Streetsville Derbys

The Streetsville Derbys were a Junior "A" ice hockey team from Streetsville, Ontario, Canada. They were a part of the Ontario Junior Hockey League in 2011 until they merged into the Cobourg Cougars. As of 2018 the Streetsville Hockey League have revived the Derbys name for their “Select” and house league divisions.

Streetsville Derbys
City	Streetsville, Ontario, Canada Mississauga, Ontario, Canada Rexdale, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
League	Ontario Junior Hockey League Central Canadian Hockey League Central Ontario Junior B Hockey League Mid-Ontario Junior B Hockey League Suburban Junior C Hockey League
Operated	1967-2011
Home arena	Streetsville Arena Westwood Arena
Colours	Orange, Black, and White
General manager	Tony Pirri
Head coach	Brett Punchard
Affiliates	Uxbridge Bruins (COJCHL)
Franchise history
1967-1992 1993-Present	Streetsville Derbys
1992-1993	Mississauga Derbys
2011	merged into Cobourg Cougars

History

The Derbys began in 1967 as part of the Suburban Jr. C league. In 1970, they joined the new Mid-Ontario Jr. B league, and the following season the team joined the Central Jr. B league. The team was briefly renamed the Mississauga Derbys for the 1992-93 season. Streetsville claimed the Central Junior "B" Championship in 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1984 and 1986, as well as the 1979 Sutherland Cup as All-Ontario Champions. The Derbys were the hosts of the Royal Bank Cup 2006, the National Junior "A" Championship. At the end of the 2007 season, it was announced that the Derbys would be moving to a new location, Westwood Arena in Rexdale, Ontario. It is unknown if there will be an applicable name change.

In 1986, the Ontario Hockey Association, concerned with growing violence in hockey, suspended the Streetsville Derbys and the Brantford Classics from playing in the 1986-87 season.[1][2] The suspension of the Derbys had to do with a stick-swinging incident in the final game of the league quarter-final against the Nobleton Devils. A Nobleton player was struck in the back of the head with a two-hand slash, which also struck a linesman and cut his eyelid.[3]

The Streetsville Derbys were chosen by the Canadian Junior A Hockey League to host the 2006 Royal Bank Cup. Instead of playing the games in a local arena, the Derbys' ownership elected to use the larger, neighbouring Powerade Centre in the rival town of Brampton, Ontario. Despite the team playing well at the tournament, the execution of the tournament by team management was notoriously bad and criticized by Hockey Canada officials at the next AGM as well as the guest teams.[4][5] As they moved the event to the rival town of Brampton, most fans stayed home. Streetsville finished first in the round robin (3-1), only to bow out with a 2-1 loss to the Yorkton Terriers of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League in the semi-final.

In March 2011, the Streetsville Derbys merged into the Cobourg Cougars and ceased to exist as members of the OJHL.

In the 2018 hockey season, the Streetsville Hockey League unveiled their newly revived divisional Derbys “Select” teams to compete in the Mississauga Hockey League.

Season-by-season results

Season	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	P	Results	Playoffs
1967-68	30	17	11	2	-	109	121	36	5th of 9 SubJCHL	Lost Semi-final, 3-0-1 (Raiders)
1968-69	36	8	26	2	-	152	225	18	9th of 10 SubJCHL	DNQ
1969-70	34	15	14	5	-	172	132	35	5th of 9 SubJCHL
1970-71	34	16	13	5	-	174	172	37	5th MOJBHL
1971-72	42	13	21	8	-	178	215	34	7th CJBHL
1972-73	42	28	9	5	-	258	184	61	2nd CJBHL
1973-74	42	25	12	2	-	223	189	55	4th CJBHL
1974-75	42				-				4th CJBHL
1975-76	42	15	18	3	-	177	177	33	4th CJBHL
1976-77	42	24	13	5	-	239	179	53	4th CJBHL
1977-78	42	35	4	3	-	360	142	73	1st CJBHL	Won League
1978-79	44	40	4	0	-	354	120	80	1st CJBHL	Won League, Won SC
1979-80	44	38	5	1	-	318	133	77	1st CJBHL	Won League
1980-81	44	17	22	5	-	222	268	39	7th CJBHL
1981-82	40	27	9	4	-	272	159	58	3rd CJBHL
1982-83	42	31	8	3	-	330	156	65	1st CJBHL	Won League
1983-84	40	33	5	2	-	283	127	68	1st CJBHL	Won League, Lost SC Final
1984-85	40	22	12	6	-	200	178	50	2nd CJBHL
1985-86	48	34	11	3	-	325	226	71	1st CJBHL	Won League, Lost SC Final
1986-87	Disciplinary Suspension
1987-88	44	26	14	4	-	256	229	56	5th CJBHL
1988-89	42	20	15	7	-	222	199	47	6th CJBHL
1989-90	42	23	11	8	-	240	183	54	4th CJBHL
1990-91	42	20	17	5	-	226	223	45	8th CJBHL
1991-92	42	16	18	8	-	211	196	40	9th CJBHL
1992-93	42	19	29	1	-	230	261	40	12th CJBHL
1993-94	42	17	21	4	-	192	199	39	6th OPJHL-W
1994-95	49	31	16	2	-	243	194	65	2nd OPJHL-W
1995-96	50	22	23	5	-	221	209	52	4th OPJHL-Me
1996-97	51	19	26	6	-	212	222	45	5th OPJHL-Me
1997-98	51	23	24	1	3	226	235	50	3rd OPJHL-Me
1998-99	51	27	20	3	1	259	245	58	6th OPJHL-W
1999-00	49	27	17	5	0	213	208	59	4th OPJHL-W
2000-01	49	25	19	4	1	231	219	55	6th OPJHL-W
2001-02	49	17	29	2	1	199	252	37	8th OPJHL-W
2002-03	49	10	30	3	6	172	293	29	8th OPJHL-W
2003-04	49	16	25	6	2	148	187	40	7th OPJHL-W
2004-05	49	11	34	2	2	142	272	26	9th OPJHL-W
2005-06	49	25	19	3	2	172	170	55	6th OPJHL-W	Lost Conf. QF
2006-07	49	20	24	3	2	190	226	45	6th OPJHL-W	Lost Conf. QF
2007-08	49	8	40	-	1	122	281	17	9th OPJHL-W
2008-09	49	12	34	-	3	164	272	27	8th OJHL-M
2009-10	50	27	18	-	5	218	194	59	5th CCHL-W	Lost Quarter-final
2010-11	50	14	34	-	2	178	283	30	7th OJHL-S	DNQ

Sutherland Cup appearances

1977: Stratford Cullitons defeated Streetsville Derbys 4-games-to-2

1978: Stratford Cullitons defeated Streetsville Derbys 9-points-to-5

1979: Streetsville Derbys defeated St. Catharines Falcons 4-games-to-none

1984: Waterloo Siskins defeated Streetsville Derbys 4-games-to-3

1986: Stratford Cullitons defeated Streetsville Derbys 4-games-to-none

Notable alumni

• Randy Exelby
• Moe Mantha
• Brandon Pirri

References

1. Toronto Star. May 16, 1986. Page D14.
2. Toronto Star. July 8, 1986. Page F08.
3. Toronto Star. February 27, 1986. Page H11.
4. http://kevinjeffrey.ca/2012/the-brampton-battalion/
5. http://www.sprucekings.bc.ca/content/view/206/

External links

• Streetsville Derbys Webpage