The Port Stanley Sailors are a Canadian Junior ice hockey team based in Port Stanley, Ontario. They play in the Provincial Junior Hockey League.

History

The Sailors were formerly known as the Belmont Bombers, playing their last season as the Bombers in 05–06. Prior to the 06–07 season, they changed their name to the Central Elgin Express. This was done as the team was going to be splitting their home games between Belmont and Port Stanley. During the 07–08 season, the Express played all their home games in Port Stanley, which was formerly home to the Port Stanley Lakers, which became the West Lorne Lakers before leaving the OHA.

During the summer of 2008, it was announced that The Central Elgin Express had been sold by Peter North and Bill Walters to a group of four equal owners led by St. Thomas resident Dale J. Howard. The other three owners are Harold Lang, Matt Stolk and Mike Carson. The Sailors were not able to play in 08-09 because the OHA schedule had already been finalized. So the Sailors began play in 09–10.

The Express were affiliated with the St Thomas Stars of the Jr B Greater Ontario Hockey League from the 07–08 to the 09–10 seasons.

The majority of playoffs for the 2019'20 season were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Sailors were swept in the first round.

Season-by-season standings Season GP W L T OTL GF GA P Results Playoffs1969-70 30 16 10 4 - 161 125 38 2nd WJDHL1970-71 34 16 16 2 - 159 167 34 5th WJDHL1971-72 30 19 9 2 - 156 123 40 2nd WJDHL1972-73 32 18 12 2 - 156 110 38 3rd WJDHL1973-74 33 26 5 2 - 230 111 54 1st WJDHL1974-75 32 28 2 2 - 262 93 58 1st WJDHL1975-76 27 19 3 5 - 153 90 43 1st WJDHL1976-77 30 15 10 5 - 146 113 35 4th WJDHL1977-78 34 21 7 6 - 235 156 48 4th WJDHL1978-79 33 22 8 3 - 208 131 47 2nd WJDHL1979-80 34 33 1 0 - 292 85 66 1st WJDHL1980-81 33 32 1 0 - 314 103 64 1st WJDHL1981-82 36 21 10 5 - 218 157 47 4th WJDHL1982-83 36 20 10 6 - 169 129 46 2nd WJDHL1983-84 34 15 14 5 - 219 208 35 4th WJDHL1984-85 34 26 6 2 - 265 137 54 1st WJDHL1985-86 42 28 11 3 - 269 163 59 3rd WJDHL1986-87 42 25 13 4 - 241 179 54 2nd WJDHL1987-88 40 21 17 2 - 204 208 44 5th WJDHL1988-89 35 22 11 2 - 197 150 46 5th WJDHL1989-90 35 25 8 2 - 173 101 52 2nd WJDHL1990-91 40 18 17 4 1 162 160 41 9th WJDHL1991-92 40 12 23 1 4 161 207 29 14th OHAJDL1992-93 40 10 26 2 2 163 255 24 15th OHAJDL1993-94 40 5 35 0 - 127 302 10 18th OHAJDL1994-95 40 18 19 1 2 193 196 39 13th OHAJDL1995-96 38 12 25 0 1 142 193 25 17th OHAJDL1996-97 39 11 26 1 1 130 216 24 17th OHAJDL1997-98 40 18 17 4 1 146 148 41 11th OHAJDL1998-99 40 24 11 3 2 163 137 53 3rd OHAJDL1999-00 40 10 27 1 2 145 232 23 16th OHAJDL DNQ2000-01 40 9 28 3 0 -- -- 21 17th OHAJDL DNQ2001-02 40 7 30 1 2 157 246 17 18th OHAJDL DNQ2002-03 40 14 22 3 1 164 198 32 15th OHAJDL Lost Div. semi-final 0-4 (Irish)2003-04 40 7 26 3 4 157 240 21 17th OHAJDL DNQ2004-05 36 6 26 2 2 101 197 16 17th OHAJDL DNQ2005-06 37 1 36 0 0 71 283 2 18th OHAJDL DNQ2006-07 40 14 23 0 3 150 210 31 13th SOJHL Lost Conference quarter-final 0-4 (Hawks)2007-08 40 4 34 - 2 101 242 10 17th SOJHL DNQ2008-09 Did Not Participate2009-10 36 17 14 - 5 163 155 39 7th SOJHL Lost quarter-final 3-4 (Trojans)2010-11 36 17 15 - 4 142 137 38 11th SOJHL Lost quarter- finals 3-4 (Stars)2011-12 36 7 25 - 4 117 204 18 14th SOJHL DNQSouthern Ontario Junior Hockey League - Jr "C"2012-13 37 22 13 - 2 164 141 46 3rd SOJHL-Yk Won First Round 4-3 (Irish)Lost quarter-finals 0-4 (Dolphins)2013-14 40 25 13 - 2 174 131 52 4th SOJHL Won quarter-finals 4-3 (Irish)Lost semi-final 0-4 (Lancers)2014-15 40 14 22 - 4 162 238 32 7th SOJHL Lost quarter-finals 0-4 (Bulldogs)2015-16 40 11 28 1 - 172 234 23 7th of 9 SOJHL Lost quarter-finals 0-4 (Hawks)2016-17 40 18 22 0 - 157 189 36 6th of 9Yeck Div - PJHL Lost Div Quarters 0-4 (Spitfires)2017-18 40 12 24 0 4 142 165 28 7th of 9Yeck Div - PJHL Lost Div Quarters 2-4 (Hawks)2018-19 40 4 32 0 4 84 212 12 9th of 9Yeck Div - PJHL DNQ2019-20 42 1 41 0 0 49 333 2 8th of 8Yeck Div - PJHL Lost Div Quarters 0-4 (Trojans)2020-21 Season Lost due to COVID-19 pandemic2022-23 40 14 20 3 3 136 155 34 6th of 9Yeck Div - PJHL Lost Div Quarters 1-4 (Stars)2023-24 40 14 22 3 1 106 157 32 7th of 9Yeck Div - PJHL Lost Div Quarters 2-4 (Bulldogs)2024-25 42 26 11 4 1 179 127 57 3rd of 8 Yeck Div 5th of 16 West Conf21st of 63 - PJHL Won Div Quarters 4-2 (Trojans)Lost Div Semi's 3-4 (Hawks)2025-26 42 20 18 3 1 167 168 44 6th of 8 Yeck Div 10th of 16 West Conf34th of 61 - PJHL Lost Div Quarters 2-4 (Stars)

Notable alumni Rumun Ndur Joe Thornton Brandon Garner

References

External links Port Stanley Sailors webpage