Erin Shamrocks

The Erin Shamrocks were a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in Erin, Ontario, Canada They played in the Georgian Mid-Ontario Junior C Hockey League.
==History==
The Acton Sabres were founded in 1971 as a member of the South-Central Junior D Hockey League. In 1973, the league was promoted and changed to the Central Ontario Junior C Hockey League. In 1976, the league changed its name to the Mid-Ontario Junior C Hockey League, but the Sabres had bigger ambitions and opted out of the league to join the Central Ontario Junior B Hockey League and compete against their local rival the Georgetown Gemini. The Sabres played in the Central Junior B League until 1984 when they chose to drop back down to the Mid-Ontario Junior C Hockey League. The Sabres were no slouch in Junior B, more often celebrating winning seasons despite the odd losing season.
In 1992, the Acton Sabres moved from Acton to Erin and changed their name to the Erin Shamrocks.
In 1994, the Mid-Ontario Junior C Hockey League merged with the Georgian Bay Junior C Hockey League to create the Georgian Mid-Ontario Junior C Hockey League. Since 2002, the Shamrocks have been won of the best teams in the entire league. During the 2004-05 season, the Shamrocks pulled together and won their first Georgian Mid-Ontario league championship. This allowed for the Shamrocks to push for the dream of winning the All-Ontario championship, the Clarence Schmalz Cup. They entered the provincial quarter-final against the Western Junior C Hockey League's Wingham Ironmen but ended up losing the series 4-games-to-2. Later, the Ironmen went on to the final and lost to the Niagara Junior C Hockey League's Grimsby Peach Kings.
The 2005-06 season ended with the Shamrocks finishing in fourth place. In the league quarter-final, the Shamrocks drew the fifth seed Schomberg Cougars. The Shamrocks dropped the Cougars 4-games-to-1. Erin then had to compete against the second seeded Fergus Devils in the league semi-final. This time the Shamrocks were on the losing end, 4-games-to-1.
In 2006-07, the Shamrocks again ended the season in fourth place. They entered into the league quarter-final series with the fifth seeded Stayner Siskins and found out that they were too much to handle. The Siskins dropped the Shamrocks 4-game-to-2.
The team announced on June 1, 2016 that the team was granted a year's leave of absence for the 2016-17 season.
==Season-by-season results==
Season 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	OTL 	GF 	GA 	P 	Results 	Playoffs 	
Acton Sabres 	Acton Sabres 	Acton Sabres 	Acton Sabres 	Acton Sabres 	Acton Sabres 	Acton Sabres 	Acton Sabres 	Acton Sabres 	Acton Sabres 	Acton Sabres 	
1971-72 	30 	14 	15 	1 	- 	180 	133 	29 	5th SCJDHL 	DNQ 	
1972-73 	25 	4 	16 	5 	- 	81 	153 	21 	6th SCJDHL 	Lost Quarter-final 	
1973-74 	30 	16 	10 	4 	- 	138 	111 	36 	3rd Central G1 	Lost Final 	
1974-75 	32 	17 	11 	4 	- 	121 	133 	38 	3rd Central G1 	Lost Final 	
1975-76 	32 	4 	22 	6 	- 	105 	167 	14 	9th Central G1 	Lost Semi-final 	
1976-77 	42 	3 	37 	2 	- 	-- 	-- 	8 	8th CJBHL 	DNQ 	
1977-78 	42 	4 	36 	2 	- 	-- 	-- 	10 	8th CJBHL 	 	
1978-79 	43 	9 	31 	3 	- 	-- 	-- 	21 	11th CJBHL 	 	
1979-80 	44 	3 	37 	4 	- 	195 	379 	10 	12th CJBHL 	 	
1980-81 	44 	25 	13 	6 	- 	273 	228 	56 	5th CJBHL 	 	
1981-82 	40 	13 	25 	2 	- 	205 	268 	28 	8th CJBHL 	 	
1982-83 	42 	4 	35 	3 	- 	146 	349 	11 	8th CJBHL 	 	
1983-84 	40 	10 	27 	3 	- 	159 	262 	23 	8th CJBHL 	 	
1984-85 	Did Not Participate 	Did Not Participate 	Did Not Participate 	Did Not Participate 	Did Not Participate 	Did Not Participate 	Did Not Participate 	Did Not Participate 	Did Not Participate 	Did Not Participate 	Did Not Participate
1985-86 	33 	11 	22 	0 	- 	200 	264 	22 	7th MOJCHL 	 	
1986-87 	33 	9 	24 	0 	- 	155 	296 	18 	7th MOJCHL 	Lost Quarter-final 	
1987-88 	36 	21 	14 	1 	- 	222 	130 	43 	2nd MOJCHL 	Lost Quarter-final 	
1988-89 	36 	7 	28 	1 	- 	137 	257 	15 	6th MOJCHL 	Lost Quarter-final 	
1989-90 	34 	11 	23 	0 	- 	149 	212 	22 	5th MOJCHL 	Lost Quarter-final 	
1990-91 	34 	21 	13 	0 	- 	-- 	-- 	42 	3rd MOJCHL 	Lost Final 	
1991-92 	33 	14 	15 	4 	- 	170 	185 	32 	5th MOJCHL 	Lost Quarter-final 	
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1992-93 	37 	19 	16 	2 	0 	145 	155 	40 	4th MOJCHL 	 	
1993-94 	40 	16 	24 	0 	- 	196 	213 	32 	5th MOJCHL 	Lost Semi-final 	
1994-95 	36 	12 	23 	1 	- 	-- 	-- 	25 	8th GMOHL 	 	
1995-96 	44 	28 	15 	1 	- 	242 	182 	57 	2nd GMOHL 	 	
1996-97 	36 	24 	11 	1 	- 	179 	152 	49 	1st GMOHL 	 	
1997-98 	36 	15 	18 	3 	- 	160 	172 	33 	6th GMOHL 	 	
1998-99 	36 	12 	23 	1 	- 	148 	165 	25 	7th GMOHL 	 	
1999-00 	36 	7 	26 	3 	- 	106 	192 	17 	8th GMOHL 	 	
2000-01 	36 	16 	15 	3 	2 	155 	150 	35 	5th GMOHL 	 	
2001-02 	36 	4 	28 	1 	3 	91 	210 	12 	8th GMOHL 	 	
2002-03 	36 	21 	10 	3 	2 	157 	124 	47 	2nd GMOHL 	Lost Semi-final 	
2003-04 	36 	28 	7 	1 	0 	168 	89 	57 	1st GMOHL 	 	
2004-05 	40 	21 	16 	3 	0 	148 	114 	45 	4th GMOHL 	Won League 	
2005-06 	41 	23 	15 	3 	0 	164 	121 	49 	4th GMOHL 	Lost Semi-final 	
2006-07 	42 	24 	14 	3 	1 	200 	142 	52 	4th GMOHL 	 	
2007-08 	42 	17 	23 	0 	2 	146 	172 	36 	4th GMOHL 	 	
2008-09 	42 	27 	14 	- 	1 	152 	141 	55 	3rd GMOHL 	 	
2009-10 	41 	21 	18 	- 	2 	150 	141 	44 	4th GMOHL 	Lost Semi-final 	
2010-11 	40 	31 	8 	- 	1 	194 	104 	63 	2nd GMOHL 	 	
2011-12 	40 	26 	11 	- 	3 	192 	132 	55 	3rd GMOHL 	Lost Quarter Final 	
2012-13 	40 	20 	15 	- 	5 	157 	149 	45 	5th GMOHL 	Lost Quarter Final 	
2013-14 	39 	20 	18 	- 	1 	141 	169 	41 	6th GMOHL 	Lost Quarter Final 	
2014-15 	40 	16 	21 	- 	3 	155 	167 	35 	9th GMOHL 	DNQ 	
2015-16 	40 	14 	23 	3 	- 	129 	192 	31 	7th of 9 GMOHL 	Won Quarters 4-1 (Otters)Lost Semifinals - 2-4 - (Hornets	
2016-17 	Shamrocks granted a one year leave of absence	Shamrocks granted a one year leave of absence	Shamrocks granted a one year leave of absence	Shamrocks granted a one year leave of absence	Shamrocks granted a one year leave of absence	Shamrocks granted a one year leave of absence	Shamrocks granted a one year leave of absence	Shamrocks granted a one year leave of absence	Shamrocks granted a one year leave of absence	Shamrocks granted a one year leave of absence 	
(*) Standings Incomplete.
*1979-1984
*2000-2004
*2004-Present
==Notable alumni==
*Jeff Shevalier
==External links==
*Shamrocks Webpage
Category:Canadian ice hockey teams
Category:Ontario Hockey Association
Category:Established in 1971
Category:Georgian Mid-Ontario Junior C Hockey League teams
Category:Disestablished in 2016