Blenheim Blades
| Blenheim Blades | |
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| City | Blenheim, Ontario |
| League | Provincial Junior Hockey League |
| Conference | Southern |
| Division | Bill Stobbs |
| Founded | 1965 |
| Home arena | Blenheim Community & Recreation Centre |
| Colors |
Red, Yellow, Black, and White |
| General manager | Wayne Cowell |
| Head coach | Ken Shine (2016-17) |
| Franchise history | |
| 1965-1974: Blenheim Golden Blades 1974-Pres: Blenheim Blades |
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The Blenheim Blades are a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in Blenheim, Ontario. They play in the Provincial Junior Hockey League of the Ontario Hockey Association and Hockey Canada.
The Blenheim Golden Blades were founded in 1965, but could not find a league to play in locally until 1967. Until 1967, the Blades played an exhibition season against teams from Michigan in an American Junior B league until the OHA playoffs began.
In 1968, the Golden Blades joined the Border Cities Junior "B" Hockey League. In 1971, the league was demoted and renamed the Great Lakes Junior "C" Hockey League. In 1974, the team simplified their name to the "Blades".
The Blades have won a league title in their franchise history, the 1970 Border Cities Jr. D championship.
Being from a smaller community than a lot of centres in the Bill Stobbs Division, the Blades have often struggled, but in recent years have become a winning team that is tough to compete with.
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