Lockport Regals

The Buffalo Regals/Lockport Regals were a junior ice hockey team based in Lockport, New York, United States. They were members of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League. They were known as the Wheatfield Jr. Blades until 2012 and then the Buffalo Blades until 2013 and the Buffalo Regals until 2018. I
The organization was unable to ice a team for the 2014-15 season due to a lack of players
The team suspended operations in August of 2015 for the 2015-16 sesaon which according to a report on juniorhockey.com's website was due to a registration issue with USA Hockey.  The paperwork to get reinstated by USA Hockey was filled too late according to USA Hockey
The Regals returned to the GOJHL in time for the 2016–17 season. However, on 21 November, after 24 games, all of which were lost in regulation, the GOJHL announced over social media that the Regals had been removed from the league after the team did not travel to play the Welland Jr. Canadians. One day later, the statement was deleted and the Regals played a home game against the Ancaster Avalanche, which they lost 7–0. GM Mike Answeeney said: "It's back to normal as far as I’m concerned... We're going to show up for every game scheduled."
The team relocated to the Buffalo State Sports Arena on the campus of Buffalo State College for the 2017-18 season.
The team would relocate to the Cornerstone Ice Arena in nearby Lockport, New York and change the team's name to the Lockport Regals for the 2018-19 season.
Due to restrictions in place due to the COVID-19 pandemic the team was forced to sit out what would have been the 2020-21 season but the GOJHL would not be able to play due to restrictions in place in the province of Ontario anyway.
The team was facing not being able to play in the GOJHL for the 2021-22 season either as the Canada-US border was still closed going into the United States forcing the team to either sit out the 2021-22 season or relocate to their operations to someplace in Ontario. On August 23, 2021 the GOJHL released its' schedule for the 2021-22 season and in the release it was announced that the team had "resigned from their participation in the league".https://www.gojhl.ca/2021-22-regular-season-schedule-announced
==Season results==
Season 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	OTL 	GF 	GA 	P 	Regular Season Finish 	Playoffs
1987–88	22 	14 	16 	2 	— 	— 	— 	30 	4th NEJHL 	Lost Final
1988–89	44 	10 	33 	1 	— 	— 	— 	21 	5th NEJHL 	
1989–90	47 	9 	35 	3 	— 	— 	— 	21 	5th NEJHL 	
1990–91	59 	33 	23 	3 	— 	— 	— 	69 	2nd NEJHL 	Lost Final, Won Nationals
1991–92	53 	31 	19 	3 	— 	— 	— 	65 	2nd NEJHL 	Lost Final
1992–93	58 	32 	23 	3 	— 	— 	— 	67 	1st NEJHL 	Won League
1993–94	55 	36 	17 	2 	— 	— 	— 	74 	1st NEJHL 	Won League
1994–95	54 	34 	16 	4 	— 	— 	— 	72 	1st NEJHL 	Won League
1995–96	56 	30 	23 	3 	— 	— 	— 	63 	1st NEJHL 	Won League
1995–96	10 	3 	7 	0 	0 	28 	78 	— 	GHJHL Interleague 	
1996–97	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	NEJHL 	
1996–97	14 	0 	14 	0 	0 	43 	133 	— 	GHJHL Interleague 	
1997–98	33 	29 	12 	2 	— 	— 	— 	60 	2nd EmJHL 	Lost Final
1998–99	54 	37 	14 	3 	— 	— 	— 	77 	1st EmJHL 	Won League
1999–00	28 	15 	12 	1 	— 	— 	— 	31 	4th EmJHL 	Won League
2000–01	30 	23 	7 	0 	— 	163 	83 	46 	1st EmJHL 	Won League
2001–02	34 	32 	1 	1 	— 	— 	— 	65 	1st EmJHL 	Lost Final
2002–03	32 	21 	8 	3 	— 	153 	91 	45 	3rd EmJHL 	Lost in Round Robin
2003–04	38 	31 	6 	1 	— 	— 	— 	63 	1st EmJHL 	Won League
2004–05	44 	31 	10 	3 	— 	— 	— 	— 	1st EmJHL-West 	
2005–06	42 	2 	34 	3 	3 	91 	212 	10 	19th EmJHL 	
2005–06	49 	8 	37 	3 	1 	131 	301 	20 	8th GHJHL 	Lost Quarter-final
2006–07	49 	8 	39 	0 	2 	184 	294 	18 	8th GHJHL 	Lost Quarter-final
2007–08	49 	5 	42 	2 	0 	128 	303 	12 	8th GOJHL-GH 	
2008–09	52 	19 	28 	— 	5 	152 	214 	43 	7th GOJHL-GH 	
2009–10	51 	13 	32 	— 	6 	173 	263 	32 	7th GOJHL-GH 	Lost Conference Quarter-final
2010–11	51 	4 	45 	— 	2 	105 	334 	10 	8th GOJHL-GH 	
2011–12	50 	8 	40 	— 	2 	130 	295 	18 	8th GOJHL-GH 	Lost Conference Quarter-final
2012–13	51 	1 	49 	— 	1 	110 	421 	3 	8th GOJHL-GH 	Lost Conference Quarter-final
2013–14	49 	4 	44 	— 	1 	112 	264 	9 	9th GOJHL-GH 	Did not qualify
2014–15	Leave of Absence 	Leave of Absence 	Leave of Absence 	Leave of Absence 	Leave of Absence 	Leave of Absence 	Leave of Absence 	Leave of Absence 	Leave of Absence 	Leave of Absence
2015–16	Leave of Absence 	Leave of Absence 	Leave of Absence 	Leave of Absence 	Leave of Absence 	Leave of Absence 	Leave of Absence 	Leave of Absence 	Leave of Absence 	Leave of Absence
2016–17	50 	3 	47 	0 	0 	66 	536 	6 	9th GOJHL-GH 	Did not qualify
2017–18	50 	2 	43 	0 	5 	98 	319 	9 	9th GOJHL-GH 	Did not qualify
2018–19	48 	8 	38 	1 	1 	120 	298 	18 	8th GOJHL-GH 	Lost Conf. Quarterfinals
2019-20	50 	10 	34 	2 	4 	127 	224 	26 	8th GOJHL-GH 	Lost Conference Quarterfinals
2020–21	Leave of Absence due to Canada-US Border closure from COVID-19 restrictions	Leave of Absence due to Canada-US Border closure from COVID-19 restrictions	Leave of Absence due to Canada-US Border closure from COVID-19 restrictions	Leave of Absence due to Canada-US Border closure from COVID-19 restrictions	Leave of Absence due to Canada-US Border closure from COVID-19 restrictions	Leave of Absence due to Canada-US Border closure from COVID-19 restrictions	Leave of Absence due to Canada-US Border closure from COVID-19 restrictions	Leave of Absence due to Canada-US Border closure from COVID-19 restrictions	Leave of Absence due to Canada-US Border closure from COVID-19 restrictions	Leave of Absence due to Canada-US Border closure from COVID-19 restrictions
==Referneces==
Category:Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League
Category:American ice hockey teams
Category:Disestablished in 2021