Port Stanley Sailors

Port Stanley Sailors
Provincial Junior Hockey League
City	Port Stanley, Ontario
Founded	1969
Division	TBD
Franchise history	1969-1975: Belmont Sunsets 1975-1986: Belmont Bombers 1986-1988: Belmont Pests 1988-2006: Belmont Bombers 2006-2008: Central Elgin Express 2009-Pres: Port Stanley Sailors
Head Coach	Bryan Rose
General Manager	Doug Cooper
Arena	Port Stanley Arena & Community Centre
Team Colors	Red, Black, White
League Champions	1974, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1981
OHA Cups	1975, 1980, 1981

The Port Stanley Sailors are a Canadian Junior ice hockey team based in Port Stanley, Ontario. They play in the Provincial Junior Hockey League.

History

The Sailors were formerly known as the Belmont Bombers, playing their last season as the Bombers in 05-06. Prior to the 06-07 season, they changed their name to the Central Elgin Express. This was done as the team was going to be splitting their home games between Belmont and Port Stanley. During the 07-08 season, the Express played all their home games in Port Stanley, which was formerly home to the Port Stanley Lakers, which are now known as the West Lorne Lakers.

During the summer of 2008, it was announced that The Central Elgin Express had been sold by Peter North and Bill Walters to a group of four equal owners led by St. Thomas resident Dale J. Howard. The other three owners are Harold Lang, Matt Stolk and Mike Carson. The Sailors were not able to play in 08-09 because the OHA had already been done up. So the Sailors began play in 09-10.

The Express were affiliated with the St Thomas Stars of the Jr B Greater Ontario Hockey League for the 07-08 season. They continued that affiliation through 2009-10.

Season-by-Season Standings

Season	GP	W	L	T	OL	GF	GA	P	Results	Playoffs
1969-70	30	16	10	4	-	161	125	38	2nd WJDHL
1970-71	34	16	16	2	-	159	167	34	5th WJDHL
1971-72	30	19	9	2	-	156	123	40	2nd WJDHL
1972-73	32	18	12	2	-	156	110	38	3rd WJDHL
1973-74	33	26	5	2	-	230	111	54	1st WJDHL
1974-75	32	28	2	2	-	262	93	58	1st WJDHL
1975-76	27	19	3	5	-	153	90	43	1st WJDHL
1976-77	30	15	10	5	-	146	113	35	4th WJDHL
1977-78	34	21	7	6	-	235	156	48	4th WJDHL
1978-79	33	22	8	3	-	208	131	47	2nd WJDHL
1979-80	34	33	1	0	-	292	85	66	1st WJDHL
1980-81	33	32	1	0	-	314	103	64	1st WJDHL
1981-82	36	21	10	5	-	218	157	47	4th WJDHL
1982-83	36	20	10	6	-	169	129	46	2nd WJDHL
1983-84	34	15	14	5	-	219	208	35	4th WJDHL
1984-85	34	26	6	2	-	265	137	54	1st WJDHL
1985-86	42	28	11	3	-	269	163	59	3rd WJDHL
1986-87	42	25	13	4	-	241	179	54	2nd WJDHL
1987-88	40	21	17	2	-	204	208	44	5th WJDHL
1988-89	35	22	11	2	-	197	150	46	5th WJDHL
1989-90	35	25	8	2	-	173	101	52	2nd WJDHL
1990-91	40	18	17	4	1	162	160	41	9th WJDHL
1991-92	40	12	23	1	4	161	207	29	14th OHAJDL
1992-93	40	10	26	2	2	163	255	24	15th OHAJDL
1993-94	40	5	35	0	-	127	302	10	18th OHAJDL
1994-95	40	18	19	1	2	193	196	39	13th OHAJDL
1995-96	38	12	25	0	1	142	193	25	17th OHAJDL
1996-97	39	11	26	1	1	130	216	24	17th OHAJDL
1997-98	40	18	17	4	1	146	148	41	11th OHAJDL
1998-99	40	24	11	3	2	163	137	53	3rd OHAJDL
1999-00	40	10	27	1	2	145	232	23	16th OHAJDL
2000-01	40	9	28	3	0	--	--	21	17th OHAJDL
2001-02	40	7	30	1	2	157	246	17	18th OHAJDL
2002-03	40	14	22	3	1	164	198	32	15th OHAJDL
2003-04	40	7	26	3	4	157	240	21	17th OHAJDL
2004-05	36	6	26	2	2	101	197	16	17th OHAJDL
2005-06	37	1	36	0	0	71	283	2	18th OHAJDL
2006-07	40	14	23	0	3	150	210	31	13th SOJHL
2007-08	40	4	34	-	2	101	242	10	17th SOJHL
2008-09	Did Not Participate
2009-10	36	17	14	-	5	163	155	39	7th SOJHL
2010-11	36	17	15	-	4	142	137	38	11th SOJHL	did not qualify
2011-12	36	7	25	-	4	117	204	18	14th SOJHL	did not qualify
2012-13	37	22	13	-	2	164	141	46	3rd SOJHL-Yk	Won First Round, 4-3 (Irish) Lost Quarter-finals, 0-4 (Dolphins)
2013-14	40	25	13	-	2	174	131	52	4th SOJHL	Won Quarter-finals, 4-3 (Irish) Lost Semi-final, 0-4 (Lancers)
2014-15	40	14	22	-	4	162	238	32	7th SOJHL	Lost Quarter-finals, 0-4 (Bulldogs)
2015-16	40	11	28	1	-	172	234	23	7th of 9 SOJHL	Lost Quarter-finals, 0-4 (Hawks)
2016-17	40	18	22	0	-	157	189	36	6th of 9 Yeck Div - PJHL	Lost Div Quarters, 0-4 (Spitfires)
2017-18	40	12	24	0	4	142	165	28	7th of 9 Yeck Div - PJHL	Lost Div Quarters, 2-4 (Hawks)
2018-19	40	4	32	0	4	84	212	12	9th of 9 Yeck Div - PJHL	did not qualify
2019-20	42	1	41	0	0	49	333	2	8th of 8 Yeck Div - PJHL	Lost Div Quarters
2020-21	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021-22	30	6	22	1	1	75	134	14	7th	Lost Division Quarterfinals
2022-23	40	14	20	3	3	136	155	34	7th	Lost Division Quarterfinals

Notable alumni

• Rumun Ndur
• Brad Yeo

See also

Belmont Bombers

External links

• Port Stanley Sailors micropage on the OHA website
• Central Elgin Express webpage