The Gananoque Islanders are a

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Senior team based out of

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. They play in the Eastern Ontario Super Hockey League. They were members of the Junior C

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from 2016-2019. For the 15/16 season they played in the

Empire B Junior C Hockey League The Empire B Junior C Hockey League is a former Junior "C" ice hockey league in Ontario, Canada, sanctioned by the Ontario Hockey Association. The league was merged into the Provincial Junior Hockey League as the Tod Division in the summer of 20 ...

, but were members of the

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a Junior B hockey league from 1986 until 2015.

History

The G-Men started out in the EOJHL in 1972. In 1977, they opted to move to the Ontario Hockey Association's Quinte-St. Lawrence Junior C Hockey League. In 1986, the league merged with the Central Junior C Hockey League and the G-Men returned to the EOJHL. They changed their name to the Platers that year and then the Islanders in 1993. At the conclusion of the 2014-15 season, the league announced it was re-organizing to be more of a dedicated developmental league to the

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and renamed the league Central Canada Hockey League Tier 2. Initially, the league was to downsize to twelve teams (one feeder club for each Tier 1 team), however it reduced to six teams, removing six of the current franchises, including the Akwesasne Wolves, Morrisburg Lions,

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, Gananoque Islanders, Gatineau Mustangs and Shawville Pontiacs. The Gananoque Islanders announced that they would continue their franchise in the

beginning in 2015-16. For the 2016/17 season the Empire B league combined with seven other Southern Ontario leagues to become the

. The members of the Empire league became the Tod Division in the East Conference of the PJHL. In 2021 they became part of the EOSHL.

Notable alumni

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- Current

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defenceman. *

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- Current

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*Hunter Drew - Curren
San Diego Gulls
(AHL) Defenceman *Randy Payne - Dedicated Soldier killed in Afghanistan April 22, 2006

Season-by-season results

References

External links

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Empire B Jr. C website
{{OHA-C Eastern Ontario Junior B Hockey League teams Ice hockey clubs established in 1972 1972 establishments in Ontario