Orillia Terriers (senior/intermediate hockey)

Orillia Terriers

City	Orillia, Ontario
League	OHA Senior "A" 1966-1979 Georgian Bay Int. "A" 1979-1980 Major Int. A 1980-1982
Operated	1966 (1966)-1982
Home arena	Orillia Arena
Colours	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 from 1966 to 1979,^[1] and represented in the Central Ontario Junior B Hockey League from 1979 to 1981 (Intermediate A) by the Orillia Travelways,^[2] and for the 1981-82 season by the Orillia Terriers in the Ontario Junior A Hockey League.^[3]

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.

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.

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

Championships

OHA Senior A Championship: 1970, 1973

Allan Cup: 1973

Notable alumni

References

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