West Lorne Lakers
| London Lakers | |
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| City | London, Ontario |
| League | Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League |
| Founded | 1989 |
| Home arena | London Sports Park |
| Colours | Red, Black, and White |
| Owner(s) | Jeff Zehr |
| General manager | Jeff Zehr (2015–16) |
| Head coach | Jeff Zehr (2015–16) |
| Franchise history | |
| 1989–2004 | Port Stanley Lakers |
| 2004–2011 | West Lorne Lakers |
| 2011–2015 | Inactive |
| 2015–present | London Lakers |
The London Lakers are a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in London, Ontario, Canada. The Lakers joined the Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League in 2015. They were originally located in Port Stanley, Ontario, and later in West Lorne, Ontario. They also formerly played in the Southern Ontario Junior Hockey League of the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA). The Lakers left the OHA in 2008 and played as an independent team.
The Port Stanley Lakers were founded in 1989 as members of the Western Ontario Junior D Hockey League. A large league comprising the remnants of multiple other Southern Ontario Junior leagues. In 1991, this league renamed itself the OHA Junior Development League.
In 1994, the Lakers finished first amongst all OHAJDL teams in the regular season with a stellar record of 36 wins, 2 losses, and 2 ties. They made it all the way to the league finals in the playoffs and found themselves nose-to-nose with the Mitchell Hawks. The Hawks were not to be denied as they swept the Lakers aside 4-games-to-none to win the OHA Cup as league champions.
The 1995 season saw the Lakers pull off a solid performance, finishing second overall. They pushed all the way to the OHAJDL finals once again. Their opponents this time around were the Thamesford Trojans. The Trojans defeated the Lakers 4-games-to-2 to win the OHA Cup.
The next season, the Lakers entered the playoffs and met the Lambeth Lancers in the first round. The Lancers meant business and defeated the Lakers 4-games-to-2 to put them out of the playoffs.
The Lakers finished the 1996–97 season in fifth place overall. In the first round of the playoffs, they met the Thamesford Trojans. They defeated the Trojans 4-games-to-none. In the second round, the Lakers were defeated by the Mount Brydges Bulldogs 4-games-to-2.
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