The Trent Hills Thunder is the 2024 re-branding of the Campbellford Rebels a Canadian Junior ice hockey team based in Campbellford, Ontario, Canada. They play in the Tod Division of the Provincial Junior Hockey League, and were formerly members of the Empire B Junior C Hockey League of the Ontario Hockey Association.
History Campbellford's junior hockey history began in 1980. The Campbellford Merchants joined the Quinte-St. Lawrence Junior C Hockey League.
In 1986, the Quinte-St. Lawrence league was falling apart and merged with the more western Central Ontario Junior C Hockey League. The Merchants and most of the other local teams, like the Frankford Huskies, were forced into hiatus.
In 1989, The Eastern Ontario Junior C Hockey League was formed in the same region as the Quinte-St. Lawrence League. In 1992, the Campbellford Rebels were formed to compete in the new league. The first goal in Rebels history was scored by Marc Emmons on October 7, 1992. In 1995, the Eastern Ontario Junior C Hockey League became the Empire B Junior C Hockey League to stifle confusion between the league and the neighbouring Ottawa District Hockey Association's Eastern Ontario Junior C Hockey League.
Success for the Rebels began in 1996. The Rebels won the 1997, 1998, and 2000 league championships. After disappointment in 2001 and 2002, the Rebels were again victorious in 2003 and 2004. With five league championships in eight years, the Rebels have yet to win the Clarence Schmalz Cup as All-Ontario Champions.
The Rebels finished third overall in the 2005-06 regular season. Because of a new divisionary system in the league, despite finishing the season with a losing record, the Rebels finished first in their division and received a bye to the league semi-final. In the semi-final, the Rebels drew the Amherstview Jets who beat Campbellford 4-games-to-1.
The Rebels ended up in fourth place in the 2006-07 final standings. Barely sneaking in on the final playoff spot, the Rebels came up against the top seeded Colborne Cobras who polished off Campbellford 4-games-to-none to move on to the league final.
Campbellford had a great 2011-12 season and ended up in the league final vs the defending champions Picton Pirates. The Rebels upset the Pirates to win the Empire B Championship. In the provincials they advanced for the first time past the QF defeating the Clarington Eagles of the Central Ontario League in seven games. Then the Rebels surprised everyone by winning the first three games of their SF vs the powerful Alliston Hornets of the Georgian Bay Mid Ontario League. The Hornets sting came out in game 4 and the Rebels epi pen couldn't save them after that. Alliston came back to win the series in 7 games.
The playoffs for the 2019-20 season were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to the team not being able to play a single game.
Season-by-season results Season GP W L T OTL GF GA P Results Playoffs1992-93 34 5 28 1 - 131 278 11 7th EOJCHL 1993-94 36 18 14 4 - 188 175 40 4th EOJCHL 1994-95 40 21 15 - 4 203 193 46 4th EOJCHL 1995-96 42 24 15 1 2 229 191 51 3rd EBJCHL 1996-97 42 22 20 0 - 270 223 44 4th EBJCHL Won LeagueLost CSC quarter-final (Chiefs)1997-98 36 25 11 0 - 189 149 50 2nd EBJCHL Won LeagueLost CSC quarter-final (Chiefs)1998-99 36 30 4 2 0 200 102 62 1st EBJCHL Won semi-final 4-0 (Flyers)Lost final 3-4 (Pirates)1999-00 36 15 19 1 1 150 163 32 3rd EBJCHL Won semi-final 4-3 (Raiders)Won League 4-3 (Pirates)Lost CSC quarter-final 0-4 (Chiefs)2000-01 34 19 10 4 1 151 135 43 2nd EBJCHL Won semi-final 4-0 (Pirates)Lost final 3-4 (Raiders)2001-02 36 18 15 2 1 155 169 39 4th EBJCHL Won quarter-final 2-0 (Jets)Lost semi-final 2-4 (Raiders)2002-03 34 20 12 0 2 160 141 42 2nd EBJCHL Won semi-final 4-0 (Pirates)Won League 4-0 (Raiders)Lost CSC quarter-final 1-4 (Ice)2003-04 34 23 10 1 0 175 136 47 1st EBJCHL Won semi-final 4-2 (Pirates)Won League 4-1 (Jets)Lost CSC quarter-final 2-4 (Chiefs)2004-05 34 16 15 1 2 159 143 35 4th EBJCHL Won semi-final 4-2 (Raiders)Lost final 0-4 (Jets)2005-06 34 15 18 0 1 155 172 31 3rd EBJCHL Lost semi-final 1-3 (Jets)2006-07 40 17 22 1 0 170 190 35 4th EBJCHL Lost semi-final 0-4 (Cobras)2007-08 40 23 16 - 1 206 160 47 3rd EBJCHL Lost semi-final 0-4 (Raiders)2008-09 40 11 25 - 4 144 237 26 5th EBJCHLDNQ2009-10 40 18 19 - 3 195 189 39 5th EBJCHL DNQ2010-11 40 19 19 - 2 148 155 40 4th EBJCHL Lost quarter-final 2-3 (Panthers)2011-12 40 26 13 - 1 181 146 53 2nd EBJCHL Won semi-final 4-3 (Jets)Won League 4-1 (Pirates)Won CSC quarter-final 4-3 (Eagles)Lost CSC semi-final 4-3 (Hornets)2012-13 40 24 13 - 3 192 138 51 3rd EBJCHL Lost semi-final 1-4 (Panthers)2013-14 40 20 16 - 4 167 125 44 4th EBJCHL Lost semi-final 2-4 (Pirates)2014-15 40 22 17 1 - 151 147 45 3rd EBJCHL Lost semi-final 1-4 (Raiders)2015-16 40 9 30 1 - 107 225 19 3rd EBJCHL DNQ2016-17 38 0 37 1 - 52 275 1 6th of 6Tod Div-PJHL DNQ2017-18 39 1 38 0 - 62 396 2 6th of 6Tod Div-PJHL DNQ2018-19 44 1 41 1 1 83 375 4 6th of 6Tod Div-PJHL DNQ2019-20 44 1 41 0 2 81 343 4 6th of 6Tod Div-PJHL DNQ2020-21 Season Lost due to COVID-19 pandemic2021-22 30 8 21 0 1 83 156 17 5th of 6Tod Div-PJHL Lost quarter-final 1-4 (Panthers}2022-23 41 3 35 2 1 91 235 9 6th of 6Tod Div-PJHL Lost quarter-final 0-4 (Pirates}2023-24 42 0 40 1 1 61 313 5 6th of 6Tod Div-PJHL Lost quarter-final 0-4 (Panthers)Trent Hills Thunder2024-25 42 7 33 2 0 83 246 16 7th of 8 Tod Div13th of 15 East Conf57th of 63-PJHL Lost quarter-final 0-4 (Raiders)2025-26 42 7 31 3 1 99 235 17 7th of 7 Tod Div13th of 14 East Conf57th of 63-PJHL Lost quarter-final 0-4 (Huskies)
References
External links Campbellford Rebels