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Mount Pearl Jr. Blades 
City Mount Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada League St. John's Junior Hockey League Division City Division Founded 1980 Home arena The Glacier Colors Blue, Gold and White
General manager Fred Blair Head coach Brian Cranford The Mount Pearl Jr. Blades are a Canadian Junior ice hockey club from Mount Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador. They are members of the St. John's Junior Hockey League, are a former Junior A team, and won the Don Johnson Cup Maritime Junior B championship in 1986.
History
Prior to 1980, junior hockey in St. John's was for the most part a Juvenile-level recreation league. Every year, an all-star team was drafted from the city and named the St. John's Jr. Capitals, after their senior team the St. John's Capitals, to compete against teams from across the province for the Veitch Memorial Trophy at either the Junior A or B level.
In 1980, the St. John's Junior Hockey League was organized and a legitimate Junior B league was formed. The winner of this league, not an all-star team, would represent the city in provincial and inter-provincial events. On of the founding members of this league was the Mount Pearl Jr. Blades. The Blades take their name from the Mount Pearl Blades Senior Hockey Team.
In 1986, the Blades would win their league, the Provincial Veitch Memorial Trophy, and go on to win the Don Johnson Cup as Maritime Junior B Champions in Kensington, Prince Edward Island.
In 1989, the entire league would retract by half and the league, including the Blades, made the jump to Junior A. After two years of the league being overwhelmed at the national level by the champions of other leagues, the league and its teams returned to Junior B.
The Blades would be league champions in 1986, 2003, 2007, and 2009. Their only Veitch Memorial Trophy as Newfoundland Champions and Don Johnson Cup as Atlantic Champions would come in 1986.
Season-by-season record
Season GP W L T OTL GF GA P Results Playoffs 1980-81 32 13 14 5 - 156 160 31 4th SJJHL 1981-82 32 15 15 2 - 174 157 32 3rd SJJHL Lost Semi-final 1982-83 33 9 19 5 - 161 248 23 3rd SJJHL Lost Final 1983-84 40 17 18 5 - 255 269 39 4th SJJHL Lost Semi-final 1984-85 36 23 9 4 - 215 174 50 2nd SJJHL 1985-86 28 26 0 2 - 292 104 54 1st SJJHL Won League, Won VMT, Won DJC 1986-87 30 15 11 4 - 170 148 34 4th SJJHL Lost Semi-final 1987-88 31 6 21 4 - 148 249 16 4th SJJHL DNQ 1988-89 42 20 20 2 - 239 238 42 4th SJJHL 1989-90 36 9 23 4 - 166 212 22 3rd SJJHL 1990-91 34 21 13 0 - 203 174 42 2nd SJJHL 1991-92 27 5 21 1 - 95 176 11 4th SJJHL 1992-93 38 11 28 0 - 161 257 22 4th SJJHL 1993-94 24 12 11 1 - 171 164 25 3rd SJJHL 1994-95 34 16 17 1 - 203 155 33 4th SJJHL 1995-96 32 2 29 1 - 93 235 5 5th SJJHL 1996-97 24 6 17 1 - 107 153 13 5th SJJHL Withdrew Mid-season 1997-98 Did Not Participate 1998-99 33 11 21 1 - 148 206 23 7th SJJHL 1999-00 37 20 14 3 - 197 184 43 3rd SJJHL 2000-01 31 19 6 3 3 181 125 44 2nd SJJHL 2001-02 33 15 14 4 - 163 141 34 6th SJJHL 2002-03 29 22 5 0 1 163 104 45 1st SJJHL Won League 2003-04 29 13 13 0 3 130 138 29 3rd SJJHL 2004-05 28 19 7 1 1 173 140 40 1st SJJHL 2005-06 29 16 11 2 0 168 130 34 3rd SJJHL 2006-07 29 22 7 0 0 192 106 44 1st SJJHL Won League 2007-08 28 17 8 3 0 140 95 37 1st SJJHL 2008-09 28 18 7 3 0 122 92 39 1st SJJHL Won League 2009-10 28 21 6 1 0 166 107 43 3rd SJJHL 2010-11 28 19 8 - 1 124 110 39 2nd SJJHL External links
Preceded by
St. John's Jr. 50'sDon Johnson Cup Champions
1986Succeeded by
St. John's Jr. 50'sHockey AHL: St. John's IceCaps · AESHL: Bell Island Blues · Conception Bay North Cee Bee Stars · Mount Pearl Blades · Southern Shore Shawmut Fisheries Breakers · Northeast Eagles - WCSHL: Clarenville Caribous · Corner Brook Royals · Deer Lake Red Wings · Grand Falls-Windsor Cataracts - CWJHL: Deer Lake Jr. Rangers · Central Jr. Cataracts · Corner Brook Jr. Royals - SJJHL: Avalon Jr. Capitals · Conception Bay South Jr. Renegades · Conception Bay North Jr. Stars · Mount Pearl Jr. Blades · St. John's Jr. Caps · St. John's Jr. Celtics · Southern Shore Oil Breakers · Trinity Placentia Flyers
Rugby union Americas Rugby Championship: The Rock - RCNJC: Newfoundland Rock - Newfoundland Rugby Union: Swilers RFC · Vandals RFC · Dogs RFC · Baymen RFCCanadian
Interuniversity SportCategories:- Ice hockey teams in Newfoundland and Labrador
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