The Burford Bulldogs were a Canadian Junior Hockey team based in Burford, Ontario, Canada. They played in the Provincial Junior Hockey League.
History The Burford Bulldogs were founded in 1988 after a long layoff of junior hockey in the town of Burford. The previous team to play in Burford was the Burford Knights in the mid to late 1970s.
As members of the new Southern Ontario merger Western Junior D Hockey League, the Bulldogs found themselves sandwiched in with 17 other teams. In only their second season, 1989–90, the Bulldogs celebrated their first winning season with 19 wins and 12 losses with 4 ties. A season later they did the same with 22 wins, 15, losses, and 3 extra points. In 1991-92 they had their best season ever with 25 wins and 10 losses, finishing 4th overall.
In 2006-07, the OHA Junior Development League was disbanded and the Southern Ontario Junior Hockey League was created in its place.
After significant restructuring in the Summer of 2013, the Bulldogs found themselves in the Midwestern Junior C Hockey League.
As of 2016-17 season, the eight Junior "C" hockey leagues in Ontario amalgamated into one league, the Provincial Junior Hockey League. The teams formerly occupying the Midwestern League were placed in the South Conference and re-branded the Pat Doherty division.
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and poor support, the Bulldogs surrendered their playoff position, and folded at the end of the 2021-2022 season. The Bulldogs were winless within this season.
Season-by-season results Season GP W L T OTL GF GA P Results Playoffs1988-89 35 14 20 1 - 184 208 29 13th WJDHL1989-90 35 19 12 4 - 217 177 42 9th WJDHL1990-91 40 22 15 2 1 248 226 47 6th WJDHL1991-92 35 25 10 0 0 262 166 50 4th OHAJDL1992-93 40 15 20 4 1 160 181 35 11th OHAJDL1993-94 40 14 24 2 - 188 240 30 11th OHAJDL1994-95 40 19 19 1 1 176 208 40 11th OHAJDL1995-96 40 19 17 1 3 202 200 42 9th OHAJDL1996-97 39 11 25 0 3 177 270 25 15th OHAJDL1997-98 37 21 14 2 0 198 167 44 8th OHAJDL1998-99 38 14 24 0 0 148 192 28 15th OHAJDL1999-00 38 16 15 2 5 181 172 39 10th OHAJDL2000-01 40 25 12 2 1 -- -- 53 6th OHAJDL2001-02 40 19 16 3 2 160 147 43 9th OHAJDL2002-03 40 16 20 2 2 141 172 36 12th OHAJDL2003-04 40 16 18 5 1 133 159 38 12th OHAJDL2004-05 40 11 21 4 4 126 147 30 15th OHAJDL2005-06 38 10 22 4 2 150 182 26 15th OHAJDL2006-07 42 22 17 0 3 193 199 47 8th SOJHL2007-08 42 24 14 - 4 187 152 52 7th SOJHL2008-09 40 12 21 - 7 152 182 31 11th SOJHL2009-10 36 13 21 - 2 131 170 28 11th SOJHL2010-11 35 12 21 - 2 123 161 26 13th SOJHL2011-12 35 11 21 - 3 125 171 27 11th SOJHLSouthern Ontario Junior Hockey League - Jr "C"2012-13 38 19 16 - 3 180 162 41 4th SOJHL-Mc Lost Quarter - 2-4 Braves2013-14 40 13 26 - 1 130 219 27 7th MWJCHL Lost Quarter - 0-4 - (Centennials)2014-15 40 20 20 0 - 133 158 40 6th MWJCHL Lost Quarter - 2-4 - (Merchants)2015-16 40 9 31 0 - 128 200 18 8th of 8 MWJCHL Lost Quarter - 1-4 - (Centennials)2016-17 40 6 33 1 - 115 279 13 8th of 9Dougherty Div-PJHL Lost Div. Quarter, 0-4 (Centennials)2017-18 40 4 36 - - 76 318 8 8th of 9Dougherty Div-PJHL Lost Div. Quarter, 0-4 (Centennials)2018-19 40 2 37 - 1 59 290 9 9th of 9Dougherty Div-PJHL Did not qualify2019-20405331187284128th of 9 Dougherty Div-PJHLLost Quarter, 0-4 (Braves)2019-20Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic2021-22 36 0 33 1 2 67 232 3 7th of 7Dougherty Div-PJHL Forfeit Playoffs
Notable alumni Jay Wells
References
External links Burford Bulldogs Website