Port Colborne Pirates

Port Colborne Pirates
Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League
City	Port Colborne, Ontario
Founded	Circa 1940
Conference	Golden Horseshoe
Franchise history	1970-1973: Port Colborne Sailors 1973-1974: Port Colborne Swords 1974-1975: Port Colborne Kinsmen 1979-1983: Port Colborne Sailors 1983-1985: Port Colborne Team 1985-1991: Port Colborne Schooners 1991-1995: Port Colborne Kinsmen 1995-2008: Port Colborne Sailors 2008-Pres: Port Colborne Pirates
Head coach	Osborne, Keith
General manager	Tim Toffolo
Arena	Humberstone Arena
Team colors	Black, Red, and White
Affiliate team(s)	none
Sutherland Cups	1943

The Port Colborne Pirates, formerly the Port Colborne Sailors, are a Canadian Junior B ice hockey team based in Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada. They play in the Golden Horseshoe division of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League.

Schooners logo

History

The Port Colborne Recreationalists were a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey Association that played at the Junior B level through most of the 1940s. The Recreationists captured the 1943 Junior B championship, Sutherland Cup and were promoted to the Junior A level the following year where they competed for one full season. The Junior A team folded early in their second season and the Recreationists returned to Junior B hockey the following year.

The monikor "Sailors" dates back to the 1940's as well. The Port Colborne Sailors were one of the most successful franchises in the OHA Major Intermediate A Hockey League winning championships in 1949, 1950, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1975 and 1976.

Since 1970 the Sailors have spent most of their time in the Niagara Junior C Hockey League with the exception of 1975 through 1979 when the town and the Sailors returned to Intermediate hockey. When the Intermediate Sailors folded in 1979, the junior team was brought back. The team changed its name several times (Sailors, Swords, Kinsmen, Schooners) before returning to the familiar "Sailors" monikor that the team played as between 1995 and 2008. In 2009 the team rebranded itself one more time as the Port Colborne Pirates.

Sutherland Cups: 1943 (as the Port Colborne Recreationalists)

Season-by-Season Results

Season	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	P	Results	Playoffs
1985-86	40	12	21	7	-	189	214	31	9th GHJHL
1986-87	42	23	16	3	-	258	203	49	4th GHJHL	Lost Final
1987-88	42	32	6	4	-	326	179	68	2nd GHJHL	Lost Final
1988-89	42	21	12	9	-	229	176	51	4th GHJHL
1989-90	48	17	26	2	3	254	299	39	7th GHJHL
1990-91	42	10	30	1	1	184	285	22	7th GHJHL
1991-92	42	14	27	0	1	172	253	29	7th GHJHL
1992-93	42	8	32	2	0	149	293	18	7th GHJHL
1993-94	40	13	25	2	0	192	260	28	5th GHJHL
1994-95	42	17	22	3	1	171	194	38	5th GHJHL
1995-96	50	35	14	0	1	222	177	71	2nd GHJHL
1996-97	42	32	7	3	0	254	134	67	1st GHJHL	Lost Final
1997-98	49	22	23	2	2	211	223	48	5th GHJHL
1998-99	48	23	16	7	2	184	138	55	3rd GHJHL
1999-00	48	25	19	3	1	174	143	54	5th GHJHL
2000-01	48	22	18	5	3	185	149	52	4th GHJHL	Lost Final
2001-02	48	33	12	2	1	250	157	69	2nd GHJHL
2002-03	48	20	22	2	4	241	256	46	4th GHJHL
2003-04	48	9	32	6	1	123	215	25	7th GHJHL
2004-05	48	20	20	6	2	155	178	48	4th GHJHL
2005-06	49	16	30	2	1	160	235	35	6th GHJHL	Lost Quarter-final
2006-07	49	30	16	1	2	238	210	63	3rd GHJHL	Lost Semi-final
2007-08	49	14	32	1	2	152	197	31	23rd GOJHL
2008-09	52	16	27	-	9	170	250	41	23rd GOJHL	Lost Quarter-Final

See also

• Port Colborne Recreationalists

External links

• Pirates Webpage