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The '''Mount Forest Patriots''' are a [[Canadian]] junior ice hockey team from [[Mount Forest]], [[Ontario]]. They play in the [[Western Ontario Junior C Hockey League]].
  
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city = [[Mount Forest, Ontario]]<ref name=autogenerated3>[http://www.officialgamepuck.com/TownIndex/Canadian/OntarioTowns/MountForestPatriots.htm Mount Forest Patriots<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
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league = [[Provincial Junior Hockey League (OHA)|Provincial Junior Hockey League]]<ref name=autogenerated4>[http://www.ohahockey.org/page/show/15331 Western C Teams | Western Junior C Hockey League | Junior C | Leagues | Ontario Hockey Association<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
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founded = {{Start date|1987}}<ref name=autogenerated3 /> |
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arena = [[Mount Forest District Community Centre]]<ref>http://www.ohahockey.org/files/document/file_name/9700/MFPatriots_Schedule_Regular2007-08.pdf</ref> |
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colours = Black, Green, Yellow, and White |
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coach = [[Trent McClement]]<ref name=autogenerated5>[http://www.ohahockey.org/page/show/24320 Home | Ontario Hockey Association<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
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GM = [[Rob Nixon]]<ref name=autogenerated5 /> |
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The '''Mount Forest Patriots''' are a [[Canada|Canadian]] [[junior hockey|Junior]] [[ice hockey]] team based in [[Mount Forest, Ontario|Mount Forest]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]]<ref name=autogenerated3 />. They play in the [[Provincial Junior Hockey League (OHA)|Provincial Junior Hockey League]] after having played in the [[Western Junior C Hockey League]] (WJCHL)<ref name=autogenerated4 />.
   
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==History==
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With their expansion into the [[Ontario Hockey Association]] in 1987<ref name=autogenerated3 />, the Patriots served as a catalyst for the genesis of the Grey-Bruce Junior "C" Hockey League (GBJHL) into the WJCHL. Until 1987, all teams in the GBJHL were from Grey County and Bruce County. Mount Forest, at the Southern border of Grey County, is actually a part of Wellington County and therefore rendered the GBJHL inadequate.<ref name=autogenerated3 /> The expansion of the Pats came soon after the folding of the [[Markdale Mohawks]]<ref>[http://www.officialgamepuck.com/TownIndex/Canadian/OntarioTowns/MarkdaleJuniors.htm MarkdaleJuniors<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> and the [[Arthur Eagles]]<ref>[http://www.officialgamepuck.com/TownIndex/Canadian/OntarioTowns/ArthurEagles.htm AncasterShamrocks<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>, two local Junior "D" teams.
   
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Following nine years of WJCHL domination by the [[Hanover Barons]]<ref>[http://www.hanoverbarons.ca/Main.aspx Welcome To The Home of the Hanover Barons<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>, the Patriots came into their own. The team won three consecutive league titles from 1994 until 1996<ref name=autogenerated2>'''Mount Forest Confederate''' Sports Section, March 1996</ref>, but could not surpass the [[Belle River Canadiens]] (1994)<ref>'''Mount Forest Confederate''' Sports Section, March 1994</ref>, [[Bowmanville Eagles]] (1995)<ref>'''Mount Forest Confederate''' Sports Section, March 1995</ref>, or the [[Paris Mounties]] (1996)<ref name=autogenerated2 /> in the early rounds of the All-Ontario Championship to win the [[Clarence Schmalz Cup]]. In 1998, the Patriots were designated the farm team of the [[Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League]]'s [[Durham Huskies]]<ref>'''The Durham Chronicle''' Sports Section, August 1998</ref>. This relationship resulted in the Patriots fielding the first [[Russia]]n to play in the WJCHL, Valentine Lidvanov<ref>'''Owen Sound Sun Times''' Sports Section, November 1998</ref>, however the teams' affiliation was severed in 2001 when the Huskies left the OPJHL to join the WJCHL<ref name=autogenerated1>'''The Durham Chronicle''' Sports Section, April 2001</ref>. The Huskies were granted leave from the OPJHL<ref>'''The Durham Chronicle''' Sports Section, February 2001</ref>, but were voted out of the WJCHL before they could play a game<ref name=autogenerated1 />.
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The Pats have struggled to obtain their first winning season since 1998. None-the-less, the community of Mount Forest stands firmly behind them, often filling the arena at home games.
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The 2004-05 season ended with the Mount Forest Patriots on the outside looking in. At the very end of the season, the upstart [[Goderich Sailors]] jumped ahead of the Patriots to take control of the fourth playoff seed and leaving the Patriots eliminated from the playoffs.<ref name=autogenerated6>[http://www.ohahockey.org Home | Ontario Hockey Association<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
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In 2005-06, the Patriots finished in last place overall but took advantage of an expanded playoff format introduced that season. The playoffs did not last long though as the [[Hanover Barons]] swept the Patriots in the league quarter-final 2-games-to-none.<ref name=autogenerated6 />
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The 2006-07 season ended with the Patriots back up in the fifth seed. They challenged the [[Hanover Barons]] in the league quarter-final and were defeated 3-games-to-1.<ref name=autogenerated6 />
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==Season-by-Season Standings==
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{|class="wikitable"
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|- align="center" bgcolor="#dddddd"
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|'''Season''' ||'''GP''' || '''W''' || '''L''' || '''T''' || '''OL''' || '''GF''' ||'''GA''' || '''P''' || '''Results''' || '''Playoffs'''
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|- align="center"
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|1987-88 ||30 ||11 ||14 ||5 || - ||129 ||132 ||27 ||4th GBJCHL ||
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|- align="center"
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|1988-89 ||30 ||12 ||13 ||5 || - ||149 ||148 ||29 ||4th WJCHL ||
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|- align="center"
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|1989-90 ||30 ||13 ||15 ||2 || - ||156 ||180 ||28 ||4th WJCHL ||
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|- align="center"
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|1990-91 ||30 ||8 ||18 ||4 || - ||110 ||126 ||20 ||6th WJCHL ||
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|- align="center"
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|1991-92 ||29 ||9 ||16 ||4 || - ||121 ||142 ||22 ||5th WJCHL ||
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|- align="center"
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|1992-93 ||29 ||9 ||17 ||3 || - ||138 ||170 ||21 ||5th WJCHL ||
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|- align="center"
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|1993-94 ||32 ||22 ||6 ||4 || - || -- || -- ||48 ||1st WJCHL ||Won League
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|- align="center"
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|1994-95 ||29 ||21 ||3 ||5 || - ||102 ||74 ||47 ||1st WJCHL ||Won League
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|- align="center"
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|1995-96 ||30 ||22 ||6 ||2 || - ||179 ||95 ||46 ||2nd WJCHL ||Won League
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|- align="center"
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|1996-97 ||30 ||15 ||10 ||5 || - ||158 ||141 ||35 ||3rd WJCHL ||
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|- align="center"
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|1997-98 ||36 ||11 ||21 ||4 || - ||145 ||164 ||26 ||5th WJCHL ||
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|- align="center"
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|1998-99 ||36 ||11 ||18 ||7 || - ||103 ||134 ||29 ||5th WJCHL ||
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|- align="center"
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|1999-00* ||34 ||8 ||22 ||4 || - ||91 ||157 ||20 ||5th WJCHL ||
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|- align="center"
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|2000-01 ||39 ||19 ||17 ||3 || - ||152 ||149 ||41 ||3rd WJCHL ||
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|- align="center"
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|2001-02 ||34 ||18 ||13 ||3 || - ||126 ||107 ||39 ||4th WJCHL ||
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|- align="center"
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|2002-03 ||35 ||10 ||24 || - ||1 ||92 ||168 ||21 ||5th WJCHL||
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|- align="center"
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|2003-04 ||33 ||10 ||22 ||1 ||0 ||127 ||154 ||21 ||5th WJCHL ||Lost Semi-final
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|- align="center"
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|2004-05 ||40 ||8 ||28 ||4 ||0 ||140 ||225 ||20 ||5th WJCHL ||DNQ
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|- align="center"
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|2005-06 ||38 ||4 ||32 ||2 ||0 ||83 ||232 ||10 ||6th WJCHL ||Lost Quarter-final
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|- align="center"
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|2006-07 ||40 ||6 ||32 ||0 ||2 ||126 ||244 ||14 ||5th WJCHL ||Lost Quarter-final
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|- align="center"
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|2007-08 ||40 ||4 ||35 || - ||1 ||102 ||267 ||9 ||5th WJCHL ||
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|- align="center"
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|2008-09 ||36 ||1 ||34 || - ||1 ||70 ||265 ||3 ||7th WJCHL||
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|- align="center"
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|2009-10 ||36 ||7 ||27 || - ||2 ||98 ||173 ||16 ||6th WJCHL ||Lost Quarter-final
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|- align="center"
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|2010-11 ||36 ||10 ||22 || - ||4 ||111 ||166 ||24 ||6th WJCHL ||Lost Quarter-final
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|- align="center"
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|2011-12 ||36 ||14 ||21 || - ||1 ||130 ||156 ||29 ||6th WJCHL ||Lost Quarter-final
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|- align="center"
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|2012-13 ||36 ||16 ||17 || - ||3 ||162 ||158 ||35 ||5th WJCHL ||Lost Semi-final
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|- align="center"
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|2013-14 ||35 ||18 ||14 || - ||3 ||157 ||162 ||39 ||3rd WJCHL ||Lost Quarter-final
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|- align="center"
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|2014-15 ||36 ||16 ||20 ||0 || - ||160 ||146 ||32 ||5th WJCHL ||Lost Quarter - 2-4 - ([[Kincardine Bulldogs|Bulldogs]])
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|- align="center"
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|2015-16 ||36 ||22 ||13 ||1 || - ||179 ||135 ||45 ||3rd of 7 WJCHL ||Won Quarter - 4-3 - ([[Hanover Barons|Barons]])<br />Lost Semifinals - 3-4 - ([[Kincardine Bulldogs|Bulldogs]])
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|- align="center" bgcolor=#bbffff
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|2016-17 ||36 ||17 ||17 ||2 || - ||126 ||118 ||36 ||3rd of 7<br />Pollock Div-PJHL ||Won Div Quarter - 4-0 ([[Wingham Ironmen|Ironmen]])<br />Won Div Semifinals - 4-3 ([[Mitchell Hawks|M. Hawks]])<br />Won Div Finals, 4-3 ([[Walkerton Hawks|W. Hawks]])<br />Lost Cont. Finals 1-4 ([[Alliston Hornets|Hornets]])
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|- align="center" bgcolor=beige
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|2017-18 ||40 ||31 ||7 ||2 || - ||199 ||104 ||64 ||'''1st of 7'''<br /><small>Pollock Div. PJHL</small> ||Won Div. SF, 4-0 ([[Wingham Ironmen|Ironmen]])<br />'''Won Div. Final''', 4-2 ([[Walkerton Hawks]])<br />Lost Conf. Final, 1-4 ([[Stayner Siskins|Siskins]])
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|- align="center" bgcolor=beige
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|2018-19 ||42 ||32 ||9 ||1 || - ||186 ||120 ||65 ||'''1st of 7'''<br /><small>Pollock Div. PJHL</small> ||Won Div. SF, 4-0 ([[Walkerton Hawks]])<br />'''Won Div. Final''', 4-2 ([[Wingham Ironmen|Ironmen]])<br />Lost North Conf., 2-4 ([[Alliston Hornets|Hornets]])
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|- align="center" bgcolor=beige
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|2019-20 ||42 ||33 ||7 ||1 || - ||214 ||109 ||68 ||'''1st of 7'''<br /><small>Pollock Div. PJHL</small> ||
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|}
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(*) ''The 1999-00 Season was altered drastically due to the folding of the [[Brussels Bulls|Lakeshore Pirates]]. As a disproportionate amount of games had been played by each team against Lakeshore, all history of these games were erased. If they had been included, the Patriots' record against the Pirates was 4-0-0.''<ref>'''Owen Sound Sun Times''' Sports Section, November 1999.</ref>
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*1987-1996<ref>'''Owen Sound Sun Times''' Sports Section final standings</ref>
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*1996-2004<ref>'''Mount Forest Confederate''' Sports Section final standings</ref><ref>'''Owen Sound Sun Times''' Sports Section for Goal totals</ref>
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*2004-Present<ref>[http://www.ohahockey.org/ Home | Ontario Hockey Association<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
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==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.ohahockey.org/page/show/15335 Official Patriots Webpage]
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{{OHA-C}}
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{{Wikipedia}}
 
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[[Category:Western Ontario Junior C Hockey League team]]
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[[Category:Established in 1987]]

Revision as of 19:35, 17 February 2020

Mount Forest Patriots
Mount Forest Patriots
City: Mount Forest, Ontario[1]
League: Provincial Junior Hockey League[2]
Founded: 1987 (1987)[1]
Home Arena: Mount Forest District Community Centre[3]
Colors: Black, Green, Yellow, and White
Head Coach: Trent McClement[4]
General Manager: Rob Nixon[4]

The Mount Forest Patriots are a Canadian Junior ice hockey team based in Mount Forest, Ontario, Canada[1]. They play in the Provincial Junior Hockey League after having played in the Western Junior C Hockey League (WJCHL)[2].

History

With their expansion into the Ontario Hockey Association in 1987[1], the Patriots served as a catalyst for the genesis of the Grey-Bruce Junior "C" Hockey League (GBJHL) into the WJCHL. Until 1987, all teams in the GBJHL were from Grey County and Bruce County. Mount Forest, at the Southern border of Grey County, is actually a part of Wellington County and therefore rendered the GBJHL inadequate.[1] The expansion of the Pats came soon after the folding of the Markdale Mohawks[5] and the Arthur Eagles[6], two local Junior "D" teams.

Following nine years of WJCHL domination by the Hanover Barons[7], the Patriots came into their own. The team won three consecutive league titles from 1994 until 1996[8], but could not surpass the Belle River Canadiens (1994)[9], Bowmanville Eagles (1995)[10], or the Paris Mounties (1996)[8] in the early rounds of the All-Ontario Championship to win the Clarence Schmalz Cup. In 1998, the Patriots were designated the farm team of the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League's Durham Huskies[11]. This relationship resulted in the Patriots fielding the first Russian to play in the WJCHL, Valentine Lidvanov[12], however the teams' affiliation was severed in 2001 when the Huskies left the OPJHL to join the WJCHL[13]. The Huskies were granted leave from the OPJHL[14], but were voted out of the WJCHL before they could play a game[13].

The Pats have struggled to obtain their first winning season since 1998. None-the-less, the community of Mount Forest stands firmly behind them, often filling the arena at home games.

The 2004-05 season ended with the Mount Forest Patriots on the outside looking in. At the very end of the season, the upstart Goderich Sailors jumped ahead of the Patriots to take control of the fourth playoff seed and leaving the Patriots eliminated from the playoffs.[15]

In 2005-06, the Patriots finished in last place overall but took advantage of an expanded playoff format introduced that season. The playoffs did not last long though as the Hanover Barons swept the Patriots in the league quarter-final 2-games-to-none.[15]

The 2006-07 season ended with the Patriots back up in the fifth seed. They challenged the Hanover Barons in the league quarter-final and were defeated 3-games-to-1.[15]

Season-by-Season Standings

Season GP W L T OL GF GA P Results Playoffs
1987-88 30 11 14 5 - 129 132 27 4th GBJCHL
1988-89 30 12 13 5 - 149 148 29 4th WJCHL
1989-90 30 13 15 2 - 156 180 28 4th WJCHL
1990-91 30 8 18 4 - 110 126 20 6th WJCHL
1991-92 29 9 16 4 - 121 142 22 5th WJCHL
1992-93 29 9 17 3 - 138 170 21 5th WJCHL
1993-94 32 22 6 4 - -- -- 48 1st WJCHL Won League
1994-95 29 21 3 5 - 102 74 47 1st WJCHL Won League
1995-96 30 22 6 2 - 179 95 46 2nd WJCHL Won League
1996-97 30 15 10 5 - 158 141 35 3rd WJCHL
1997-98 36 11 21 4 - 145 164 26 5th WJCHL
1998-99 36 11 18 7 - 103 134 29 5th WJCHL
1999-00* 34 8 22 4 - 91 157 20 5th WJCHL
2000-01 39 19 17 3 - 152 149 41 3rd WJCHL
2001-02 34 18 13 3 - 126 107 39 4th WJCHL
2002-03 35 10 24 - 1 92 168 21 5th WJCHL
2003-04 33 10 22 1 0 127 154 21 5th WJCHL Lost Semi-final
2004-05 40 8 28 4 0 140 225 20 5th WJCHL DNQ
2005-06 38 4 32 2 0 83 232 10 6th WJCHL Lost Quarter-final
2006-07 40 6 32 0 2 126 244 14 5th WJCHL Lost Quarter-final
2007-08 40 4 35 - 1 102 267 9 5th WJCHL
2008-09 36 1 34 - 1 70 265 3 7th WJCHL
2009-10 36 7 27 - 2 98 173 16 6th WJCHL Lost Quarter-final
2010-11 36 10 22 - 4 111 166 24 6th WJCHL Lost Quarter-final
2011-12 36 14 21 - 1 130 156 29 6th WJCHL Lost Quarter-final
2012-13 36 16 17 - 3 162 158 35 5th WJCHL Lost Semi-final
2013-14 35 18 14 - 3 157 162 39 3rd WJCHL Lost Quarter-final
2014-15 36 16 20 0 - 160 146 32 5th WJCHL Lost Quarter - 2-4 - (Bulldogs)
2015-16 36 22 13 1 - 179 135 45 3rd of 7 WJCHL Won Quarter - 4-3 - (Barons)
Lost Semifinals - 3-4 - (Bulldogs)
2016-17 36 17 17 2 - 126 118 36 3rd of 7
Pollock Div-PJHL		 Won Div Quarter - 4-0 (Ironmen)
Won Div Semifinals - 4-3 (M. Hawks)
Won Div Finals, 4-3 (W. Hawks)
Lost Cont. Finals 1-4 (Hornets)
2017-18 40 31 7 2 - 199 104 64 1st of 7
Pollock Div. PJHL		 Won Div. SF, 4-0 (Ironmen)
Won Div. Final, 4-2 (Walkerton Hawks)
Lost Conf. Final, 1-4 (Siskins)
2018-19 42 32 9 1 - 186 120 65 1st of 7
Pollock Div. PJHL		 Won Div. SF, 4-0 (Walkerton Hawks)
Won Div. Final, 4-2 (Ironmen)
Lost North Conf., 2-4 (Hornets)
2019-20 42 33 7 1 - 214 109 68 1st of 7
Pollock Div. PJHL

(*) The 1999-00 Season was altered drastically due to the folding of the Lakeshore Pirates. As a disproportionate amount of games had been played by each team against Lakeshore, all history of these games were erased. If they had been included, the Patriots' record against the Pirates was 4-0-0.[16]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Mount Forest Patriots
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Western C Teams | Western Junior C Hockey League | Junior C | Leagues | Ontario Hockey Association
  3. ↑ http://www.ohahockey.org/files/document/file_name/9700/MFPatriots_Schedule_Regular2007-08.pdf
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Home | Ontario Hockey Association
  5. ↑ MarkdaleJuniors
  6. ↑ AncasterShamrocks
  7. ↑ Welcome To The Home of the Hanover Barons
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Mount Forest Confederate Sports Section, March 1996
  9. ↑ Mount Forest Confederate Sports Section, March 1994
  10. ↑ Mount Forest Confederate Sports Section, March 1995
  11. ↑ The Durham Chronicle Sports Section, August 1998
  12. ↑ Owen Sound Sun Times Sports Section, November 1998
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 The Durham Chronicle Sports Section, April 2001
  14. ↑ The Durham Chronicle Sports Section, February 2001
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 Home | Ontario Hockey Association
  16. ↑ Owen Sound Sun Times Sports Section, November 1999.
  17. ↑ Owen Sound Sun Times Sports Section final standings
  18. ↑ Mount Forest Confederate Sports Section final standings
  19. ↑ Owen Sound Sun Times Sports Section for Goal totals
  20. ↑ Home | Ontario Hockey Association

External links

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