Lakefield Chiefs
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| City | Lakefield, Ontario |
| League | Provincial Junior Hockey League |
| Conference | East |
| Division | Orr |
| Founded | 1980 |
| Home arena | Lakefield-Smith Community Centre |
| Colors | Red, Yellow, and White |
| General manager | Tyler Revoy |
| Head coach | Jamie Arcand |
| League Champions | EJDHL: 1978 and 1979 CJCHL: 1987, 1989, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2013, 2014 |
| Clarence Schmalz Cups | 1987, 2000, 2014 |
| OHA Cups | 1978, 1979 |
The Lakefield Chiefs are a Canadian Junior ice hockey team based in Lakefield, Ontario, Canada. They played in the Central Ontario Junior C Hockey League of the Ontario Hockey Association until the 2016-17 season when this league became the Orr Division of the Provincial Junior Hockey League
The Lakefield Chiefs emerged in the late 1970s as members of the Eastern Junior D Hockey League.
In the 1977-78 season, the Chiefs were Eastern league champions and faced off against the Western Ontario Junior D Hockey League Champions the Exeter Hawks. In a long and tight series, the Chiefs won game 7 and the series 4-games-to-3 to win their first OHA Cup as provincial champions.
A year later, the Chiefs were again the Eastern league champions. For the provincial title, the Chiefs drew the Western Ontario league's St. George Dukes. The Chiefs defeated them 4-games-to-2 to clinch their second straight OHA Cup as Ontario Junior "D" Champions.
In 1980, the Lakefield Chiefs were promoted to join the Central Lakeshore Junior C Hockey League. Around 1986, the league merged with the Quinte-St. Lawrence Junior C Hockey League and became the Central Ontario Junior C Hockey League. That same year, the Chiefs won the Central Lakeshore championship.
In 1987, the Chiefs won the Central Ontario league championship. They moved on to the provincial championships and found themselves in the Clarence Schmalz Cup final against the Niagara & District Junior C Hockey League's Norwich Merchants. The Chiefs came out victorious, winning the series 4-games-to-2 to win their first Clarence Schmalz Cup.
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