History[]
The Brantford Lions were a junior team in Brantford, Ontario that played in the Ontario Hockey Association.
They started out in Junior A in 1933-34 but with no wins in 16 games were quickly dropped to Junior B the next season. They had a successful seven seasons at that level, culminating in a Sutherland Cup in 1940-41.
In 1941-42 they were put back up to Junior A. They had three moderately successful seasons, fininshing first in 1941-42 and losing the final in 1942-43. They dropped back to Junior B for the 1944-45 season before folding,
Season-by-Season Records[]
Ontario Hockey Association (Junior A)[]
| Season | Games | Won | Lost | Tied | Points | Goals for |
Goals against |
Standing | Playoffs |
| 1933-34 | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 100 | 5th Group 12 | out of playoffs |
| 1941-42 | 24 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 38 | 183 | 83 | 1st | Lost Semi Final |
| 1942-43 | 23 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 26 | 102 | 98 | 3rd | Lost Final |
| 1943-44 | 25 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 23 | 90 | 125 | 3rd Group 2 | Lost Quarter Final |
Ontario Hockey Association (Junior B)[]
| Season | Games | Won | Lost | Tied | Points | Goals for |
Goals against |
Standing | Playoffs |
| 1934-35 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 38 | 23 | 3rd Group 11 | Lost Group Semi Final |
| 1935-36 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 36 | 25 | 3rd Group 8 | Won Group, Lost 2nd Round |
| 1936-37 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 32 | 14 | 1st Group 10B | Lost Group Final |
| 1937-38 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 68 | 13 | 1st Group 11 | Won Group, Lost Semi Final |
| 1938-39 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 14 | - | - | 1st Group 7 | Won Group, Lost Quarter Final |
| 1939-40 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Won Group, Lost Quarter Final |
| 1940-41 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 104 | 26 | 1st Group 5 | Won Group, Won Sutherland Cup |
| 1944-45 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 65 | 38 | 1st Group 9 | Lost Group |