Erin Shamrocks

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Erin Shamrocks
City: Erin, Ontario[1]
League: Georgian Mid-Ontario Junior C Hockey League[2]
Founded: 1971[3]
Home Arena: Erin Community Centre
Colors: Green, Yellow, and White[4]
Head Coach: Bob Noble[5]
General Manager: Ken Steen[6]
Franchise history
1971-1992[9]: Acton Sabres[7]
1992-Present[10]: Erin Shamrocks[8]

The Erin Shamrocks are a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in Erin, Ontario, Canada[11]. They play in the Georgian Mid-Ontario Junior C Hockey League[12].

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[edit] History

The Acton Sabres were founded in 1971 as a member of the South-Central Junior D Hockey League[13]. In 1973, the league was promoted and changed to the Central Ontario Junior C Hockey League[14]. In 1976, the league changed its name to the Mid-Ontario Junior C Hockey League, but the Sabres had bigger ambitions and opted out of the league to join the Central Ontario Junior B Hockey League[15] and compete against their local rival the Georgetown Gemini[16]. The Sabres played in the Central Junior B League until 1984 when they chose to drop back down to the Mid-Ontario Junior C Hockey League[17]. The Sabres were no slouch in Junior B, more often celebrating winning seasons despite the odd losing season.

In 1992, the Acton Sabres moved from Acton to Erin and changed their name to the Erin Shamrocks.[18]

In 1994, the Mid-Ontario Junior C Hockey League merged with the Georgian Bay Junior C Hockey League to create the Georgian Mid-Ontario Junior C Hockey League[19]. Since 2002, the Shamrocks have been won of the best teams in the entire league. During the 2004-05 season, the Shamrocks pulled together and won their first Georgian Mid-Ontario league championship. This allowed for the Shamrocks to push for the dream of winning the All-Ontario championship, the Clarence Schmalz Cup. They entered the provincial quarter-final against the Western Junior C Hockey League's Wingham Ironmen but ended up losing the series 4-games-to-2. Later, the Ironmen went on to the final and lost to the Niagara Junior C Hockey League's Grimsby Peach Kings[20].

The 2005-06 season ended with the Shamrocks finishing in fourth place. In the league quarter-final, the Shamrocks drew the fifth seed Schomberg Cougars. The Shamrocks dropped the Cougars 4-games-to-1. Erin then had to compete against the second seeded Fergus Devils in the league semi-final. This time the Shamrocks were on the losing end, 4-games-to-1[21].

In 2006-07, the Shamrocks again ended the season in fourth place. They entered into the league quarter-final series with the fifth seeded Stayner Siskins and found out that they were too much to handle. The Siskins dropped the Shamrocks 4-game-to-2[22].

[edit] Season-by-Season Results

Season GP W L T OTL GF GA P Results Playoffs
1979-80 44 3 37 4 - 195 379 10 12th CJBHL
1980-81 44 25 13 6 - 273 228 56 5th CJBHL
1981-82 40 13 25 2 - 205 268 28 8th CJBHL
1982-83 42 4 35 3 - 146 349 11 8th CJBHL
1983-84 40 10 27 3 - 159 262 23 8th CJBHL
2000-01 36 16 15 3 2 155 150 35 5th GMOHL
2001-02 36 4 28 1 3 91 210 12 8th GMOHL
2002-03* 19 9 5 2 3 79 80 23 4th GMOHL
2003-04 36 28 7 1 0 168 89 57 1st GMOHL
2004-05 40 21 16 3 0 148 114 45 4th GMOHL Won League
2005-06 41 23 15 3 0 164 121 49 4th GMOHL Lost Semi-final
2006-07 42 24 14 3 1 200 142 52 4th GMOHL
2007-08 42 17 23 0 2 146 172 36 4th GMOHL

(*) Standings Incomplete.

[edit] Notable Alumni

[edit] References

  1. ^ ErinShamrocks
  2. ^ GBMOJHL Teams | Georgian Bay Mid-Ontario Junior Hockey League | Junior C | Leagues | Ontario Hockey Association
  3. ^ Acton Sabres
  4. ^ index
  5. ^ Staff
  6. ^ Staff
  7. ^ Acton Sabres
  8. ^ ErinShamrocks
  9. ^ Acton Sabres
  10. ^ ErinShamrocks
  11. ^ ErinShamrocks
  12. ^ GBMOJHL Teams | Georgian Bay Mid-Ontario Junior Hockey League | Junior C | Leagues | Ontario Hockey Association
  13. ^ Acton Sabres
  14. ^ Acton Sabres
  15. ^ Acton Sabres
  16. ^ Acton Sabres
  17. ^ Acton Sabres
  18. ^ ErinShamrocks
  19. ^ ErinShamrocks
  20. ^ Ontario Jr C Playoffs - 2005
  21. ^ Home | Ontario Hockey Association
  22. ^ Home | Ontario Hockey Association
  23. ^ http://www.opjhl.ca/ Provided by OPJHL statistician
  24. ^ http://www.ohahockey.org/ Provided by GMO League statistician
  25. ^ Home | Ontario Hockey Association
  26. ^ Legends of Hockey - NHL Player Search - Player - Jeff Shevalier

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