Picton Pirates

The Picton Pirates are a Canadian Junior ice hockey team based in Picton, Ontario, Canada. They play in the Provincial Junior Hockey League (OHA) after having played in the Empire B Junior C Hockey League of the Ontario Hockey Association.
==History==
Nicknamed the "Patcheyes", the Picton Pirates were founded in 1989 as members of the Eastern Ontario Junior C Hockey League.
The Pirates' first three seasons were disastrous. With nine wins in three seasons, including a winless 1991-92 season, the Pirates did not have a lot to cheer about in the early going. Finally, in the fourth season of operation, the Pirates came to life. The Pirates celebrating winning seasons for the next ten years. They capped off this strong run with their only league championship in the 1998-99 season. The Pirates were also regular season champions in 1998 and 2000.
In 1995, the Eastern Ontario Junior C Hockey League changed its name to the Empire B Junior C Hockey League to avoid further confusion with the rather local Ottawa District Hockey Association's Eastern Ontario Junior C Hockey League.
In recent years, the Pirates records have been up and down.
In 2005-06, the Pirates finished the regular season in fourth place. In the playoff quarter-final, the Pirates drew the upstart Colborne Cobras. The series ended up being an upset as the it went the distance and the Pirates were defeated 3-games-to-2 in a best-of-five.
The 2006-07 season was not good to the Picton Pirates. They finished in fifth place, just barely outside the playoff picture.
The 2007-08 season was much of the same for the Picton Pirates. They finished in fifth place, again just barely outside the playoff picture.
The 2008-09 season was different the Picton Pirates finished fourth but was swept by the Napanee Raiders in the first round of the playoffs
The 2009-10 season was the same as the 08-09 pirates ended in fourth and again was swept by the Napanee Raiders in round 1 of the playoffs. 250px|thumbnail|From left is former GM Jason Parks, former player Cam Cleave, former head coach Darren Yuill and former player Ryan Beatty.
The 2010-11 season was a year of redemption for the Picton Pirates who finished 3rd and faced off with the 2nd place Amherstview Jets in round 1 beating them in 7 games 4-3, The Pirates then moved on to face the 1st place Napanee Raiders who swept the Pirates 2 years in a row, but the Pirates had other plans for the Raiders taking the first 3 games to lead the series 3-0 the Raiders would claw back with the next 2 wins making it 3-2 but the Pirates were not to be denied in Game 6 at home in front of a packed house the pirates got out to an early 4-0 lead in the first and never looked back winning game 6 5-2 and the Empire Championship series 4-2.
On May 1, 2013, the Pirates became the second team in Empire League history to win the Clarence Schmalz Cup as OHA Junior C champions, defeating the Essex 73's of the Great Lakes Junior C Hockey League 4-games-to-1.
==Season-by-season results==
Season 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	OL 	GF 	GA 	P 	Results 	Playoffs 	 	
1989-90	30 	2 	27 	1 	- 	116 	312 	5 	6th EOJCHL 	 	 	
1990-91	30 	7 	23 	0 	- 	141 	206 	14 	6th EOJCHL 	 	 	
1991-92	30 	0 	28 	2 	- 	85 	223 	2 	6th EOJCHL 	 	 	
1992-93	35 	15 	15 	5 	- 	184 	181 	35 	3rd EOJCHL 	 	 	
1993-94	36 	19 	12 	5 	- 	214 	159 	43 	2nd EOJCHL 	 	 	
1994-95	40 	23 	15 	- 	2 	221 	177 	48 	3rd EOJCHL 	 	 	
1995-96	42 	23 	14 	0 	5 	214 	173 	51 	4th EBJCHL 	 	 	
1996-97	42 	26 	15 	1 	- 	211 	158 	53 	2nd EBJCHL 	 	 	
1997-98	36 	26 	6 	4 	- 	193 	124 	56 	1st EBJCHL 	 	 	
1998-99	36 	23 	11 	1 	1 	172 	116 	48 	2nd EBJCHL 	Won League 	 	
1999-00	36 	24 	11 	1 	0 	199 	140 	49 	1st EBJCHL 	 	 	
2000-01	34 	17 	15 	1 	1 	127 	134 	36 	3rd EBJCHL 	 	 	
2001-02	36 	18 	12 	3 	3 	164 	156 	42 	3rd EBJCHL 	 	 	
2002-03	34 	8 	23 	1 	2 	137 	187 	19 	5th EBJCHL 	 	 	
2003-04	34 	18 	15 	0 	1 	145 	154 	37 	4th EBJCHL 	 	 	
2004-05	34 	18 	7 	6 	2 	142 	100 	45 	2nd EBJCHL 	 	 	
2005-06	34 	13 	20 	1 	0 	129 	132 	27 	4th EBJCHL 	Lost Quarter-final 	 	
2006-07	40 	13 	27 	0 	3 	153 	211 	29 	5th EBJCHL 	DNQ 	 	
2007-08	40 	15 	23 	- 	2 	163 	218 	32 	5th EBJCHL 	 	 	
2008-09	40 	15 	23 	- 	2 	151 	216 	32 	4th EBJCHL 	Lost Semi-final 	 	
2009-10	40 	22 	17 	- 	1 	185 	139 	45 	4th EBJCHL 	Lost Semi-final 	 	
2010-11	40 	20 	16 	- 	4 	156 	150 	44 	3rd EBJCHL 	Won League, Lost CSC SF 	 	
2011-12	40 	27 	12 	- 	1 	189 	121 	55 	1st EBJCHL 	Lost Final 	 	
2012-13	40 	34 	4 	- 	2 	250 	80 	70 	1st EBJCHL 	Won League, Won CSC 	 	
2013-14	40 	36 	2 	- 	2 	230 	62 	74 	1st EBJCHL 	Won League, Lost CSC QF 	 	
2014-15	40 	21 	18 	1 	- 	173 	131 	43 	4th EBJCHL 	Lost semi-finals - 1-4 - (Panthers) 	 	
2015-16	40 	12 	27 	1 	- 	128 	193 	25 	5th of 6 EBJCHL 	Did not qualify 	 	
2016-17	40 	20 	19 	1 	- 	158 	143 	41 	4th of 6Tod Div-PJHL 	Lost Div Semifinal, 0-4 (Panthers) 	 	
2017-18	39 	24 	14 	1 	0 	200 	129 	49 	3rd of 6Tod Div-PJHL 	Lost Div Semifinal, 0-4 (Panthers) 	 	
2018-19	44 	30 	12 	1 	1 	194 	123 	62 	2nd of 6Tod Div-PJHL 	Won Div Semifinal 4-1 (Jets)Lost Div Final 0-4 (Raiders)	 	
2019-20	44 	27 	15 	1 	1 	194 	130 	56 	2nd of 6Tod Div-PJHL 	Trailing Div Final 2-0 when playoffs cancelled 	 	
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	30 	16 	12 	2 	0 	125 	99 	34 	3rd Tod 	Lost Division Semifinals 	 	
2022-23	42 	23 	15 	1 	3 	152 	119 	50 	3rd Tod 	Lost Division Final 	 	
2023-24	42 	17 	22 	2 	1 	143 	167 	37 	5th Tod 	Lost Division Quarterfinals 	 	
==Schmalz Cup Finals appearances==
:2013: Picton Pirates defeated Essex 73's 4-games-to-1
==External links==
*Pirates' Webpage
Category:Ontario Hockey Association
Category:Canadian ice hockey teams
Category:Empire Junior C Hockey League teams
Category:Established in 1989
Category:Provincial Junior Hockey League (OHA) teams