The Dundas Blues are a junior

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team based in

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, Canada. They are members of the Bloomfield Division (South Conference) of the

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of the

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History

The team was founded in 1963 as the Dundas Merchants. The Merchants played in the massive Central Junior C Hockey League. In 1966, the league was divided up and the Merchants began playing in the Intercounty Junior C Hockey League. In 1971, the team was promoted to the newly aligned

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. With the new league, the team was re-dubbed the Dundas Blues. The Blues jumped to the newly formed

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in 1974. They were members of this league until 1981. The 1981 season saw them join the

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. A league that they stayed in until the end of the 2015-16 season. In the summer of 2016 the eight Southern Ontario Junior "C" leagues agreed to amalgamate and each league become a division in the Provincial Junior Hockey League. Two divisions also grouped into Conferences and the Niagara & District renamed the Bloomfield Division and aligned in the South Conference. Junior C Hockey League is now called the PJHL (Provincial Junior Hockey League).

Season-by-season results

External links

Blues HomepageOHA - Niagara & District website
{{OHA-C Niagara Junior C Hockey League teams Sport in Hamilton, Ontario 1961 establishments in Ontario Ice hockey clubs established in 1961