Mount Brydges Bulldogs

Mount Brydges Bulldogs
Mount Brydges Bulldogs
Provincial Junior Hockey League
City	Mount Brydges, Ontario
Founded	1975
Division	Yeck
Head Coach	Jon Fletcher
General Manager	Jon Swatuk
Arena	Tri-Township Arena
Affiliate(s)	Strathroy Rockets
Team Colors	Black, Red, Yellow, and White
League Champions	1984, 1997, 2001, 2005
OHA Cups	1984, 1997, 2001

The Mount Brydges Bulldogs are a Canadian Junior ice hockey team based in Mount Brydges, Ontario, Canada. They play in the Provincial Junior Hockey League of the Ontario Hockey Association. The Bulldogs are three-time provincial champions.

History

The Mount Brydges Bulldogs were founded in 1975 as members of the Western Junior D Hockey League.

The 1983–84 season saw the Bulldogs pull off an impressive 22–7–5 record, which led them on to winning the their first Western league championship, despite competition with the Exeter Hawks who only suffered a total of two losses before the start of the playoffs. In the provincial final, the Bulldogs met the Grand Valley Harvesters of the Northern Junior D Hockey League. The Bulldogs took the series 4 games to 2 to win their first-ever OHA Cup.

The Bulldogs were a tough team throughout the 1980s. In 1988, the Western league absorbed the Southern league and became an eighteen-team super-league. From that point on into the mid-1990s, the Bulldogs struggled. In 1991, the Western League was disbanded and replaced with the OHA Junior Development League.

The 1996–97 season proved to be one of the best ever for the Bulldogs. With 34 wins and only 3 losses, the Bulldogs were ranked at the top of the league at the conclusion of the regular season. The Bulldogs battled through three rounds of playoffs to reach the OHAJDL final. In the final the Bulldogs met the Wellesley Applejacks. Wellesley could not keep up with the Bulldogs and this earned Mount Brydges their second OHA Cup with a 4-games-to-none sweep.

The Bulldogs finished the 2000-01 season in eighth place overall with a record of 23 wins and 14 losses. The Bulldogs shocked the league as they plowed through their competition in the first three rounds of the playoffs to win their conference title and challenge for the provincial championship. In the final they met the Wellesley Applejacks, who were caught flat-footed and defeated 4 games to 1. This marked the Bulldogs' third provincial championship.

The 2004–05 season was a strong one for the Bulldogs who finished sixth place overall in the OHAJDL. They again battled through the first three rounds of the playoffs, winning their conference. In the end they met the Hagersville Hawks, an opponent that was not to be denied an OHA Cup. The Bulldogs lost the series 4-games-to-1, their first ever loss in the provincial final.

The Bulldogs finished the 2005-06 season with a .500 record and ranked eleventh place overall. In the first round of the playoffs the Bulldogs pulled off a major upset knocking off the number one ranked Mitchell Hawks 4-games-to-2. The second round they met the Thamesford Trojans who defeated the Bulldogs 4-games-to-1.

Mount Brydges pulled off a 21-win season in 2006-07 but still only finished in tenth place overall. In the first round of the playoffs they met the Lambeth Lancers. The Lancers defeated the Bulldogs 4-games-to-1.

The 2007-2008 season proved to be the best regular season in franchise history. With 36 wins and only 3 losses, the Bulldogs found themselves ranked on top of the league with 73 points. The Bulldogs swept their way through the first two rounds of the playoffs before meeting the perennial powerhouse Thamesford Trojans in the Yeck Conference finals. Thamesford powered past Mount Brydges 4 games to none, en route to their 2008 championship.

The 2008-2009 season was yet again another great season in the history of the franchise. With 33 wins and only 6 losses, finishing first overall. The Bulldogs yet again swept their way to the Conference Final before losing to the eventual league champions North Middlesex Stars 4 games to 1.

The 2009-2010 season brought changes within the organization resulting in a third-place finish for the regular season and first round knockout in the playoffs.

Season-by-Season standings

Season	GP	W	L	T	OL	GF	GA	P	Results
1975-76	27	1	23	3	-	106	251	5	8th WJDHL
1976-77	32	15	14	3	-	207	183	33	5th WJDHL
1977-78	34	21	7	6	-	235	156	48	4th WJDHL
1978-79	32	3	29	0	-	92	242	6	10th WJDHL
1979-80	34	3	30	1	-	130	313	7	10th WJDHL
1980-81	32	0	32	0	-	84	387	0	10th WJDHL
1981-82	35	11	20	4	-	129	164	26	9th WJDHL
1982-83	36	20	10	6	-	169	129	46	2nd WJDHL
1983-84	34	22	7	5	-	187	115	49	2nd WJDHL
1984-85	33	22	9	2	-	169	140	46	4th WJDHL
1985-86	42	27	11	4	-	223	130	58	4th WJDHL
1986-87	41	23	14	4	-	204	179	50	3rd WJDHL
1987-88	39	15	21	3	-	172	207	33	8th WJDHL
1988-89	35	19	15	1	-	190	156	39	9th WJDHL
1989-90	35	14	17	4	-	133	137	32	10th WJDHL
1990-91	40	12	23	4	1	139	188	29	15th WJDHL
1991-92	40	11	24	3	2	132	196	27	15th OHAJDL
1992-93	38	14	18	4	2	150	182	34	13th OHAJDL
1993-94	40	22	17	1	-	234	185	45	8th OHAJDL
1994-95	39	11	22	2	4	143	194	28	15th OHAJDL
1995-96	38	21	10	5	2	190	142	49	5th OHAJDL
1996-97	38	34	3	0	1	236	102	69	1st OHAJDL
1997-98	39	13	24	1	1	136	152	28	15th OHAJDL
1998-99	40	19	18	2	1	154	155	41	9th OHAJDL
1999-00	40	28	10	2	0	217	139	58	2nd OHAJDL
2000-01	40	23	14	2	1	--	--	49	8th OHAJDL
2001-02	40	25	14	1	0	211	144	51	5th OHAJDL
2002-03	40	15	24	1	0	129	166	31	16th OHAJDL
2003-04	40	14	21	2	3	142	177	33	15th OHAJDL
2004-05	40	24	12	3	1	166	135	52	6th OHAJDL
2005-06	38	16	16	5	1	155	145	38	11th OHAJDL
2006-07	40	21	18	0	1	165	186	43	10th SOJHL
2007-08	40	36	3	-	1	222	121	73	1st SOJHL
2008-09	40	33	6	-	1	185	129	67	1st SOJHL
2009-10	36	26	7	-	3	197	115	55	3rd SOJHL
2010-11	36	21	12	-	3	166	151	45	6th SOJHL	Won Quarter-final, 4-3 (Irish) Lost Semi-final, 2-4 (Stars)
2011-12	36	21	15	-	0	159	129	42	8th SOJHL	Lost Quarter-final, 0-4 (Hawks)
2012-13	37	14	17	-	6	128	162	34	7th SOJHL	Lost First Round, 2-4 (Braves)
2013-14	40	8	31	-	1	100	195	17	8th SOJHL	Lost Quarter-final, 0-4 (Lancers)
2014-15	40	28	9	-	3	199	134	59	2nd SOJHL	Won Quarterfinals, 4-0 (Sailors) Lost Semi-final, 0-4 (Hawks)
2015-16	40	21	19	0	-	206	173	42	4th of 9 SOJHL	Won Quarterfinals, 4-1 (Lucan Irish) Lost Semifinals 0-4 (Dolphins)
2016-17	40	18	20	2	-	153	175	38	5th of 9 Yeck Div -PJHL	Lost Div Quarters, 3-4 (Lancers)
2017-18	40	16	21	0	3	127	166	35	6th of 9 Yeck Div -PJHL	Lost Div Quarters, 1-4 (Dolphins)
2018-19	40	9	28	3	0	108	158	21	8th of 9 Yeck Div - PJHL	Lost Div Quarters, 1-4 (Dolphins)
2019-20	42	28	12	1	1	198	118	58	3rd of 8 Yeck Div - PJHL
2020-21	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021-22	30	18	9	2	1	101	79	39	2nd	Lost Division Semifinals
2022-23	40	27	7	1	3	169	105	62	1st	Lost Division Final
2023-24	40	29	9	1	1	199	129	60	2nd	Lost Division Final

Playoffs

• 1984 Won league, Won OHA Championship

Mount Brydges Bulldogs defeated Grand Valley Harvesters 4-games-to-2 in OHA final

• 1997 Won league

Mount Brydges Bulldogs defeated Wellesley Applejacks 4-games-to-none in final

• 2001 Won league

Mount Brydges Bulldogs defeated Wellesley Applejacks 4-games-to-1 in final

• 2005 Lost final

Hagersville Hawks defeated Mount Brydges Bulldogs 4-games-to-1 in final

• 2006 Lost conference semi-final

Thamesford Trojans defeated Mount Brydges Bulldogs 4-games-to-1 in conf. semi-final

• 2007 Lost conference quarter-final

Lambeth Lancers defeated Mount Brydges Bulldogs 4-games-to-1 in conf. quarter-final

• 2008 Lost conference final

Mount Brydges Bulldogs defeated Exeter Hawks 4-games-to-none in conf. quarter-final

Mount Brydges Bulldogs defeated West Lorne Lakers 4-games-to-none in conf. semi-final

Thamesford Trojans defeated Mount Brydges Bulldogs 4-games-to-0 in conf. final

• 2009 Lost conference Final

Mount Brydges Bulldogs defeated Exeter Hawks 4-games-to-none in conf. quarter final

Mount Brydges Bulldogsdefeated Port Stanley Sailors 4-games-to-none in conf. semi final

North Middlesex Stars defeated Mount Brydges Bulldogs 4-games-to-one in conf. final

• 2010 lost quarter final

defeated 4-games-to-none

• 2011Lost semi final

Mount Brydges Bulldogs defeated Lucan Irish 4-games-to-three in quarter final

Thamesford Trojans defeated Mount Brydges Bulldogs 4-games-to-none in semi final

External links

• Official OHA Bulldogs' Website
• Official Bulldogs Website