St. Thomas Stars

St. Thomas Stars
Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League
City	St. Thomas, Ontario
Founded	1972
Conference	Western
Franchise history	1972-1980: St. Thomas Colonels 1980-1984: St. Thomas Pests 1984-Pres: St. Thomas Stars
Alternate history	1961-1970: St. Thomas Barons 1970-1973: St. Thomas Elgins
Head coach	Joe Daniels
General manager	Joe Daniels
Arena	St. Thomas Timken Community Centre
Team colors	Green, Yellow, and White
Affiliate team(s)
Sutherland Cups	1987

The St. Thomas Stars are a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada. They play in the Western division of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League.

History

The old Barons joined the troubled original Western Jr. "B" League in 1961. When the league became the Southern Ontario Junior A Hockey League in 1968, the Barons came with them and changed their name in 1970 to the Elgins.

In 1969, the Barons won the Western Ontario Junior "A" Championship. As per their league's agreement with the Western Canada Hockey League, the Barons were shipped out to Flin Flon, Manitoba to face off against Bobby Clarke and the WCHL Champion Flin Flon Bombers is a best-of-7 series for National bragging rights. The Bombers won the first three games. The Barons forfeited game four, leaving during the second period and citing violent play by the Bombers—conceding the championship.

The Elgins folded in 1973 and were replaced by the Colonels, who formed the year before, the next season in the Central Junior C Hockey League. In 1976, the team was moved up to the shortlived "Southwestern Ontario Junior "B" Hockey League". When the Southwestern died, the Colonels jumped to the new "Western League" and changed their name to the Pests in 1980. As expected, the Pests was considered a horrible name and was changed to the Stars in 1984. The Stars are a consistent and strong team in the Western Ontario Jr B Hockey League, and compete to this day.

Season-by-Season Results

Season	GP	W	L	T	OL	GF	GA	P	Results	Playoffs
1972-73	31	4	26	1	-	--	--	9	8th CJCHL
1973-74	32	15	13	4	-	179	177	34	4th CJCHL
1974-75	36	13	17	6	-	248	259	32	4th CJCHL III
1975-76	27	8	18	1	-	152	182	17	4th CJCHL III
1976-77	38	11	25	2	-	201	284	24	6th SWJBHL	DNQ
1977-78	40	19	20	1	-	237	223	39	3rd SWJBHL	Lost Semi-final
1978-79	42	3	37	2	-	148	330	8	8th WOJHL
1979-80	42	2	38	2	-	121	388	6	8th WOJHL
1980-81	42	7	29	6	-	162	274	20	7th WOJHL
1981-82	42	10	27	5	-	182	248	25	8th WOJHL
1982-83	42	17	17	8	-	178	193	42	4th WOJHL
1983-84	48	22	21	5	-	238	233	49	5th WOJHL
1984-85	48	20	23	5	-	254	292	45	4th WOJHL
1985-86	42	26	11	5	-	245	169	57	2nd WOJHL	Won League
1986-87	42	24	15	3	-	271	234	51	4th WOJHL	Won League, Won Sutherland Cup
1987-88	42	19	20	2	1	213	207	41	5th WOJHL
1988-89	42	9	30	2	1	195	284	21	7th WOJHL
1989-90	40	17	19	3	1	173	185	38	6th WOJHL
1990-91	48	34	11	1	2	234	183	71	2nd WOJHL
1991-92	48	17	27	3	1	202	227	38	4th WOJHL East
1992-93	52	23	23	3	3	-	-	52	3rd WOJHL East
1993-94	51	10	36	2	3	192	307	25	5th WOJHL East
1994-95	52	36	13	0	3	351	245	75	1st WOJHL East	Won League
1995-96	52	28	18	5	1	272	244	62	2nd WOJHL East	Won League
1996-97	52	30	18	3	1	234	216	64	2nd WOJHL East
1997-98	52	36	11	5	0	304	210	77	1st WOJHL East	Lost Final
1998-99	52	37	11	0	4	301	195	78	1st WOJHL East	Lost Final
1999-00	54	31	17	0	6	229	200	68	4th GOHL
2000-01	54	12	41	0	1	151	298	25	10th GOHL
2001-02	54	13	37	4	0	183	289	30	9th WOJHL
2002-03	48	19	25	2	2	142	171	42	6th WOJHL
2003-04	48	22	19	4	3	154	148	51	6th WOJHL
2004-05	48	31	15	1	1	184	141	64	2nd WOJHL	Lost Final
2005-06	48	21	22	3	2	132	140	47	7th WOJHL
2006-07	48	25	20	-	3	177	195	53	6th WOJHL	Lost Quarter-final
2007-08	48	19	20	-	9	165	187	47	19th GOJHL
2008-09	52	12	31	-	9	154	258	33	24th GOJHL
2009-10	50	21	25	-	4	173	179	46	7th GOJHL-W	Lost Conf. Final
2010-11	51	30	17	-	4	200	163	64	4th GOJHL-W	Lost SF Round Robin
2011-12	51	26	23	-	2	204	215	54	5th GOJHL-W	Lost Conf. QF
2012-13	51	26	18	-	7	194	209	59	5th GOJHL-W	Lost Conf. QF
2013-14	49	20	26	-	3	168	211	43	7th GOJHL-W	Lost Conf. QF
2014-15	49	22	20	-	7	166	170	49	6th GOJHL-W	Lost Conf Quarter, 2-4 (Sarnia)
2015-16	50	27	19	2	2	200	173	58	5th of 9-W 12th of 26-GOJHL	Lost Conf Quarter, 1-4 (Chatham)
2016-17	50	19	27	2	2	181	200	32	7th of 9-W 19th of 27-GOJHL	Lost Conf Quarter, 0-4 (Chatham)
2017-18	50	29	15	3	2	182	154	63	5th of 9-W 11th of 26-GOJHL	Won Conf Quarter, 4-1 (Sarnia) Won Conf Semi, 4-3 (Leamington) Lost Conf Final, 0-4 (London)
2018-19	48	17	24	3	4	145	176	41	7th W	Lost Conf Quarter, 1-4 (Nationals)
2019-20	50	12	32	1	5	146	262	30	9th W	Did not qualify
2020-21	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021-22	48	18	26	3	1	149	175	40	7th of 9-W 18th of 25-GOJHL	Lost Conf Quarter, 2-4 (Nationals)
2022-23	50	21	23	4	2	183	180	48	7th of 9-W 18th of 25-GOJHL	Lost Conf Quarter, 0-4 (Nationals)

Barons/Elgins Season-by-Season Results

Season	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	P	Results	Playoffs
1961-62	36	26	9	1	-	238	180	53	1st WOJBHL	Won League
1962-63	35	24	11	0	-	246	153	48	2nd WOJBHL
1963-64	40	29	11	0	-	273	185	58	1st WOJBHL
1964-65	39	20	18	2	-	213	206	42	4th WOJBHL
1965-66	40	21	17	2	-	227	209	44	4th WOJBHL
1966-67	40	26	13	1	-	225	165	53	1st WOJBHL	Won League
1967-68	50	25	22	3	-	297	241	53	3rd WOJBHL
1968-69	56	37	18	1	-	255	178	75	1st WOJAHL	Won League, Lost National Final
1969-70	54	31	21	2	-	245	236	64	3rd WOJAHL
1970-71	44	13	26	5	-	205	270	31	5th SOJAHL
1971-72	56	20	26	10	-	244	288	50	4th SOJAHL
1972-73	60	10	45	5	-	209	373	25	7th SOJAHL

Sutherland Cup Appearances

1962: Waterloo Siskins defeated St. Thomas Barons 4-games-to-1

1987: St. Thomas Stars defeated Niagara Falls Canucks 4-games-to-none

1995: Stratford Cullitons defeated St. Thomas Stars 4-games-to-none

1996: Niagara Falls Canucks defeated St. Thomas Stars 4-games-to-2

Notable alumni

• Gregory Campbell
• Dan Cloutier
• Rick Foley
• Ken Murray
• Danny Schock
• Joe Thornton
• Brian Willsie
• John Cullen
• Logan Couture
• Bo Horvat

External links

• Stars Webpage