Port Dover Sailors

This is for the present team playing in the Provincial Junior Hockey League (OHA). For the former Port Dover Sailors team that played in the Southern Ontario Junior Hockey League please see Port Dover Sailors (SOJHL)
The Port Dover Sailors are a Canadian junior hockey team based in Port Dover, Ontario, Canada. They played in the Niagara & District Junior C Hockey League of the Ontario Hockey Association until the 2016-17 season when the league joined the Provincial Junior Hockey League and the NDJCHL became the Bloomfield Division of the new league..
==History==
The Port Dover Clippers were founded in 1988 as members of the Niagara & District Junior C Hockey League. The Clippers were 1990 and 1991 Niagara East champions and Niagara co-champions. In 1990, the Clippers would fall to the Orangeville Crushers of the Mid-Ontario Junior C Hockey League 4-games-to-1 in the Clarence Schmalz Cup OHA provincial quarter-final. Their western co-champions, the New Hamburg Spirit 83's would fare no better, dropping one of the other quarter-finals in four-straight games to the Great Lakes Junior C Hockey League champion Belle River Canadiens. The next year was more of the same, as Port Diver and New Hamburg were the co-champions, New Hamburg lost the provincial quarter-final to Belle River again (this time in six games), and Port Dover fell to Orangeville again in five.
In 1999, the Clippers took leave of the Niagara District league. Clippers changed their name to the Port Dover Sailors and applied for membership in the Ontario Hockey Association Junior Development League.
In 2006, the OHAJDL changed its name to the Southern Ontario Junior Hockey League; the Sailors competed in this league until 2012.
In spring 2010, the team executive canvassed for a coach to help build the team from the bottom up. Chris Gill, a Hamilton native and veteran competitive hockey coach, was selected for the vacant job.
Chris Gill led the team to an undefeated pre season , first time in team history . Tension however boiled over with then GM Mike Bollert. Chris left the team to coach the Beverly Bandits in the OMHA Juvenille League.
From 2011 until 2013 the team was known as the Norfolk Rebels and split time between Port Dover and Waterford, Ontario.
In 2013, the team returned to being the Port Dover Sailors.
==Season-by-season record==
Season 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	OTL 	GF 	GA 	P 	Results 	Playoffs 	 	
1988-89	40 	19 	13 	8 	- 	-- 	-- 	46 	3rd NJC-E 	 	 	
1989-90	40 	29 	8 	3 	- 	-- 	-- 	61 	1st NJC-E 	Won East, lost CSC QF 	 	
1990-91	36 	22 	10 	4 	- 	237 	152 	48 	1st NJC-E 	Won East, lost CSC QF 	 	
1991-92	36 	23 	8 	5 	- 	195 	145 	51 	2nd NJC-E 	 	 	
1992-93	36 	12 	16 	8 	- 	157 	181 	32 	3rd NJC-W 	 	 	
1993-94	36 	21 	11 	4 	- 	176 	144 	46 	2nd NJC-W 	 	 	
1994-95	36 	19 	14 	3 	- 	195 	171 	41 	4th NJC-W 	 	 	
1995-96	40 	13 	23 	4 	- 	163 	237 	30 	4th NJC-W 	 	 	
1996-97	40 	1 	37 	0 	2 	78 	287 	4 	6th NJC-W 	 	 	
1997-98	38 	2 	35 	0 	1 	106 	239 	5 	6th NJC-W 	 	 	
1998-99	35 	4 	30 	- 	1 	-- 	-- 	9 	6th NJC-W 	 	 	
1999-00	38 	10 	25 	1 	2 	140 	242 	23 	15th OHAJDL 	 	 	
2000-01	40 	10 	26 	0 	4 	-- 	-- 	24 	16th OHAJDL 	 	 	
2001-02	40 	8 	27 	4 	1 	100 	212 	21 	18th OHAJDL 	 	 	
2002-03	40 	11 	27 	1 	1 	126 	187 	24 	18th OHAJDL 	 	 	
2003-04	40 	16 	22 	1 	1 	127 	148 	34 	14th OHAJDL 	 	 	
2004-05	40 	21 	13 	3 	3 	135 	129 	48 	8th OHAJDL 	 	 	
2005-06	37 	10 	21 	4 	2 	127 	167 	26 	14th OHAJDL 	 	 	
2006-07	42 	8 	30 	0 	4 	96 	232 	20 	4th SOJHL-BM 	Lost Conference Quarter-final 	 	
2007-08	42 	12 	27 	- 	3 	115 	218 	27 	4th SOJHL-BM 	Lost Conference Quarter-final 	 	
2008-09	40 	11 	20 	- 	9 	107 	172 	31 	5th SOJHL-Mc 	DNQ 	 	
2009-10	36 	3 	32 	- 	1 	91 	223 	7 	5th SOJHL-Mc 	DNQ 	 	
2010-11	35 	1 	31 	- 	3 	83 	229 	5 	8th SOJHL-Mc 	Lost Division Quarter-final 	 	
2011-12	35 	2 	30 	- 	3 	103 	284 	7 	8th SOJHL-Mc 	Lost Division Quarter-final 	 	
2012-13	38 	0 	36 	- 	2 	78 	319 	2 	7th SOJHL-Mc 	Lost Division Quarter-final 	 	
2013-14	35 	5 	28 	- 	2 	89 	184 	12 	8th NJCHL 	Lost Quarter-final 	 	
2014-15	42 	13 	29 	- 	0 	140 	223 	26 	7th NJCHL 	Lost Quarters 	 	
2015-16	42 	13 	26 	1 	2 	149 	194 	29 	7th of 8 NJCHL 	Lost Quarters 	 	
2016-17	42 	22 	20 	0 	- 	161 	165 	40 	4th of 8- PJHLBloomfield 	Lost Div Quarters 	 	
2017-18	42 	23 	13 	1 	1 	152 	167 	48 	3rd of 8- PJHLBloomfield 	Lost Div Semis 	 	
2018-19	42 	13 	24 	2 	3 	110 	166 	33 	6th of 8- PJHLBloomfield 	Lost Div Quarters 	 	
2019-20	43 	13 	27 	2 	1 	137 	170 	29 	7th of 8- PJHLBloomfield 	Lost Div Quarters 	 	
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 	15 	11 	0 	4 	121 	125 	34 	5th 	Lost Division Quarterfinals 	 	
2022-23	42 	21 	15 	1 	5 	148 	153 	48 	3rd 	Lost Division Semifinals 	 	
2023-24	42 	8 	33 	1 	0 	88 	215 	17 	7th 	Lost Division Quarterfinals 	 	
==References==
==External links==
* Sailors Webpage
Category:Established in 1988
Category:OHA Junior Development League teams
Category:Provincial Junior Hockey League (OHA) teams