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| City: | Caledon, Ontario |
| League: | Ontario Provincial Junior A/ Metro Junior A |
| Operated: | 1992-1999 |
| Home Arena: | Caledon Community Centre |
| Colors: | Red, Blue, and White |
The Caledon Canadians are a defunct Tier II Junior "A" ice hockey team from Caledon, Ontario, Canada. Caledon ( 2006 Population 57050 is a Town in the Regional Municipality of Peel in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, This article is about the league in operation from 1956-1998 For the Metro Junior Hockey League from 1961-1963 see Metro Junior A League ----The Metro Red is any of a number of similar Colors evoked by light consisting predominantly of the longest wavelengths of Light discernible by the human eye in the wavelength Blue is a Colour, the Perception of which is evoked by White is a Color, the perception which is evoked by Light that stimulates all three types of color sensitive Cone cells in the Human eye Ice hockey, often referred to simply as hockey, is a team Sport played on Ice. Caledon ( 2006 Population 57050 is a Town in the Regional Municipality of Peel in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page They were a part of the Metro Junior A Hockey League and were the only team in the "Metro" to win an Ontario Hockey Association Junior "A" Championship. This article is about the league in operation from 1956-1998 For the Metro Junior Hockey League from 1961-1963 see Metro Junior A League ----The Metro The Ontario Hockey Association is the governing body for the majority of Junior and Senior level Ice hockey teams in the Province of Ontario.
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History
The Canadians took the place of the old Caledon Flyers. The Flyers played in Caledon from 1976 until 1990 in the Mid-Ontario Junior C Hockey League. History When the South-Central Junior D league was promoted to Junior C their league champion competed for the Clarence Schmalz Cup, but a second tier champion also competed In 1990, the team folded but after two seasons the Central Junior B Hockey League granted the town a new team.
The Canadians spent one season in the Central Junior "B" Hockey League before joining the Metro and one season after with the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League. The Canadians were owned by a creator of Trivial Pursuit, but folded the very successful team after a long feud with the Caledon City Council who controlled the local arena. Trivial Pursuit is a Board game in which progress is determined by a player's ability to answer general knowledge and Popular culture questions [1]
In the 1994-95 season, the Canadians were ranked "Number 1" by the Canadian Junior A Hockey League as the top Tier II Junior "A" hockey team in all of Canada. The Canadian Junior Hockey League ( CJHL) an association of Canadian Junior A Ice hockey leagues and teams formed in November 1993 Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page [2] After winning the Metro Junior "A" title, they lost out to the Brampton Capitals of the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League in a Round Robin for the Ontario Hockey Association title. The Brampton Capitals are a Tier II Junior "A" Ice hockey team from Brampton, Ontario, Canada. The Ontario Hockey Association is the governing body for the majority of Junior and Senior level Ice hockey teams in the Province of Ontario. The other competitor in the championship was the Timmins Golden Bears of the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League. The Abitibi Eskimos are a Tier II Junior "A" Ice hockey team from Iroquois Falls, Ontario, Canada. The Modern NOJHL The current incarnation of the NOJHL is comprised of six Ontario teams one Quebec team and one American team
1994 OHA Champions
In the 1993-94 Playoffs, the Canadians made it all the way to the Metro finals but were swept by the Wexford Raiders 4-games-straight. The Toronto Jr Canadiens are a Tier II Junior "A" Ice hockey team from Downsview, Ontario, Canada. The ace in the hole was that the Canadians had already been granted hosting duties for the OHA Championship. Up against the Orillia Terriers, Powassan Hawks, and Wexford, the Canadians made the final and defeated the Terriers 3-1 to win a birth into the Dudley Hewitt Cup. The Couchiching Terriers are a Tier II Junior A Ice hockey team from Rama Ontario, Canada off of Lake Couchiching. The North Bay Skyhawks are a Tier II Junior "A" Ice hockey team from North Bay, Ontario, Canada. The Dudley Hewitt Cup is a championship Ice hockey trophy won by tournament conducted by the Canadian Junior Hockey League. At the Central Canadian in Timmins, Ontario, the Canadians bowed out in the Semi-final with a 4-3 overtime loss to the Thunder Bay Flyers. The Thunder Bay Flyers were a Tier II Junior "A" Ice hockey team from Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. The Flyers were defeated by the Chateauguay Elites of the Quebec Junior AAA Hockey League in the Dudley Hewitt Cup Final. The Les Braves de Valleyfield are a Tier II Junior "A" Ice hockey team from Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Québec, Canada. History The Quebec Junior "AAA" Hockey League is an offshoot of the Quebec Provincial Junior A Hockey League that last from 1972-1982
Season-by-Season Results
| Season | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | P | Results | Playoffs |
| 1992-93 | 49 | 31 | 15 | 3 | - | 265 | 171 | 66 | 6th CJBHL | |
| 1993-94 | 50 | 35 | 12 | 3 | - | 275 | 188 | 73 | 2nd Metro A | Lost Final, Won OHA Title |
| 1994-95 | 50 | 42 | 3 | 5 | - | 289 | 134 | 89 | 1st Metro A | Won League |
| 1995-96 | 52 | 35 | 13 | 4 | - | 283 | 179 | 74 | 2nd Metro A | Won League |
| 1996-97 | 50 | 41 | 7 | 2 | - | 318 | 145 | 84 | 2nd Metro A | |
| 1997-98 | 50 | 40 | 4 | 6 | - | 319 | 123 | 86 | 1st Metro A | |
| 1998-99 | 51 | 16 | 30 | 2 | 3 | 203 | 271 | 37 | 29th OPJHL |
Notable Alumni
This Ontario ice hockey team-related article is a stub. The following is a listing of Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League Standings. Jonathan Bates Battaglia (born December 13, 1975 in Chicago, Illinois, USA) is an American Professional Nicholas Boynton (born January 14 1979, in Nobleton, Ontario) is a professional Ice hockey defenceman in the National Hockey Sheldon Keefe (born September 17, 1980, in Brampton, Ontario) is a retired Canadian professional Ice hockey player principally Dainius Zubrus (born June 16, 1978 in Elektrėnai, Lithuanian SSR) is a Lithuanian professional Ice hockey right winger Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec Ice hockey, often referred to simply as hockey, is a team Sport played on Ice. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.