Tavistock Braves

Hockey team
team = Tavistock Braves

logosize = 145px
city = Tavistock, Ontario
league = Southern Ontario Junior Hockey League
founded = 1970
arena = Tavistock & District Recreation Centre
colours = Black, Yellow, and White
coach = Dan Murrell
GM = Paul Brenneman
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|The Tavistock Braves are a Canadian Junior ice hockey team based in Tavistock, Ontario, Canada. They play in the Southern Ontario Junior Hockey League of the Ontario Hockey Association.

History

Tavistock finished first place overall during the 2006-2007 regular season. The league's top two scorers, Jeff Roes and Joe Voll played for the Tavistock Braves during the 06-07 season, Voll set a team and conference record tallying 122 points in 42 games. In 2007-08 Tavistock meet the rival Delhi Travellers in the McConnell Conference final for the third consecutive season, however unlike the previous two years the Braves managed to come back from a 3-1 series deficit to take the Conference title. Twenty-five years after their previous OHA Cup Championship the Braves were unable to duplicate the accomplishment and fell to a strong Thamesford Trojans team in four games.

eason-by-Season Standings

Playoffs

*1983 Won league, Won OHA Championship:Tavistock Braves defeated St. George Dukes "4-games-to-2" in OHA final
*1987 Won league, Lost OHA final:Lucan Irish defeated Tavistock Braves "4-games-to-3" in OHA final
*2002 Lost league final:Exeter Hawks defeated Tavistock Braves "4-games-to-none" in final
*2004 Lost league final:Exeter Hawks defeated Tavistock Braves "4-games-to-2" in final
*2006 Lost conference final:Tavistock Braves defeated St. George Dukes "4-games-to-2" in conf. quarter-final:Tavistock Braves defeated Wellesley Applejacks "4-games-to-1" in conf. semi-final:Delhi Travellers defeated Tavistock Braves "4-games-to-none" in conf. final
*2007 Lost conference final:Tavistock Braves defeated Ayr Centennials "4-games-to-0" in conf. quarter-final:Tavistock Braves defeated Hagersville Hawks "4-games-to-2" in conf. semi-final:Delhi Travellers defeated Tavistock Braves "4-games-to-3" in conf. final
*2008 Won McConnell Conference, Lost OHA Cup final:Tavistock Braves defeated Hagersville Hawks "4-games-to-0" in conf. quarter-final:Tavistock Braves defeated St. George Dukes "4-games-to-1" in conf. semi-final:Tavistock Braves defeated Delhi Travellers "4-games-to-3" in conf. final:Thamesford Trojans defeated Tavistock Braves "4-games-to-none" in OHA Cup final

Notable alumni

Jeff Zehr played for the Tavistock Braves during the 1993/94 season.

External links

* [http://www.tavistockbraves.com Braves Homepage]
* [http://www.ohahockey.org/page/show/14464 OHA Team Page]
* [http://tavistockbraves.com/PastBraves.asp Jeff Zehr Braves Bio]