Port Colborne Sailors

The Port Colborne Sailors are a junior B team from Port Colborne, Ontario that became a Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League during the 2023 off seeason when the Thorold Blackhawks relocated to the community. The team is based out of the Vale Health and Wellness Centre.
==Root of the Move==
The Thorold Blackhawks were forced to move their home games to the Vale Health and Wellness Centre in Port Colborne for the 2022 playoffs and for the 2022-23 season due to ongoing construction at the Thorold Community Arena. On May 16, 2023 the move was made permanent with the team being renamed the Port Colborne Sailors.https://www.gojhl.ca/thorold-franchise-makes-port-colborne-home-permanent
==Previous Name History==
The Port Colborne Sailors were an amateur team in Port Colborne, Ontario. They were, at various times, Senior A, Senior B, Intermediate A, Junior A, and Junior B teams.
The Intermediate A team won the 1948-49 Eastern Canada Intermediate Playoffs. They also won the Ontario Hockey Association title in 1949, 1950, 1961, 1962, 1969, 1970,1975, and 1976.
The Junior A team played only one season - 1936-37 OHA Junior A Season.
The Sailors played only one season of Senior B. In 1936-37, the team could not get into the Senior A league which was centerd in Toronto. The Sailors were placed as the only team in Senior B and beat the Intermediate A champion before losing to the Senior A winner.
==Season-by-Season Results==
===Ontario Hockey Association (Senior) (1930-43)===
Season 	Games	Won	Lost	Tied	Points	Goalsfor	Goalsagainst	Standing 	Playoffs 	
1930-31	10 	7 	3 	0 	14 	21 	16 	Tied 1st 	Lost Final 	
1931-32	20 	12 	7 	1 	31 	53 	38 	2nd 	Lost Final 	
1932-33	22 	12 	7 	3 	31 	41 	29 	3rd 	Lost Final 	
1933-34	24 	8 	11 	5 	21 	42 	56 	5th 	Out of Playoffs 	
1934-35	20 	7 	10 	3 	17 	57 	72 	3rd 	Lost Semi Final 	
1935-36	17 	6 	9 	2 	13 	- 	- 	4th 	Out of Playoffs 	
1937-38	16 	11 	3 	2 	24 	84 	48 	2nd 	Lost Final 	
1938-39	20 	8 	9 	3 	19 	75 	75 	2nd 	Lost Semi Final 	
1939-40	29 	19 	10 	0 	38 	- 	- 	3rd 	Lost Semi Final 	
1940-41	34 	10 	22 	2 	22 	- 	- 	6th 	Lost Quarter Final	
1941-42	29 	7 	20 	2 	16 	- 	- 	6th 	out of playoffs 	
1942-43	24 	7 	16 	1 	15 	104 	139 	4th Group 2	out of playoffs 	
===Junior B(1995-2008)===
Season 	GP	W 	L 	T	OTL	GF 	GA 	P 	Results 	Playoffs
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	23rd GOJHL	
==See also==
Port Colborne Pirates
Category:Canadian ice hockey teams
Category:Ontario Hockey Association
Category:Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League teams