The Petrolia Jets were a junior ice hockey team based in Petrolia, Ontario, Canada. They played in the Western division of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League, the Western Ontario Hockey League, and the Great Lakes Junior C Hockey League.
History During the 1960s, the Petrolia Jets participated in a loosely ran Bluewater League that was sometimes classified as a junior league depending on how competitive its teams felt. From 1967, the Jets were permanently a junior hockey club. In 1968 and 1969 made it to the league final, but failed to win. Starting in the 1970, the Jets would win the regional Junior B championship and play for the OHA Sutherland Cup championship.
In 1972, the Great Lakes Junior C Hockey League would revert permanently to Junior C hockey, and the Jets jumped to the more broad and competitive Western Ontario Junior B Hockey League. The Jets would not enjoy much success in the WOHL and returned to the GLJHL in 1984. Despite five great regular seasons in Junior C, the Jets would never even make the GLJHL final and returned to the WOHL in 1989.
Despite winning the WOHL regular season crown in 1995 and the league's playoff title in 2003, the Jets success in the box office dwindled over the years. In the late 2000s on-ice success disappeared, and the team was moved to Forest, Ontario and renamed the Lambton Shores Predators because of competition for fans from the neighbouring Sarnia Sting
Season-by-season results Season GP W L T OTL GF GA P Results Playoffs1967-68 24 11 8 5 - 124 111 27 3rd BWJHL Lost Jr. C Final1968-69 31 18 9 4 - 150 101 40 4th BCJHL Lost Jr. B Final1969-70 34 26 8 0 - 180 89 52 1st BCJHL "B" Champions1970-71 40 31 8 1 - 384 167 63 1st GLJHL "B" Champions1971-72 36 32 3 1 - 288 121 65 1st GLJHL"B" Champions1972-73 42 18 16 8 - 217 203 44 3rd WOJHL 1973-74 40 11 25 4 - 156 232 26 4th WOJHL1974-75 40 19 17 4 - 196 187 42 3rd WOJHL1975-76 39 21 10 8 - 220 172 50 3rd WOJHL1976-77 40 16 16 8 - 183 191 40 4th WOJHL1977-78 40 22 12 6 - 216 161 50 2nd WOJHL1978-79 42 27 11 4 - 295 199 58 3rd WOJHL1979-80 41 11 28 2 - 182 259 24 6th WOJHL1980-81 42 17 19 6 - 214 210 40 6th WOJHL1981-82 42 15 25 2 - 150 210 32 5th WOJHL1982-83 42 13 25 4 - 192 231 30 7th WOJHL1983-84 48 11 36 1 - 200 360 23 8th WOJHL1984-85 39 19 9 11 - 207 135 49 4th GLJHL1985-86 40 19 15 6 - 211 181 44 4th GLJHL1986-87 39 30 6 1 2 242 137 63 1st GLJHL1987-88 39 26 11 1 1 216 149 54 2nd GLJHL1988-89 40 30 9 1 0 244 141 61 2nd GLJHL1989-90 40 14 19 6 1 173 188 35 7th WOJHL1990-91 48 28 18 1 1 231 179 58 5th WOJHL1991-92 50 18 25 6 1 196 237 43 4th WOJHL West1992-93 52 21 24 3 4 - - 49 4th WOJHL West1993-94 50 24 22 3 1 253 245 52 4th WOJHL West Lost Final1994-95 52 39 11 0 2 324 196 80 1st WOJHL West1995-96 52 26 20 6 0 225 221 58 3rd WOJHL West1996-97 52 32 18 2 0 245 188 66 3rd WOJHL West1997-98 52 23 20 5 4 205 193 55 3rd WOJHL West1998-99 52 33 14 0 5 241 175 71 3rd WOJHL West1999-00 54 23 25 0 6 191 219 52 7th GOHL2000-01 54 35 13 2 4 194 132 76 3rd GOHL2001-02 54 34 16 1 3 228 169 72 4th WOJHL2002-03 48 28 19 0 1 200 156 57 4th WOJHL Won League2003-04 48 30 14 1 3 180 148 64 3rd WOJHL2004-05 48 12 31 3 2 122 210 29 9th WOJHL2005-06 48 26 15 2 5 149 149 59 4th WOJHLLost Semi Final2006-07 48 7 37 - 4 139 302 18 9th WOJHLDNQ2007-08 48 7 37 - 4 138 303 18 9th GOJHL-W DNQ
Notable alumni
Todd Bidner John Van Boxmeer Brian Campbell Scott Foster Bobby Gould Brett Graham Tim Hrynewich Dale Hunter Mark Hunter Michael Leighton Steve Mason Pat Verbeek Paul Ysebaert
External links GOJHL Webpage