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Little Britain Merchants
CityLittle Britain, Ontario
LeagueProvincial Junior Hockey League
ConferenceEast
DivisionOrr
Founded1978
Home arenaLittle Britain Community Centre
ColoursRed and White
Head coachMathew Muir
AffiliateLindsay Muskies
Championships
League champions1998, 2010
Little Britain Merchants players celebrate the third goal of the game in 2011

The Little Britain Merchants are a junior C ice hockey team based in Little Britain, Ontario, Canada. They played in the Central Ontario Junior C Hockey League of the Ontario Hockey Association until the 2016–17 season when the league became the Orr Division of the Provincial Junior Hockey League.

History

The Little Britain Merchants were founded in 1978 as members of the Southern Counties Junior D Hockey League.

In 1984, the Merchants move to the Central Lakeshore Junior C Hockey League. Two year later, the league merged with the Quinte-St. Lawrence Junior C Hockey League and formed the Central Ontario Junior C Hockey League. The expansion of the Merchants was to fill the void left by the folding of the Stouffville Clippers. The Merchants advanced to the Central Lakeshore Final that season where they would be swept by the Bowmanville Eagles who went on to the Clarence Schmalz Cup semifinals.

In the 1997–98 season, the Merchants finished first overall in the Central Ontario league regular season with 27 wins in 40 games. The Merchants won their first league championship that season and advanced to the Clarence Schmalz Cup semifinals where they were defeated by the eventual Schmalz Cup Champions Glanbrook Rangers of the Niagara District League.

The Merchants finished the 2005–06 regular season in second place overall. In the league semi-final, the Merchants drew the third seeded Uxbridge Bruins where the series went the full seven games with the Bruins taking the series 4-games-to-3. The 2006–07 regular season ended with the Merchants finishing in third place overall. Their semi-final opponent was the second seeded Port Perry Mojacks, which again went to a game seven before the Merchants were elimated.

Little Britain won their second league championship in 2009–10 when they upset the defending champion Uxbridge Bruins. The Merchants advanced to the Clarence Schmalz Cup quarterfinals against the Empire B champion Napanee Raiders. The series featured each team winning at home with the Raiders advancing in seven games.

Season-by-season results

Season GP W L T OTL GF GA Pts Results Playoffs
1987–88 32 15 15 2 — 148 162 32 5th COJCHL
1988–89 40 20 14 6 — 181 161 46 5th COJCHL
1989–90 36 9 23 4 — 163 218 22 7th COJCHL
1990–91 36 18 17 1 — 192 156 37 5th COJCHL
1991–92 34 20 10 0 4 196 164 44 2nd COJCHL
1992–93 40 25 12 2 1 240 178 53 1st COJCHL
1993–94 30 10 16 3 1 122 136 24 5th COJCHL
1994–95 36 13 20 1 2 146 163 29 6th COJCHL
1995–96 42 29 11 1 1 207 159 60 3rd COJCHL
1996–97 40 19 16 5 0 177 172 43 4th COJCHL
1997–98 40 27 8 4 1 208 158 59 1st COJCHL Won League
Lost CSC Semifinal
1998–99 40 19 19 2 0 181 213 41 4th COJCHL
1999–00 40 14 23 1 2 150 231 31 5th COJCHL
2000–01 40 12 26 1 1 161 202 27 5th COJCHL
2001–02 42 12 24 2 4 147 204 30 5th COJCHL
2002–03 38 12 21 3 2 131 177 29 5th COJCHL
2003–04 38 10 20 5 3 129 174 28 4th COJCHL
2004–05 40 17 21 1 1 123 161 36 4th COJCHL
2005–06 42 28 13 1 0 191 144 57 2nd COJCHL Lost semi-final
2006–07 40 19 12 6 3 175 154 47 3rd COJCHL Lost semi-final
2007–08 40 20 14 4 2 137 152 46 3rd COJCHL
2008–09 40 9 27 3 1 159 219 22 5th COJCHL
2009–10 40 21 17 — 2 153 158 44 3rd COJCHL Won League
Lost CSC quarterfinal
2010–11 40 16 20 — 4 143 174 36 4th COJCHL Lost semi-final
2011–12 40 24 13 — 3 158 146 51 2nd COJCHL Lost semi-final
2012–13 40 13 24 — 3 113 156 29 5th COJCHL
2013–14 40 13 22 — 5 122 176 31 5th COJCHL Did not qualify
2014–15 42 21 17 — 4 175 157 46 5th COJCHL Won Play-in, 3–1 (Mojacks)
Lost semi-final, 0–4 (Bruins)
2015–16 42 25 15 — 2 192 142 52 3rd of 7, COJCHL Lost quarterfinals, 0–4 (Chiefs)
2016–17 42 13 28 1 — 140 193 27 6th of 7
Orr Division-PJHL		 Lost div. quarter-finals, 0–4 (Eagles)
2017–18 40 0 38 1 1 62 268 2 7th of 7
Orr Division-PJHL		 Did not finish season[1]
2018–19 42 13 24 2 3 163 184 31 6th of 7
Orr Division-PJHL		 Did not qualify
2019–20 42 21 18 1 2 144 149 45 4th of 7
Orr Division-PJHL		 Lost Prelim Rd 1-2 (Bruins)
2020-21 Season Lost due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021–22 32 25 6 0 1 146 85 51 2nd of 7
Orr Division-PJHL		 Won Div Quarters 4-1 (Ice)
Won Div Semis 4-2 (Bruins)
Lost division finals 0-4 (Eagles)
2022–23 42 23 12 6 1 142 119 53 3rd of 7
Orr Division-PJHL		 Div Quarters, bye
Lost Div Semis 2-4 (Bruins)
2023–24 42 12 26 4 0 113 188 28 6th of 7
Orr Division-PJHL		 Lost Div Quarters, 0-4 (Ice)

References

  1. ^ "Little Britain Merchants will not Finish Season". Provincial Junior Hockey League. February 2, 2018.

External links

Provincial Junior Hockey League
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