The Peterborough Stars were a Junior "A" ice hockey team from Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. They played in the Ontario Junior Hockey League. All players from Peterborough that remained junior eligible had their player cards sent to the Lindsay Muskies as the Stars merged into the Lindsay Muskies.
History The franchise started in the Ontario Hockey Association's Eastern Junior B Hockey League in 1960 and ended in 2012 when the Stars folded and merged into the Lindsay Muskies.
The Peterborough Lions competed in the 1970 Ontario Winter Games. The Games were meant to represent all four major regions of Jr. B hockey in Ontario. The Lions were crowned Ontario Jr. B Grand Champions by defeating the Toronto Nationals, Chapleau Huskies, Brockville Tikis, St. Marys Lincolns, Owen Sound Greys, St. Catharines Falcons, and the Petrolia Jets 7-1 in the Gold Medal Game.
In 1972, all Ontario junior hockey experienced a reshuffle and the Lions found themselves in the Metro Junior "B" League. The Lions took a 3-year hiatus from 1975 to 1978, returning as the Hall Oil Lumber Kings. Renamed the Roadrunners in 1984, the team went a record 37 games without a win during the 1987-88 season (and 44 games overall going into the 1988-89 season, which ended on October 31, 1988). The franchise stayed with the Metro until it went renegade and left the Ontario Hockey Association in 1989. In 1989, the Peterborough Roadrunners jumped to the Central Junior "B" league, which became the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League in 1993. The Stars were known as the Peterborough Bees from 1997 until 2005. They became the Stars in 2005. They are affiliated with the Peterborough Petes of the Ontario Hockey League.
After over half of a century of hockey, the Stars shutdown operation by merging with the Lindsay Muskies in the Spring of 2012.
Season-by-season results Season GP W L T OTL GF GA P Results Playoffs1960-61 20 13 2 5 - -- -- 31 1st EJBHL Won League1961-62 Statistics Not Available1962-63 20 12 8 0 - 111 71 24 2nd EJBHL1963-64 30 14 13 3 - 119 117 31 2nd EJBHL1964-65 25 10 14 1 - -- -- 21 2nd EJBHL1965-66 27 11 13 3 - 93 108 31 3rd EJBHL1966-67 Statistics Not Available1967-68 32 18 11 3 - 176 137 39 2nd EJBHL1968-69 30 19 7 4 - -- -- 40 2nd EJBHL1969-70 30 16 11 3 - 171 126 35 3rd EJBHL1970-71 30 26 4 0 - 228 75 52 1st EJBHL Won League1971-72 Statistics Not Available1972-73 34 26 6 2 - 187 107 54 1st Metro B 1973-74 44 22 19 3 - 212 191 47 7th Metro B1974-75 38 19 15 4 - 182 181 42 8th Metro B1975-78 Did not participate1978-79 44 18 19 7 - 266 247 43 9th Metro B DNQ1979-80 42 20 11 11 - 219 179 51 4th Metro B 1980-81 40 18 14 8 - 205 179 44 6th Metro B 1981-82 35 22 11 2 - 187 146 46 3rd Metro B 1982-83 36 11 15 10 - 161 171 32 8th Metro B 1983-84 42 16 21 5 - 201 207 37 8th Metro B 1984-85 36 15 14 7 - 179 166 37 7th Metro B 1985-86 37 17 18 2 - 211 240 36 6th Metro B Lost quarter-final1986-87 37 11 22 4 - 184 240 26 9th Metro B DNQ1987-88 37 0 35 2 - 81 352 2 12th Metro B DNQ1988-89 39 7 30 2 - 157 271 16 11th Metro B1989-90 42 12 23 7 - 230 264 31 12th CJBHL1990-91 42 4 37 1 - 154 303 9 14th CJBHL1991-92 42 17 20 5 - 175 205 39 11th CJBHL1992-93 48 27 16 5 - 278 234 61 7th CJBHL1993-94 40 16 22 2 - 204 223 34 7th OPJHL-E1994-95 48 14 33 1 - 209 304 30 8th OPJHL-E1995-96 50 14 35 1 - 185 254 31 5th OPJHL-R1996-97 51 29 19 3 - 219 182 64 2nd OPJHL-R1997-98 51 29 18 4 0 254 176 62 1st OPJHL-R1998-99 51 15 26 7 3 169 214 40 12th OPJHL-E1999-00 49 17 26 3 3 184 202 40 8th OPJHL-E2000-01 49 23 16 7 3 203 199 56 5th OPJHL-E2001-02 49 23 20 5 1 195 199 52 5th OPJHL-E2002-03 49 15 31 1 2 133 212 33 8th OPJHL-E2003-04 49 19 27 3 0 158 222 41 8th OPJHL-E2004-05 49 16 28 3 2 161 215 37 7th OPJHL-E2005-06 49 25 19 3 2 203 203 55 4th OPJHL-E Lost Conf. QF2006-07 49 20 25 3 1 173 208 44 5th OPJHL-E Lost Conf. QF2007-08 49 29 14 - 7 161 133 65 4th OPJHL-E Lost quarter final2008-09 49 37 11 - 1 216 138 75 2nd OJHL-RLost Div. Final2009-10 50 26 18 - 6 175 182 58 5th CCHL-E Lost quarter-final2010-11 50 33 12 - 5 202 153 71 3rd OJHL-E Lost Round of 162011-12 49 8 37 - 4 105 227 20 7th OJHL-E DNQ
Notable alumni Zac Bierk Jassen Cullimore Tie Domi Mike Fisher Bob Gainey Aaron Gavey Kerry Huffman Jeff Larmer Steve Larmer Darren McCarty Dave Roche Glen Seabrooke Cory Stillman Steve Webb
External links Stars Webpage