Marathon Renegades

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Marathon Renegades

City:	Marathon, Ontario
League:	Superior International Junior Hockey League
Founded:	1996
Home Arena:	Marathon Arena
Colours:	Blue, Black, and White
Head Coach:	Rolly Vizier
General Manager:	Denis Leduc

The Marathon Renegades are a Tier II Junior "A" ice hockey team from Marathon, Ontario. They are currently members of the Superior International Junior Hockey League.

[edit] History

They were members of the North of Superior Junior B Hockey League from 1996 until 2004. There is some speculation on the whether or not the team will be known as the Marathon Renegades or the North Shore Renegades in the 2006-07 season. When reached for comment, the league stated that they are still currently known as the Marathon Renegades. The Renegades had their official "roll-out" on July 7th in Marathon. The Executive consists of Al Cresswall, President; John Moreau, Past President; Denis Leduc, General Manager; Don Savoie, Assistant General Manager; and John Hooper, Director of Sales/Voice of the Renegades. The Executive introduced the club as North Shore, due to the franchise being split between Marathon and Terrace Bay, however due to conflicts, the franchise now is based in Marathon, and may play some games in White River. The Renegades announced games would be played in Marathon at the Marathon Arena (capacity 680). Home and away jerseys are patterned after the Washington Capitals jerseys of the late 90's and into the early 2000's.

Goalie Charles Courture leaving the Ice (2006)

The Renegades historic first Junior "A" hockey game took place on September 22, 2006 against the Schreiber Diesels. The game ended up being an unbelievable nightmare, the Renegades lost 20-0 to the Diesels and were outshot 111-10. The only highlight for the Renegades was goalie Jayms Lyon who stopped 91 of 111 shots, playing the entire 60 minutes.

Their first home game since the fall of the NSHL took place against the defending Central Canadian Champion Fort William North Stars on September 30, 2006, the result was a lopsided 15-3 loss. On a high point, newly acquired Dave McDonald, formerly of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League's Waywayseecappo Wolverines, scored the Renegades' first ever Junior "A" goal in the loss. The goal came on the powerplay at 15:05 of the second period. In late September, the Renegades released goalie Jayms Lyon and picked up Charles Couture from the Estevan Bruins of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League.

After 21 consecutive losses since their expansion, the Renegades gained their first ever SIJHL victory on December 3, 2006. After going up on the Thunder Bay Bulldogs by a score of 6-1 after the first period, the Bulldogs scored 5 straight goals to tie up the game by the early third period. At 14:32 of the third, Marathon's Justin Gaudreault scored to put the game away for good. Following an insurance marker, the Renegades defeated the Bulldogs by a score of 8-6. Kyle Cantlon stopped 45 of 51 shots to clinch the historic first victory. To prove it was not a fluke, the Renegades won their next game on December 8 against the Dryden Ice Dogs 4-1.

[edit] Season-by-Season Results

Season	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	P	Results	Playoffs
1996-97	26	19	5	2	-	140	63	40	1st NSHL	Won League
1997-98	28	12	14	2	-	145	156	26	3rd NSHL	Lost Final
1998-99*	25	14	10	1	-	140	148	29	2nd NSHL
1999-00	24	10	14	-	0	153	149	20	2nd NSHL
2000-01	24	13	9	-	2	189	112	28	2nd NSHL
2001-02	24	10	13	-	1	83	107	21	3rd NSHL
2002-03	24	10	14	-	0	149	170	20	3rd NSHL
2003-04	24	7	15	-	2	95	142	16	4th NSHL
2004-05	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	No League
2005-06	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	No League
2006-07									SIJHL