The North Kawartha Knights are a Canadian Junior ice hockey team based in Apsley , Ontario , Canada . They play in the Orr Division of the Provincial Junior Hockey League .
20-509: The North Kawartha Knights joined the Central Ontario Junior C. Hockey League in the 2014–15 season under the leadership of owner Gord Mackenzie-Crowe and GM Gary Geraldi. The team has since been sold to current owners Josh Perks, John Trotter Sr., John Trotter Jr., Ed Whitmore and Duane Wiltshire. On February 8, 2024, the PJHL announced a conference realignment that would take place starting
40-799: A crushing 5-0 victory. In the semi-final, the Kings drew the Central Junior C Hockey League 's Lakefield Chiefs and in an extremely close series, swept the Chiefs 4-games-to-none to reach the All-Ontario Final for the second straight year. Again, their opponent was the Great Lakes Junior C Hockey League 's Essex 73's . In the Final, the 73's got the one-up on the Kings in game 1, taking it 4-3. From that point on, with again excellent backstopping from Dan Earles,
60-561: A tough Alliston Hornets squad. After going up 3-games-to-none in the series, the Hornets battled back to make the series 3-games-to-2 before the Kings finally won a tight game 6 and kill the Hornet surge thanks to 2 late game points. This set up a rematch of the 2006-07 GMO Final. Fergus came out tough, but were beaten in the first two games both in double overtime, both times by a 3-2 score. The Devils came back and won game 3 and game 4 just to have
80-512: The Great Lakes Junior C Hockey League 's Belle River Canadiens . The Chiefs defeated them to win their second All-Ontario title at the Junior "C" level 4-games-to-2. The Chiefs won their league again in 2004. In 2005–06, the Chiefs finished the season in fourth place. In the league quarter-final, the Chiefs defeated the Georgina Ice 3-games-to-none. In the league semi-final, the Chiefs ran into
100-519: The Ontario Hockey Association . The first chapter of current Penetanguishene junior hockey history came in 1973. The Penetang Hurons joined up with the Central Ontario Junior C Hockey League, a league recently promoted from the Junior D level. The Hurons lasted only two seasons before folding. In 1977, two years after the demise of the Hurons. The Penetang Kings were created as members of
120-740: The 2016–17 season when this league became the Orr Division of the Provincial Junior Hockey League The Lakefield Chiefs emerged in the late 1970s as members of the Eastern Junior D Hockey League. In the 1977–78 season, the Chiefs were Eastern league champions and faced off against the Western Ontario Junior D Hockey League Champions the Exeter Hawks . In a long and tight series, the Chiefs won game 7 and
140-642: The 2024-25 season. North Kawartha, along with Lakefield would move from the Orr division into the Tod division. Lost Div Semi-Finals 0-4 99( Chiefs ) Lost Div Finals 1-4 ( Bruins ) Lakefield Chiefs The Lakefield Chiefs are a Canadian Junior ice hockey team based in Lakefield , Ontario , Canada. They played in the Central Ontario Junior C Hockey League of the Ontario Hockey Association until
160-604: The Bulldogs 4-games-to-2. In the semi-finals, the Kings ran into the Central Junior C Hockey League 's Port Perry Mojacks . The Kings dispatched the Mojacks 4-games-to-2 to reach their first Clarence Schmalz Cup final in twenty-two years. The Kings were up against a heavily favoured Essex 73's squad. The 73's had torn up the Great Lakes Junior C Hockey League and swept the Niagara Junior C Hockey League 's Simcoe Storm to reach
180-850: The Cup by local player and future National Hockey Leaguer Brian McReynolds , who the next year won the Manitoba Centennial Cup National Junior A Championship with the Orillia Travelways of the OHA Junior A Hockey League . In 1994, the Georgian Bay league merged with the Mid-Ontario Junior C Hockey League to create the Georgian Mid-Ontario Junior C Hockey League . Although the Kings were rather competitive in
200-728: The Georgian Bay Junior C Hockey League. In 1983-84, the Penetang won the Georgian Bay league championship to move into the All-Ontario playdowns. They made it all the way to the Clarence Schmalz Cup finals, where they played against the Niagara Junior C Hockey League champions, the Woodstock Navy-Vets . The Kings brushed them off with a 4-game-sweep to clinch their first ever provincial championship. The Kings were led to
220-525: The Kings win game 5 and then game 6 4-3 in overtime. Four of the six games played in the Final were finished in overtime. In the semi-final, the Kings again ran into the Kincardine Bulldogs of the Western Junior C Hockey League . By game 4, the Bulldogs had the Kings against the wall with a 3-games-to-1 series lead. To the Bulldogs dismay, the Kings won game 5 2-1, game 6 3-1, and then game 7 with
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#1733094153796240-588: The PJHL announced a conference realignment that would take place starting the 2024-25 season. Lakefield, along with North Kawartha would move from the Orr division into the Tod division. Penetang Kings The Penetang Kings are a junior ice hockey team based in Penetanguishene , Ontario , Canada. They play in the Provincial Junior Hockey League (PJHL) in the Carruthers division in
260-530: The final. Penetang's goalie, Dan Earles, took over and post three 1-0 shutouts in a 4-games-to-1 series victory over the 73's. The 2006-07 season was more of a challenge than ever. After coming in second place in the regular season to the Fergus Devils , the Kings again had to face the Midland Flyers in the quarter-finals and again swept them 4-games-to-none. In the semi-final, the Kings were challenged by
280-514: The league championship. They moved on to the provincial quarter-finals where they were pitted against the Empire B Junior C Hockey League 's Amherstview Jets . The Chiefs beat the Jets 4-games-to-2 to advance further. In the provincial semi-final, the Chiefs ran into the Georgian Mid-Ontario Junior C Hockey League 's Penetang Kings . The Chiefs were swept 4-games-to-none by the Kings. On February 8, 2024,
300-708: The league merged with the Quinte-St. Lawrence Junior C Hockey League and became the Central Ontario Junior C Hockey League . That same year, the Chiefs won the Central Lakeshore championship. In 1987, the Chiefs won the Central Ontario league championship. They moved on to the provincial championships and found themselves in the Clarence Schmalz Cup final against the Niagara & District Junior C Hockey League 's Norwich Merchants . The Chiefs came out victorious, winning
320-493: The league, success has not come until recently. The 2005-06 season saw the Kings finish the regular season in first place. In the league quarter-finals, the Kings were placed against the eighth place Midland Flyers and swept them 4-games-to-none. The semi-final was against the sixth seeded Stayner Siskins . The Kings dispatched them 4-games-to-1 to move on to the Georgian Mid-Ontario finals. The Kings were up against
340-423: The powerhouse Fergus Devils , but it in surprising fashion swept the second seeded Devils 4-games-to-none to win their first ever Georgian Mid-Ontario championship. The Kings found themselves in the All-Ontario playdowns for the first time possibly twenty-two years. Their quarter-final match up was against the Kincardine Bulldogs of the Western Junior C Hockey League . In their hardest challenge yet, they bested
360-476: The series 4-games-to-2 to win their first Clarence Schmalz Cup . Over the next eleven seasons, the Chiefs won three league titles. They won in 1989, 1997, and 1999. In 2000, the Lakefield Chiefs won their third league championship in four years. This year was different. They pushed deep into provincial playdowns and found themselves again in the Clarence Schmalz Cup finals. Their opponent ended up being
380-588: The series 4-games-to-3 to win their first OHA Cup as provincial champions. A year later, the Chiefs were again the Eastern league champions. The Chiefs defeated the Western Ontario league's St. George Dukes 4-games-to-2 to clinch their second straight OHA Cup as Ontario Junior "D" Champions. In 1980, the Lakefield Chiefs were promoted to join the Central Lakeshore Junior C Hockey League. Around 1986,
400-530: The top seeded Port Perry Mojacks . The Mojacks defeated the Chiefs 4-games-to-1 to move on to the league final. The 2006–07 season, the Chiefs won the regular season crown to earn the top seed in the playoffs. In the league semi-final, the Chiefs played against the Uxbridge Bruins and swept them 4-games-to-none. In the league final, the Chiefs also swept the Port Perry Mojacks 4-games-to-none to win
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