Fort Erie Meteors

{{Infobox Pro hockey team

|bg_color = black

|text_color = orange

| team = Fort Erie Meteors

| logo = Fort Erie Meteors Logo.svg

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| city = Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada

| league = Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League

| division = Golden Horseshoe

| founded = 1957

| arena = Leisureplex Kinsmen Arena

| colours = Orange, Black, and White
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| owner = Meaghan Passero

| coach = Nik Passero

| GM = Nik Passero

| media =

| affiliates =

| dates1 = 1957-1964

| name1 = Fort Erie Frontiers

| dates2 = 1964-1971

| name2 = Fort Erie Autos

| dates3 = 1971-present

| name3 = Fort Erie Meteors

}}

The Fort Erie Meteors are a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada. They play in the Golden Horseshoe division of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League.

History

The Meteors originated in the Niagara District Junior B Hockey League in 1957. The Meteors stuck with the Niagara league until the bitter end, winning the league's final championship in 1979. The next year they entered the Golden Horseshoe Junior Hockey League.

As of 2007, the Meteors are in the Golden Horseshoe Division of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League.

On December 31, 2012, owner and general manager Tony Passero pulled the Meteors from the ice and after two minutes the game was forfeited to their opponent, Port Colborne Pirates. Passero had been ejected from the game for his reaction to his son, one of his team's players, being hit from behind by an opponent and the referees only calling a roughing minor. He was suspended from team functions by the Ontario Hockey Association for two seasons as well as the remaining 27 games of the current season. As well, the team was fined $2750.{{cite web |url=http://www.niagarafallsreview.ca/2013/01/15/oha-comes-down-hard-on-meteors-passero |title=OHA comes down hard on Meteors' Passero {{!}} Niagara Falls Review |website=www.niagarafallsreview.ca |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203000215/http://www.niagarafallsreview.ca/2013/01/15/oha-comes-down-hard-on-meteors-passero |archive-date=2014-02-03}}

Season-by-season results

class="wikitable"
align="center" bgcolor="#dddddd" \|Season	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	P	Results	Playoffs
align="center" \|1957-58	15	12	2	1 \|


\|25	1st NDJBHL
align="center" \|1958-59 \|


\|0 \|



\|2nd NDJBHL
align="center" \|1959-60	24	15	3	6 \|
\|146	98	36	2nd NDJBHL
align="center" \|1960-61	25	8	15	2 \|
\|99	125	18	5th NDJBHL
align="center" \|1961-62	18	0	18	0 \|
\|23	172	0	7th NDJBHL
align="center" \|1962-63	30	2	28	0 \|


\|4	6th NDJBHL
align="center" \|1963-64	19*	2	15	2 \|
\|121	210	6	7th NDJBHL	incomplete record
align="center" \|1964-65	30	2	27	1 \|
\|77	220	5	7th NDJBHL
align="center" \|1965-66	28	2	26	0 \|
\|192	264	4	7th NDJBHL
align="center" \|1965-66	28	2	26	0 \|
\|192	264	4	7th NDJBHL
align="center" \|1966-67 \|







\|5th NDJBHL
align="center" \|1967-68	30	10	15	5 \|
\|133	170	25	5th NDJBHL
align="center" \|1968-69	36	7	27	2 \|
\|134	219	16	7th NDJBHL
align="center" \|1969-70	36	8	25	3 \|
\|143	207	19	7th NDJBHL
align="center" \|1970-71	36	4	29	2 \|
\|128	268	10	7th NDJBHL
align="center" \|1971-72	34	11	21	2 \|
\|152	194	24	7th NDJBHL
align="center" \|1972-73	34	17	10	7 \|
\|203	170	41	3rd NDJBHL
align="center" \|1973-74	35	11	22	2 \|
\|158	241	24	6th NDJBHL
align="center" \|1974-75	37	18	14	3 \|
\|250	191	39	3rd NDJBHL
align="center" \|1975-76	40	14	18	8 \|
\|196	209	36	4th NDJBHL
align="center" \|1976-77	40	13	24	2 \|
\|221	249	28	5th NDJBHL
align="center" \|1977-78	40	20	18	2 \|
\|192	264	44	3rd NDJBHL	Lost Semi-final
align="center" \|1978-79	39	27	8	4 \|
\|315 \|
-	58	2nd NDJBHL	Won League
align="center" \|1979-80	44	13	27	4 \|
\|232	322	30	8th GHJHL
align="center" \|1980-81	42	7	34	1 \|
\|192	349	15	8th GHJHL
align="center" \|1981-82	36	15	17	4 \|


\|34	5th GHJHL
align="center" \|1982-83	42	24	14	4 \|
\|300	247	52	2nd GHJHL
align="center" \|1983-84	42	13	27	2 \|
\|194	262	28	7th GHJHL
align="center" \|1984-85	42	20	16	6 \|
\|218	224	46	3rd GHJHL
align="center" \|1985-86	39	7	29	3 \|
\|177	308	17	11th GHJHL
align="center" \|1986-87	42	3	39	0 \|
\|153	372	6	8th GHJHL
align="center" \|1987-88	42	6	33	3 \|
\|169	360	15	8th GHJHL
align="center" \|1988-89	42	11	25	6 \|
\|207	238	28	6th GHJHL
align="center" \|1989-90	48	19	27	1	1	244	313	40	6th GHJHL
align="center" \|1990-91	42	26	13	3	0	248	217	55	2nd GHJHL	Lost final
align="center" \|1991-92	42	26	15	1	0	282	235	53	3rd GHJHL
align="center" \|1992-93	42	8	30	3	1	158	312	20	6th GHJHL
align="center" \|1993-94	40	1	38	1	0	119	421	3	6th GHJHL
align="center" \|1994-95	42	12	29	1	2	170	261	27	6th GHJHL
align="center" \|1995-96	50	19	26	3	2	185	264	43	5th GHJHL
align="center" \|1996-97	42	23	16	3	0	228	206	49	4th GHJHL
align="center" \|1997-98	49	15	27	5	2	200	273	37	6th GHJHL
align="center" \|1998-99	48	14	26	5	3	155	229	36	6th GHJHL
align="center" \|1999-00	48	11	31	4	2	156	207	28	6th GHJHL
align="center" \|2000-01	48	13	28	3	4	152	213	33	5th GHJHL
align="center" \|2001-02	48	16	23	7	2	154	206	41	5th GHJHL
align="center" \|2002-03	48	11	33	4	0	155	286	26	6th GHJHL
align="center" \|2003-04	48	15	24	3	6	166	211	39	4th GHJHL
align="center" \|2004-05	48	10	35	2	1	129	220	23	7th GHJHL
align="center" \|2005-06	49	10	30	5	4	156	245	29	7th GHJHL	Lost quarter-final
align="center" \|2006-07	49	14	31	2	2	211	291	32	6th GHJHL	Lost quarter-final
align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeff" \|2007-08	49	27	17	3	2	207	201	59	4th GOJHL-GH
align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeff" \|2008-09	52	21	29 \|
\|2	207	272	44	5th GOJHL-GH
align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeff" \|2009-10	51	14	35 \|
\|2	150	266	30	8th GOJHL-GH	Lost Conf. QF
align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeff" \|2010-11	51	7	42 \|
\|2	111	326	16	7th GOJHL-GH	Lost Conf. QF
align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeff" \|2011-12	51	12	36 \|
\|3	154	247	27	7th GOJHL-GH	Lost Conf. QF
align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeff" \|2012-13	51	17	31 \|
\|3	153	237	37	7th GOJHL-GH
align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeff" \|2013-14	49	13	30 \|
\|6	163	228	32	7th GOJHL-GH	Lost Conf. QF
align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeff" \|2014-15	49	15	26 \|
\|8	114	171	38	7th GOJHL-GH	Lost Conf. Quarter-finals, 1-4 (Jr. Canadians)
align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeff" \|2015-16	50	25	21	1	3	188	198	54	5th of 8 GH 15th of 26 GOJHL	Lost Conf. Quarter-finals, 1-4 (Canucks)
align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeff" \|2016-17	50	24	26	0	0	167	180	49	5th of 9 GH 16th of 27 GOJHL	Lost Conf. Quarter-finals, 1-4 (Avalanche)
align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeff" \|2017-18	50	10	32	1	7	130	228	28	8th of 9 GH 24th of 26 GOJHL	Lost Conf. Quarter-finals, 0-4 (Corvairs)
align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeff" \|2018-19	48	14	30	0	4	124	207	32	6th of 8 GH 20th of 25 GOJHL	Lost Conf. Quarter-finals, 0-4 (Kilty B's)
align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeff" \|2019-20	50	15	30	0	5	139	212	35	7th of 9 GH 21st of 26 GOJHL	Lost Conf. Quarter-finals, 1-4 (Canucks)
align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeff" \|2020–21	colspan=10\|Season lost due to Covid-19
align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeff" \|2021–22	48	26	21	0	1	163	137	53	4th of 8 GH 12th of 25 GOJHL	Won Conf. QF, 4-0 (Jr. Canadians) Lost Conf. SF, 3-4 (Kilty B's)
align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeff" \|2022–23	50	32	13	5	0	163	137	53	3rd of 8 GH 9th of 25 GOJHL	Won Conf. QF, 4-2 (Canucks) Lost Conf. SF, 1-4 (Kilty B's)
align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeff" \|2023–24	50	36	12	2	0	191	118	74	2nd of 7 GH 4th of 23 GOJHL	Won Conf. QF, 4-0 (Sailors) Won Conf Semifinal, 4-2 (Falcons) Won Conf. Finals 4-3 (Corvairs) 1-3 Dbl Rd Robin (Cyclones) & (Lincolns) eliminated
align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeff" \|2024–25	50	33	11	6	0	187	112	72	3rd of 11 East Conf 5th of 23 GOJHL	Won Conf. QF, 4-2 (Redhawks) Won Conf Semifinal, 4-0 (Corvairs) Lost Conf. Finals 2-4 (Falcons)

Notable alumni

National Hockey League players:

Other professional league players:

Rick Morocco{{cite web|url=http://swof.niagarafallsheritage.ca/?pg=detail&rec=1199|title=Morocco, Rick (Athlete)|year=2005|website=Niagara Falls Heritage|publisher=Niagara Falls Public Library|access-date=July 10, 2022}}

References

External links

[https://meteors.gojhl.ca Meteors Webpage]
[http://www.gojhl.ca/ GOJHL Webpage]

Category:Golden Horseshoe Junior B Hockey League teams

Category:1957 establishments in Ontario

Category:Ice hockey clubs established in 1957

Category:Fort Erie, Ontario

Category:Ice hockey teams in Ontario