Mount Brydges Bulldogs
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| City: | Mount Brydges, Ontario |
| League: | Southern Ontario Junior Hockey League |
| Founded: | 1975 |
| Home Arena: | Tri-Township Arena |
| Colors: | Black, Red, Yellow, and White |
| Head Coach: | Mike Crespeigne |
| General Manager: | Mike Crespeigne |
| Parent club(s): | Strathroy Rockets |
The Mount Brydges Bulldogs are a Canadian Junior ice hockey team based in Mount Brydges, Ontario, Canada. They play in the Southern Ontario Junior Hockey League of the Ontario Hockey Association. The Bulldogs are three-time provincial champions.
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[edit] History
The Mount Brydges Bulldogs were found in 1975 as members of the Western Junior D Hockey League.
The 1983-84 season saw the Bulldogs pull off an impressive 22-7-5 record which led them on to winning the their first Western league championship, despite competition with the Exeter Hawks who only suffered a total of two losses before the start of the playoffs. In the provincial final, the Bulldogs met the Grand Valley Harvesters of the Northern Junior D Hockey League. The Bulldogs took the series 4-games-to-2 to win their first ever OHA Cup.
The Bulldogs were a tough team throughout the 1980's. In 1988, the Western league absorbed the Southern league and became an eighteen-team super-league. From that point on into the mid-1990's, the Bulldogs struggled. In 1991, the Western League was disbanded and replaced with the OHA Junior Development League.
The 1996-97 season proved to be one of the best ever for the Bulldogs. With 34 wins and only 3 losses, the Bulldogs were ranked at the top of the league at the conclusion of the regular season. The Bulldogs battled through three rounds of playoffs to reach the OHAJDL final. In the final the Bulldogs met the Wellesley Applejacks. Wellesley could not keep up with the Bulldogs and this earned Mount Brydges their second OHA Cup with a 4-games-to-none sweep.
The Bulldogs finished the 2000-01 season in eighth place overall with a record of 23 wins and 14 losses. The Bulldogs shocked the league as they plowed through their competition in the first three rounds of the playoffs to win their conference title and challenge for the provincial championship. In the final they met the Wellesley Applejacks, who were caught flat-footed and defeated 4-games-to-1. This marked the Bulldogs third provincial championship.
The 2004-05 season was strong won for the Bulldogs who finished sixth place overall in the OHAJDL. They again battled through the first three rounds of the playoffs, winning their conference. In the end they met the Hagersville Hawks, an opponent that was not to be denied of an OHA Cup. The Bulldogs lost the series 4-games-to-1, their first ever loss in the provincial final.
The Bulldogs finished the 2005-06 season with a .500 record and ranked eleventh place overall. In the first round of the playoffs the Bulldogs pulled off a major upset knocking off the number one ranked Mitchell Hawks 4-games-to-2. The second round they met the Thamesford Trojans who defeated the Bulldogs 4-games-to-1.
Mount Brydges pulled off a 21-win season in 2006-07 but still only finished in tenth place overall. In the first round of the playoffs they met the Lambeth Lancers. In what some would have called an upset the Lancers defeated the Bulldogs 4-games-to-1.
[edit] Season-by-Season Standings
| Season | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | P | Results | ||
| 1975-76 | 27 | 1 | 23 | 3 | - | 106 | 251 | 5 | 8th WJDHL | ||
| 1976-77 | 32 | 15 | 14 | 3 | - | 207 | 183 | 33 | 5th WJDHL | ||
| 1977-78 | 34 | 21 | 7 | 6 | - | 235 | 156 | 48 | 4th WJDHL | ||
| 1978-79 | 32 | 3 | 29 | 0 | - | 92 | 242 | 6 | 10th WJDHL | ||
| 1979-80 | 34 | 3 | 30 | 1 | - | 130 | 313 | 7 | 10th WJDHL | ||
| 1980-81 | 32 | 0 | 32 | 0 | - | 84 | 387 | 0 | 10th WJDHL | ||
| 1981-82 | 35 | 11 | 20 | 4 | - | 129 | 164 | 26 | 9th WJDHL | ||
| 1982-83 | 36 | 20 | 10 | 6 | - | 169 | 129 | 46 | 2nd WJDHL | ||
| 1983-84 | 34 | 22 | 7 | 5 | - | 187 | 115 | 49 | 2nd WJDHL | ||
| 1984-85 | 33 | 22 | 9 | 2 | - | 169 | 140 | 46 | 4th WJDHL | ||
| 1985-86 | 42 | 27 | 11 | 4 | - | 223 | 130 | 58 | 4th WJDHL | ||
| 1986-87 | 41 | 23 | 14 | 4 | - | 204 | 179 | 50 | 3rd WJDHL | ||
| 1987-88 | 39 | 15 | 21 | 3 | - | 172 | 207 | 33 | 8th WJDHL | ||
| 1988-89 | 35 | 19 | 15 | 1 | - | 190 | 156 | 39 | 9th WJDHL | ||
| 1989-90 | 35 | 14 | 17 | 4 | - | 133 | 137 | 32 | 10th WJDHL | ||
| 1990-91 | 40 | 12 | 23 | 4 | 1 | 139 | 188 | 29 | 15th WJDHL | ||
| 1991-92 | 40 | 11 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 132 | 196 | 27 | 15th OHAJDL | ||
| 1992-93 | 38 | 14 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 150 | 182 | 34 | 13th OHAJDL | ||
| 1993-94 | 40 | 22 | 17 | 1 | - | 234 | 185 | 45 | 8th OHAJDL | ||
| 1994-95 | 39 | 11 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 143 | 194 | 28 | 15th OHAJDL | ||
| 1995-96 | Standings Not Available | ||||||||||
| 1996-97 | 38 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 236 | 102 | 69 | 1st OHAJDL | ||
| 1997-98 | 39 | 13 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 136 | 152 | 28 | 15th OHAJDL | ||
| 1998-99 | 40 | 19 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 154 | 155 | 41 | 9th OHAJDL | ||
| 1999-00 | 40 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 217 | 139 | 58 | 2nd OHAJDL | ||
| 2000-01 | 40 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 1 | -- | -- | 49 | 8th OHAJDL | ||
| 2001-02 | 40 | 25 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 211 | 144 | 51 | 5th OHAJDL | ||
| 2002-03 | 40 | 15 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 129 | 166 | 31 | 16th OHAJDL | ||
| 2003-04 | 40 | 14 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 142 | 177 | 33 | 15th OHAJDL | ||
| 2004-05 | 40 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 166 | 135 | 52 | 6th OHAJDL | ||
| 2005-06 | 38 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 155 | 145 | 38 | 11th OHAJDL | ||
| 2006-07 | 40 | 21 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 165 | 186 | 43 | 10th SOJHL | ||
| 2007-08 | 40 | 36 | 3 | - | 1 | 222 | 121 | 73 | 1st SOJHL | ||
[edit] Playoffs
- 1984 Won league, Won OHA Championship
- Mount Brydges Bulldogs defeated Grand Valley Harvesters 4-games-to-2 in OHA final
- 1997 Won league
- Mount Brydges Bulldogs defeated Wellesley Applejacks 4-games-to-none in final
- 2001 Won league
- Mount Brydges Bulldogs defeated Wellesley Applejacks 4-games-to-1 in final
- 2005 Lost final
- Hagersville Hawks defeated Mount Brydges Bulldogs 4-games-to-1 in final
- 2006 Lost conference semi-final
- Thamesford Trojans defeated Mount Brydges Bulldogs 4-games-to-1 in conf. semi-final
- 2007 Lost conference quarter-final
- Lambeth Lancers defeated Mount Brydges Bulldogs 4-games-to-1 in conf. quarter-final
