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Lockport Regals

Lockport Regals logo (2018-present)

The Buffalo Regals/Lockport Regals were a junior ice hockey team based in Lockport, New York, United States. They were members of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League. They were known as the Wheatfield Jr. Blades until 2012 and then the Buffalo Blades until 2013 and the Buffalo Regals until 2018. I

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Logo as Buffalo Regals (? to 2018)

The organization was unable to ice a team for the 2014-15 season due to a lack of players

The team suspended operations in August of 2015 for the 2015-16 season which according to a report on juniorhockey.com's website was due to a registration issue with USA Hockey.  The paperwork to get reinstated by USA Hockey was filled too late according to USA Hockey

The Regals returned to the GOJHL in time for the 2016–17 season. However, on 21 November, after 24 games, all of which were lost in regulation, the GOJHL announced over social media that the Regals had been removed from the league after the team did not travel to play the Welland Jr. Canadians. One day later, the statement was deleted and the Regals played a home game against the Ancaster Avalanche, which they lost 7–0. GM Mike Answeeney said: "It's back to normal as far as I’m concerned... We're going to show up for every game scheduled."

The team relocated to the Buffalo State Sports Arena on the campus of Buffalo State College for the 2017-18 season.

The team would relocate to the Cornerstone Ice Arena in nearby Lockport, New York and change the team's name to the Lockport Regals for the 2018-19 season.

Due to restrictions in place due to the COVID-19 pandemic the team was forced to sit out what would have been the 2020-21 season but the GOJHL would not be able to play due to restrictions in place in the province of Ontario anyway.

The team was facing not being able to play in the GOJHL for the 2021-22 season either as the Canada-US border was still closed going into the United States forcing the team to either sit out the 2021-22 season or relocate to their operations to someplace in Ontario. On August 23, 2021 the GOJHL released its' schedule for the 2021-22 season and in the release it was announced that the team had "resigned from their participation in the league".[1]


Season results[]

Season GP W L T OTL GF GA P Regular Season Finish Playoffs
1987–88 22 14 16 2 30 4th NEJHL Lost Final
1988–89 44 10 33 1 21 5th NEJHL
1989–90 47 9 35 3 21 5th NEJHL
1990–91 59 33 23 3 69 2nd NEJHL Lost Final, Won Nationals
1991–92 53 31 19 3 65 2nd NEJHL Lost Final
1992–93 58 32 23 3 67 1st NEJHL Won League
1993–94 55 36 17 2 74 1st NEJHL Won League
1994–95 54 34 16 4 72 1st NEJHL Won League
1995–96 56 30 23 3 63 1st NEJHL Won League
1995–96 10 3 7 0 0 28 78 GHJHL Interleague
1996–97 NEJHL
1996–97 14 0 14 0 0 43 133 GHJHL Interleague
1997–98 33 29 12 2 60 2nd EmJHL Lost Final
1998–99 54 37 14 3 77 1st EmJHL Won League
1999–00 28 15 12 1 31 4th EmJHL Won League
2000–01 30 23 7 0 163 83 46 1st EmJHL Won League
2001–02 34 32 1 1 65 1st EmJHL Lost Final
2002–03 32 21 8 3 153 91 45 3rd EmJHL Lost in Round Robin
2003–04 38 31 6 1 63 1st EmJHL Won League
2004–05 44 31 10 3 1st EmJHL-West
2005–06 42 2 34 3 3 91 212 10 19th EmJHL
2005–06 49 8 37 3 1 131 301 20 8th GHJHL Lost Quarter-final
2006–07 49 8 39 0 2 184 294 18 8th GHJHL Lost Quarter-final
2007–08 49 5 42 2 0 128 303 12 8th GOJHL-GH
2008–09 52 19 28 5 152 214 43 7th GOJHL-GH
2009–10 51 13 32 6 173 263 32 7th GOJHL-GH Lost Conference Quarter-final
2010–11 51 4 45 2 105 334 10 8th GOJHL-GH
2011–12 50 8 40 2 130 295 18 8th GOJHL-GH Lost Conference Quarter-final
2012–13 51 1 49 1 110 421 3 8th GOJHL-GH Lost Conference Quarter-final
2013–14 49 4 44 1 112 264 9 9th GOJHL-GH Did not qualify
2014–15 Leave of Absence
2015–16 Leave of Absence
2016–17 50 3 47 0 0 66 536 6 9th GOJHL-GH Did not qualify
2017–18 50 2 43 0 5 98 319 9 9th GOJHL-GH Did not qualify
2018–19 48 8 38 1 1 120 298 18 8th GOJHL-GH Lost Conf. Quarterfinals
2019-20 50 10 34 2 4 127 224 26 8th GOJHL-GH Lost Conference Quarterfinals
2020–21 Leave of Absence due to Canada-US Border closure from COVID-19 restrictions
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Referneces[]

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