Georgina Ice

The Georgina Ice are a Canadian Junior ice hockey team based in Georgina, Ontario, Canada. They have played in the Central Ontario Junior C Hockey League of the Ontario Hockey Association since 1994 until the formation of the Provincial Junior Hockey League.
==History==
The Ice were founded in 1994. They have always played in the Central "C" league. The Ice play most of their home games at the Georgina Ice Palace in Keswick. Each year they play a handful of games in Sutton at the Sutton Arena.
Over the life of the franchise many players have gone on to play higher ranks of hockey. The inaugural team saw players such as Jason Robinson, Jimmy Wilson and Todd Hamblin go on to play for the Stouffville Spirit of the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League.
In the second year the franchise was affiliated with Stouffville Spirit over the course of their 13 year existence the Ice have also been affiliated with the 2002–03 Dudley Hewitt Cup and Royal Bank Cup winning Aurora Tigers. The Ice reformed their affiliation with the Newmarket Hurricanes in 2006.
In 2002–03 The Ice made the ultimate journey advancing to the Clarence Schmalz Cup. The Ice lost the series in 4 games to the Grimsby Peach Kings. Grimsby was making their first of two consecutive runs at the Ontario Championship.
2006 saw Ice alumnus David McIntyre drafted by the Dallas Stars in the 5th round of the NHL Entry Draft. Kyle Orr, also an Ice alumnus signed a pro contract with the Arizona Sundogs of the Central Hockey League. Justin Soryal who played for the Ice in 2003–04 now plays for the Peterborough Petes of the Ontario Hockey League.
In 2004, The Ice retired Jersey number 94 in honor of all time Ice leading scorer Trevor Sedore who finished his junior career after 240 games with 179 goals and 172 assists for 351 points. Sedore was named league MVP 3 times in 7 seasons.
Also in 2004 the Georgina Ice honored longtime head coach Steve Sedore for his 25 years of coaching. He has been a constant fixture with the Ice over their 13 years. He was the head coach in the first season and has held various positions since. Steve is the longest serving and winningest coach in Ice History and has held coaching positions with the Stouffville Spirit, Couchiching Terriers and the Newmarket Hurricanes. He has also been involved in minor hockey with Georgina and York Simcoe.
Aside from Steve the Ice have been led by Mike Sedore, Paul Sinclair and Peter Hughes. Mike returned to the Ice in 2006 after Pete stepped down to assume the assistant coaching role. Mike last served as head coach in 1995–96 taking over for Steve when he took on the head coaching duties with the Spirit.
Heading into the 2006–07 Season the Ice have compiled a regular season record of 236-204-30-18. Since entering the league in 1994 they have played regular season games against the Port Perry Mojacks, Uxbridge Bruins, Lakefield Chiefs and Little Britain Merchants all of which remain in the league today. The Bowmanville Eagles left the COJCHL in 1995 and the Bobcaygeon Bullets left shortly after. For a period of time The Central League also played crossover games with the Empire B Junior C League.
In 2008 The Ice took home the coveted Cougar beating the number 1 ranked Lakefield Chiefs 4 games to none to capture their second COJCHL title.
==Season-by-Season Results==
Season 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	OL 	GF 	GA 	P 	Results 	Playoffs 	 	
1994–95	36 	19 	13 	2 	2 	167 	154 	42 	3rd COJCHL 	Lost Semi-Final 	 	
1995–96	42 	16 	23 	2 	1 	174 	199 	42 	4th COJCHL 	Lost Semi-Final 	 	
1996–97	40 	19 	14 	3 	4 	183 	164 	45 	3rd COJCHL 	 	 	
1997–98	40 	15 	22 	3 	0 	177 	203 	33 	5th COJCHL 	 	 	
1998–99	40 	22 	14 	2 	2 	185 	130 	48 	3rd COJCHL 	 	 	
1999–00	40 	20 	16 	2 	2 	172 	167 	44 	3rd COJCHL 	 	 	
2000–01	40 	27 	12 	1 	0 	195 	143 	55 	2nd COJCHL 	 	 	
2001–02	42 	24 	15 	3 	0 	193 	152 	51 	2nd COJCHL 	 	 	
2002–03	38 	22 	10 	6 	0 	162 	137 	50 	1st COJCHL 	Won League 	 	
2003–04	38 	22 	10 	4 	2 	170 	134 	50 	1st COJCHL 	 	 	
2004–05	40 	10 	26 	1 	3 	116 	181 	24 	5th COJCHL 	 	 	
2005–06	42 	10 	29 	1 	2 	133 	230 	23 	5th COJCHL 	Lost Quarter-final 	 	
2006-07	40 	10 	25 	4 	1 	158 	213 	25 	5th COJCHL 	Lost Quarter-Final 	 	
2007-08	40 	24 	13 	3 	0 	168 	127 	51 	2nd COJCHL 	Won League 	 	
2008-09	40 	15 	20 	4 	1 	183 	197 	35 	4th COJCHL 	 	 	
2009-10	40 	19 	16 	- 	5 	170 	175 	43 	4th COJCHL 	Lost Quarter-final 	 	
2010-11	40 	19 	17 	- 	4 	163 	156 	42 	3rd COJCHL 	Lost Semi-final 	 	
2011-12	40 	14 	24 	- 	2 	141 	183 	30 	6th COJCHL 	Lost Semi-final 	 	
2012-13	40 	11 	26 	- 	3 	124 	221 	25 	6th COJCHL 	 	 	
2013-14	40 	8 	28 	- 	4 	95 	211 	20 	6th COJCHL 	DNQ 	 	
2014-15	42 	8 	32 	- 	2 	113 	246 	18 	6th COJCHL 	DNQ 	 	
2015-16	42 	0 	40 	1 	1 	71 	288 	2 	7th of 7 COJCHL 	DNQ 	 	
2016-17	42 	3 	39 	0 	- 	115 	280 	6 	7th of 7Orr Div-PJHL 	DNQ 	 	
2017-18	42 	11 	28 	1 	2 	125 	245 	23 	6th of 7Orr Div-PJHL 	Lost Div Quarterfinals 0-4 (Mojacks) 	 	
2018-19	41 	9 	30 	2 	0 	109 	274 	20 	7th of 7Orr Div-PJHL 	DNQ 	 	
2019-20	42 	2 	38 	1 	1 	103 	286 	6 	7th of 7Orr Division-PJHL 	DNQ 	 	
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2021-22	32 	8 	23 	1 	0 	68 	133 	17 	7th Orr 	Lost Division Quarterfinals 	 	
2022-23	40 	22 	15 	0 	3 	144 	141 	47 	4th Orr 	Lost Division Semifinals 	 	
2023-24	42 	30 	12 	0 	0 	220 	118 	60 	2nd Orr 	Lost Division Final 	 	
==Clarence Schmalz Cup Appearances==
:2003: Grimsby Peach Kings defeated Georgina Ice 4-games-to-0
==Home Arena==
The Georgina Ice Palace in Keswick has been the main home of the Georgina Ice since 1996–97 season. Prior to that the Ice played the bulk of their games at the Sutton Arena where they continue to play a handful of games each season.
The Ice Palace is located at 90 Wexford Drive just west of Woodbine Avenue in Keswick. It has a twin ice pad and also has a library, multi-use facility and a skatepark.
==Notable alumni==
* Trevor Sedore - Leading Scorer
* David McIntyre - Dallas Star Draft Pick - Colgate
* Justin Soryal - New York Rangers
* Brad Fogal - Adrian College
* Kyle Orr - Peiting EC
* Kody Collins - Collingwood Blues
==External links==
*Ice Webpage
*COJCHL Webpage
Category:Ontario Hockey Association
Category:Canadian ice hockey teams
Category:Central Ontario Junior C Hockey League team
Category:Established in 1994
Category:Provincial Junior Hockey League (OHA) teams