Listowel Cyclones

Listowel Cyclones
Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League
City	Listowel, Ontario
Founded	1972
Conference	Mid-Western
Head coach	Jason Brooks
General manager	Wayne Long
Arena	Listowel Memorial Arena
Team colors	Red, Black, and White
Affiliate team(s)	[[]]
Sutherland Cups	none

The Listowel Cyclones are a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in Listowel, Ontario, Canada. They play in the Mid-Western division of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League.

History

The Listowel Cyclones were named after famous local professional hockey player Fred "Cyclone" Taylor.

Founded in 1972, the team started out in the Central Junior C Hockey League, but moved up to Midwestern "B" in 1979. The team had horrible results in the 80s, sometimes going for months without a single victory. The 90s were decent to the Cyclones, but by 1999 the team fell into some bad years. The Cyclones had their coming out party in 2005 though, winning the league championship for the first time in history to earn the right to compete for the Sutherland Cup, another team first.

Despite never truly being a contender, the team has had moments of greatness and weakness. On one hand, the Cyclones hold the record for the worst defeat in Mid-Western "B" history: a 23-3 loss to the Waterloo Siskins on December 11, 1983. On the other hand, the team came out of nowhere to win the league title in 2005. Another record they set that year, as the 7th seed in the playoffs, was the lowest entry seed in league history to win the championship. Listowel came in third in the Sutherland Cup Round Robin, losing out to the Chatham Maroons and the eventual champion Thorold Blackhawks.

Season-by-Season Record

Season	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	P	Results	Playoffs
1972-73	31	19	10	2	-	--	--	40	3rd CJCHL
1973-74	33	10	17	6	-	133	198	26	5th CJCHL
1974-75	29	15	12	2	-	159	132	32	4th CJCHL II
1975-76	30	17	10	3	-	169	162	37	3rd CJCHL II
1976-77	36	28	7	1	-	359	130	57	1st CJCHL	Won League
1977-78	35	25	8	2	-	237	124	52	1st CJCHL
1978-79	30	17	10	3	-	165	139	37	3rd CJCHL
1979-80	42	14	24	4	-	200	268	32	8th MWJBHL	DNQ
1980-81	42	20	22	0	-	187	205	40	5th MWJBHL	Lost Semi-final
1981-82	42	23	17	2	-	235	187	48	5th MWJBHL	Lost Quarter-final
1982-83	42	17	25	0	-	220	275	34	5th MWJBHL	Lost Quarter-final
1983-84	42	4	38	0	-	151	340	8	8th MWJBHL	DNQ
1984-85	42	8	33	1	-	178	337	17	8th MWJBHL	DNQ
1985-86	40	2	38	0	-	119	402	4	6th MWJBHL	DNQ
1986-87	40	13	26	1	-	191	279	27	5th MWJBHL	Lost Quarter-final
1987-88	48	20	27	1	-	266	298	41	7th MWJBHL	Lost Quarter-final
1988-89	48	23	25	0	-	247	305	46	3rd MWJBHL	Lost Quarter-final
1989-90	48	6	42	0	-	171	411	12	9th MWJBHL	DNQ
1990-91	48	7	41	0	-	159	359	14	9th MWJBHL	DNQ
1991-92	48	22	24	2	-	224	207	46	5th MWJBHL	Lost Quarter-final
1992-93	48	28	18	2	-	234	192	58	5th MWJBHL	Lost Quarter-final
1993-94	48	27	17	4	-	259	176	58	4th MWJBHL	Lost Semi-final
1994-95	48	26	20	2	-	260	204	54	6th MWJBHL	Lost Quarter-final
1995-96	48	15	29	4	-	165	212	34	8th MWJBHL	Lost Quarter-final
1996-97	48	21	22	5	-	254	232	47	6th MWJBHL	Lost Quarter-final
1997-98	48	10	34	4	-	156	249	24	8th MWJBHL	Lost Quarter-final
1998-99	48	17	27	4	-	173	228	38	8th MWJBHL	Lost Quarter-final
1999-00	47	4	40	3	-	115	277	11	10th MWJBHL	DNQ
2000-01	48	9	37	2	-	161	269	20	9th MWJBHL	DNQ
2001-02	48	14	32	2	-	158	237	30	8th MWJBHL
2002-03	48	17	24	7	2	166	226	43	8th MWJBHL
2003-04	48	18	25	1	4	169	193	41	7th MWJBHL
2004-05	48	21	19	5	3	171	156	50	7th MWJBHL	Won League
2005-06	48	23	23	2	-	191	174	48	6th MWJBHL	Lost Semi-final
2006-07	48	25	16	5	2	169	148	57	3rd MWJBHL	Lost Semi-final
2007-08	48	29	14	4	1	151	126	63	2nd GOJHL-MW	Lost Semi-final
2008-09	52	30	14	-	8	212	161	68	4th GOJHL-MW
2009-10	51	27	23	-	1	179	188	55	3rd GOJHL-MW	Lost Conf. QF

Championships

Mid-Western "B" League Champions: 2005

Notable alumni

• Jeff Bloemberg
• Dwayne Hay
• Jason Brooks
• Nick Spaling
• Scott Cherrey

External links

• Cyclones Webpage