of 25-GOJHL 	Lost Conf. Quarter-finals, 0–4 (Falcons) 	 	 	 	 	 	
2022-23	50 	4 	42 	3 	1 	84 	240 	12 	8th of 8-GH24th of 25-GOJHL 	Lost Conf. Quarter-finals, 0–4 (Falcons) 	 	 	 	 	 	
2023-24	50 	14 	33 	2 	1 	124 	209 	31 	6th of 7-GH19th of 23-GOJHL 	Lost Conf. Quarter-finals, 1-4 (Falcons) 	 	 	 	 	 	
==See also==
*Port Colborne Recreationists
==External links==
*Pirates Webpage
*Panthers Webpage
*GOJHL Webpage
==References==
Category:Golden Horseshoe Junior B Hockey League teams
Category:Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League
Category:Established in 1970