Couchiching Terriers

The Couchiching Terriers are a Tier II Junior A ice hockey team from Rama, Ontario, Canada from Lake Couchiching. They are a part of the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League.
==History==
The Junior A team that now boasts the name "Terriers" was previously known as the Orillia Travelways and was a member of the Mid-Ontario Junior B Hockey League from at least 1971 to 1978. The Mid-Ontario league was discontinued in 1978 and the Travelways were added to the Central Junior B Hockey League at that time. They moved up to the Tier II Junior A ranks for the first time in 1981, joining the Ontario Junior Hockey League, and won the 1985 Centennial Cup as the best Junior A team in Canada.
They are not connected with the Orillia Terriers, a different club which competed in the OHA Senior A and Intermediate A ranks from 1968 to 1982.
Orillia was the league's top team, winning three straight playoff championships, but dropped out in 1986 when faulty trusses forced the closing of the Orillia Community Centre. During their absence the Junior A league collapsed, so the team returned to the Central Junior B league in 1987 under the name "Laidlaws" (their sponsor, the Travelways bus line was acquired by Laidlaw transportation). When Laidlaw dropped the sponsorship, they returned to their "Terriers" name in 1989 and returned to Tier II in 1993 when the Central loop became the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League. The Terriers won the new league's first playoff championship in 1994.
At the time of their folding, the Terriers were the official farm team of the Barrie Colts and the parent club of the Alliston Hornets. The Terriers folded due to financial troubles combined with a lack of arena time. The rink in Rama wanted too much money for ice time, so the Terriers wished to move back to Orillia -- their original home. Not enough ice time was available at the Orillia rink due to minor hockey needs. The Terriers also wanted to move to Orillia due to the town's deeper interest in junior hockey. Ticket sales in recent years in Rama were weak, but in Orillia, where the Terriers played a handful of games, the arena was near, if not full.
The Terriers came back for 2007-08.
==Season-by-Season Results==
Season 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	OTL 	GF 		GA 	P 	Results 	Playoffs 	
Orillia Travelways 	Orillia Travelways 	Orillia Travelways 	Orillia Travelways 	Orillia Travelways 	Orillia Travelways 	Orillia Travelways 	Orillia Travelways 	Orillia Travelways 	Orillia Travelways 	Orillia Travelways 	
1970-71 	34 	28 	3 	3 	- 	258 	124 	59 	1st MOJBHL 	 	
1971-72 	40 	28 	9 	3 	- 	280 	177 	59 	1st MOJBHL 	 	
1972-73 	40 	9 	29 	2 	- 	137 	224 	20 	6th MOJBHL 	 	
1973-74 	39 	9 	29 	1 	- 	142 	271 	19 	5th MOJBHL 	DNQ 	
1974-75 	39 	12 	23 	4 	- 	150 	203 	28 	4th MOJBHL 	Lost Semi-final 	
1975-76 	36 	17 	15 	4 	- 	179 	177 	38 	3rd MOJBHL 	 	
1976-77 	40 	18 	20 	2 	- 	166 	182 	38 	3rd MOJBHL 	Lost Semi-final 	
1977-78 	32 	11 	19 	2 	- 	170 	178 	24 	4th MOJBHL 	 	
1978-79 	44 	20 	19 	5 	- 	-- 	-- 	45 	5th CJBHL 	 	
1979-80 	44 	26 	15 	3 	- 	245 	201 	55 	3rd CJBHL 	 	
1980-81 	44 	16 	21 	7 	- 	201 	242 	39 	6th CJBHL 	 	
1981-82 	50 	11 	37 	2 	- 	214 	335 	24 	10th OJHL 	 	
1982-83 	48 	25 	18 	5 	- 	226 	196 	55 	3rd OJHL 	 	
1983-84 	42 	25 	13 	4 	- 	280 	196 	54 	2nd OJHL 		Won League, Won DHC	
1984-85 	48 	39 	7 	2 	- 	346 	168 	80 	1st OJHL 		Won League, Won DHC, Won MCC	
1985-86 	50 	35 	15 	0 	- 	305 	205 	70 	1st OJHL 		Won League, Won DHC	
1986-87 	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
Orillia Laidlaws 	Orillia Laidlaws 	Orillia Laidlaws 	Orillia Laidlaws 	Orillia Laidlaws 	Orillia Laidlaws 	Orillia Laidlaws 	Orillia Laidlaws 	Orillia Laidlaws 	Orillia Laidlaws 	Orillia Laidlaws 	
1987-88 	43 	16 	22 	5 	- 	221 	235 	37 	10th CJBHL 	 	
1988-89 	42 	30 	8 	4 	- 	306 	166 	64 	2nd CJBHL 	 	
Orillia Terriers 	Orillia Terriers 	Orillia Terriers 	Orillia Terriers 	Orillia Terriers 	Orillia Terriers 	Orillia Terriers 	Orillia Terriers 	Orillia Terriers 	Orillia Terriers 	Orillia Terriers 	
1989-90 	42 	15 	16 	11 	- 	191 	183 	41 	7th CJBHL 	 	
1990-91 	42 	27 	10 	5 	- 	238 	165 	59 	1st CJBHL 	 	
1991-92 	42 	14 	19 	9 	- 	221 	220 	37 	12th CJBHL 	 	
1992-93 	48 	23 	21 	4 	- 	273 	262 	51 	10th CJBHL 	 	
1993-94 	40 	35 	2 	3 	- 	252 	112 	74 	1st OPJHL 	Won League 	
1994-95 	48 	18 	25 	5 	- 	193 	243 	42 	12th OPJHL 	 	
1995-96 	50 	23 	27 	0 	- 	222 	233 	48 	14th OPJHL 	 	
1996-97 	50 	25 	21 	4 	- 	201 	194 	56 	11th OPJHL 	 	
Couchiching Terriers	Couchiching Terriers	Couchiching Terriers	Couchiching Terriers	Couchiching Terriers	Couchiching Terriers	Couchiching Terriers	Couchiching Terriers	Couchiching Terriers	Couchiching Terriers	Couchiching Terriers	
1997-98 	51 	23 	20 	7 	1 	220 	213 	54 	12th OPJHL 	 	
1998-99 	51 	37 	10 	4 	0 	299 	193 	78 	4th OPJHL 	 	
1999-00 	49 	35 	12 	2 	0 	258 	152 	72 	6th OPJHL 	 	
2000-01 	49 	37 	7 	3 	2 	358 	176 	79 	1st OPJHL 	 	
2001-02 	49 	30 	15 	3 	1 	236 	163 	64 	11th OPJHL 	 	
2002-03 	49 	21 	23 	4 	1 	178 	184 	47 	23rd OPJHL 	 	
2003-04 	49 	18 	24 	5 	2 	181 	191 	43 	21st OPJHL 	 	
2004-05 	49 	12 	32 	3 	2 	146 	224 	29 	29th OPJHL 	 	
2005-06 	48 	17 	22 	8 	1 	146 	177 	43 	24th OPJHL 	Lost Conf. QF 	
2006-07 	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
2007-08 	49 	29 	15 	- 	5 	214 	159 	63 	16th OPJHL 	 	
2008-09 	49 	39 	3 	- 	7 	267 	110 	85 	1st OJ-Phi 	 	
==Notable Alumni==
*Fred Brathwaite
*Tony Hrkac
*Ethan Moreau
*Brent Burns
*Daniel Girardi
==External links==
*Terriers Webpage
Category:Canadian ice hockey teams
Category:Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League