Oakville Blades

The Oakville Blades are a Junior "A" ice hockey team from Oakville, Ontario, Canada. They are a part of the Ontario Junior Hockey League.
==History==
The Blades started as a Junior C team, and made it to the Clarence Schmalz Cup Final once to compete for the All-Ontario Junior "C" title. In 1969, the Blades lost 4-games-to-3 to the Woodstock Navy-Vets. Oakville moved up to the Junior B level for the 1970-71 season, and joined the Mid-Ontario Junior B league. In 1971, the leagues realigned, and Oakville moved to the new Central Junior B league. In 1975 and 1991 the Blades made it the Sutherland Cup Final for the All-Ontario Junior "B" title. The first time, they were defeated by the Metro Junior B Hockey League's Bramalea Blues 4-games-to-3. The second time, they were defeated by the Midwestern Junior B Hockey League's Waterloo Siskins 4-games-to-0.
===2007-08 season===
The Blades had a great 2007-08 regular season. With 39 wins, 6 losses, and 4 overtime losses, the Blades finished first overall in the West Division. After a bye in the division quarter-final, the Blades defeated the Milton Icehawks 4-games-to-1 in the division semi-final and Georgetown Raiders 4-games-to-1 to win the West Division playoff title. In the North/West Conference championship, the Blades took on the defending Royal Bank Cup 2007 champion Aurora Tigers. The Tigers appeared dominant, but faltered late in the series to lose to the Blades 4-games-to-2. In the OPJHL Buckland Cup final, Blades dominated the Markham Waxers and won 4-games-to-1 to win their first ever Junior A league championship.
The Blades then moved on to the Dudley Hewitt Cup, the Central Canadian championship. In game 1, the Blades defeated the Thunder Bay Region champion Dryden Ice Dogs 5-1. The then defeated the Northern Ontario champion Sudbury Jr. Wolves 5-3. In the final game of the round robin, they defeated the host Newmarket Hurricanes 5-2. This gave the Blades a bye to the final where they played the Hurricanes again and beat them 6-3. This earned them a berth into the 2008 Royal Bank Cup.
The 2008 campaign got rocky when the Blades shipped off to Cornwall, Ontario for the Royal Bank Cup. Star goaltender Scott Greenham could not attend the tournament despite leading the Blades to the OPJHL and Central Canadian Championships. Having accepted a scholarship to play for the Alaska Nanooks,OakvilleToday.ca: Article he would lose his NCAA eligibility if he played in the Royal Bank Cup because his age (21).Ontario Provincial Junior Hockey League With this, the Blades had to bring their back-up cold off the bench for the National Championship. In the first game of the tournament, Oakville had to play the host Cornwall Colts of the Central Junior A Hockey League. Despite outshooting them, the Blades were shocked by the Colts 5-4. The next night, the Blades drew the Weeks Crushers of the Maritime Junior A Hockey League. The Blades badly outshot the Crushers, but the Crushers managed to squeak out a 4-3 overtime victory of the Central Canadian champions. In a nail-biting and high scoring outing, the Blades gave Humboldt a 7-6 loss to keep contention for a playoff spot in the tournament. It was not to be though, as the Blades out-shot but still lost to the top ranked Camrose Kodiaks 6-1.
Despite outshooting all four of their opponents, the Oakville Blades lost three out of four games and were eliminated on a head-to-head tie breaker with Weeks.
==Season-by-season results==
Season 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	OTL 	GF 	GA 	P 	Results 	Playoffs
1970-71	33 	10 	20 	3 	- 	137 	178 	23 	8th MOJBHL 	
1971-72	42 	23 	15 	4 	- 	240 	202 	50 	3rd CJBHL 	
1972-73	42 	25 	13 	4 	- 	242 	186 	54 	3rd CJBHL 	
1973-74	42 	34 	7 	1 	- 	302 	130 	69 	1st CJBHL 	
1974-75	42 	 	 	 	 	 	 	61 	1st CJBHL 	Won League
1975-76	36 	19 	12 	5 	- 	189 	160 	43 	2nd CJBHL 	
1976-77	42 	27 	11 	4 	- 	219 	187 	58 	1st CJBHL 	
1977-78	42 	20 	17 	5 	- 	-- 	-- 	45 	5th CJBHL 	
1978-79	44 	30 	14 	0 	- 	288 	204 	60 	3rd CJBHL 	
1979-80	44 	16 	25 	3 	- 	237 	257 	35 	9th CJBHL 	
1980-81	44 	29 	10 	5 	- 	256 	162 	63 	2nd CJBHL 	
1981-82	40 	37 	2 	1 	- 	276 	124 	75 	1st CJBHL 	Won League
1982-83	42 	26 	13 	3 	- 	212 	144 	55 	2nd CJBHL 	
1983-84	40 	29 	5 	6 	- 	268 	120 	64 	2nd CJBHL 	
1984-85	40 	21 	12 	7 	- 	230 	156 	49 	4th CJBHL 	
1985-86	48 	28 	12 	8 	- 	276 	188 	64 	2nd CJBHL 	
1986-87	42 	24 	12 	6 	- 	226 	185 	54 	2nd CJBHL 	
1987-88	44 	24 	16 	4 	- 	228 	201 	52 	6th CJBHL 	
1988-89	42 	15 	20 	7 	- 	161 	192 	37 	10th CJBHL 	
1989-90	42 	29 	4 	9 	- 	233 	124 	67 	2nd CJBHL 	
1990-91	42 	25 	8 	9 	- 	252 	152 	59 	2nd CJBHL 	Won League
1991-92	42 	24 	10 	8 	- 	251 	148 	56 	3rd CJBHL 	
1992-93	49 	24 	23 	2 	- 	219 	193 	51 	9th CJBHL 	
1993-94	42 	25 	15 	2 	- 	249 	195 	53 	4th OPJHL-W 	
1994-95	49 	24 	20 	5 	- 	249 	221 	54 	6th OPJHL-W 	
1995-96	50 	21 	24 	5 	- 	211 	228 	50 	3rd OPJHL-Mi 	
1996-97	51 	22 	28 	1 	- 	218 	233 	50 	3rd OPJHL-Mi 	
1997-98	51 	31 	15 	4 	1 	215 	183 	67 	2nd OPJHL-Mi 	
1998-99	51 	22 	23 	4 	2 	216 	216 	50 	7th OPJHL-W 	
1999-00	49 	16 	21 	9 	3 	209 	246 	44 	8th OPJHL-W 	
2000-01	49 	14 	27 	6 	2 	185 	228 	36 	9th OPJHL-W 	
2001-02	49 	33 	11 	3 	2 	254 	177 	71 	3rd OPJHL-W 	
2002-03	49 	27 	20 	2 	0 	219 	197 	56 	5th OPJHL-W 	
2003-04	49 	32 	13 	3 	1 	207 	143 	68 	3rd OPJHL-W 	
2004-05	49 	40 	6 	1 	2 	283 	110 	83 	2nd OPJHL-W 	
2005-06	49 	26 	17 	3 	3 	231 	147 	58 	4th OPJHL-W 	Lost League SF
2006-07	49 	38 	9 	1 	1 	269 	125 	78 	2nd OPJHL-W 	Lost Conf. SF
2007-08	49 	39 	6 	- 	4 	222 	139 	82 	1st OPJHL-W 	Won League
2008-09	49 	41 	8 	- 	0 	289 	146 	82 	2nd OJHL-M 	
2009-10	56 	46 	9 	- 	1 	280 	137 	93 	2nd OJAHL 	Won League, OHA Champions
2010-11	50 	36 	12 	- 	2 	212 	131 	74 	2nd OJHL-W 	Lost Final
2011-12	49 	31 	12 	- 	6 	196 	120 	68 	2nd OJHL-W 	Lost Division Final
2012-13	55 	34 	16 	- 	5 	214 	159 	73 	4th OJHL-S 	
2013-14	53 	23 	26 	- 	4 	165 	212 	80 	6th OJHL-S 	Lost Tie-breaker
2014-15	54 	31 	19 	- 	4 	201 	130 	66 	2nd OJHL-S 	Lost Conference Semi-Final
2015-16	54 	34 	17 	2 	1 	231 	178 	71 	1st of 6 South Div3rd of 11 SW Conf5th of 22 OJHL	Won Conf. Quarters 4-2 (Buzzers)Lost Conf. Semifinals 3-4 (Cougars)
2016-17	54 	33 	14 	0 	7 	217 	146 	73 	1st of 6 South Div3rd of 11 SW Conf6th of 22 OJHL	Won Conf. Quarters 4-2 (Patriots)Won Conf. Semifinals 4-1 (Cougars)Lost Conf. Final 2-4 (Raiders
2017-18	54 	38 	13 	2 	1 	195 	125 	79 	3rd of 6 South Div3rd of 11 SW Conf3rd of 22 OJHL	Won Conf. Quarters 4-2 (Canadiens)Won Conf. Semifinals 3-4 (Patriots)
2018-19	54 	44 	5 	1 	4 	244 	121 	93 	1st of 6 West Div1st of 11 NW Conf1st of 22 OJHL 	Won Conf. Quarters 4-1 (Admirals)Won Conf. Semifinals 4-1 (Buzzers)Won Conf. Final 4-1 (Royals)Won Final 4-0  (Dukes)Won 2019 Dudley Hewitt CupLost 2019 National Junior A Championship Semifinal
2019-20	54 	39 	9 	2 	4 	230 	129 	84 	1st of 6 West Div. 	Won Conf QF 4-0 then playoffs cancelled
2020-21	SEASON CANCELLED (COVID-19)	SEASON CANCELLED (COVID-19)	SEASON CANCELLED (COVID-19)	SEASON CANCELLED (COVID-19)	SEASON CANCELLED (COVID-19)	SEASON CANCELLED (COVID-19)	SEASON CANCELLED (COVID-19)	SEASON CANCELLED (COVID-19)	SEASON CANCELLED (COVID-19) 	SEASON CANCELLED (COVID-19)
2021-22	54 	24 	27 	1 	2 	167 	195 	51 	4th of 5 West Div7th of 10 NW Conf14th of 21 OJHL	Lost NW Conf. Quarters 2-0 (Cougars)
2022-23	54 	16 	36 	1 	1 	144 	233 	34 	9th of 10 NW Conf17th of 21 OJHL 	Did Not Qualify for Post Season
2023-24	56 	32 	20 	1 	3 	180 	151 	68 	4th of 12 West Conf8th of 24 OJHL 	Won W Conf. Quarters 4-2 (Jr. Sabres)Lost W Conf. Semifinals 1-4 (Blues)
==National Jr. A Championship appearances==
*2008: 5th Place - 1-3-0 Record
::Host city: Cornwall, Ontario
::Defeated by Cornwall Colts (CCHL) 5-4
::Defeated by Pictou County Crushers (MJAHL) 4-3
::Defeated by Camrose Kodiaks (AJHL) 6-1
::Won vs. Humboldt Broncos (SJHL) 7-6
*2010: 5th Place - 0-3-1 Record
::Host city: Dauphin, Manitoba
::Defeated by La Ronge Ice Wolves (SJHL) 3-2 OT
::Defeated by Brockville Braves (CCHL) 11-2
::Defeated by Vernon Vipers (BCHL) 5-3
::Defeated by Dauphin Kings (MJHL) 5-4
*2019: Lost in Semifinal - 2-3-0 Record
::Host city: Brooks, Alberta
::Defeated by Brooks Bandits (AJHL) 7-3
::Defeated by Prince George Spruce Kings (BCHL) 5-1
::Won vs. Portage Terriers (MJHL) 5-4
::Won vs. Ottawa Jr. Senators (CCHL) 7-4
::Defeated by Prince George Spruce Kings (BCHL) 2-1 in semifinal
==Centennial Cup - Revised format 2022==
Canadian Jr. A National ChampionshipsMaritime Junior Hockey League, Quebec Junior Hockey League, Central Canada Hockey League, Ontario Junior Hockey League, Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League, Superior International Junior Hockey League, Manitoba Junior Hockey League, Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League, Alberta Junior Hockey League, and Host. The BCHL declared itself an independent league and there is no BC representative.Round-robin play in two 5-team pools with top three in pool advancing to determine a Champion.
Year 	Round-robin 	Record 	Standing 	Quarterfinal 	Semifinal 	Championship
2024HOST	L, Miramichi Timberwolves (MarJHL), 4-7W, Sioux Lookout Bombers (SIJHL), 5-2L, Winkler Flyers (ManJHL), 0-4L, Melfort Mustangs (SJHL), 1-3	1-0-3-0	4th of 5 Group B	did not qualify	did not qualify	did not qualify
==Dudley Hewitt Cup appearances==
The Dudley Hewitt Cup represents the Central Canadian Junior A championship. The winner moves on to the Centennial Cup National Junior A championship.
*2008: Won Championship - 4-0-0 Record
::Host city: Newmarket, Ontario
::Won vs. Dryden Ice Dogs (SIJHL) 5-1
::Won vs. Sudbury Jr. Wolves (NOJHL) 5-3
::Won vs. Newmarket Hurricanes (OPJHL) 5-2
::Won vs. Newmarket Hurricanes (OPJHL) 6-3 in final
*2010: Won Championship - 4-0-0 Record
::Host city: Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
::Won vs. Fort William North Stars (SIJHL) 2-1 OT
::Won vs. Abitibi Eskimos (NOJHL) 6-0
::Won vs. Soo Thunderbirds (NOJHL) 3-1
::Won vs. Fort William North Stars (SIJHL) 2-1 in final
*2019: Won Championship - 4-0-0 Record
::Host city: Cochrane, Ontario
::Won vs. Thunder Bay North Stars (SIJHL) 9-4
::Won vs. Hearst Lumberjacks (NOJHL) 4-2
::Won vs. Cochrane Crunch (NOJHL) 6-2
::Won vs. Hearst Lumberjacks (NOJHL) 2-0 in final
==Sutherland Cup appearances==
:1975: Bramalea Blues defeated Oakville Blades 4-games-to-3
:1991: Waterloo Siskins defeated Oakville Blades 4-games-to-none
==Clarence Schmalz Cup appearances==
:1969: Woodstock Navy-Vets defeated Oakville Blades 4-games-to-3
==References==
==External links==
*Blades Webpage
Category:Ontario Hockey Association Super Junior C teams
Category:Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League team
Category:Canadian ice hockey teams
Category:Established in 1966