Collingwood Blues

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Collingwood Blues
City: Collingwood, Ontario
League: Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League
Division: North
Founded: Unknown
Home Arena: Eddie Bush Memorial Arena
Colours: Blue, Gold, Black, and White
Head Coach: Jim Hamilton
General Manager: Dan McIlhone
Parent club(s): Oshawa Generals
Farm club(s): Alliston Hornets
Franchise history
1940s-1955: Collingwood Greenshirts
1955-19xx: Collingwood Cobras
19xx-1969: Collingwood Legionnaires
1969-1977: Collingwood Blues
1977-1979: Collingwood Glassmen
1979-1987: Collingwood Shipbuilders
1988-present: Collingwood Blues

The Collingwood Blues are a Tier II Junior "A" ice hockey team from Collingwood, Ontario, Canada. They are a part of the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League.

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Collingwood junior hockey excellence can be traced back as far as 1950 where the town's Junior "C" team won four straight Clarence Schmalz Cups as All-Ontario Junior "C" Champions.

Although the exact origin of the Blues is not currently known, they dabbled mainly in Junior B and Junior C from 1969 until 1993. They won the Central Junior B Hockey League playoff championship in 1970 and 1971. In 1972, after transferring to the Mid-Ontario Junior B League, they won their league title. They won that title again in 1975-76 and advanced through the Ontario playdowns all the way to the Sutherland Cup provincial final against the St. Marys Lincolns of the Western Junior B Hockey League. St. Marys won the series 4-3.

The Blues played in the Southern Ontario Junior A Hockey League in 1976-77 and finished third out of four teams. The league folded and Collingwood dropped all the way to Junior C in 1977-78 with a team called the Glassmen. In 1979, the team changed their name to the Shipbuilders and jumped to the Major Intermediate A Hockey League. The Shipbuilder were 1982-83 Major Int. "A" Champions and second place in the province to a team from Timmins, Ontario. In 1983, the league was promoted to Senior "A". The team left the league in 1987 and went on hiatus. In their final Senior season, they won the OHA Senior "A" title 4-games-to-2 against the Dunnville Mudcats of the Southern Senior A Hockey League.

In 1988, the Blues voted back into the Central Junior B Hockey League. In 1993, the league was promoted to Tier II Junior A status and the Blues remain a member of that league today.

Season GP W L T OTL GF GA P Results Playoffs
1969-71 Central Jr. B Standings Not Available
1971-76 Mid-Ontario Jr. B Standings Not Available
1976-77 34 10 18 6 - 156 176 26 3rd SOJAHL Lost Semi-final
1977-79 Georgian Bay Jr. C Standings Not Available
1979-83 Major Int. A Standings Not Available
1983-84 38 20 17 1 - 238 221 41 7th OHA Sr. A
1984-85 40 23 16 1 - 206 194 47 4th OHA Sr. A
1985-86 36 15 21 0 - 144 205 30 OHA Sr. A
1986-87 OHA Sr. A Standings Not Available
1987-88 Did Not Participate
1988-89 42 5 34 3 - 166 353 13 15th CJBHL
1989-90 42 13 24 5 - 201 257 31 10th CJBHL
1990-91 42 15 22 5 - 170 209 35 11th CJBHL
1991-92 42 7 28 7 - 147 247 21 14th CJBHL
1992-93 48 10 36 2 - 162 355 23 15th CJBHL
1993-94 40 10 29 1 - 127 223 22 14th OPJHL
1994-95 48 21 24 3 - 210 223 46 11th OPJHL
1995-96 49 28 16 5 - 237 193 61 7th OPJHL
1996-97 51 28 18 5 - 249 206 62 8th OPJHL
1997-98 51 35 12 3 1 263 156 74 3rd OPJHL
1998-99 51 41 8 1 1 309 126 84 2nd OPJHL
1999-00 47 26 13 5 3 243 148 60 12th OPJHL
2000-01 49 27 19 2 1 224 142 57 16th OPJHL
2001-02 49 23 21 4 1 191 181 51 18th OPJHL
2002-03 49 23 25 0 1 204 176 47 22nd OPJHL
2003-04 49 22 20 3 4 174 216 51 17th OPJHL
2004-05 49 13 32 4 0 158 217 30 28th OPJHL
2005-06 48 22 19 6 1 171 172 51 21st OPJHL Lost Conf. SF
2006-07 48 22 19 4 3 157 169 51 17th OPJHL Lost Conf. SF

1976: St. Marys Lincolns defeated Collingwood Blues 4-games-to-3


Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League
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Former Member Teams: Ajax Merchants | Barrie Colts | Belleville Bulls | Brampton Warriors Jr. A | Caledon Canadians | Cambridge Winterhawks | Dixie Beehives Jr. A | Durham Huskies | Guelph Platers | Hamilton Mountain A's | Kingston Frontenacs | North Bay Trappers | Owen Sound Greys | Parry Sound Shamrocks | Royal York Royals | Shelburne Wolves | Syracuse Jr. Crunch | Toronto Nationals | Toronto Thunderbirds | Weston Dodgers | Whitby Lawmen

CJBHL Former Teams: Acton Sabres | Brampton Warriors Jr. B | Dixie Beehives | Kitchener Greenshirts | Mimico Monarchs | Nobleton Devils | Oak Ridges Dynes | Preston Raiders | Stratford Braves | Strathroy Rockets | Thornhill Thunderbirds | Waterloo Siskins

OPJHL Standings | OJHL Standings | Original OPJHL Standings | CJBHL Standings | Metro Junior A Hockey League - Standings | Southern Ontario Junior A Hockey League - Standings

Canadian Junior A Hockey League | Dudley Hewitt Cup | Royal Bank Cup

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