Blind River Beavers

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Blind River Beavers

City:	Blind River, Ontario
League:	Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League
Founded:	1981
Home Arena:	Blind River Community Centre
Colours:	Black, Red, and White
Head Coach:	Todd Stencill
General Manager:	Don Lees Jr.

The Blind River Beavers are a Tier II Junior "A" ice hockey team from Blind River, Ontario, Canada. They are a part of the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League.

Elliot Lake Vikings 1981 - 1997

Elliot Lake Ice 1997 - 1999

Nickel Centre Barons 1999 - 2000

Blind River Barons 2000 - 2001

Blind River Beavers 2001 to Present

[edit] History

The Elliot Lake Vikings played their first Tier II Junior "A" game in 1981. After 2 years in NOHA Junior "B", the Vikings won the 1983 McNamara Cup in only their second year in the NOJHL. In the Ontario Hockey Association Final, they took on the North York Rangers of the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League and lost 3-games-to-2. The Rangers went on to defeat the Thunder Bay Flyers for the Dudley Hewitt Cup and went further to win the National title, the Centennial Cup.

After 1991, the Elliot Lake's results went for the worst In 1997, they changed their name to the Ice, but a name change did not change the lackluster results. In 1999, the team's owner picked up his franchise and moved it to Nickel Centre. They only played one season in Nickel Centre and again it was not a good one. Again in 2000, the team was moved, but this time to Blind River. They celebrated their franchise's first winning record since 1998-99 during the 2004-05 season.

[edit] Season-by-Season Results

Season	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	P	Results	Playoffs
1981-82	42	24	13	5	-	281	205	53	2nd NOJHL
1982-83	42	26	10	6	-	272	184	58	2nd NOJHL	Won League
1983-84	40	25	11	4	-	359	223	54	2nd NOJHL
1984-85	40	12	26	2	-	199	293	26	5th NOJHL
1985-86	41	18	20	3	-	287	257	39	4th NOJHL
1986-87	37	11	23	3	-	211	255	25	3rd NOJHL
1987-88	40	22	14	4	-	227	219	48	2nd NOJHL	Lost Final
1988-89	40	25	10	5	-	274	202	55	3rd NOJHL
1989-90	40	19	17	4	-	259	242	42	3rd NOJHL
1990-91	40	10	30	0	-	161	330	20	5th NOJHL
1991-92	48	1	47	0	-	122	708	2	7th NOJHL
1992-93	48	5	43	0	-	178	471	10	7th NOJHL
1993-94	40	6	33	1	-	133	331	13	6th NOJHL
1994-95	48	13	30	5	-	202	306	31	6th NOJHL
1995-96	44	4	37	3	-	143	299	11	6th NOJHL
1996-97	40	6	33	1	-	125	223	13	5th NOJHL
1997-98	40	5	34	1	-	133	290	11	5th NOJHL
1998-99	40	21	17	2	-	156	130	44	3rd NOJHL
1999-00	40	4	35	1	-	110	279	9	6th NOJHL
2000-01	40	6	33	1	0	121	317	13	7th NOJHL
2001-02	42	3	39	0	0	106	414	6	7th NOJHL
2002-03	48	8	38	2	-	163	357	18	6th NOJHL
2003-04	48	14	31	1	2	172	266	31	7th NOJHL
2004-05	48	27	18	2	1	208	172	57	4th NOJHL
2005-06	48	13	33	0	2	140	209	28	6th NOJHL	Lost Quarter-final