Georgetown Raiders (senior)

{{About|the Georgetown Raiders senior/intermediate hockey team|the junior team|Georgetown Raiders}}

{{Infobox hockey team

| team = Georgetown Raiders

| logo = Georgetown Raiders Sr.JPG

| logosize = 150px

| league = Central Int. "B" 1968-1970
Niagara Int. "A" 1970-1979
Georgian Bay Int. "A" 1979-1980
Major Int. "A" 1980-1983
OHA Sr. "A" 1983-1986

| operated = {{Start date|1953}}-1986

| arena = Georgetown Arena

| colours = Blue, Red, and White

| coach =

}}

The Georgetown Raiders were an ice hockey team from Georgetown, Ontario, Canada. They competed in the OHA Senior A and Intermediate A ranks in the 1970s and 1980s.

The Raiders won the W.G. Hardy Trophy, also known as the Hardy Cup, as the Canadian Intermediate A champions in 1982.{{cite book|title=Constitution, By-laws, Regulations, History|publisher=Canadian Amateur Hockey Association|date=May 1990|location=Gloucester, Ontario}}{{Cite web |title=Duane Rutley |url=https://www.ssshof.com/duane-rutley |access-date=2022-06-17 |website=ssshof |language=en}} They are not known to be connected to another Georgetown Raiders team which is currently a member of the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League.

History

Georgetown was an entry in the Niagara District Intermediate A Hockey League, which folded in 1979. Georgetown was one of two teams from that loop (the Dundas Merchants were the other) to be accepted into the Georgian Bay Intermediate A league, with which the Niagara league had played an interlocking schedule. The league changed its name to the Major Intermediate A Hockey League in 1980.

The Raiders played four years in the Georgian Bay/Major league and finished in first place three times. They also advanced to the playoff final in all four seasons, losing to Dundas in 1980, beating the Owen Sound Greys in 1981, defeating the Collingwood Shipbuilders in 1982 and losing to Collingwood in 1983.

In 1982, the Raiders became the first OHA team to ever win the Hardy Cup. Only two Ontario teams ever won it, the other being the Dundas Real McCoys in 1986. The Hardy Cup was the Senior "AA"/Intermediate "A" National Championship.

The Major Intermediate A league folded in 1983. Georgetown was one of three teams accepted into the OHA Senior A league. Its fate after this point is not known.

Season-by-season results

class="wikitable"
align="center" bgcolor="#dddddd" \|Season	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	P	Results	Playoffs
align="center" bgcolor="#eeffff" \|1978-79	33	23	9	1	219	123	47	1st NIAHL	Won League
align="center" bgcolor="#eeffff" \|1979-80	36	19	16	1	189	176	39	3rd GBIAHL
align="center" bgcolor="#eeffff" \|1980-81	36	32	3	1	267	116	65	1st OHA Int. A	Won League
align="center" bgcolor="#eeffff" \|1981-82	36	32	4	0	289	132	64	1st OHA Int. A	Won League, Won Hardy Cup
align="center" bgcolor="#eeffff" \|1982-83	29	24	5	0	238	105	48	1st OHA Int. A	Lost Final
align="center" \|1983-84	38	25	12	1	235	154	51	2nd OHA Sr. A
align="center" \|1984-85	39	24	15	0	235	156	48	3rd OHA Sr. A
align="center" \|1985-86	36	21	14	1	153	155	43	3rd OHA Sr. A

References

External links

[http://www.thegeorgetownvault.com/raiders.html Georgetown Raiders memorabilia from The Georgetown Vault]

Category:Senior ice hockey teams

Category:Defunct ice hockey teams in Ontario

Category:Halton Hills

Category:1953 establishments in Ontario

Category:1986 disestablishments in Ontario

Category:Ice hockey clubs established in 1953

Category:Ice hockey clubs disestablished in 1986