Little Britain Merchants

The Little Britain Merchants are a Canadian Junior ice hockey team based in Little Britain, Ontario, Canada. They play in the Provincial Junior Hockey League after playing in the Central Ontario Junior C Hockey League of the Ontario Hockey Association.
== History ==
The Little Britain Merchants were founded in 1978 as members of the Southern Counties Junior D Hockey League.
In 1984, the Merchants made the jump to the Central Lakeshore Junior C Hockey League. Two year later, the league merged with the Quinte-St. Lawrence Junior C Hockey League and formed the Central Ontario Junior C Hockey League. The expansion of the Merchants was to fill the void left by the folding of the Stouffville Clippers.
In the 1997-98 season, the Merchants finished first overall in the Central Ontario league regular season with twenty-seven wins in forty games. The Merchants went on to win the their first and only league championship that year.
The 2005-06 seasons saw the Little Britain Merchants finish the regular season in second place overall. In the league semi-final, the Merchants drew the third seeded Uxbridge Bruins. The series went the distance with the Bruins pulling out the game 7 victory to clinch the series 4-games-to-3 and ruin any form of Merchant playoff run.
The 2006-07 regular season ended with the Merchants finishing in third place overall. Their semi-final opponent would prove to be the second seeded Port Perry Mojacks. In a long, hard fought series, the two teams pushed on to the bitter end where the Mojacks came out victorious winning game 7 and the series 4-games-to-3 to advance to the league final.
Little Britain won their 2nd League Championship in 2009-10 when they upset the defending champion Uxbridge Bruins. The Merchants next opponent in the QF of the CSC playoffs was the Empire B Champion Napanee Raiders. The Merchants and Raiders could not win on each other's ice. The Raiders who had home ice advantage ended up advancing in 7 games.
Late in the 2017-18 season the team would fold after compiling an 0-38-1-1 record and would have their final two games recorded as 5-0 forfeit losses.
==Season-by-season results==
Season 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	OL 	GF 	GA 	P 	Results 	Playoffs 	 	
1987-88	32 	15 	15 	2 	- 	148 	162 	32 	5th COJCHL 	 	 	
1988-89	40 	20 	14 	6 	- 	181 	161 	46 	5th COJCHL 	 	 	
1989-90	36 	9 	23 	4 	- 	163 	218 	22 	7th COJCHL 	 	 	
1990-91	36 	18 	17 	1 	- 	192 	156 	37 	5th COJCHL 	 	 	
1991-92	34 	20 	10 	0 	4 	196 	164 	44 	2nd COJCHL 	 	 	
1992-93	40 	25 	12 	2 	1 	240 	178 	53 	1st COJCHL 	 	 	
1993-94	30 	10 	16 	3 	1 	122 	136 	24 	5th COJCHL 	 	 	
1994-95	36 	13 	20 	1 	2 	146 	163 	29 	6th COJCHL 	 	 	
1995-96	42 	29 	11 	1 	1 	207 	159 	60 	3rd COJCHL 	 	 	
1996-97	40 	19 	16 	5 	0 	177 	172 	43 	4th COJCHL 	 	 	
1997-98	40 	27 	8 	4 	1 	208 	158 	59 	1st COJCHL 	Won League - Lost CSC SF 	 	
1998-99	40 	19 	19 	2 	0 	181 	213 	41 	4th COJCHL 	 	 	
1999-00	40 	14 	23 	1 	2 	150 	231 	31 	5th COJCHL 	 	 	
2000-01	40 	12 	26 	1 	1 	161 	202 	27 	5th COJCHL 	 	 	
2001-02	42 	12 	24 	2 	4 	147 	204 	30 	5th COJCHL 	 	 	
2002-03	38 	12 	21 	3 	2 	131 	177 	29 	5th COJCHL 	 	 	
2003-04	38 	10 	20 	5 	3 	129 	174 	28 	4th COJCHL 	 	 	
2004-05	40 	17 	21 	1 	1 	123 	161 	36 	4th COJCHL 	 	 	
2005-06	42 	28 	13 	1 	0 	191 	144 	57 	2nd COJCHL 	Lost Semi-final 	 	
2006-07	40 	19 	12 	6 	3 	175 	154 	47 	3rd COJCHL 	Lost Semi-final 	 	
2007-08	40 	20 	14 	4 	2 	137 	152 	46 	3rd COJCHL 	 	 	
2008-09	40 	9 	27 	3 	1 	159 	219 	22 	5th COJCHL 	 	 	
2009-10	40 	21 	17 	- 	2 	153 	158 	44 	3rd COJCHL 	Won League, Lost CSC QF 	 	
2010-11	40 	16 	20 	- 	4 	143 	174 	36 	4th COJCHL 	Lost Semi Final 	 	
2011-12	40 	24 	13 	- 	3 	158 	146 	51 	2nd COJCHL 	Lost Semi Final 	 	
2012-13	40 	13 	24 	- 	3 	113 	156 	29 	5th COJCHL 	 	 	
2013-14	40 	13 	22 	- 	5 	122 	176 	31 	5th COJCHL 	DNQ 	 	
2014-15	42 	21 	17 	- 	4 	175 	157 	46 	5th COJCHL 	Won Play in - 3-1 - (Mojacks)Lost Semi-final - 0-4 (Bruins)	 	
2015-16	42 	25 	15 	- 	2 	192 	142 	52 	3rd of 7 COJCHL 	lost Quarters 0-4 - (Chiefs) 	 	
2016-17	42 	13 	28 	1 	- 	140 	193 	27 	6th of 7Orr Division-PJHL 	Lost Div Quarters 0-4, (Eagles) 	 	
2017-18	42 	0 	40 	1 	1 	62 	278 	2 	7th of 7Orr Division-PJHL 	Did not finish regular season 	 	
2017-18	42 	13 	24 	2 	3 	163 	184 	31 	6th of 7Orr Division-PJHL 	Did not qualify 	 	
2019-20	42 	21 	18 	1 	2 	144 	149 	45 	4th of 7Orr Division-PJHL 	Lost Division Preliminary Round 	 	
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 	25 	6 	1 	0 	146 	85 	51 	1st Orr 	Lost Division Final 	 	
2022-23	42 	23 	12 	1 	6 	142 	119 	53 	3rd Orr 	Lost Division Semifinals 	 	
2023-24	42 	12 	26 	0 	4 	113 	188 	28 	6th Orr 	Lost Division Quarterfinals 	 	
== External links ==
* Merchants Webpage
Category:Ontario Hockey Association
Category:Canadian ice hockey teams
Category:Established in 1978
Category:Central Ontario Junior C Hockey League team
Category:Provincial Junior Hockey League (OHA) teams