Wellington Dukes

OPJHL team
team_name = Wellington Dukes
bg_color = red
text_color =
logo_

division = Central
founded = Prior to 1977
history =
alternate = 1972-1982: Belleville Bobcats
1982-1987: Trenton Bobcats
1987-1989: Belleville Bobcats
"merged w/ Dukes"
arena = Wellington & District Community Centre
city = Wellington, Ontario
team_colors = Red, Yellow, and Blue
head_coach = Marty Abrams
general_manager = Marty Abrams
affiliates = Belleville Bulls
Picton Pirates
rbcs = none
dhcs = 2003
bucklands = 2003
metro_cup =
sutherland_cup =
schmalz_cup = The Wellington Dukes are a Tier II Junior "A" ice hockey team from Wellington, Ontario, Canada. They are in the Eastern Conference of the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League and used to be a part of the Metro Junior A Hockey League.

History

In the 1970s and early 1980s, the Wellington Dukes were members of the Quinte-St. Lawrence Junior C Hockey League. The league folded in 1986. The Dukes joined the Central Junior C Hockey League in 1986. They moved up to Metro "B" in 1989 when they took over the Belleville Bobcats franchse, and moved up to Junior "A" in 1991. The Dukes have been in the OPJHL since 1998.

In 2003, the Dukes defeated the Aurora Tigers 4-games-to-2 to win the Frank L. Buckland Trophy. At the Dudley Hewitt Cup tournament, the Dukes first beat the Fort Frances Borderland Thunder of the Superior International Junior Hockey League by a score of 7-1. They were defeated 2-1 by the North Bay Skyhawks of the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League. They then defeated the Thunder Bay Bulldogs of the SIJHL 7-4 to finish second in the round robin. In the semi-final, the Dukes defeated Fort Frances 4-2. In the final, they defeated the North Bay Skyhawks by a convincing score of 4-0 to win the Central Canadian Championship.

At the Royal Bank Cup 2003, their National tournament started with a 4-1 loss to the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League's Humboldt Broncos. In the second game, the Dukes were embarrassed by the Alberta Junior Hockey League's Camrose Kodiaks 7-1. In the third game, the Dukes battled for their lives. In a hard battle with the Charlottetown Abbies of the Maritime Junior A Hockey League the Dukes prevailed 1-0 in overtime. Their final round robin game, the Dukes defeated the Lennoxville Cougars of the Quebec Junior AAA Hockey League 5-2 to finish third in the round robin. In the semi-finals, the Dukes squared off against Humboldt again and were defeated 3-2. Humboldt moved on to win the Royal Bank Cup as National Champions.

eason-by-Season Record

"Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against"

Notable Alumni

*Sean Brown
*Matt Cooke
*Andrew Raycroft

External links

* [http://www.wellingtondukes.com/ Dukes Webpage]