The Penetang Kings are a
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ice hockey
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team based in
Penetanguishene
Penetanguishene , sometimes shortened to Penetang, is a town in Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada. It is located on the southeasterly tip of Georgian Bay. Incorporated on February 22, 1882, this bilingual ( French and English) community has a populat ...
,
Ontario
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, Canada.
They play in the
Provincial Junior Hockey League
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(PJHL) in the Carruthers division in the
Ontario Hockey Association
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History
The first chapter of current Penetanguishene junior hockey history came in 1973. The Penetang Hurons joined up with the Central Ontario Junior C Hockey League, a league recently promoted from the Junior D level. The Hurons lasted only two seasons before folding.
In 1977, two years after the demise of the Hurons. The Penetang Kings were created as members of the Georgian Bay Junior C Hockey League.
In 1983-84, the Penetang won the Georgian Bay league championship to move into the All-Ontario playdowns. They made it all the way to the Clarence Schmalz Cup
The Clarence Schmalz Cup is the Ontario Hockey Association's Junior "C" ice hockey championship and championship trophy. The champions of the Provincial Junior Hockey League (PJHL) are awarded the Cup. The PJHL was formed in 2016 from the forme ...
finals, where they played against the Niagara Junior C Hockey League
The Niagara & District Junior C Hockey League is a former Junior "C" ice hockey league in Ontario, Canada, sanctioned by the Ontario Hockey Association. The Champion of the Niagara competed for the All-Ontario Championship and the Clarence Sch ...
champions, the Woodstock Navy-Vets
The Woodstock Navy-Vets are a junior hockey team based in Woodstock, Ontario, Canada. They are members of the Provincial Junior Hockey League of the Ontario Hockey Association.
The team was known as the Woodstock Renegades for three seasons fro ...
. The Kings brushed them off with a 4-game-sweep to clinch their first ever provincial championship.[Ontario Hockey Association 2006-2007 Constitution, Regulations and Rules of Competition by The Ontario Hockey Association (2006)] The Kings were led to the Cup by local player and future National Hockey League
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r Brian McReynolds
Brian McReynolds (born January 5, 1965, in Penetanguishene, Ontario) is a former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Winnipeg Jets, New York Rangers, and Los Angeles Kings
The Los Angeles Kings ...
, who the next year won the Manitoba Centennial Cup
The Centennial Cup is an annual ice hockey tournament organized by Hockey Canada and the Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL), which determines the national champion of junior A ice hockey. It is a ten-team round robin featuring the winners of ...
National Junior A Championship with the Orillia Travelways
The Couchiching Terriers were a Junior A ice hockey team from Rama, Ontario, Canada from Lake Couchiching. The team originated in neighbouring Orillia, Ontario, and played in the Ontario Junior A Hockey League. The Terriers were 1985 Centennia ...
of the OHA Junior A Hockey League.
In 1994, the Georgian Bay league merged with the Mid-Ontario Junior C Hockey League to create the Georgian Mid-Ontario Junior C Hockey League
The Georgian Mid Ontario Junior C Hockey League is a former Junior "C" ice hockey league in Ontario, Canada, sanctioned by the Ontario Hockey Association. The Champion of the league competed for the All-Ontario Championship and the Clarence Schma ...
. Although the Kings were rather competitive in the league, success has not come until recently.
The 2005-06 season saw the Kings finish the regular season in first place. In the league quarter-finals, the Kings were placed against the eighth place Midland Flyers
The Midland Flyers are a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in Midland, Ontario. They play in the Provincial Junior Hockey League and were former members of the Georgian Mid-Ontario Junior C Hockey League.
History
In 1985, the Centennials won ...
and swept them 4-games-to-none. The semi-final was against the sixth seeded Stayner Siskins
The Stayner Siskins are a Canadian Junior ice hockey team based in Stayner, Ontario. They were members of the Georgian Mid-Ontario Junior C Hockey League until 2016 when it merged into the Provincial Junior Hockey League.
History
The Stayner S ...
. The Kings dispatched them 4-games-to-1 to move on to the Georgian Mid-Ontario finals. The Kings were up against the powerhouse Fergus Devils
The Fergus Devils were a Junior ice hockey team based in Fergus, Ontario, Canada. They played in the former Georgian Mid-Ontario Junior C Hockey League (now a part of the PJHL),. Took a "Leave of Absence for the 2015/16 season and have not retur ...
, but it in surprising fashion swept the second seeded Devils 4-games-to-none to win their first ever Georgian Mid-Ontario championship. The Kings found themselves in the All-Ontario playdowns for the first time possibly twenty-two years. Their quarter-final match up was against the Kincardine Bulldogs
The Kincardine Bulldogs are a Canadian Junior ice hockey team based in Kincardine, Ontario. They play in thProvincial Junior Hockey Leaguewhich is an amalgamation of all former junior C leagues in Southern Ontario including the Bulldogs former W ...
of the Western Junior C Hockey League
The Western Ontario Junior C Hockey League was a Junior "C" ice hockey league in Ontario, Canada, sanctioned by the Ontario Hockey Association. The Champion of the Western will compete for the All-Ontario Championship and the Clarence Schmalz Cup. ...
. In their hardest challenge yet, they bested the Bulldogs 4-games-to-2. In the semi-finals, the Kings ran into the Central Junior C Hockey League
The Central Ontario Junior C Hockey League was a junior ice hockey league in Ontario, Canada, sanctioned by the Ontario Hockey Association. The "Central" played inter-league games with the Empire Junior "C" League. The champion of the Central c ...
's Port Perry Mojacks
The Port Perry Lumberjacks are a Junior ice hockey team that play in the Provincial Junior Hockey League and based in Port Perry, Ontario, Canada.
History
The Port Perry Lumberjacks joined the Central Lakeshore Junior C Hockey League in 1972 as t ...
. The Kings dispatched the Mojacks 4-games-to-2 to reach their first Clarence Schmalz Cup
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final in twenty-two years. The Kings were up against a heavily favoured Essex 73's
The Essex 73's are a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in Essex, Ontario. The 73's are members of the Provincial Junior Hockey League and the Ontario Hockey Association. Prior to becoming members of the PJHL in 2016 the 73's won the GLJHL ...
squad. The 73's had torn up the Great Lakes Junior C Hockey League
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and swept the Niagara Junior C Hockey League
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's Simcoe Storm
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to reach the final. Penetang's goalie, Dan Earles, took over and post three 1-0 shutouts in a 4-games-to-1 series victory over the 73's.
The 2006-07 season was more of a challenge than ever. After coming in second place in the regular season to the Fergus Devils
The Fergus Devils were a Junior ice hockey team based in Fergus, Ontario, Canada. They played in the former Georgian Mid-Ontario Junior C Hockey League (now a part of the PJHL),. Took a "Leave of Absence for the 2015/16 season and have not retur ...
, the Kings again had to face the Midland Flyers
The Midland Flyers are a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in Midland, Ontario. They play in the Provincial Junior Hockey League and were former members of the Georgian Mid-Ontario Junior C Hockey League.
History
In 1985, the Centennials won ...
in the quarter-finals and again swept them 4-games-to-none. In the semi-final, the Kings were challenged by a tough Alliston Hornets
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squad. After going up 3-games-to-none in the series, the Hornets battled back to make the series 3-games-to-2 before the Kings finally won a tight game 6 and kill the Hornet surge thanks to 2 late game points. This set up a rematch of the 2006-07 GMO Final. Fergus came out tough, but were beaten in the first two games both in double overtime, both times by a 3-2 score. The Devils came back and won game 3 and game 4 just to have the Kings win game 5 and then game 6 4-3 in overtime. Four of the six games played in the Final were finished in overtime. In the Semi-final, the Kings again ran into the Kincardine Bulldogs
The Kincardine Bulldogs are a Canadian Junior ice hockey team based in Kincardine, Ontario. They play in thProvincial Junior Hockey Leaguewhich is an amalgamation of all former junior C leagues in Southern Ontario including the Bulldogs former W ...
of the Western Junior C Hockey League
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. By game 4, the Bulldogs had the Kings against the wall with a 3-games-to-1 series lead. To the Bulldogs dismay, the Kings won game 5 2-1, game 6 3-1, and then game 7 with a crushing 5-0 victory. In the semi-final, the Kings drew the Central Junior C Hockey League
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's Lakefield Chiefs
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and in an extremely close series, swept the Chiefs 4-games-to-none to reach the All-Ontario Final for the second straight year. Again, their opponent was the Great Lakes Junior C Hockey League
The Great Lakes Junior C Hockey League was a Junior "C" ice hockey league in Ontario, Canada, sanctioned by the Ontario Hockey Association. The champion of the Great Lakes competed for the All-Ontario Championship and the Clarence Schmalz Cup. ...
's Essex 73's
The Essex 73's are a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in Essex, Ontario. The 73's are members of the Provincial Junior Hockey League and the Ontario Hockey Association. Prior to becoming members of the PJHL in 2016 the 73's won the GLJHL ...
. In the Final, the 73's got the one-up on the Kings in game 1, taking it 4-3. From that point on, with again excellent backstopping from Dan Earles, the Kings dismantled the 73's. They won the next 4 games straight to win the series 4-games-to-1 and clinch their second straight Clarence Schmalz Cup
The Clarence Schmalz Cup is the Ontario Hockey Association's Junior "C" ice hockey championship and championship trophy. The champions of the Provincial Junior Hockey League (PJHL) are awarded the Cup. The PJHL was formed in 2016 from the forme ...
.
Season-by-season standings
(*) ''Standings Incomplete.''
*2000-2004
*2004–Present
Clarence Schmalz Cup appearances
:''1984'': Penetang Kings defeated Woodstock Navy-Vets
The Woodstock Navy-Vets are a junior hockey team based in Woodstock, Ontario, Canada. They are members of the Provincial Junior Hockey League of the Ontario Hockey Association.
The team was known as the Woodstock Renegades for three seasons fro ...
''4-games-to-none''
:''2006'': Penetang Kings defeated Essex 73's
The Essex 73's are a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in Essex, Ontario. The 73's are members of the Provincial Junior Hockey League and the Ontario Hockey Association. Prior to becoming members of the PJHL in 2016 the 73's won the GLJHL ...
''4-games-to-1''
:''2007'': Penetang Kings defeated Essex 73's
The Essex 73's are a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in Essex, Ontario. The 73's are members of the Provincial Junior Hockey League and the Ontario Hockey Association. Prior to becoming members of the PJHL in 2016 the 73's won the GLJHL ...
''4-games-to-1''
Notable alumni
*Brian McReynolds
Brian McReynolds (born January 5, 1965, in Penetanguishene, Ontario) is a former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Winnipeg Jets, New York Rangers, and Los Angeles Kings
The Los Angeles Kings ...
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* Andre Benoit
References
External links
Kings Homepage
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Georgian Mid-Ontario Junior C Hockey League teams
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