St. Michael's Buzzers
| St. Michael's Buzzers | |
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| City | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| League | Ontario Junior Hockey League |
| Founded | 1917 |
| Home arena | St. Michael's College School Arena |
| Colours |
Navy blue, Baby blue, and White |
| Owner(s) | Board of Directors |
| General manager | Rich Ricci |
| Head coach | Rich Ricci |
| Affiliates | St. Michael's College School Majors |
| Franchise history | |
| 1990 | merged w/ Vaughan Raiders |
| Vaughan Raiders | |
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| City | Vaughan, Ontario, Canada |
| League |
Central Junior B Hockey League Metro Junior B Hockey League |
| Operated | 1984-1990 |
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| Franchise history | |
| 1990 | merged w/ St. Michael's Buzzers |
The St. Michael's Buzzers are a Junior "A" ice hockey team from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They compete in the Ontario Junior Hockey League (OJHL).
The St. Michael's Buzzers date back to at least 1920, as future NHLer Bobby Bauer had made his home at St. Mikes for the 1930-31 season. The team was founded around 1932-33.
The Buzzers won the first ever Sutherland Cup as All-Ontario Junior "B" Champions in 1934, and won it again in 1936, 1945, 1961, 1982, and 1989. They also won the Frank L. Buckland Trophy as OPJHL Champions in 2005, 2006 and 2013.
The 1933-34 season saw them finish second in the Ontario Hockey Association Junior Hockey League behind their own parent club, the Toronto St. Michael's Majors. As "A" champions, the Majors went on to win the Memorial Cup, while the Buzzers went on to win the Sutherland Cup as Ontario "B" champions. The next season, the Big 10 Junior B league was formed and the Buzzers left to join it.
In the 1950s, the Buzzers established themselves in the Metro Junior B Hockey League. In 1961, the Buzzers defeated the Big 10's Owen Sound Greys 4-games-to-none to win the Sutherland Cup. They sat from 1961 to 1963 as their parent club, the Toronto St. Michael's Majors, struggled financially. In 1966-67 the team again took a one-year leave of absence. Despite this, the Buzzers played during the glory years of the Metro league. In 1972, the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League was formed and raided the league for all but four of its charter members, of which one of these teams folded. A season later, the OPJHL also took the Markham Waxers leaving the Metro league with only the Buzzers and Toronto Nationals as the league's original blood. By 1980, the Nationals had folded and had left the Buzzers as the only team left in a twelve team league that pre-dated the 1972 realignment.
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