Mount Forest Patriots

The Mount Forest Patriots are a Canadian Junior ice hockey team based in Mount Forest, Ontario, Canada. They play in the Provincial Junior Hockey League after having played in the Western Junior C Hockey League (WJCHL).
==History==
With their expansion into the Ontario Hockey Association in 1987, the Patriots served as a catalyst for the genesis of the Grey-Bruce Junior "C" Hockey League (GBJHL) into the WJCHL. Until 1987, all teams in the GBJHL were from Grey County and Bruce County. Mount Forest, at the Southern border of Grey County, is actually a part of Wellington County and therefore rendered the GBJHL inadequate. The expansion of the Pats came soon after the folding of the Markdale MohawksMarkdaleJuniors and the Arthur EaglesAncasterShamrocks, two local Junior "D" teams.
Following nine years of WJCHL domination by the Hanover BaronsWelcome To The Home of the Hanover Barons, the Patriots came into their own. The team won three consecutive league titles from 1994 until 1996Mount Forest Confederate Sports Section, March 1996, but could not surpass the Belle River Canadiens (1994)Mount Forest Confederate Sports Section, March 1994, Bowmanville Eagles (1995)Mount Forest Confederate Sports Section, March 1995, or the Paris Mounties (1996) in the early rounds of the All-Ontario Championship to win the Clarence Schmalz Cup. In 1998, the Patriots were designated the farm team of the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League's Durham HuskiesThe Durham Chronicle Sports Section, August 1998. This relationship resulted in the Patriots fielding the first Russian to play in the WJCHL, Valentine LidvanovOwen Sound Sun Times Sports Section, November 1998, however the teams' affiliation was severed in 2001 when the Huskies left the OPJHL to join the WJCHLThe Durham Chronicle Sports Section, April 2001. The Huskies were granted leave from the OPJHLThe Durham Chronicle Sports Section, February 2001, but were voted out of the WJCHL before they could play a game.
The Pats have struggled to obtain their first winning season since 1998. None-the-less, the community of Mount Forest stands firmly behind them, often filling the arena at home games.
The 2004-05 season ended with the Mount Forest Patriots on the outside looking in. At the very end of the season, the upstart Goderich Sailors jumped ahead of the Patriots to take control of the fourth playoff seed and leaving the Patriots eliminated from the playoffs.Home | Ontario Hockey Association
In 2005-06, the Patriots finished in last place overall but took advantage of an expanded playoff format introduced that season. The playoffs did not last long though as the Hanover Barons swept the Patriots in the league quarter-final 2-games-to-none.
The 2006-07 season ended with the Patriots back up in the fifth seed. They challenged the Hanover Barons in the league quarter-final and were defeated 3-games-to-1.
==Season-by-Season Standings==
Season 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	OL 	GF 	GA 	P 	Results 	Playoffs 	 	
1987-88 	30 	11 	14 	5 	- 	129 	132 	27 	4th GBJCHL 	 	 	
1988-89 	30 	12 	13 	5 	- 	149 	148 	29 	4th WJCHL 	 	 	
1989-90 	30 	13 	15 	2 	- 	156 	180 	28 	4th WJCHL 	 	 	
1990-91 	30 	8 	18 	4 	- 	110 	126 	20 	6th WJCHL 	 	 	
1991-92 	29 	9 	16 	4 	- 	121 	142 	22 	5th WJCHL 	 	 	
1992-93 	29 	9 	17 	3 	- 	138 	170 	21 	5th WJCHL 	 	 	
1993-94 	32 	22 	6 	4 	- 	-- 	-- 	48 	1st WJCHL 	Won League 	 	
1994-95 	29 	21 	3 	5 	- 	102 	74 	47 	1st WJCHL 	Won League 	 	
1995-96 	30 	22 	6 	2 	- 	179 	95 	46 	2nd WJCHL 	Won League 	 	
1996-97 	30 	15 	10 	5 	- 	158 	141 	35 	3rd WJCHL 	 	 	
1997-98 	36 	11 	21 	4 	- 	145 	164 	26 	5th WJCHL 	 	 	
1998-99 	36 	11 	18 	7 	- 	103 	134 	29 	5th WJCHL 	 	 	
1999-00*	34 	8 	22 	4 	- 	91 	157 	20 	5th WJCHL 	 	 	
2000-01 	39 	19 	17 	3 	- 	152 	149 	41 	3rd WJCHL 	 	 	
2001-02 	34 	18 	13 	3 	- 	126 	107 	39 	4th WJCHL 	 	 	
2002-03 	35 	10 	24 	- 	1 	92 	168 	21 	5th WJCHL 	 	 	
2003-04 	33 	10 	22 	1 	0 	127 	154 	21 	5th WJCHL 	Lost Semi-final 	 	
2004-05 	40 	8 	28 	4 	0 	140 	225 	20 	5th WJCHL 	DNQ 	 	
2005-06 	38 	4 	32 	2 	0 	83 	232 	10 	6th WJCHL 	Lost Quarter-final 	 	
2006-07 	40 	6 	32 	0 	2 	126 	244 	14 	5th WJCHL 	Lost Quarter-final 	 	
2007-08 	40 	4 	35 	- 	1 	102 	267 	9 	5th WJCHL 	 	 	
2008-09 	36 	1 	34 	- 	1 	70 	265 	3 	7th WJCHL 	 	 	
2009-10 	36 	7 	27 	- 	2 	98 	173 	16 	6th WJCHL 	Lost Quarter-final 	 	
2010-11 	36 	10 	22 	- 	4 	111 	166 	24 	6th WJCHL 	Lost Quarter-final 	 	
2011-12 	36 	14 	21 	- 	1 	130 	156 	29 	6th WJCHL 	Lost Quarter-final 	 	
2012-13 	36 	16 	17 	- 	3 	162 	158 	35 	5th WJCHL 	Lost Semi-final 	 	
2013-14 	35 	18 	14 	- 	3 	157 	162 	39 	3rd WJCHL 	Lost Quarter-final 	 	
2014-15 	36 	16 	20 	0 	- 	160 	146 	32 	5th WJCHL 	Lost Quarter - 2-4 - (Bulldogs) 	 	
2015-16 	36 	22 	13 	1 	- 	179 	135 	45 	3rd of 7 WJCHL 	Won Quarter - 4-3 - (Barons)Lost Semifinals - 3-4 - (Bulldogs) 	 	
2016-17 	36 	17 	17 	2 	- 	126 	118 	36 	3rd of 7Pollock Div-PJHL 	Won Div Quarter - 4-0 (Ironmen)Won Div Semifinals - 4-3 (M. Hawks)Won Div Finals, 4-3 (W. Hawks)Lost Cont. Finals 1-4 (Hornets)	 	
2017-18 	40 	31 	7 	2 	- 	199 	104 	64 	1st of 7Pollock Div. PJHL 	Won Div. SF, 4-0 (Ironmen)Won Div. Final, 4-2 (Walkerton Hawks)Lost Conf. Final, 1-4 (Siskins) 	 	
2018-19 	42 	32 	9 	1 	- 	186 	120 	65 	1st of 7Pollock Div. PJHL 	Won Div. SF, 4-0 (Walkerton Hawks)Won Div. Final, 4-2 (Ironmen)Lost North Conf., 2-4 (Hornets) 	 	
2019-20 	42 	33 	7 	1 	- 	214 	109 	68 	1st of 7Pollock Div. PJHL 	Division Final cancelled with series tied 1 game each 	 	
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 	32 	18 	11 	2 	1 	115 	111 	39 	3rd 	Lost Division Semifinals 	 	
2022-23 	42 	32 	9 	1 	0 	201 	130 	65 	1st 	Lost Conference Final 	 	
2023-24 	42 	32 	7 	0 	3 	183 	103 	67 	2nd 	Lost Division Final 	 	
(*) The 1999-00 Season was altered drastically due to the folding of the Lakeshore Pirates. As a disproportionate amount of games had been played by each team against Lakeshore, all history of these games were erased. If they had been included, the Patriots' record against the Pirates was 4-0-0.Owen Sound Sun Times Sports Section, November 1999.
*1987-1996Owen Sound Sun Times Sports Section final standings
*1996-2004Mount Forest Confederate Sports Section final standingsOwen Sound Sun Times Sports Section for Goal totals
*2004-PresentHome | Ontario Hockey Association
==References==
==External links==
*Official Patriots Webpage
Category:Ontario Hockey Association
Category:Western Ontario Junior C Hockey League team
Category:Canadian ice hockey teams
Category:Established in 1987
Category:Provincial Junior Hockey League (OHA) teams