Brantford Lions

==History==
The Brantford Lions were a junior team in Brantford, Ontario that played in the Ontario Hockey Association.
They started out in Junior A in 1933-34 but with no wins in 16 games were quickly dropped to Junior B the next season. They had a successful seven seasons at that level, culminating in a Sutherland Cup in 1940-41.
In 1941-42 they were put back up to Junior A. They had three moderately successful seasons, fininshing first in 1941-42 and losing the final in 1942-43. They dropped back to Junior B for the 1944-45 season before folding,
==Season-by-Season Records==
===Ontario Hockey Association (Junior A)===
Season 	Games	Won	Lost	Tied	Points	Goalsfor	Goalsagainst	Standing 	Playoffs
1933-34	16 	0 	16 	0 	0 	47 	100 	5th Group 12	out of playoffs
1941-42	24 	19 	5 	0 	38 	183 	83 	1st 	Lost Semi Final
1942-43	23 	11 	10 	2 	26 	102 	98 	3rd 	Lost Final
1943-44	25 	11 	13 	1 	23 	90 	125 	3rd Group 2 	Lost Quarter Final
===Ontario Hockey Association (Junior B)===
Season 	Games	Won	Lost	Tied	Points	Goalsfor	Goalsagainst	Standing 	Playoffs
1934-35	7 	4 	3 	0 	8 	38 	23 	3rd Group 11 	Lost Group Semi Final
1935-36	8 	4 	4 	0 	8 	36 	25 	3rd Group 8 	Won Group, Lost 2nd Round
1936-37	6 	5 	1 	0 	10 	32 	14 	1st Group 10B	Lost Group Final
1937-38	8 	8 	0 	0 	16 	68 	13 	1st Group 11 	Won Group, Lost Semi Final
1938-39	9 	7 	2 	0 	14 	- 	- 	1st Group 7 	Won Group, Lost Quarter Final
1939-40	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	Won Group, Lost Quarter Final
1940-41	10 	9 	1 	0 	18 	104 	26 	1st Group 5 	Won Group, Won Sutherland Cup
1944-45	12 	10 	2 	0 	20 	65 	38 	1st Group 9 	Lost Group
==Lions who went on to the NHL==
*Leo Gravelle
*Fred Hunt
*Francis Kane
*Tom McGrattan
*Howie Meeker
*Ray Powell
*Bill Quackenbush 
*Leo Reise, Jr.
*Thain Simon 
*Cliff Simpson 
*Bill Wylie
Category:Canadian ice hockey teams
Category:Ontario Hockey Association
Category:Defunct Teams