The Mount Brydges Bulldogs are a Junior ice hockey team based in Mount Brydges , Ontario , Canada. They play in the Provincial Junior Hockey League and are three-time provincial champions.
12-640: The Mount Brydges Bulldogs were founded in 1975 as members of the Western Junior D Hockey League. The 1983–84 season saw the Bulldogs pull off a 22–7–5 record, which led them on to win their first Western league championship, despite competition from the Exeter Hawks who only suffered a total of two losses during the regular season. In the provincial final, the Bulldogs met the Grand Valley Harvesters of
24-839: The Provincial Junior Hockey League of the Ontario Hockey Association . The Exeter Hawks were founded in 1961 as members of the Shamrock Junior D Hockey League. In the late sixties, the Hawks jumped to the Bluewater Junior Hockey League for a short stint. In 1969, the Shamrock league changed its name to the Western Junior D Hockey League. In 1970–71, the Hawks won the Western League and made it all
36-486: The Thamesford Trojans who defeated the Bulldogs 4-games-to-1. Mount Brydges pulled off a 21-win season in 2006-07, and finished in tenth place overall. In the first round of the playoffs the lost 4-games-to-1. The 2007-2008 season proved to be their best regular season in franchise history. With 36 wins and only 3 losses, the Bulldogs were number one in the league with 73 points. The Bulldogs swept their way through
48-553: The Conference Final before losing to the eventual league champions North Middlesex Stars 4 games to 1. The 2009-2010 season brought changes within the organization resulting in a third-place finish for the regular season and first-round knockout in the playoffs. During the 2017-2018 season, the Bulldogs and North Middlesex Stars engaged in the inaugural season series entitled the Battle of Highway 81. The Bulldogs would go on to win
60-652: The Northern Junior D Hockey League, winning their first series 4 games to 2. The Bulldogs were a tough team until the mid-1980s. In 1988, the Western league absorbed the Southern league and became an eighteen-team super-league. From then into the mid-1990s, the Bulldogs struggled. In 1991, the Western League was disbanded and replaced with the OHA Junior Development League. The 1996–97 season proved to be one of
72-576: The OHA Cup for the first time. In 1977, the Hawks won their third Western League title and advanced to the provincial championship. Their opponents were the Stayner Siskins , which they defeated 4-games-to-none to win their second provincial championship. The next year, the Hawks again won the Western League and ran into the Lakefield Chiefs in the OHA Cup final. The Chiefs overpowered the Hawks in
84-583: The best ever for the Bulldogs. At the end of the regular season, the Bulldogs were at the top of the league with 34 wins and only 3 losses. The Bulldogs battled through three rounds of playoffs to meet the Wellesley Applejacks at the OHAJDL finals. The Bulldogs earned their second OHA Cup with a 4-games-to-none sweep. The Bulldogs finished the 2000-01 season in eighth place overall with a record of 23 wins and 14 losses. The Bulldogs defeated their competition in
96-460: The first three rounds of the playoffs to win their conference title. In the provincial championship final they met the Wellesley Applejacks , who were caught flat-footed and defeated 4 games to 1. This marked the Bulldogs' third provincial championship. The 2004–05 season was a strong one for the Bulldogs who finished sixth place overall in the OHAJDL. They again battled through the first three rounds of
108-468: The first two rounds of the playoffs before meeting the perennial powerhouse Thamesford Trojans in the Yeck Conference finals. Thamesford powered past Mount Brydges 4 games to none, en route to their 2008 championship. The 2008-2009 season was yet again another great season in the history of the franchise. With 33 wins and only 6 losses, finishing first overall. The Bulldogs yet again swept their way to
120-494: The playoffs, winning their conference. In the end, they met the Hagersville Hawks , an opponent that was not to be denied an OHA Cup. The Bulldogs lost the series 4-games-to-1. The Bulldogs finished the 2005-06 season with a .500 record and ranked eleventh place overall. In the first round of the playoffs, the Bulldogs pulled off a major upset knocking off the number one ranked Mitchell Hawks 4-games-to-2. In round 2, they met
132-530: The series on the final day of the regular season and down the Stars by a 3-2 season tally. Battle of Highway 81 Series Scores 2017-18: Game 1: Stars 4-2 Bulldogs, Game 2: Bulldogs 3-1 Stars, Game 3: Stars 5-2 Bulldogs, Game 4: Bulldogs 5-2 Stars, Game 5: Bulldogs 4-1 Stars defeated 4-games-to-none Exeter Hawks The Exeter Hawks are a Junior ice hockey team based in Exeter , Ontario , Canada. They play in
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#1732859173940144-563: The way to the OHA provincial championship. They met another junior team from Haliburton, Ontario from the South Central Junior D Hockey League . Haliburton defeated the Hawks 4-games-to-3. A season later, the Hawks again won the Western League and found themselves against an Eastern Ontario representative from Bancroft, Ontario in the provincial final. This year the Hawks were not to be denied as they swept Bancroft 4-games-to-none to win
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