Picton Pirates
| Picton Pirates | |
|---|---|
| City | Picton, Ontario, Canada |
| League | Provincial Junior Hockey League |
| Conference | East |
| Division | Tod |
| Founded | 1989 |
| Home arena | Prince Edward Community Centre |
| Colours |
Red, black, and white |
| General manager | Chris Masterson (2017-18) |
| Head coach | Ty Green (2017-18) |
| Parent club(s) | Wellington Dukes |
The Picton Pirates are a Canadian Junior ice hockey team based in Picton, Ontario, Canada.
Nicknamed the "Patcheyes", the Picton Pirates were founded in 1989 as members of the Eastern Ontario Junior C Hockey League. In 1995, the Eastern Ontario Junior C Hockey League changed its name to the Empire B Junior C Hockey League to avoid further confusion with the rather local Ottawa District Hockey Association's Eastern Ontario Junior C Hockey League.
In 2016, the Empire B Junior C Hockey League became the Tod division of the Provincial Junior Hockey League, an amalgamation of the Southern Ontario junior 'C' leagues under a single banner.
The Pirates' first three seasons were disastrous. With nine wins in three seasons, including a winless 1991-92 season, the Pirates did not have a lot to cheer about in the early going. Finally, in the fourth season of operation, the Pirates came to life. The Pirates celebrating winning seasons for the next ten years. They capped off this strong run with their only league championship in the 1998-99 season. The Pirates were also regular season champions in 1998 and 2000.
In recent years, the Pirates records have been up and down.
In 2005-06, the Pirates finished the regular season in fourth place. In the playoff quarter-final, the Pirates drew the upstart Colborne Cobras. The series ended up being an upset as the it went the distance and the Pirates were defeated 3-games-to-2 in a best-of-five.
The 2006-07 season was not good to the Picton Pirates. They finished in fifth place, just barely outside the playoff picture.
The 2007-08 season was much of the same for the Picton Pirates. They finished in fifth place, again just barely outside the playoff picture.
The 2008-09 season was different the Picton Pirates finished fourth but was swept by the Napanee Raiders in the first round of the playoffs
The 2009-10 season was the same as the 08-09 pirates ended in fourth and again was swept by the Napanee Raiders in round 1 of the playoffs.
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