Almonte Jr. Sharpshooters
| Almonte Jr. Sharpshooters | |
|---|---|
| City | Almonte, Ontario |
| League | Canadian Premier Junior Hockey League |
| Division | East |
| Founded | 2016 |
| Home arena | Almonte & District Community Centre |
| Colours |
Maroon, black, and white |
| General manager | Angelo Gallo |
| Head coach | Charles Mills |
| Franchise history | |
| 2016–present | Almonte Jr Sharpshooters |
The Almonte Jr. Sharpshooters are an United Hockey Union-sanctioned junior ice hockey team from Almonte, Ontario, Canada. They began play in the 2016–17 season in the Canadian Premier Junior Hockey League (CPJHL).
Originally part of the Ottawa Sharpshooters youth organization, the Jr. Sharpshooters were among the first organizations approved to play in the new United Hockey Union-sanctioned Canadian Premier Junior Hockey League. In June 2016, the Almonte Town Council passed a motion to have the new Jr. Sharpshooters team play out of the Almonte & District Community Centre for the 2016–17 season and took on the name Almonte Jr. Sharpshooters. The organization also fielded an U18 team in the National College Prospects Hockey League (NCPHL) that retained the Ottawa Sharpshooters name.
During the 2016–17 season, Almonte placed first in the East Division at the end of the regular season and earned the second overall seed for the playoffs. The made it to the inaugural championship game where they defeated the regular season champion Muskoka Wild 4–3 in overtime.
After the 2016–17 season, the Jr. Sharpshooters announced their intentions to leave the league and were removed from the CPJHL website. At the same time, the Sharpshooters' organization announced that it would be replacing its U18 team in the NCPHL with the Almonte team and launched a second team, called the Eastern Ontario Hockey Academy (EOHA) Wolves, as part of a NCPHL Canada Division. However, by September 2017, the NCPHL had several teams struggling to sign enough players and the league ceased operations. The four NCPHL teams that had enough players, including the Sharpshooters and Wolves, then joined the CPJHL for the 2017–18 season. At the start of the season, Sharpshooters and EOHA ended their affiliation with the Ottawa Valley Wolves and the EOHA teams dropped the use of the Wolves nickname.
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