Windsor Royals (ice hockey)

Windsor Royals
City	Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
League	Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League
Division	Fred Fox
Founded	c. 1967
Home arena	Kentville Centennial Arena
Colors	Blue, Red and White
General manager	David Keith
Head coach	Josh Dill

The Windsor Royals are a defunct Canadian Junior ice hockey club from Windsor, Nova Scotia. They were members of the Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League and were 1998, 2001, and 2008 Don Johnson Cup Maritime Junior B champions.

History

Founded in 1967 as a member of the Metro Valley Junior B Hockey League, the team became a Junior A team in 1977 but folded only two years later. They were the Metro Valley League's first ever champion in 1968. After a five-year hiatus, the Royals came back to help the Mainland Junior B Hockey League and since 1984 have been a prominent member of the league.

The Royals are one of three teams to have won the Don Johnson Cup as Maritime Junior B Champions 3 times. The other two are the Sackville Blazers and the St. John's Jr. 50's.

In 1998, the Royals were the Nova Scotia Junior B Champions. With the win, the Royals went to Summerside, Prince Edward Island to compete for the Don Johnson Cup. They made it all the way to the finals, where they met the New Brunswick Junior B Hockey League's Richibucto Bears and defeated them 4-2 to win their first Maritime Championship.

In 2001, the Royals were selected to be the host site of the Don Johnson Cup. As host site, they were allowed to compete in the competition despite not winning their league. They would go on to defeat their own league champion, the Strait Pirates, 3-1 in the championship game to win their second Maritime Junior B Championship.

In 2008, the Royals won their league and moved on to the Don Johnson Cup. In their first game, they lost to the St. John's Jr. Celtics 7-4. In Game 2, they then beat Dieppe-Memramcook Voyageurs (a Junior B team) from the New Brunswick Junior C Hockey League 6-3. Windsor then lost 4-3 to the Island Junior Hockey League's Kensington Vipers 4-3, but beat the host team Sherwood Falcons 6-2 in the same day. All five teams finished the round robin 2-2-0, but by virtue of goal differential the Royals finished first. On April 19, in the semi-final the Royals defeated Dieppe-Memramcook 3-1 and on April 20 they again beat Sherwood 4-1 to clinch their third Don Johnson Cup.

In 2012, the team took a one-year leave of absence, and did not make a return the following year. The Windsor Royals are now defunct. The Valley Maple Leafs though have filled their void and now play in the Town of Windsor in the same arena

Season-by-season record

Season	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	P	Results	Playoffs
1969-70	30	14	12	3	-	--	--	32	5th MVJBHL
1970-72	Statistics Not Available
1972-73	40	24	11	5	-	223	183	53	2nd MVJBHL
1973-74	33	14	12	7	-	169	150	35	5th MVJBHL
1974-75	Statistics Not Available
1975-76	31	24	4	3	-	198	115	51	2nd MVJBHL
1976-77	32	20	11	1	-	154	113	41	2nd MVJBHL
1977-78	36	5	30	1	-	135	254	11	7th MVJHL
1978-79	28	3	23	2	-	63	244	8	7th MVJHL	Folded
1979-84	Dormant Franchise
1984-88	Statistics Not Available
1988-89	31	10	17	4	-	--	--	24	4th MLJBHL
1989-90	29	15	14	0	-	153	147	30	3rd MLJBHL
1990-91	30	17	12	1	-	178	151	35	3rd MLJBHL
1991-92	29	12	16	1	-	151	170	25	3rd MLJBHL	Won League
1992-93	26	16	5	2	3	159	106	37	1st NSJBHL	Won League
1993-94	31	23	7	1	-	232	107	47	1st NSJBHL
1994-95	31	23	5	3	-	174	106	49	2nd NSJBHL	Won League
1995-96	34	26	6	2	-	185	93	54	1st NSJBHL	Won League
1996-97	32	22	8	2	-	166	111	46	2nd NSJBHL
1997-98	32	22	7	3	-	182	107	47	2nd NSJBHL	Won League, Won DJC
1998-99	32	13	16	2	1	145	145	29	6th NSJBHL
1999-00	32	19	13	0	0	164	135	38	4th NSJBHL
2000-01	34	22	7	3	2	186	103	49	3rd NSJBHL	Won DJC
2001-02	34	22	8	1	3	173	107	48	3rd NSJBHL
2002-03	32	19	10	2	1	141	115	41	3rd NSJBHL
2003-04	32	8	19	4	1	123	166	21	7th NSJBHL
2004-05	32	17	13	2	0	145	130	36	3rd NSJBHL
2005-06	34	13	16	3	2	134	147	31	7th NSJBHL
2006-07	34	19	12	1	2	143	143	41	3rd NSJHL
2007-08	34	22	12	0	0	151	117	44	3rd NSJHL	Won League, Won DJC
2008-09	34	4	28	1	1	68	148	10	9th NSJHL
2009-10	34	14	19	0	1	121	136	29	8th NSJHL
2010-11	34	28	6	-	0	159	81	56	1st NSJHL

External links

• Royals Website