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14-752: The Wellesley Apple Jacks joined the Western Junior D Hockey League in 1987. A year later, the Western League absorbed the Southern Junior D Hockey League. They operated under the Western moniker for three more years. In 1991, the Western League was dissolved and the OHA Junior Development League was created. At this time, the Apple Jacks turned into a team to reckon with. In the early years of

28-616: The Provincial Junior Hockey League of the Ontario Hockey Association . The Thamesford Trojans were founded in 1976 as members of the Western Ontario Junior D Hockey League. In 1988, the league absorbed its competitor leagues and create a large "super league" that was renamed the OHA Junior Development League in 1991. The Trojans from the 1989–90 until the 1991–92 season won three straight OHA Cups,

42-656: The Irish 4-games-to-1 to win their second straight OHA Cup. The 1992 playoffs again saw the Trojans reach the championship series of the OHAJDL, which was once again against the Lucan Irish. This time the Trojans completely dominated and swept the series 4-games-to-none to win a third straight OHA Cup. The victory marked the first time since the award was first presented in 1948 that a team had won it three consecutive years. In 1993, they made

56-638: The OHA Cup final 4-games-to-none to the Mount Brydges Bulldogs . The 1997–98 season was one for the ages for the Apple Jacks. They finished first in the OHAJDL with 28 wins and made it all the way to the league final for the third straight year. They defeated the Exeter Hawks 4-games-to-3 to win their first OHA Cup. The 1998–99 season, the Applejacks again finished first in the league with 30 wins. In

70-518: The OHAJDL finals and met the Port Stanley Lakers . The Trojans defeated the Lakers 4-games-to-2 to clinch their fourth OHA Cup. In 2003, the Trojans finished tenth overall in the OHAJDL. In the playoffs, the Trojans baffled their competitors and made it all the way to the OHA Cup final. Their opponent, another team that was unexpected, the eighth-seeded Wellesley Applejacks , were standing between

84-468: The OHAJDL finals once again, but ran into a team other than Lucan. The Mitchell Hawks had won the other conference and were challenging for the OHA Cup for the first time since 1973. The Hawks were not to be denied as they won the series 4-games-to-1 and broke the Trojan dynasty. The Trojans finished the 1994–95 season in first place with 34 wins and only 2 losses on the entire season. They pushed through to

98-509: The OHAJDL, the league was dominated by the Thamesford Trojans and Lucan Irish , but come the 1995–96 season the Apple Jacks made their first finals appearance of what would be four consecutive years. In the 1996 OHA Cup Finals, the Apple Jacks fell to the Exeter Hawks 4-games-to-3. This came after finishing 2nd place in the entire league with 27 wins. The 1996–97 season had the Apple Jacks finish second again with 28 wins, but lose in

112-477: The Trojans and a fifth OHA Cup. The Trojans could not be stopped as they swept the Applejacks 4-games-to-none to win another league title. After a strong winning season, the Trojans started out the 2006 playoffs against the Mount Brydges Bulldogs . The Bulldogs fell to the Trojans 4-games-to-1. In the second round of the playoffs, the Trojans drew the West Lorne Lakers , whom they swept 4-games-to-none. In

126-482: The conference final, the Trojans found themselves up against a Cinderella -story Lucan Irish . The Irish upset the Trojans 4-games-to-1 to bounce them from the playoffs and went on to win the OHA Cup. In 2006, the OHAJDL was disbanded and replaced with the Southern Ontario Junior Hockey League. Again in 2007, the Trojans finished off the season with an excellent record. In the first round of

140-527: The league and made it to the league finals again. Wellesley ended up getting swept by the Thamesford Trojans 4-games-to-none. In 2006, the OHAJDL was dissolved and the Apple Jacks joined the Southern Ontario Junior Hockey League —which was promoted to Junior C officially in 2012. In the Summer of 2013, the Ontario Hockey Association realigned the leagues and the Apple Jacks ended up in

154-691: The new Midwestern Junior C Hockey League . The summer of 2016 brought more league changes to the Applejacks. The eight southern Ontario junior "C" hockey leagues amalgamated into one league dubbed the Provincial Junior Hockey League. The Midwestern league became the Doherty division in the South Conference. Thamesford Trojans The Thamesford Trojans are a Junior ice hockey team based in Thamesford , Ontario , Canada. They play in

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168-553: The playoff they made it to the league final for the fourth straight year only to lose 4-games-to-3 to the Lucan Irish . In 2000–01, the Wellesley Apple Jacks found their footing again. They finished fifth in the OHAJDL with 25 wins and made it to the OHA Cup final again. This time they lost 4-games-to-1 to the Mount Brydges Bulldogs . In 2002–03, the Apple Jacks finished the season in 8th place with 19 wins. They surprised

182-664: The playoffs, the Trojans drew the Lucan Irish and were able to exact revenge for the 2006 upset by defeating them 4-games-to-1. In the second round, the Trojans were pitted against the North Middlesex Stars . The Trojans beat the Stars 4-games-to-1 as well. In the conference final, Thamesford ran into the eventual league champion for the second consecutive year as they fell to the Mitchell Hawks 4-games-to-2. West Lorne Lakers Too Many Requests If you report this error to

196-418: The provincial championship. In 1990, the Trojans fought all the way to the league finals. In the finals they met the Lucan Irish . After a hard-fought battle, the Trojans came out on top to win the series 4-games-to-2 and win their first ever OHA Cup. The 1991 playoffs saw them reach the OHAJDL finals as well. Their opponents again were the Lucan Irish. The Trojans improved on the 1990 finals by defeating

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