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 .
13-709: 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
26-562: A 3-games-to-2 deficit to win the series in seven games, the winning goal scored with 16.8 seconds left in the third period of game seven. In the finals, the Eagles faced the first place Lakefield Chiefs . The Chiefs took the first game, but the Eagles came back to win the next three straight. Lakefield made the series interesting by winning game five, but the Ealges smoked the Chiefs 8–1 in game six to take
39-691: A plethora of major towns in the league: Trenton, Ajax, Bowmanville, Port Hope, Lindsay, Cobourg, and the retirement community-backed Wellington Dukes; the Central Junior B Hockey League absorbed many of these franchises over the course of a couple years in their run to Junior A status—obtained in 1993. Since losing half of their teams, the Central Ontario League has survived with the likes of Georgina, Lakefield, Little Britain, Port Perry, and Uxbridge. A sixth team has failed to stick in most cases, in towns like Bobcaygeon and Madoc. Due to retraction in
52-705: Is now a division in the Provincial Junior Hockey League . In 1970, the Suburban Junior C Hockey League divided into two leagues. Most of the westerly teams formed the Mid-Ontario Junior B Hockey League , while most of the easterly teams formed the Central Lakeshore Junior C League. In 1972, the Eastern Junior B Hockey League was also divided up, half to the Metro Junior B Hockey League and
65-757: The Ontario Junior Hockey League , the Bowmanville Eagles have returned in 2011 in the form of the Clarington Eagles but Ajax remains unserviced after their team left Junior A, both having folded in 2010. Following the 2015-16 seasons the Central Ontario Junior C Hockey League amalgamated with the other southern Ontario junior "C" hockey leagues and became a division within the Provincial Junior Hockey League . For
78-721: 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
91-615: 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
104-597: The Eagles won their first game, at home, 3–2 against the Little Britain Merchants . The Eagles' first season back in Junior C ended with a winning 19-18-3 record. In their first playoffs, the Eagles first met the Uxbridge Bruins in the quarter-finals. The Eagles swept the best-of-5 series 3-games-to-none. In the semi-finals, the Eagles faced the second seeded Little Britain Merchants . Clarington came back from
117-526: 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
130-638: The Ontario Hockey Association "All-Ontario Jr. "C" Championship", please go to the Clarence Schmalz Cup . Clarington Eagles The Clarington Eagles are a Canadian Junior ice hockey team based in Clarington , Ontario , Canada . They play in the Orr Division of the Provincial Junior Hockey League . The Eagles were founded in 2011 to leave the gap in their community left by
143-768: The Raiders advancing in seven games. Central Ontario Junior C Hockey League The Central Ontario Junior C Hockey League was a junior ice hockey league in Ontario , Canada, sanctioned by the Ontario Hockey Association . The "Central" played inter-league games with the Empire Junior "C" League. The champion of the Central competed for the All-Ontario Championship and the Clarence Schmalz Cup . The league
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#1732873181837156-451: The folding of the Junior A Bowmanville Eagles . Bowmanville originated in Junior C from 1968 until 1995 and was promoted to Junior A. The team folded in 2010. The Eagles played their first game on September 23, 2011, in Uxbridge, Ontario . The Eagles dropped a 6-4 decision to the Uxbridge Bruins . Their first home game was on September 25, 2011, a 6–3 loss to the Bruins. On October 2, 2011,
169-720: The other half to the Central League. With this, the Eastern Junior C Loop became the Quinte-St. Lawrence Junior C Hockey League , the Central League's main territorial rival until 1986. In 1986, the Quinte-St. Lawrence League folded. The Wellington Dukes fled to the Central League and the Gananoque Islanders joined the Ottawa District Hockey Association 's Eastern Ontario Junior B Hockey League . With
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