The Sarnia Sailors are a defunct Canadian semi-professional and amateur

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team. The team played in the City of

Sarnia Sarnia is a city in Lambton County, Ontario, Canada. It had a 2021 population of 72,047, and is the largest city on Lake Huron. Sarnia is located on the eastern bank of the junction between the Upper and Lower Great Lakes where Lake Huron fl ...

, Ontario, Canada and participated in the International Hockey League and the

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afterwards.

History

The Sarnia Sailors began as an expansion team in 1949 with the Chatham Maroons in the International Hockey League. That year, the two upstarts dominated the league's playoffs and ended up in a one-on-one showdown for the Turner Cup. The Maroons came out on top, winning the series in seven games. From that point on, the Sailors demise began. They played one more season in the IHL before dropping to the amateur ranks in the

. The Sailors were finalists for the

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in the 1950–51 season. Meeting a similar talent lever in the OHA, the Sailors struggled for three seasons before folding mid-season in 1953–54. The Sailors never stepped back on the ice. The team name was shared by the local Junior "B" hockey team. In 1954, after the Sr. Sailors folded, the team changed their names to the Sarnia Legionnaires. The Legionnaires folded mid-season as well, in 1969–70.

Season-by-season results

References

Defunct ice hockey teams in Canada Ice hockey teams in Ontario International Hockey League (1945–2001) teams Sport in Sarnia Senior ice hockey teams 1949 establishments in Ontario Ice hockey clubs established in 1949 1954 disestablishments in Ontario Ice hockey clubs disestablished in 1954 {{Ontario-icehockey-team-stub