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Delhi Travellers 
Southern Ontario Junior Hockey League City Delhi, Ontario Founded Circa 1960 Division McConnell Franchise history Circa 1960-1972: Delhi Rockets
1972-1991: Delhi Flames
1991-1998: Delhi Leafs
1998-Pres: Delhi TravellersHead Coach 
Norm StefanGeneral Manager TBA Arena Delhi Community Arena Team Colors Blue, Silver, and White
League Champions 1981, 1986 OHA Cups None
The Delhi Travellers are a Canadian junior hockey team based in Delhi, Ontario, Canada. The Travellers play in the Southern Ontario Junior Hockey League of the Ontario Hockey Association.Contents
History
Prior to 1966, the Delhi franchise was a member of the Shamrock Junior D Hockey League. In 1966, they jumped to the Southern Counties Junior D Hockey League. In 1972, the team changed their name from the Rockets to the Flames.
The 1980-81 season saw the Flames raise to the heights of provincial recognition. They finished second overall in the Southern league standings with 21 wins, seven losses, and six ties, a fair distance behind the first place St. George Dukes. Once in the playoffs, the Flames took the Southern league by storm and won their first ever league championship. The victory launched the Flames into the provincial final in competition for the OHA Cup. Their opponents were the Belmont Bombers, the champions of the Western Junior D Hockey League. The Bombers made quick work of the Flames, sweeping the series 4-games-to-none.
In the 1986 playoffs, the Flames once again took the Southern league crown. The victory brought them into line for another crack at the OHA Cup. Once in the provincial final, they found them against the Western league champions Seaforth Centenaires. The Centenaires were battle-hardened from their play in the North Division of the 12-team Western league and kept the Flames at bay for a 4-games-to-1 series victory.
In 1988, Delhi's Southern league folded and merged with the Western league to create a province-wide 18-team super-league. In 1991, the Western league was dropped in favour of the OHA Junior Development League.
From their point of entry into the Western league in 1988, the Delhi Flames found themselves in vast trouble. In 1991, the team changed their names to the Delhi Leafs to honour the towns former Intermediate league representative. The Leafs suffered horrible losing season from 1991 all the way until they opted to change their team name to the Delhi Travellers in 1998. After one season under the Travellers moniker, and one of their worst seasons in franchise history, the team took a leave of absence from the OHAJDL.
In 2000-01, the Travellers were back and finished in thirteenth place overall in the OHAJDL. This marked their best finish since entering the league in 1988. A year later they had a winning record. In fact, as of 2007, every season from 2000-on the Travellers at least matched their previous seasons performance if not bettered it.
After the 2005-06 season, the Travellers found themselves in second place overall in the OHAJDL with 29 wins. In the opening round of the playoffs, the Travellers challenged and defeated the Burford Bulldogs 4-games-to-2. In the conference semi-final, the Travellers then met the Hagersville Hawks and beat them 4-games-to-3. Then Delhi challenged the Tavistock Braves and swept them 4-games-to-none to win their first ever birth into the league final since joining the league eighteen years before. They met the underdog Lucan Irish, a seventh seed berth from the other conference who defied all odds to make it this far. The Irish were not to be denied of the Cinderella Story, as they defeated the Travellers 4-games-to-2 to win the OHA Cup.
After 2006, the OHAJDL was disbanded and replaced by the Southern Ontario Junior Hockey League. In its first season, the Travellers finished in second place despite winning 32 games -- three more than the previous season. In the first round of the playoffs, the Travellers challenged the Port Dover Sailors. The Travellers had no problem with the Sailors and swept them 4-games-to-none. The next round had Delhi faced off against the St. George Dukes. The longtime rivals went to six games with Delhi win the series 4-games-to-2. The next round had the Travellers trying for their second straight conference title against the Tavistock Braves. The series went the distance and the Travellers came out on top in Game 7 winning the series 4-games-to-3. In their second straight final, the Travellers met a tough foe in the Mitchell Hawks. The Hawks and Travellers fought, but the Hawks won Game 6 and took the series 4-games-to-2 to take away Delhi's second straight chance at the OHA Cup.
Season-by-season record
Season GP W L T OTL GF GA P Results 1966-67 24 16 8 0 - 118 95 32 1st SCJDHL 1967-68 24 17 7 0 - 147 104 34 2nd SCJDHL 1968-69 30 20 9 1 - 196 132 41 2nd SCJDHL 1969-70 30 15 12 3 - 156 146 33 3rd SCJDHL 1970-71 30 13 17 0 - 146 155 26 5th SCJDHL 1971-72 28 11 15 2 - 122 133 24 6th SCJDHL 1972-73 30 17 13 0 - 133 122 34 4th SCJDHL 1973-74 29 16 13 0 - 164 156 32 3rd SCJDHL 1974-75 30 17 13 0 - 190 172 34 2nd SCJDHL 1975-76 35 23 9 3 - -- -- 49 2nd SCJDHL 1976-77 28 9 18 1 - -- -- 19 8th SCJDHL 1977-78 34 4 29 1 - 129 261 9 8th SJDHL 1978-79 32 14 18 0 - 158 187 28 5th SJDHL 1979-80 32 14 16 2 - 160 169 30 6th SJDHL 1980-81 34 21 7 6 - 213 115 48 2nd SJDHL 1981-82 36 20 14 2 - -- -- 42 4th SJDHL 1982-83 36 16 15 5 - -- -- 37 4th SJDHL 1983-84 36 22 11 3 - -- -- 47 2nd SJDHL 1984-85 35 17 14 4 - -- -- 38 2nd SJDHL 1985-86 32 21 6 5 - -- -- 47 1st SJDHL 1986-87 40 14 20 6 - -- -- 34 5th SJDHL 1987-88 31 12 16 3 - -- -- 27 4th SJDHL 1988-89 35 6 22 7 - 137 246 19 17th WJDHL 1989-90 35 5 27 3 - 165 255 13 17th WJDHL 1990-91 40 9 30 1 0 156 248 19 18th WJDHL 1991-92 33 1 31 1 0 117 296 3 17th OHAJDL 1992-93 40 10 26 1 3 130 239 24 16th OHAJDL 1993-94 40 5 33 2 - 112 283 12 17th OHAJDL 1994-95 39 5 31 2 1 122 270 13 18th OHAJDL 1995-96 40 14 25 1 0 168 229 29 16th OHAJDL 1996-97 39 13 22 2 2 163 216 30 14th OHAJDL 1997-98 37 14 19 3 1 160 192 32 14th OHAJDL 1998-99 38 5 29 1 3 86 207 14 18th OHAJDL 1999-00 Did Not Participate 2000-01 40 13 25 0 2 -- -- 28 13th OHAJDL 2001-02 40 19 17 1 3 148 147 42 10th OHAJDL 2002-03 40 18 17 1 4 156 175 41 11th OHAJDL 2003-04 40 18 12 7 3 161 146 46 5th OHAJDL 2004-05 40 27 11 0 2 163 114 56 3rd OHAJDL 2005-06 38 29 6 3 0 176 92 61 2nd OHAJDL 2006-07 42 32 9 0 1 198 120 65 2nd SOJHL 2007-08 42 30 6 - 6 183 126 66 2nd SOJHL 2008-09 40 31 6 - 3 202 122 65 2nd SOJHL 2009-10 36 28 6 - 2 214 119 58 2nd SOJHL 2010-11 35 20 14 - 1 155 136 41 8th SOJHL Playoffs
- 1981 Won league, Lost OHA final
- Belmont Bombers defeated Delhi Flames 4-games-to-none in OHA final
- 1986 Won league, Lost OHA final
- Seaforth Centenaires defeated Delhi Flames 4-games-to-1 in OHA final
- 2006 Lost final
- Delhi Travellers defeated Burford Bulldogs 4-games-to-2 in conf. quarter-final
- Delhi Travellers defeated Hagersville Hawks 4-games-to-3 in conf. semi-final
- Delhi Travellers defeated Tavistock Braves 4-games-to-none in conf. final
- Lucan Irish defeated Delhi Travellers 4-games-to-2 in final
- 2007 Lost final
- Delhi Travellers defeated Port Dover Sailors 4-games-to-none in conf. quarter-final
- Delhi Travellers defeated St. George Dukes 4-games-to-2 in conf. semi-final
- Delhi Travellers defeated Tavistock Braves 4-games-to-3 in conf. final
- Mitchell Hawks defeated Delhi Travellers 4-games-to-2 in final
- 2010 Lost semi-final
- Delhi Travellers defeated St. George Dukes 4-games-to-1 in conf. semi final
- Delhi Travellers defeated Hagersville Hawks 4-games-to-1 in conf. final
- Exeter Hawks and Thamesford Trojans defeated Delhi Travelers in semi-final round robin
Notable alumni
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