Lakeshore Canadiens

The Lakeshore Canadiens are a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in Belle River, Ontario. They play in the Provincial Junior Hockey League of the Ontario Hockey Association and Hockey Canada. The Canadiens are four-time Clarence Schmalz Cup Winners as Provincial Junior C Champions. The team was known as the Belle River Canadiens from 1978 until 2014.
==History==
From 1985 until 2001, the Canadiens were one of the most feared teams in all of Ontario Junior "C" hockey. Within those 17 years, the Canadiens won 11 GLJHL Championships and 4 Clarence Schmalz Cups as All-Ontario Junior "C" Champions in 8 trips to the All-Ontario Finals.After 9 years The Canadiens once again won the Great Lakes Junior "C" Title in 2010 defeating the Wallaceburg Lakers in 4 Games, In the Schmalz Cup Semi-Finals they defeated the Grimsby Peach Kings 4 Games to 1 to advance to their first Ontario Final in 9 Years. The Canadiens then Lost the Schmalz Cup in 6 Games to the Alliston Hornets.In 2011 The Canadiens won their 2nd Consecutive Great Lakes title, They once again faced the Grimsby Peach Kings in the Ontario Semi Finals. Grimsby would win the series 4 games to 1.
The Belle River Canadiens have won 13 Great Lakes Junior C League Championships, they are 2nd to the Essex 73's who have won 18. Essex and Belle River have also won the most Ontario Championships, Essex with 6 and the Canadiens with 5.
On June 6, 2014, the team announced it was changing its name to the Lakeshore Canadiens.
The Canadiens moved into the brand new Atlas Tube Centre in the fall of 2014. In their first game at the new Atlas Tube Centre Sebastian Kanally scored the first ever goal 38 seconds into the game as the Canadiens defeated their rivals from Essex by a score of 3–1. The Canadiens would finish 24–13–0–3 in their first full season in their new rink.
The summer of 2016 saw the GLJHL become the Bill Stobbs Division of the new Provincial Junior Hockey League which resulted from the amalgamation of the eight junior "C" hockey leagues in Southern Ontario.
==Season-by-season record==
Season 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	OL 	GF 	GA 	P 	Results 	Playoffs 	 	
1978-79	40 	12 	23 	5 	- 	160 	229 	27 	7th GLJHL 	 	 	
1979-80	41 	8 	32 	1 	- 	197 	351 	17 	7th GLJHL 	 	 	
1980-81	42 	8 	32 	2 	- 	184 	317 	18 	7th GLJHL 	 	 	
1981-82	39 	19 	16 	4 	- 	253 	211 	42 	4th GLJHL 	 	 	
1982-83	39 	23 	9 	7 	- 	293 	177 	53 	3rd GLJHL 	 	 	
1983-84	39 	27 	9 	3 	- 	227 	139 	57 	2nd GLJHL 	 	 	
1984-85	40 	27 	9 	4 	- 	224 	142 	58 	1st GLJHL 	Won League, Won CSC 	 	
1985-86	40 	25 	14 	1 	- 	263 	190 	51 	2nd GLJHL 	 	 	
1986-87	38 	23 	11 	2 	2 	196 	129 	50 	3rd GLJHL 	 	 	
1987-88	39 	19 	14 	4 	2 	209 	201 	44 	5th GLJHL 	 	 	
1988-89	38 	30 	6 	2 	0 	272 	123 	62 	1st GLJHL 	Won League 	 	
1989-90	40 	37 	1 	2 	0 	301 	79 	76 	1st GLJHL 	Won League, Lost CSC Final 	 	
1990-91	40 	29 	7 	3 	1 	244 	101 	62 	1st GLJHL 	Won League 	 	
1991-92	40 	35 	4 	1 	0 	306 	102 	71 	1st GLJHL 	Won League, Won CSC 	 	
1992-93	40 	27 	8 	1 	4 	234 	139 	59 	2nd GLJHL 	 	 	
1993-94	40 	35 	2 	3 	0 	293 	109 	73 	1st GLJHL 	Won League, Won CSC 	 	
1994-95	40 	38 	0 	1 	1 	249 	87 	78 	1st GLJHL 	Won League, Won CSC 	 	
1995-96	42 	38 	2 	2 	0 	198 	77 	78 	1st GLJHL 	Won League 	 	
1996-97	40 	39 	0 	1 	0 	265 	82 	79 	1st GLJHL 	Won League, Lost CSC Final 	 	
1997-98	45 	34 	8 	3 	0 	194 	104 	71 	1st GLJHL 	Lost Semi Finals 	 	
1998-99	40 	32 	6 	1 	1 	191 	94 	66 	1st GLJHL 	Lost Semi Finals 	 	
1999-00	39 	33 	3 	3 	0 	214 	92 	69 	1st GLJHL 	Won League, Lost CSC Final 	 	
2000-01	40 	32 	3 	2 	3 	175 	93 	69 	1st GLJHL 	Won League, Lost CSC Final 	 	
2001-02	40 	21 	16 	2 	1 	156 	138 	45 	5th GLJHL 	Lost Semi Finals 	 	
2002-03	40 	16 	16 	6 	2 	132 	126 	40 	5th GLJHL 	Lost Quarter-final 	 	
2003-04	40 	14 	18 	2 	6 	101 	131 	36 	6th GLJHL 	Lost Quarter-final 	 	
2004-05	40 	16 	21 	1 	2 	130 	154 	35 	7th GLJHL 	Lost Quarter-final 	 	
2005-06	40 	20 	17 	1 	2 	182 	156 	43 	6th GLJHL 	Lost Quarter-final 	 	
2006-07	40 	27 	10 	2 	1 	221 	149 	57 	2nd GLJHL 	Lost Final 	 	
2007-08	40 	33 	5 	1 	1 	227 	114 	68 	2nd GLJHL 	Lost Semi-final 	 	
2008-09	40 	26 	9 	- 	5 	213 	133 	57 	2nd GLJHL 	Lost Semi-final 	 	
2009-10	40 	31 	7 	- 	2 	241 	126 	64 	1st GLJHL 	Won League, Lost CSC Final 	 	
2010-11	40 	29 	10 	- 	1 	192 	102 	59 	2nd GLJHL 	Won League, Lost CSC Semi-final 	 	
2011-12	40 	27 	10 	- 	3 	166 	112 	57 	2nd GLJHL 	Lost Final 	 	
2012-13	40 	26 	11 	- 	3 	146 	109 	55 	2nd GLJHL 	Lost Semi-final 	 	
2013-14	40 	23 	15 	- 	2 	165 	141 	48 	2nd GLJHL 	Lost Final 	 	
2014-15	40 	24 	13 	- 	3 	180 	135 	51 	3rd GLJHL 	Lost Quarters 	 	
2015-16	40 	18 	15 	3 	4 	163 	145 	43 	5th GLJHL 	Lost Quarters 	 	
2016-17	40 	31 	8 	1 	- 	229 	115 	63 	1st Stobbs 	Lost Final 	 	
2017-18	40 	27 	8 	2 	3 	143 	94 	59 	1st Stobbs 	Lost Conf. Final 	 	
2018-19	40 	28 	7 	2 	3 	166 	81 	61 	2nd Stobbs 	Won Div, In CSC semifinals 	 	
2019-20	40 	36 	4 	0 	0 	183 	57 	72 	1st Stobbs 	Division final didn't start 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	32 	28 	2 	2 	0 	184 	57 	58 	1st 	Won Clarence Schmalz Cup 	 	
2022-23	41 	32 	7 	1 	1 	182 	82 	66 	2nd 	Lost Semifinals 	 	
2023-24	42 	37 	5 	0 	0 	241 	70 	74 	1st 	Won Clarence Schmalz Cup 	 	
==2016-2017 coaching staff==
*General Manager - Mark Seguin
*Head Coach - Justin Solcz
*Assistant Coach - Mike Ditty
*Assistant Coach - Rene Loignon
*Assistant Coach - Sean Voy
*Trainer - Kyle Rivest
*Equipment Manager - Jim Snivley
*Equipment Manager - Ken Quinlan Jr
==Clarence Schmalz Cup appearances==
:1985: Belle River Canadiens defeated Midland Centennials 4-games-to-1
:1990: Orangeville Crushers defeated Belle River Canadiens 4-games-to-3
:1992: Belle River Canadiens defeated Stayner Siskins 4-games-to-2
:1994: Belle River Canadiens defeated Rockton Real McCoys 4-games-to-none
:1995: Belle River Canadiens defeated Bowmanville Eagles 4-games-to-none
:1997: Glanbrook Rangers defeated Belle River Canadiens 4-games-to-2
:2000: Lakefield Chiefs defeated Belle River Canadiens 4-games-to-2
:2001: Chippawa Riverhawks defeated Belle River Canadiens 4-games-to-1
:2010: Alliston Hornets defeated Belle River Canadiens 4-games-to-2
==External links==
*Canadiens Webpage
==Notable alumni==
*Bob Boughner
*Tie Domi
*Mike Natyshak
*Brad Smith
*D. J. Smith
*Alek Stojanov
*Derek Wilkinson
*Steve Ott
Category:Ontario Hockey Association
Category:Canadian ice hockey teams
Category:Great Lakes Junior C Hockey League teams
Category:Established in 1978