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Brockville Braves

Brockville Braves

Brockville Braves
Brockville Braves
City: Flag of Ontario Brockville, Ontario
League: Central Hockey League
Division: Robinson
Founded: 1963
Home Arena: Brockville Memorial Centre
Colors: Red, Black, and White


              

General Manager: Jason Hawkins
Head Coach: Todd Gill
Franchise history
1963-1975: Brockville Braves
1975-1977: Brockville Warriors
1977-1980: Brockville Braves
1980-1981: Rockland Remparts
1981-Present: Brockville Braves

The Brockville Braves are a Junior "A" ice hockey team from Brockville, Ontario, Canada. They are a part of the Central Junior A Hockey League. Such NHLer's as Larry Robinson and current player Wayne Simmons of the LA Kings amongst other famous players have all played for the Braves.

History[]

Founded in 1963, the Braves are the second oldest team that has never ceased operation in CJHL history—second only to Pembroke. In the 1979, the teams was the focus of national attention when they were left homeless due to their arena collapsing. This did not stop the Braves though, playing their home games out of Cardinal and Rockland, Ontario, the Braves did not miss a beat.

It took until 1986 for the Brockville Braves to win a CJHL championships. They clinched the Bogart Cup on a late April night, defeating their arch-nemesis Pembroke Lumber Kings 8-7 in the finals. Braves' goalie Jacques Breault was the hero, as with 22 seconds to go in the game, turned away a penalty shot by the league's all-time leading scorers Luc Chabot. Although losing to Orillia, Ontario in the Ontario playdowns, the team was a memorable one. Notable members of this team were all-time Braves leading scorer Larry Mitchell, Breault, Paul Duford, Tim Dubas, Dan Nummikoski, Steve Rachwal, Chad Badawey and Rob White.

Since that championship, the team has experienced more bad times than good. The late 80's and early 90's were not good to the Braves, who failed to make the playoffs multiple times.

In 1997, times began to change for the better again. The Braves competed in and won in Quebec, the Fred Page Cup, the Eastern Canadian Junior "A" championship. This allowed for their team to compete in the event and give them the experience they needed for the next season. The Braves regained their league title in 1998, bringing the club around full circle.

Former NHLer Todd Gill purchased the Brockville Braves and has been the head coach since 2006-07. He helped bring the Fred Page Cup to Brockville for the first time for 2010. Gill played in the NHL from 1984 to 2003 playing for the Toronto Maple Leafs, San Jose Sharks, Detroit Red Wings, Phoenix Coyotes, and St. Louis Blues. Former Braves head coach Mike McCourt was recently named head coach of the OHL's Niagara Ice Dogs for 2009-10. McCourt was head coach with Brockville from 2003 to 2006.

In 2009-2010, the Braves established a league record for most consecutive wins with 26. Brockville completed easy series wins over Kemptville (4-0) and Ottawa (4-0) to win a birth in the finals against the Pembroke Lumber Kings - as predicted by many CJHL followers. However, it was Pembroke that made CJHL history by winning four-consecutive Art Bogart Cup championships knocking off the Braves in 5 games. Despite, the finals loss to the Lumber Kings, the Braves won the Fred Page Cup against the Lumber Kings in an all-league finals tilt as the Braves won 5-1. At the Royal Bank Cup in Dauphin, Manitoba, the Braves broke a Royal Bank Cup record the highest margain of victory by defeating the Oakville Blades 11-2. (The previous record was held by the 1999 Vernon Vipers, who defeated the Charlottetown Abbies 9-3 in the championship game in Yorkton, SASK). The Braves would still have to win their last game against the LaRonge Ice Wolves, in which they did 6-3 to earn a birth in the semi-finals against the defending RBC champions VVernon Vipers. Vernon went on to win the game 2-0, leaving the Braves or any other CJHL team from the previous attempts to make the Royal Bank Cup final out.

Season-by-season record[]

Season GP W L T OL GF GA Pts Finish Playoffs
1963-64 32 11 20 1 - -- -- 23 7th OHDJHL Lost Quarter-final
1964-65 36 16 16 4 - 165 141 36 7th CJHL Lost Quarter-final
1965-66 36 19 16 1 - 188 175 39 5th CJHL Lost Quarter-final
1966-67 50 19 25 6 - 173 218 44 3rd CJHL Lost Semi-final
1967-68 40 25 11 4 - 193 152 54 1st CJHL Lost Semi-final
1968-69 40 13 24 3 - 166 183 29 4th CJHL Lost Semi-final
1969-70 40 22 13 5 - 180 156 49 2nd CJHL
1970-71 48 16 29 3 - 174 244 35 4th CJHL
1971-72 48 24 22 2 - 198 181 50 3rd CJHL
1972-73 55 26 27 2 - 273 290 54 3rd CJHL
1973-74 50 16 29 5 - 234 322 37 5th CJHL
1974-75 50 10 36 4 - 218 329 24 6th CJHL
1975-76 50 17 23 10 - 204 212 44 4th CJHL
1976-77 50 17 20 13 - 252 270 47 5th CJHL
1977-78 48 10 32 6 - 165 268 26 5th CJHL
1978-79 48 9 38 1 - 205 349 19 5th CJHL
1979-80 50 10 35 5 - 209 391 25 5th CJHL
1980-81 50 20 24 6 - 183 223 46 4th CJHL
1981-82 50 19 27 4 - 237 281 42 5th CJHL
1982-83 48 22 18 8 - 248 198 52 3rd CJHL
1983-84 54 26 20 8 - 315 245 60 2nd CJHL
1984-85 54 37 15 1 1 364 237 76 2nd CJHL
1985-86 60 41 17 2 0 360 285 84 1st CJHL Won League
1986-87 52 16 29 3 4 213 309 39 7th CJHL
1987-88 56 35 16 3 2 335 224 75 3rd CJHL
1988-89 56 37 14 0 5 322 230 79 2nd CJHL
1989-90 56 38 8 4 6 377 256 82 2nd CJHL
1990-91 50 12 32 1 5 139 327 30 9th CJHL
1991-92 57 13 41 1 2 211 346 29 9th CJHL
1992-93 57 19 29 4 5 235 297 47 8th CJHL
1993-94 57 24 28 3 8 279 275 59 7th CJHL
1994-95 54 26 24 2 2 222 219 56 8th CJHL
1995-96 56 25 27 2 0 249 247 52 2nd in Yzerman
1996-97 53 28 18 7 0 234 206 63 3rd in Yzerman
1997-98 56 36 11 9 3 283 222 84 1st in Yzerman Won League, Won FPC
1998-99 54 39 11 4 0 294 190 82 1st in Yzerman
1999-00 56 39 12 5 0 285 221 83 1st in Yzerman
2000-01 55 9 43 3 0 167 295 22 5th in Yzerman
2001-02 55 12 35 11 0 213 302 35 5th in Yzerman
2002-03 55 21 27 7 0 226 274 50 2nd in Yzerman
2003-04 55 27 21 6 1 223 219 61 5th
2004-05 57 34 13 8 2 214 162 78 3rd in Yzerman
2005-06 59 29 22 5 3 213 201 66 3rd in Yzerman Lost Quarter-finals
2006-07 55 28 20 6 1 201 190 63 2nd in Yzerman Lost Quarter-finals
2007-08 60 38 18 3 1 270 196 80 3rd CJHL Lost Semi-finals
2008-09 60 36 20 - 4 240 185 76 4th CJHL
2009-10 62 52 8 - 2 308 140 106 1st CJHL Lost Final, Won FPC
2010-11 62 44 15 - 3 233 160 91 3rd CCHL Lost Semi-final
2011-12 62 41 17 - 4 242 186 86 3rd CCHL Lost Quarter-final
2012-13 62 35 20 - 7 215 192 77 6th CCHL Lost Quarter-final
2013-14 62 35 24 - 3 216 200 73 5th CCHL Lost Quarter-final
2014-15 62 31 25 3 3 215 219 68 6th CCHL Lost Quarter-final
Season GP W L OL SL GF GA Pts Finish Playoffs
2015-16 62 40 19 1 2 197 161 83 3rd of 6 Robinson
4th of 12 CCHL
Won Quarterfinal, 4-0 (Grads)
Lost Semifinals 0-4 (Canadians)
2016-17 62 33 26 1 2 179 162 69 5th of 6 Robinson,
6th of 12 CCHL
Lost Quarterfinals, 1-4 (Jr. Senators)
2017-18 62 38 20 2 2 210 160 80 2nd of 6 Robinson,
3rd of 12 CCHL
Won Quarterfinals, 4-0 (Lasers)
Lost Semifinals, 3-4 (Jr. Senators)
2018-19 62 41 16 3 2 202 149 87 2nd Robinson W, QF 4-1 (Bears)
L, SF 0-4 (Senators)
2019-20 62 36 16 - 10 213 173 82 2nd Robinson Lead quarterfinal series 1-0 when playoffs cancelled
2020-21 League only played training games due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021-22 55 36 17 0 2 198 155 74 1st Robinson W, QF 4-3 (Lumberkings)
L, SF 1-4 (Hawks)
2022-23 55 29 18 4 4 166 154 66 T-3rd Robinson W, QF 4-3 (Grads)
L, SF 1-4 (Senators)

Championships[]

CJHL Bogart Cup Championships: 1978, 1998
Eastern Canadian Fred Page Cup Championships: 1998, 2010
CJAHL Royal Bank Cup Championships: None

Notable alumni[]

External links[]


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