Orillia Terriers (senior/intermediate hockey)

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Orillia Terriers
City: Orillia, Ontario
League: OHA Senior "A" 1966-1979
Georgian Bay Int. "A" 1979-1980
Major Int. A 1980-1982
Operated: 1966-1982
Home Arena: Orillia Arena
Colors: Unknown
Head Coach: Ike Hildebrand, Joseph Kane, Doug Kelcher

The Orillia Terriers were an ice hockey team from Orillia, Ontario, Canada that competed in the OHA Senior A and Intermediate A ranks from 1969 to 1982.

The Terriers are not known to be connected with the Couchiching Terriers of the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League, although the junior club was known as the Orillia Terriers from 1989 to 1997.

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[edit] History

The team originated as the Orillia Pepsis in 1966, but changed their name to the Terriers in 1969.

The Terriers won the OHA Senior A playoff title in 1970 and 1973 and also won the Allan Cup as Canadian Senior A champions in the latter year, defeating the visiting St. Boniface Mohawks of Manitoba 4-1 in a best-of-seven final playdown series. They had lost the 1970 national final to the Spokane Jets.

The 1972-73 edition of the club featured a number of veterans like Mike Draper, Gary Milroy and Grant Moore, all of whom had been in place since the first season, 1968-69. Also on the team were: Claire Alexander, who later played for the Toronto Maple Leafs; Jim Keon, brother of then-Leaf captain Dave Keon; Blake Ball, who played Gilmore Tuttle in the 1977 film "Slap Shot"; and goalie Louis Levasseur, who went on to all-star status in the World Hockey Association.

Orillia dropped down to Intermediate A in 1979 and left that league in 1982.

[edit] Season-by-Season Results

Season GP W L T GF GA P Results Playoffs
1966-67 40 12 26 2 157 207 26 8th OHA Sr. A
1967-68 40 11 29 0 146 211 22 10th OHA Sr. A
1968-69 39 23 15 1 184 144 47 3rd OHA Sr. A
1969-70 40 31 7 2 201 109 64 OHA Sr. A Won League
1970-71 39 27 12 0 232 141 54 OHA Sr. A Lost Final
1971-72 40 26 13 1 222 150 53 3rd OHA Sr. A
1972-73 44 31 13 0 214 132 62 2nd OHA Sr. A Won League, Won Allan Cup
1973-74 40 29 11 0 203 126 58 2nd OHA Sr. A Lost Final
1974-75 40 18 22 0 189 200 36 4th OHA Sr. A
1975-76 44 13 30 1 161 255 27 6th OHA Sr. A
1976-77 34 14 19 1 168 164 29 6th OHA Sr. A
1977-78 40 16 22 2 184 191 34 6th OHA Sr. A
1978-79 40 14 25 1 202 241 29 5th OHA Sr. A
1979-80 36 17 19 0 167 195 34 5th GBIAHL
1980-81 36 20 16 0 203 186 40 4th OHA Int. A
1981-82 36 12 22 2 161 230 26 4th OHA Int. A

[edit] Championships

OHA Senior A Championship: 1970
OHA Senior A Championship: 1973
Allan Cup: 1973

[edit] Notable Alumni

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