Gatineau Mustangs
| Gatineau Mustangs | |
|---|---|
 | |
| City | Buckingham, Quebec, Canada |
| League | Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League |
| Division | Metro |
| Founded | Unknown |
| Home arena | Aréna de Buckingham |
| Colours |
Red, white, black, gold, burgundy |
| General manager | Luc-André Mauzeroll |
| Head coach | Pierre Grandmaison |
| Franchise history | |
| 19xx-2002 | Papineau Neighbours |
| 2002-2003 | Buckingham Mustangs |
| 2003-Present | Gatineau Mustangs |
The Gatineau Mustangs are a Junior "B" team based out of Buckingham, Quebec. They play out of the Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League.
History
Originally known as the Voisins de Papineau (Papineau Neighbours), the Neighbours won the 2000 Eastern Ontario Junior "B" title despite being from the Province of Quebec. In 2002, the team became the Buckingham Mustangs. In 2003, the team expanded their name by becoming the Gatineau Mustangs.
In 2006, the Mustangs hosted the 2006 Coupe Dodge, the Hockey Quebec Junior "AA" championships. Coming in the Mustangs defeated Les Rebels de Trois-Pistoles 4-3, and then beat the Express de Suroît 6-5. Sadly, in the first elimination round the Mustangs ran into a brick wall and were put down by the eventual finalist, Marquis de Jonquière, in an 8-5 heart breaker.
At the conclusion of the 2014-15 season, the league announced it was re-organizing to be more of dedicated developmental league to the Central Canada Hockey League and re-named the league Central Canada Hockey League Tier 2. Initially, the league was to down size to twelve teams (one feeder club for each Tier 1 team), however it reduced to 16 teams, eliminating 6 of the current franchises, including the Akwesasne Wolves, Morrisburg Lions, Almonte Thunder, Gananoque Islanders, Gatineau Mustangs and Shawville Pontiacs.
The AKwesasne Wolves indicated they would be folding their franchise, the Gananoque Islanders announced that they would continue the franchise in the Empire B Junior C Hockey League and the Gatineau Mustangs vowed that they would pursue every option to continue as a Junior B franchise in some league.
Season-by-season results
| Season | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | P | Results | Playoffs |
| 1999-00 | 42 | 28 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 210 | 160 | 59 | 1st EO Metro | Won League |
| 2000-01 | 42 | 25 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 153 | 151 | 54 | 4th EO Metro | Lost Preliminary |
| 2001-02 | 40 | 9 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 124 | 205 | 20 | 5th EO Metro | Lost Preliminary |
| 2002-03 | 40 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 195 | 162 | 46 | 3rd EO Metro | Lost Division Final |
| 2003-04 | 40 | 28 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 235 | 163 | 60 | 2nd EO Metro | Lost Division Final |
| 2004-05 | 40 | 16 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 153 | 225 | 36 | 4th EO Metro | Lost Preliminary |
| 2005-06 | 40 | 11 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 162 | 225 | 26 | 5th EO Metro | Lost Preliminary |
| 2006-07 | 40 | 25 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 229 | 164 | 51 | 2nd EO Metro | Lost Final |
| 2007-08 | 39 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 238 | 121 | 59 | 1st EO Metro | Lost Division S-Final |
| 2008-09 | 40 | 15 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 162 | 201 | 35 | 4th EO Metro | |
| 2009-10 | 44 | 27 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 217 | 155 | 57 | 3rd EO Metro | Lost Division S-Final |
| 2010-11 | 42 | 14 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 138 | 154 | 30 | 5th EO Metro | DNQ |
| 2011-12 | 42 | 28 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 217 | 141 | 63 | 1st EO Metro | Lost Final |
| 2012-13 | 41 | 27 | 11 | - | 2 | 199 | 117 | 57 | 2nd EO Metro | |
| 2013-14 | 41 | 21 | 15 | - | 5 | 180 | 166 | 47 | 4th EO Metro | |
| 2014-15 | 40 | 23 | 16 | - | 1 | 186 | 159 | 47 | 4th EO Metro | Won Div. Semi-final, 4-0 (Beavers) Won Div. Finals, 4-2 (Golden Knights) Lost Conference, 2-4 (Rams) |