Little Britain Merchants

Little Britain Merchants

City	Little Britain, Ontario
League	Provincial Junior Hockey League
Conference	East
Division	Orr
Founded	1978
Home arena	Little Britain Community Centre
Colors	Red and White
General manager	Kerri Phillips
Head coach	Rob Louttit
Affiliate(s)	Lindsay Muskies

League Champions	1998, 2010

Little Britain Merchants players celebrate the third goal of the game in 2011

The Little Britain Merchants are a Canadian Junior ice hockey team based in Little Britain, Ontario, Canada. They played in the Central Ontario Junior C Hockey League of the Ontario Hockey Association until the 2016-17 season when the league became the Orr Division of the Provincial Junior Hockey League.

History

The Little Britain Merchants were founded in 1978 as members of the Southern Counties Junior D Hockey League.

In 1984, the Merchants made the jump to the Central Lakeshore Junior C Hockey League. Two year later, the league merged with the Quinte-St. Lawrence Junior C Hockey League and formed the Central Ontario Junior C Hockey League. The expansion of the Merchants was to fill the void left by the folding of the Stouffville Clippers. The Merchants surprised many when they advanced to the Central Lakeshore Final that season. They would be swept by the Bowmanville Eagles who went on to the CSC SF.

In the 1997-98 season, the Merchants finished first overall in the Central Ontario league regular season with twenty-seven wins in forty games. The Merchants went on to win their first league championship that year. They would advance to the CSC SF where they were put out of business by the eventual Schmalz Cup Champions - Glanbrook Rangers of the Niagara District League.

The 2005-06 seasons saw the Little Britain Merchants finish the regular season in second place overall. In the league semi-final, the Merchants drew the third seeded Uxbridge Bruins. The series went the distance with the Bruins pulling out the game 7 victory to clinch the series 4-games-to-3 and ruin any form of Merchant playoff run.

The 2006-07 regular season ended with the Merchants finishing in third place overall. Their semi-final opponent would prove to be the second seeded Port Perry Mojacks. In a long, hard fought series, the two teams pushed on to the bitter end where the Mojacks came out victorious winning game 7 and the series 4-games-to-3 to advance to the league final.

Little Britain won their 2nd League Championship in 2009-10 when they upset the defending champion Uxbridge Bruins. The Merchants next opponent in the QF of the CSC playoffs was the Empire B Champion Napanee Raiders. The Merchants and Raiders could not win on each other's ice. The Raiders who had home ice advantage ended up advancing in 7 games.

Season-by-season results

Season	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	P	Results	Playoffs
1987-88	32	15	15	2	-	148	162	32	5th COJCHL
1988-89	40	20	14	6	-	181	161	46	5th COJCHL
1989-90	36	9	23	4	-	163	218	22	7th COJCHL
1990-91	36	18	17	1	-	192	156	37	5th COJCHL
1991-92	34	20	10	0	4	196	164	44	2nd COJCHL
1992-93	40	25	12	2	1	240	178	53	1st COJCHL
1993-94	30	10	16	3	1	122	136	24	5th COJCHL
1994-95	36	13	20	1	2	146	163	29	6th COJCHL
1995-96	42	29	11	1	1	207	159	60	3rd COJCHL
1996-97	40	19	16	5	0	177	172	43	4th COJCHL
1997-98	40	27	8	4	1	208	158	59	1st COJCHL	Won League - Lost CSC SF
1998-99	40	19	19	2	0	181	213	41	4th COJCHL
1999-00	40	14	23	1	2	150	231	31	5th COJCHL
2000-01	40	12	26	1	1	161	202	27	5th COJCHL
2001-02	42	12	24	2	4	147	204	30	5th COJCHL
2002-03	38	12	21	3	2	131	177	29	5th COJCHL
2003-04	38	10	20	5	3	129	174	28	4th COJCHL
2004-05	40	17	21	1	1	123	161	36	4th COJCHL
2005-06	42	28	13	1	0	191	144	57	2nd COJCHL	Lost Semi-final
2006-07	40	19	12	6	3	175	154	47	3rd COJCHL	Lost Semi-final
2007-08	40	20	14	4	2	137	152	46	3rd COJCHL
2008-09	40	9	27	3	1	159	219	22	5th COJCHL
2009-10	40	21	17	-	2	153	158	44	3rd COJCHL	Won League, Lost CSC QF
2010-11	40	16	20	-	4	143	174	36	4th COJCHL	Lost Semi Final
2011-12	40	24	13	-	3	158	146	51	2nd COJCHL	Lost Semi Final
2012-13	40	13	24	-	3	113	156	29	5th COJCHL
2013-14	40	13	22	-	5	122	176	31	5th COJCHL	DNQ
2014-15	42	21	17	-	4	175	157	46	5th COJCHL	Won Play in - 3-1 - (Mojacks) Lost Semi-final - 0-4 (Bruins)
2015-16	42	25	15	-	2	192	142	52	3rd of 7 COJCHL	lost Quarters 0-4 - (Chiefs)
2016-17	42	13	28	1	-	140	193	27	6th of 7 Orr Division-PJHL	Lost Div Quarters 0-4, (Eagles)

External links

Merchants Webpage

Provincial Junior Hockey League
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Doherty	Ayr Centennials Burford Bulldogs Delhi Travellers New Hamburg Firebirds Norwich Merchants Paris Mounties Tavistock Braves Wellesley Applejacks Woodstock Navy-Vets (See also: MWJCHL)
Orr	Clarington Eagles Georgina Ice Lakefield Chiefs Little Britain Merchants North Kawartha Knights Port Perry Mojacks Uxbridge Bruins (See also: COJCHL)
Tod	Amherstview Jets Campbellford Rebels Gananoque Islanders Napanee Raiders Picton Pirates Port Hope Panthers (See also: EBJCHL)
Stobbs	Amherstburg Admirals Blenheim Blades Dresden Jr. Kings Essex 73's Lakeshore Canadiens Mooretown Flags Petrolia Flyers Wallaceburg Lakers Wheatley Sharks (See also: GLJCHL)
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