Burford Bulldogs

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Burford Bulldogs

Midwestern Junior C Hockey League
City	Burford, Ontario
Founded	1988
Division	West
Head Coach	Gary Money
General Manager	Shawn Boyle
Arena	Burford Arena & Community Centre
Affiliate(s)	none
Team Colors	Orange, Black, White
League Champions	None
OHA Cups	None

The Burford Bulldogs are Canadian Junior ice hockey team based in Burford, Ontario, Canada. They play in the Midwestern Junior C Hockey League.

History

The Burford Bulldogs were founded in 1988 after a long layoff of junior hockey in the town of Burford. The previous team to play in Burford was the Burford Knights in the mid to late 1970s.

As members of the new Southern Ontario merger Western Junior D Hockey League, the Bulldogs found themselves sandwiched in with 17 other teams. In only their second season, 1989–90, the Bulldogs celebrated their first winning season with 19 wins and 12 losses with 4 ties. A season later they did the same with 22 wins, 15, losses, and 3 extra points. In 1991-92 they had their best season ever with 25 wins and 10 losses, finishing 4th overall.

In 1991, the Western League became the Ontario Hockey Association Junior Development League. The Bulldogs began to struggle come 1992. They had winning season in 1994-95 and 1995–96, only to manage 11 wins in 1996-97.

The 2005-06 season had the Bulldogs finish 15th overall in the OHA Junior Development League. Finishing 4th in their own division, they had to play the division leading Delhi Travellers in the first round of the playoffs. The Travellers won the series 4-games-to-2.

In 2006-07, the OHA Junior Development League was disbanded and the Southern Ontario Junior Hockey League was created in its stead. That season the Bulldogs turned around their fortunes with an 8th place finish and a record of 22 wins, 17 losses, and 3 extra points. With much optimism going into the playoffs, the Bulldogs gained home ice advantage over the Hagersville Hawks in the first round of the playoffs. The Hawks upset the Bulldogs, defeating them 4-games-to-2.

The 2007-08 season was another improvement, as Burford finished 7th place overall in the league and 2nd place in their own division. The Bulldogs finished the season with 24 wins, 14 losses, and 4 extra point overtime losses. In the first round of the playoffs they played the Wellesley Applejacks. Despite a hard fought series, for the first time in years, Burford defeated their opponents in the opening playoff round 4-games-to-3. In the league quarter-final, the Bulldogs played division leading Delhi but fell 4-games-to-none to exit the playoffs.Burford finished the previous season in 11th place in the SOJHL.

After much shuffling in the Summer of 2013, the Bulldogs found themselves in the Midwestern Junior C Hockey League.

Season-by-season standings

Season	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	P	Results	Playoffs
1988-89	35	14	20	1	-	184	208	29	13th WJDHL
1989-90	35	19	12	4	-	217	177	42	9th WJDHL
1990-91	40	22	15	2	1	248	226	47	6th WJDHL
1991-92	35	25	10	0	0	262	166	50	4th OHAJDL
1992-93	40	15	20	4	1	160	181	35	11th OHAJDL
1993-94	40	14	24	2	-	188	240	30	11th OHAJDL
1994-95	40	19	19	1	1	176	208	40	11th OHAJDL
1995-96	40	19	17	1	3	202	200	42	9th OHAJDL
1996-97	39	11	25	0	3	177	270	25	15th OHAJDL
1997-98	37	21	14	2	0	198	167	44	8th OHAJDL
1998-99	38	14	24	0	0	148	192	28	15th OHAJDL
1999-00	38	16	15	2	5	181	172	39	10th OHAJDL
2000-01	40	25	12	2	1	--	--	53	6th OHAJDL
2001-02	40	19	16	3	2	160	147	43	9th OHAJDL
2002-03	40	16	20	2	2	141	172	36	12th OHAJDL
2003-04	40	16	18	5	1	133	159	38	12th OHAJDL
2004-05	40	11	21	4	4	126	147	30	15th OHAJDL
2005-06	38	10	22	4	2	150	182	26	15th OHAJDL
2006-07	42	22	17	0	3	193	199	47	8th SOJHL
2007-08	42	24	14	-	4	187	152	52	7th SOJHL
2008-09	40	12	21	-	7	152	182	31	11th SOJHL
2009-10	36	13	21	-	2	131	170	28	11th SOJHL
2010-11	35	12	21	-	2	123	161	26	13th SOJHL
2011-12	35	11	21	-	3	125	171	27	11th SOJHL
2012-13	38	19	16	-	3	180	162	41	4th SOJHL-Mc
2013-14	40	13	26	-	1	130	219	27	7th MWJCHL

Notable alumni

Jay Wells

External links

Burford Bulldogs OHA webpage

v t e Ontario Hockey Association Junior "C"

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