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| Text Color: | white |
| Team: | Pelham Panthers |
| Logosize: | 160px |
| City: | Pelham, Ontario, Canada |
| League: | Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League |
| Division: | Golden Horseshoe |
| Founded: | c. 1940 |
| Arena: | Meridian Community Centre |
| Colours: | Green, black, and white |
| Owner: | Tim Toffolo |
| Coach: | Zac Rinaldo |
| Gm: | Emelie Ficht |
| Dates1: | 1970–1972 |
| Name1: | Port Colborne Sailors |
| Dates2: | 1972–1976 |
| Name2: | Port Colborne Swords |
| Dates4: | 1976–1983 |
| Name4: | Port Colborne Sailors |
| Dates5: | 1983–1985 |
| Name5: | Team Port Colborne |
| Dates6: | 1985–1991 |
| Name6: | Port Colborne Schooners |
| Dates7: | 1991–1995 |
| Name7: | Port Colborne Kinsmen |
| Dates8: | 1995–2008 |
| Name8: | Port Colborne Sailors |
| Dates9: | 2008–2014 |
| Name9: | Port Colborne Pirates |
| Dates10: | 2014 |
| Name10: | Pelham Pirates |
| Dates11: | 2014–present |
| Name11: | Pelham Panthers |
The Pelham Panthers, formerly the Port Colborne Pirates, are a junior ice hockey team based in Pelham, Ontario, Canada. They play in the Golden Horseshoe division of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League.
The Port Colborne Recreationists were a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey Association that played at the Junior B level through most of the 1940s. The Recreationists captured the 1943 Junior B championship, Sutherland Cup and were promoted to the Junior A level the following year where they competed for one full season. The Junior A team folded early in their second season and the Recreationists returned to Junior B hockey the following year.
The "Sailors" moniker dates back to the 1940s as well. The Port Colborne Sailors were one of the most successful franchises in the OHA Major Intermediate A Hockey League winning championships in 1949, 1950, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1975 and 1976.[1]
Since 1970 the Sailors have spent most of their time in the Niagara Junior C Hockey League with the exception of 1975 through 1979 when the team participated in the Niagara District Junior B Hockey League. The team changed its name several times (Sailors, Swords, Kinsmen, Schooners) before returning to the familiar "Sailors" moniker that the team played as between 1995 and 2008. In 2009 the team rebranded itself one more time as the Port Colborne Pirates.
Sutherland Cups: 1943 (as the Port Colborne Recreationists)
In 2014, after decades in Port Colborne, the team relocated to Pelham.[2] In November 2014, the team changed their nickname to the Panthers.[3]
| Season | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | P | Results | Playoffs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970-71 | 36 | 10 | 19 | 7 | - | 146 | 191 | 27 | 6th NDJBHL | ||
| 1971-72 | 35 | 15 | 14 | 6 | - | 184 | 186 | 36 | 4th NDJBHL | ||
| 1972-73 | 35 | 10 | 23 | 2 | - | 151 | 205 | 22 | 8th NDJBHL | ||
| 1973-74 | 35 | 7 | 26 | 2 | - | 151 | 249 | 16 | 7th NDJBHL | ||
| 1974-75 | 35 | 14 | 18 | 3 | - | 195 | 237 | 31 | 4th NDJBHL | ||
| 1975-76 | 40 | 12 | 24 | 4 | - | 154 | 201 | 28 | 5th NDJBHL | ||
| 1976-77 | 39 | 22 | 12 | 5 | - | 254 | 193 | 49 | 3rdh NDJBHL | ||
| 1977-78 | 40 | 9 | 26 | 5 | - | 183 | 289 | 23 | 5th NDJBHL | DNQ | |
| 1978-79 | 40 | 14 | 24 | 2 | - | -- | -- | 30 | 4th NDJBHL | Lost semi-final | |
| 1979-80 | 35 | 16 | 17 | 2 | - | 196 | 185 | 34 | 4th NJC-E | ||
| 1980-81 | 40 | 23 | 11 | 6 | - | 252 | 171 | 52 | 3rd NJC-E | Lost quarter-final | |
| 1981-82 | 36 | 29 | 6 | 1 | - | -- | -- | 59 | 1st NJC-CA | Lost final | |
| 1982-83 | 31 | 13 | 13 | 5 | - | -- | -- | 31 | 4th NJC-E | Lost quarter-final | |
| 1983-84 | 40 | 30 | 7 | 3 | - | -- | -- | 63 | 1st NJC-E | ||
| 1984-85 | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | - | 161 | 119 | 45 | 2nd NJCHL | ||
| 1985-86 | 40 | 12 | 21 | 7 | - | 189 | 214 | 31 | 9th GHJHL | ||
| 1986-87 | 42 | 23 | 16 | 3 | - | 258 | 203 | 49 | 4th GHJHL | Lost final | |
| 1987-88 | 42 | 32 | 6 | 4 | - | 326 | 179 | 68 | 2nd GHJHL | Lost final | |
| 1988-89 | 42 | 21 | 12 | 9 | - | 229 | 176 | 51 | 4th GHJHL | ||
| 1989-90 | 48 | 17 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 254 | 299 | 39 | 7th GHJHL | ||
| 1990-91 | 42 | 10 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 184 | 285 | 22 | 7th GHJHL | ||
| 1991-92 | 42 | 14 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 172 | 253 | 29 | 7th GHJHL | ||
| 1992-93 | 42 | 8 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 149 | 293 | 18 | 7th GHJHL | ||
| 1993-94 | 40 | 13 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 192 | 260 | 28 | 5th GHJHL | ||
| 1994-95 | 42 | 17 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 171 | 194 | 38 | 5th GHJHL | ||
| 1995-96 | 50 | 35 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 222 | 177 | 71 | 2nd GHJHL | ||
| 1996-97 | 42 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 254 | 134 | 67 | 1st GHJHL | Lost final | |
| 1997-98 | 49 | 22 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 211 | 223 | 48 | 5th GHJHL | ||
| 1998-99 | 48 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 184 | 138 | 55 | 3rd GHJHL | ||
| 1999-00 | 48 | 25 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 174 | 143 | 54 | 5th GHJHL | ||
| 2000-01 | 48 | 22 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 185 | 149 | 52 | 4th GHJHL | Lost final | |
| 2001-02 | 48 | 33 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 250 | 157 | 69 | 2nd GHJHL | ||
| 2002-03 | 48 | 20 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 241 | 256 | 46 | 4th GHJHL | ||
| 2003-04 | 48 | 9 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 123 | 215 | 25 | 7th GHJHL | ||
| 2004-05 | 48 | 20 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 155 | 178 | 48 | 4th GHJHL | ||
| 2005-06 | 49 | 16 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 160 | 235 | 35 | 6th GHJHL | Lost quarter-final | |
| 2006-07 | 49 | 30 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 238 | 210 | 63 | 3rd GHJHL | Lost semi-final | |
| 2007-08 | 49 | 14 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 152 | 197 | 31 | 7th GOJHL-GH | ||
| 2008-09 | 52 | 16 | 27 | - | 9 | 170 | 250 | 41 | 8th GOJHL-GH | Lost quarter-final | |
| 2009-10 | 51 | 17 | 30 | - | 4 | 173 | 243 | 38 | 6th GOJHL-GH | Lost Conf. QF | |
| 2010-11 | 51 | 25 | 18 | - | 8 | 225 | 195 | 58 | 5th GOJHL-GH | Lost Conf. SF | |
| 2011-12 | 51 | 32 | 17 | - | 2 | 212 | 191 | 66 | 4th GOJHL-GH | Lost Conf. Final | |
| 2012-13 | 51 | 35 | 12 | - | 4 | 250 | 158 | 74 | 2nd GOJHL-GH | Lost Conf. SF | |
| 2013-14 | 49 | 9 | 37 | - | 3 | 154 | 298 | 21 | 8th GOJHL-GH | Lost Conf. QF | |
| 2014-15 | 49 | 5 | 42 | - | 2 | 120 | 336 | 12 | 8th GOJHL-GH | ||
| 2016-17 | 50 | 12 | 34 | 0 | 4 | 129 | 244 | 28 | 7th of 9-GH 23rd of 27-GOJHL | Lost Conf. Quarter-finals, 0–4 (Corvairs) | |
| 2015-16 | 50 | 1 | 45 | 0 | 4 | 105 | 381 | 6 | 8th of 8-GH 26th of 26-GOJHL | Lost Conf. Quarter-finals, 0–4 (Corvairs) | |
| 2016-17 | 50 | 12 | 34 | 0 | 4 | 129 | 244 | 28 | 7th of 9-GH 23rd of 27-GOJHL | Lost Conf. Quarter-finals, 0–4 (Falcons) | |
| 2017-18 | 50 | 17 | 29 | 1 | 3 | 139 | 217 | 38 | 7th of 9-GH 18th of 26-GOJHL | Lost Conf. Quarter-finals, 0–4 (Falcons) | |
| 2018-19 | 47 | 25 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 148 | 128 | 55 | 4th of 8-GH 12th of 25-GOJHL | Won Conf. Quarter-finals, 4-2 (Blackhawks) Lost Conf. Semi 0-4 (Canucks) | |
| 2019-20 | 50 | 17 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 111 | 199 | 37 | 6th of 9-GH 20th of 26-GOJHL | Lost Conf. Quarter-finals, 0–4 (Falcons) | |
| 2020–21 | Season lost due to Covid-19 | ||||||||||
| 2021-22 | 48 | 14 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 110 | 192 | 30 | 7th of 8-GH 22nd of 25-GOJHL | Lost Conf. Quarter-finals, 0–4 (Falcons) | |
| 2022-23 | 50 | 4 | 42 | 3 | 1 | 84 | 240 | 12 | 8th of 8-GH 24th of 25-GOJHL | Lost Conf. Quarter-finals, 0–4 (Falcons) | |
| 2023-24 | 50 | 14 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 124 | 209 | 31 | 6th of 7-GH 19th of 23-GOJHL | Lost Conf. Quarter-finals, 1-4 (Falcons) | |