Little Britain Merchants

The Little Britain Merchants are a junior C ice hockey team based in Little Britain, Ontario, Canada. They played in the Central Ontario Junior C Hockey League of the Ontario Hockey Association until the 2016–17 season when the league became the Orr Division of the Provincial Junior Hockey League.

Little Britain Merchants
City	Little Britain, Ontario
League	Provincial Junior Hockey League
Conference	East
Division	Orr
Founded	1978
Home arena	Little Britain Community Centre
Colours	Red and White
Head coach	Mathew Muir
Affiliate	Lindsay Muskies
Championships
League champions	1998, 2010

Little Britain Merchants players celebrate the third goal of the game in 2011

History

The Little Britain Merchants were founded in 1978 as members of the Southern Counties Junior D Hockey League.

In 1984, the Merchants move to the Central Lakeshore Junior C Hockey League. Two year later, the league merged with the Quinte-St. Lawrence Junior C Hockey League and formed the Central Ontario Junior C Hockey League. The expansion of the Merchants was to fill the void left by the folding of the Stouffville Clippers. The Merchants advanced to the Central Lakeshore Final that season where they would be swept by the Bowmanville Eagles who went on to the Clarence Schmalz Cup semifinals.

In the 1997–98 season, the Merchants finished first overall in the Central Ontario league regular season with 27 wins in 40 games. The Merchants won their first league championship that season and advanced to the Clarence Schmalz Cup semifinals where they were defeated by the eventual Schmalz Cup Champions Glanbrook Rangers of the Niagara District League.

The Merchants finished the 2005–06 regular season in second place overall. In the league semi-final, the Merchants drew the third seeded Uxbridge Bruins where the series went the full seven games with the Bruins taking the series 4-games-to-3. The 2006–07 regular season ended with the Merchants finishing in third place overall. Their semi-final opponent was the second seeded Port Perry Mojacks, which again went to a game seven before the Merchants were elimated.

Little Britain won their second league championship in 2009–10 when they upset the defending champion Uxbridge Bruins. The Merchants advanced to the Clarence Schmalz Cup quarterfinals against the Empire B champion Napanee Raiders. The series featured each team winning at home with the Raiders advancing in seven games.

Season-by-season results

Season	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts	Results	Playoffs
1987–88	32	15	15	2	—	148	162	32	5th COJCHL
1988–89	40	20	14	6	—	181	161	46	5th COJCHL
1989–90	36	9	23	4	—	163	218	22	7th COJCHL
1990–91	36	18	17	1	—	192	156	37	5th COJCHL
1991–92	34	20	10	0	4	196	164	44	2nd COJCHL
1992–93	40	25	12	2	1	240	178	53	1st COJCHL
1993–94	30	10	16	3	1	122	136	24	5th COJCHL
1994–95	36	13	20	1	2	146	163	29	6th COJCHL
1995–96	42	29	11	1	1	207	159	60	3rd COJCHL
1996–97	40	19	16	5	0	177	172	43	4th COJCHL
1997–98	40	27	8	4	1	208	158	59	1st COJCHL	Won League Lost CSC Semifinal
1998–99	40	19	19	2	0	181	213	41	4th COJCHL
1999–00	40	14	23	1	2	150	231	31	5th COJCHL
2000–01	40	12	26	1	1	161	202	27	5th COJCHL
2001–02	42	12	24	2	4	147	204	30	5th COJCHL
2002–03	38	12	21	3	2	131	177	29	5th COJCHL
2003–04	38	10	20	5	3	129	174	28	4th COJCHL
2004–05	40	17	21	1	1	123	161	36	4th COJCHL
2005–06	42	28	13	1	0	191	144	57	2nd COJCHL	Lost semi-final
2006–07	40	19	12	6	3	175	154	47	3rd COJCHL	Lost semi-final
2007–08	40	20	14	4	2	137	152	46	3rd COJCHL
2008–09	40	9	27	3	1	159	219	22	5th COJCHL
2009–10	40	21	17	—	2	153	158	44	3rd COJCHL	Won League Lost CSC quarterfinal
2010–11	40	16	20	—	4	143	174	36	4th COJCHL	Lost semi-final
2011–12	40	24	13	—	3	158	146	51	2nd COJCHL	Lost semi-final
2012–13	40	13	24	—	3	113	156	29	5th COJCHL
2013–14	40	13	22	—	5	122	176	31	5th COJCHL	Did not qualify
2014–15	42	21	17	—	4	175	157	46	5th COJCHL	Won Play-in, 3–1 (Mojacks) Lost semi-final, 0–4 (Bruins)
2015–16	42	25	15	—	2	192	142	52	3rd of 7, COJCHL	Lost quarterfinals, 0–4 (Chiefs)
2016–17	42	13	28	1	—	140	193	27	6th of 7 Orr Division-PJHL	Lost div. quarter-finals, 0–4 (Eagles)
2017–18	40	0	38	1	1	62	268	2	7th of 7 Orr Division-PJHL	Did not finish season[1]
2018–19	42	13	24	2	3	163	184	31	6th of 7 Orr Division-PJHL	Did not qualify
2019–20	42	21	18	1	2	144	149	45	4th of 7 Orr Division-PJHL	Lost Prelim Rd 1-2 (Bruins)
2020-21	Season Lost due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021–22	32	25	6	0	1	146	85	51	2nd of 7 Orr Division-PJHL	Won Div Quarters 4-1 (Ice) Won Div Semis 4-2 (Bruins) Lost division finals 0-4 (Eagles)
2022–23	42	23	12	6	1	142	119	53	3rd of 7 Orr Division-PJHL	Div Quarters, bye Lost Div Semis 2-4 (Bruins)
2023–24	42	12	26	4	0	113	188	28	6th of 7 Orr Division-PJHL	Lost Div Quarters, 0-4 (Ice)

References

1. "Little Britain Merchants will not Finish Season". Provincial Junior Hockey League. February 2, 2018.

External links

• Little Britain Merchants