The Schomberg Cougars are a junior ice hockey team based in Schomberg, Ontario, Canada. They played in the Georgian Mid-Ontario Junior C Hockey League until 2016 when the league merged into the Provincial Junior Hockey League.
History The Schomberg Cougars Hockey Club was founded in 1969 as a member of the Eastern Junior D League, but moved to the South-Central Junior D Hockey League in 1971. The founders were John Archibald, George Crane, Geoff Hogan, and Len Taylor. There had been a Junior team from the Metro Junior B Hockey League playing for a few years in the early 1960s.Schomberg In 1971 Archibald visited eight adjoining municipalities to encourage them to enter junior teams and from that Alliston, Bradford, Keswick, and Orangeville came on board. Len Taylor coached the team for six years and carried out the duties of president at the same time. John Archibald was secretary-treasurer for 15 years as well as team manager for a few years. Geoff Hogan acted as vice-president before moving to Calgary in 1973. George Crane was a director for three years and managed the team in its inaugural year.
In 1973, the Cougars and their league were promoted, as the league became the Central Ontario Junior C Hockey League. Three seasons later, the league became the Mid-Ontario Junior C Hockey League.
In 1994, the Mid-Ontario Junior C Hockey League merged with the Georgian Bay Junior C Hockey League. The Cougars continued as members, but the league was dominated by teams like the Stayner Siskins and the Fergus Devils.
The year-to-year play of the Cougars could be considered as inconsistent, but in 2002-03 the Cougars finished the regular season in a three-way tie for second place. They went on to win their first and only Georgian Mid-Ontario Junior C championship that year, after defeating Erin in seven games in the semi-finals, as well as Stayner (first place team) in six games. That year the Cougars had the three top scorers in the league. The Cougars did not manage to reach the Clarence Schmalz Cup finals after losing in four straight games to the Hanover Barons of the Western Ontario Junior C Hockey League.Ontario Hockey Association 2006-2007 Constitution, Regulations and Rules of Competition by The Ontario Hockey Association (2006)
The 2005-06 season saw the Cougars finish in fifth place in the Georgian Mid-Ontario League. They entered the playoffs against the fourth seeded Erin Shamrocks. The Shamrocks made quick work of the Cougars, finishing the series four games to one.Home | Ontario Hockey Association
The 2006-07 season had the Cougars finishing in sixth place. In the league quarter-finals, the Cougars faced the Alliston Hornets, losing four games to none.
Following the 2023-24 season the PJHL did some re-organization to better balance the divisions (7 of 8 have 8 teams and 7 teams in the other division) resulted in the Cougars moving from the Carruthers Division in the North Conference to now compete in the Orr Division of the East Conference.
Season-by-season standings Season GP W L T OTL GF GA P Results Playoffs1971-72 30 16 11 3 - 161 129 35 3rd SCJDHL Lost semi-final1972-73 27 6 15 6 - 111 145 24 5th SCJDHL Lost quarter-final1973-74 30 10 15 5 - 132 155 25 5th Central G1 Lost "D" final1974-75 31 2 27 2 - 112 211 6 8th Central G1 Lost "D" final1975-76 32 9 20 3 - 126 220 21 7th Central G1 Lost "D" final1976-77 26 8 16 2 - 136 201 18 8th Central G1 Lost "D" final1977-78 32 20 10 2 - 188 167 42 2nd MOJCHL 1978-79 33 14 15 4 - -- -- 32 4th MOJCHL 1979-80 40 24 14 2 - 238 202 50 3rd MOJCHL Lost final1980-81 36 20 16 0 - 201 215 40 3rd MOJCHL Lost semi-final1981-82 40 11 28 1 - 204 264 23 4th MOJCHL Lost semi-final1982-83 36 13 23 0 - 200 234 26 6th MOJCHL Lost quarter-final1983-84 34 11 22 1 - 161 223 23 7th MOJCHL DNQ1984-85 35 4 31 0 - 108 346 8 7th MOJCHL DNQ1985-86 34 14 20 0 - 218 246 28 5th MOJCHL 1986-87 34 17 14 3 - 185 157 37 4th MOJCHL Lost quarter-final 0-4 (Hornets)1987-88 36 19 17 0 - 194 194 38 4th MOJCHL Lost quarter-final 2-4 (Blues)1988-89 36 19 17 0 - 209 195 38 4th MOJCHL 2nd of 3 in quarter-final round robinLost semi-final 0-4 (Crushers)1989-90 34 17 17 0 - 169 177 34 3rd MOJCHL Lost quarter-final 1-3 (Hornets)1990-91 34 22 11 1 - -- -- 45 2nd MOJCHL Lost semi-final 2-4 (Sabres)1991-92 34 23 8 3 - 148 126 49 2nd MOJCHL Won semi-final 4-1 (Bulls)Lost final 0-4 (Crushers)1992-93 38 17 15 6 0 164 171 40 5th MOJCHL 1993-94 40 23 17 0 - 260 222 46 3rd MOJCHL Lost semi-final 0-3 (Bulls)1994-95 36 19 17 0 - -- -- 38 6th GMOHL Lost quarter-final 2-4 (Hornets)1995-96 44 16 28 0 - 226 283 32 9th GMOHL DNQ1996-97 36 5 30 1 - 177 250 11 9th GMOHL DNQ1997-98 36 13 22 1 - 161 193 27 8th GMOHL Lost quarter-final 0-3 (Bulls)1998-99 36 9 27 0 - 137 189 18 8th GMOHL DNQ1999-00 36 8 28 0 - 120 126 16 9th GMOHL DNQ2000-01 36 14 18 3 1 135 161 31 6th GMOHLLost quarter-final 0-4 (Flyers)2001-02 36 15 20 0 1 152 157 31 6th GMOHL Lost quarter-final 3-4 (Devils)2002-03 36 23 12 0 1 183 153 47 3rd GMOHL Won quarter-final 4-1 (Devils)Won semi-final 4-3 (Shamrocks)Won league 4-2 (Siskins) lost CSC QF 0-4 (Hanover)2003-04 36 22 12 2 0 188 136 46 3rd GMOHL Lost quarter-final 3-4 (Bulls)2004-05 40 10 21 6 3 132 169 29 7th GMOHL Lost quarter-final 2-4 (Devils)2005-06 42 21 19 2 0 187 186 44 5th GMOHL Lost quarter-final 1-4 (Shamrocks)2006-07 42 6 34 2 0 124 276 14 6th GMOHL Lost quarter-final 0-4 (Hornets)2007-08 42 5 36 1 0 111 254 11 7th GMOHL Lost quarter-final 0-4 (Kings)2008-09 42 15 25 - 2 164 230 32 5th GMOHLLost quarter-final 3-4 (Siskins)2009-10 42 6 33 - 3 109 235 15 7th GMOHLLost quarter-final 0-4 (Kings)2010-11 40 14 25 - 1 129 182 29 6th GMOHL Lost quarter-final 0-4 (Siskins)2011-12 40 17 21 - 2 134 157 36 5th GMOHL Lost quarter-final 0-4 (Kings)2012-13 40 14 20 - 6 139 181 34 7th GMOHL Lost quarter-final 0-4 (Siskins)2013-14 40 25 10 - 5 194 131 55 4th GMOHL Won quarter-final 4-1 (Golden Hawks)Lost semi-final 2-4 (Kings)2014-15 40 18 19 - 3 152 169 39 6th GMOHL Won quarter-final 4-2 (Otters)Won semi's 4-0 (Kings)Lost final 0-4 (Hornets)2015-16 40 13 24 3 - 133 156 29 8th of 9GMOHL Lost quarter-final 0-4 (Hornets)2016-17 42 14 27 1 - 151 190 29 7th of 8Carruthers Div-PJHL Lost quarter-final 1-4 (Hornets)2017-18 42 15 24 1 2 154 207 33 7th of 8Carruthers Div-PJHL Lost quarter-final 0-4 (Hornets)2018-19 42 12 23 3 4 139 183 31 8th of 8Carruthers Div-PJHL Lost quarter-final 1-4 (Siskins)2019-20 42 17 22 1 2 171 180 37 6th of 8Carruthers Div-PJHL Lost quarter-final 3-4 (Terriers)2020-21 Season Lost due to COVID-19 pandemic2021-22 30 21 8 1 0 168 103 43 3rd of 8Carruthers Div-PJHL Won quarter-final 4-2 (Golden Hawks)Won semi-final 4-3 (Terriers)Lost final 0-4 (Siskins)2022-23 40 28 9 2 1 196 114 59 3rd of 9Carruthers Div-PJHL Won quarter-final 4-0 (Otters)Lost Div semi-final 3-4 (Hornets)2023-24 42 27 12 2 1 161 117 57 4th of 9Carruthers Div-PJHL Won quarter-final 4-0 (Kings)Lost Div semi-final 1-4 (Hornets)2024-25 42 23 15 3 1 157 127 50 3rd of 7 Orr Div8th of 15 East Conf27th of 63-PJHLquarter-final byeLost Div semi-final 0-4 (Ice)2025-26 42 10 29 3 0 107 187 23 6th of 7 Orr Div12th of 14 East Conf55th of 61-PJHLLost quarter-final 0-4 (Ice) 2000–04http://www.ohahockey.org/ Provided by GMO League statistician 2004–present
References
External links Schomberg Cougars Official Website