Kincardine Bulldogs Explained

Team:Kincardine Bulldogs
Logosize:125px
City:Kincardine, Ontario[1]
League:Provincial Junior Hockey League
Conference:North
Division:Pollock
Arena:Davidson Centre Arena[2]
Colours:Blue, Red, and White[3]
Coach:Jeff Alcombrack
Gm:Warren Beisel
Altname1:Kincardine Kinucks[4]
Altdates1:1975–86
Altname2:Kincardine Bulldogs
Altdates2:1994–present

The Kincardine Bulldogs are a Canadian Junior ice hockey team based in Kincardine, Ontario.[1] They play in the Provincial Junior Hockey League which is an amalgamation of all former junior C leagues in Southern Ontario including the Bulldogs former Western Junior C Hockey League.[5]

History

From 1975 until 1986, the Kincardine Kinucks played in the Central Junior "C" and Grey-Bruce Junior "C" Hockey League.[4] They won the league title in 1979.[6] They made it all the way to the Clarence Schmalz Cup All-Ontario Final where they lost to the Bowmanville Eagles in a four-game sweep. The team folded in 1986.[4]

In 1994, Kincardine came back to the Junior "C" loop, now called the Western Junior "C" Hockey League.[1] After taking three seasons to find their niche in the league, the Bulldogs won the league championship five of the next six seasons. In 1998, the Bulldogs made it all the way to the All-Ontario Championship but lost out to the Glanbrook Rangers 4-games-to-1.[6] The Bulldogs were 2006 and 2007 Western Junior "C" Champions.

In 2004-05, the Bulldogs finished the regular season in second place. Their semi-final match up was against the third seeded Hanover Barons. The Bulldogs defeated the Barons 4-games-to-1. In the league final, the Bulldogs were up against the first seeded Wingham Ironmen. The Ironmen defeated the Bulldogs 4-games-to-3 to win the Western Junior C championship.[7]

The 2005-06 season saw the Bulldogs finish off second in the regular season standings and have a bye through the league quarter-finals. In the semi-final, the Bulldogs locked horns with the third seeded Hanover Barons. The Barons did not prove much of a challenge as the Bulldogs walked through them 4-games-to-none. In the final, the Bulldogs were up against the first seeded Wingham Ironmen. The Bulldogs, despite being the lower seed managed to knock off the Ironmen in 5 games, 4-games-to-1, to win the league and enter into the All-Ontario playdowns for the Clarence Schmalz Cup. In the All-Ontario quarter-final, the Bulldogs ran into the Georgian Mid-Ontario Junior C Hockey League's Penetang Kings. Despite a valiant effort by the Bulldogs, the Kings ended their season 4-games-to-2.[8]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.officialgamepuck.com/TownIndex/Canadian/OntarioTowns/KincardineBulldogs.htm Kincardine Bulldogs
  2. http://www.arenamaps.com/arenas/1651.htm ArenaMaps.com | Davidson Centre Arena | Kincardine | ON | Canada
  3. http://64.177.125.54/bulldogs.htm Kincardine Bulldogs Jr. C. Hockey Club
  4. http://www.officialgamepuck.com/TownIndex/Canadian/OntarioTowns/KincardineKinucks.htm KincardineKinucks
  5. http://www.ohahockey.org/page/show/15331 Western C Teams | Western Junior C Hockey League | Junior C | Leagues | Ontario Hockey Association
  6. Ontario Hockey Association 2006-2007 Constitution, Regulations and Rules of Competition by The Ontario Hockey Association (2006)
  7. http://www.ohahockey.org/ Home | Ontario Hockey Association
  8. Owen Sound Sun Times Sports Section, November 1999.
  9. During the summer of 2016 the eight junior "C" leagues in Southern Ontario came together as the Provincial Junior Hockey League. The former leagues became divisions and assigned to one of four conferences. For the Bulldogs it means they will compete in the Western Conference and the Pollock Division.

    Season-by-season standings

    Season GP W L T OTL GF GA P Results Playoffs
    1975-76 31 9 20 2 - 156 227 20 4th CJCHL
    1976-77 36 19 16 1 - 258 235 39 4th CJCHL
    1977-78 35 4 27 4 - 91 178 12 6th CJCHL
    1978-79 30 21 5 4 - 224 149 46 1st CJCHL Won league, lost CSC final
    1979-80 29 12 14 3 - 154 152 27 5th CJCHL
    1980-81 29 9 15 5 - 149 172 23 5th GBJCHL
    1981-82 30 23 6 1 - 208 129 47 1st GBJCHL
    1982-83 29 25 3 1 - 202 98 51 1st GBJCHL
    1983-84 30 16 11 3 - 174 156 35 3rd GBJCHL
    1984-85 30 6 19 5 - 140 163 17 6th GBJCHL
    1985-86 30 12 16 2 - 152 184 26 4th GBJCHL
    1986-94 Did not participate
    1994-95 30 3 26 1 - 81 189 7 7th WJCHL
    1995-96 29 17 10 2 - 140 107 36 3rd WJCHL
    1996-97 28 21 3 4 - 169 100 46 1st WJCHL Won league, lost CSC semi-final
    1997-98 35 28 5 2 - 199 99 58 1st WJCHL Won league, lost CSC final
    1998-99 36 30 3 3 - 220 74 63 1st WJCHL Won league, lost CSC semi-final
    1999-00* 34 30 1 3 - 191 73 63 1st WJCHL Won league, lost CSC semi-final
    2000-01 39 30 6 3 - 224 81 63 2nd WJCHL Lost final
    2001-02 35 27 7 1 - 183 106 55 1st WJCHL Won league, lost CSC semi-final
    2002-03 35 24 8 - 3 175 100 51 1st WJCHLLost final
    2003-04 33 21 5 6 1 138 81 49 2nd WJCHL Lost final
    2004-05 40 25 14 1 0 151 114 51 2nd WJCHLLost final
    2005-06 40 32 6 2 0 193 90 66 2nd WJCHL Won league, lost CSC quarter-final
    2006-07 39 32 5 0 2 246 103 66 1st WJCHL Won league, lost CSC quarter-final
    2007-08 40 36 3 - 1 240 93 73 1st WJCHL Lost final
    2008-09 36 26 8 - 2 203 97 54 2nd WJCHL
    2009-10 36 20 13 - 3 112 102 43 4th WJCHL Lost semi-final
    2010-11 36 18 16 - 2 148 150 38 4th WJCHL Lost quarter-final
    2011-12 36 18 15 - 3 114 126 39 5th WJCHL Lost quarter-final
    2012-13 36 25 10 - 1 176 125 51 2nd WJCHL Lost final
    2013-14 35 17 16 - 2 146 138 36 4th WJCHL Lost semi-final
    2014-15 36 18 15 3 - 124 113 39 4th WJCHL Won quarters, 4-2 (Patriots)
    Lost semifinals, 1-4 (Ironmen)
    2015-16 36 22 13 1 - 179 135 45 3rd of 7
    WJCHL     		Won quarters, 4-0 (Flyers)
    Wom Semifinals, 4-3 (Patriots)
    Won league Finals, 4-3 (Hawks)
    Lost CSC quarters, 1-4 (Alliston)
    2016-17 36 16 17 3 - 118 125 35 4th of 7
    Pollock Div-PJHL     		Lost Div Quarters, 2-4 - (Barons)
    2017-18 40 23 12 3 2 137 103 51 3rd of 7
    Pollock Div-PJHL     		Won Div Quarters, 4-0 (Flyers)
    Lost div semi-final, 2-4 (Hawks)
    2018-19 42 23 16 1 2 153 133 49 3rd of 7
    Pollock Div-PJHL     		Won Div Quarters, 4-2 (Hawks)
    Lost div semi-final, 1-4 (Hawks)
    2019-20 42 24 15 2 3 146 119 51 3rd of 7
    Pollock Div-PJHL     		Won Div Quarters, 4-2 (Flyers)
    Lost div semi-final, 0-4 (Ironmen)
    2020-21 Season Lost due to COVID-19 pandemic
    2021-22 32 16 13 2 1 99 92 35 4th of 7
    Pollock Div-PJHL     		Lost Div Quarters, 2-4 (Ironmen)
    2022-23 42 18 18 5 1 156 148 42 5th of 7
    Pollock Div-PJHL     		Lost Div Quarters, 0-4 (Ironmen)
    2023-24 42 23 12 2 5 143 123 53 3rd of 8
    Pollock Div-PJHL     		Won Div Quarters, 4-3 (Ironmen)
    Lost Div. Semi, 1-4 (Patriots)

    (*) The 1999–00 Season was altered drastically due to the folding of the Lakeshore Pirates. As a disproportionate number of games had been played by each team against Lakeshore, all history of these games were erased.[8]

  10. The 2006-07 regular season ended with the Bulldogs atop the Western Junior C standings. With a bye in the quarter-finals, the Bulldogs faced a Hanover Barons squad just fresh off of eliminating the Mount Forest Patriots. The Bulldogs kept it quick and beat the Barons 4-games-to-1. In the final, the Bulldogs met the Walkerton Hawks. The Hawks had just finished their best season in years, and were looking for more. The Bulldogs curtailed the Hawks and beat them 4-games-to-1 for a second straight league title. In the All-Ontario playdowns, the Bulldogs again locked horns with the Georgian Mid-Ontario Junior C Hockey League's Penetang Kings. Everything seemed in hand for the Bulldogs, who by game four were leading the series 3-games-to-1. To the Bulldogs' dismay, the Kings roared back and won three straight to win the series 4-games-to-3.[8]
  11. Owen Sound Sun Times Sports Section final standings
  12. London Free Press Sports Section final standings
  13. Mount Forest Confederate Sports Section final standings
  14. Owen Sound Sun Times Sports Section for Goal totals

  15. Clarence Schmalz Cup appearances

    1979: Bowmanville Eagles defeated Kincardine Kinucks 4-games-to-none

    1998: Glanbrook Rangers defeated Kincardine Bulldogs 4-games-to-1

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