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:''This article is about the Georgetown Raiders junior hockey team. For the senior/intermediate team, see: [[Georgetown Raiders Sr A|Georgetown Raiders (senior/intermediate hockey)]].''
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{{OPJHL team
{{otheruses4|the Japanese musician}}
|team_name = Georgetown Raiders
{{Infobox Musical artist
| Img =
|bg_color = red
| Img_size = 150 |
|text_color =
|logo_image = Georgetown Raiders.png
|Name = MINMI
|division = MacKinnon
|Background = solo_singer |
|founded = 1966
|Birth_name = Michiko Evwana
|history = 1966-1989: Georgetown Gemini<br>1989-Pres: Georgetown Raiders
|Alias = MINMI
|alternate =
|Born = {{Birth date and age|1975|12|8|mf=y}} <br> [[Osaka]], [[Japan]] |
|arena = [[Mold Masters Sportsplex]]
|Died =
|city = [[Georgetown, Ontario]]
|Genre = [[Reggae]] [[Hip-Hop]], [[Rapping|Rap]], [[Japanese pop|Pop]] <br> |
|team_colors = [[Black]], [[Red]], and [[White]]
|Years_active = 1996 &ndash; Present |
|Label = [[Victor Entertainment]] |
|head_coach = [[D'Arcy Briand]]
|general_manager = [[Lonnie Freeman]]
|URL = http://www.minmi.jp/ |
|affiliates = none
|rbcs = none
|dhcs = 2005
|bucklands = none
|metro_cup =
|sutherland_cup =
|schmalz_cup = 1968
}}
}}
The '''Georgetown Raiders''' are a Tier II Junior "A" [[ice hockey]] team from [[Georgetown, Ontario|Georgetown]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]]. They are a part of the [[Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League]]. In Junior "B", the team was known as the "Georgetown Geminis". The Raiders won the [[2005]] [[Dudley Hewitt Cup]].


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'''MINMI''' is a [[singer]] ([[Japanese hip hop]], [[reggae]], [[songwriter]], [[record producer]], and event producer.


==Season-by-Season Record==
She was born in [[Osaka]] on [[December 8]] [[1975]].
'''''Note:''' GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against''
{|class="wikitable"
|- align="center" bgcolor="#dddddd"
| '''Season''' || '''GP ''' || ''' W ''' || ''' L ''' || ''' T ''' || '''OTL''' || '''GF ''' || '''GA ''' || '''Points''' ||'''Finish''' || '''Playoffs'''
|- align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee"
| 1979-80 || 44 || 16 || 20 || 8 || - || 206 || 239 || 40 || 7th CJBHL || --
|- align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee"
| 1980-81 || 44 || 11 || 26 || 7 || - || 156 || 239 || 29 || 10th CJBHL || --
|- align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee"
| 1981-82 || 40 || 7 || 28 || 5 || - || 153 || 282 || 19 || 9th CJBHL || --
|- align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee"
| 1982-83 || 42 || 10 || 26 || 5 || - || 161 || 232 || 26 || 7th CJBHL || --
|- align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee"
| 1983-84 || 40 || 18 || 20 || 2 || - || 177 || 178 || 38 || 4th CJBHL || --
|- align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee"
| 1984-85 || 40 || 10 || 25 || 5 || - || 168 || 231 || 25 || 8th CJBHL || --
|- align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee"
| 1985-86 || 48 || 14 || 26 || 8 || - || 228 || 270 || 36 || 7th CJBHL || --
|- align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee"
| 1986-87 || 42 || 19 || 17 || 6 || - || 186 || 184 || 44 || 4th CJBHL || --
|- align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee"
| 1987-88 || 44 || 9 || 32 || 3 || - || 224 || 323 || 21 || 12th CJBHL || --
|- align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee"
| 1988-89 || 42 || 17 || 15 || 10 || - || 221 || 214 || 44 || 7th CJBHL || --
|- align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee"
| 1989-90 || 42 || 6 || 33 || 3 || - || 147 || 281 || 15 || 14th CJBHL || --
|- align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee"
| 1990-91 || 42 || 12 || 29 || 1 || - || 162 || 260 || 25 || 12th CJBHL || --
|- align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee"
| 1991-92 || 42 || 20 || 15 || 7 || - || 218 || 177 || 47 || 8th CJBHL || --
|- align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee"
| 1992-93 || 49 || 10 || 38 || 1 || - || 190 || 317 || 22 || 16th CJBHL || --
|- align="center"
| [[OPJHL Standings#1993-94|1993-94]] || 42 || 8 || 34 || 0 || - || 170 || 265 || 17 || 15th OPJHL || --
|- align="center"
| [[OPJHL Standings#1994-95|1994-95]] || 49 || 3 || 44 || 2 || - || 166 || 345 || 8 || 17th OPJHL || --
|- align="center"
| [[OPJHL Standings#1995-96|1995-96]] || 50 || 6 || 41 || 3 || - || 165 || 357 || 19 || 22nd OPJHL || --
|- align="center"
| [[OPJHL Standings#1996-97|1996-97]] || 51 || 3 || 47 || 1 || - || 140 || 375 || 10 || 22nd OPJHL || --
|- align="center"
| [[OPJHL Standings#1997-98|1997-98]] || 51 || 6 || 44 || 1 || - || 134 || 330 || 13 || 22nd OPJHL || --
|- align="center"
| [[OPJHL Standings#1998-99|1998-99]] || 51 || 27 || 18 || 4 || 2 || 264 || 239 || 60 || 14th OPJHL || --
|- align="center"
| [[OPJHL Standings#1999-00|1999-00]] || 49 || 32 || 10 || 5 || 2 || 238 || 180 || 71 || 7th OPJHL || --
|- align="center"
| [[OPJHL Standings#2000-01|2000-01]] || 49 || 28 || 17 || 2 || 2 || 229 || 182 || 60 || 11th OPJHL || --
|- align="center"
| [[OPJHL Standings#2001-02|2001-02]] || 49 || 23 || 20 || 5 || 1 || 216 || 201 || 52 || 17th OPJHL || --
|- align="center"
| [[OPJHL Standings#2002-03|2002-03]] || 49 || 37 || 7 || 3 || 2 || 280 || 155 || 79 || 4th OPJHL || --
|- align="center"
| [[OPJHL Standings#2003-04|2003-04]] || 49 || 40 || 5 || 3 || 1 || 296 || 132 || 84 || 2nd OPJHL || --
|- align="center"
| [[OPJHL Standings#2004-05|2004-05]] || 49 || 41 || 7 || 0 || 1 || 282 || 120 || 83 || 1st OPJHL || Lost Final, Won [[Dudley Hewitt Cup|DHC]] as host
|- align="center"
| [[OPJHL Standings#2005-06|2005-06]] || 49 || 27 || 16 || 4 || 2 || 188 || 132 || 60 || 12th OPJHL || Lost W. Conference Semi
|- align="center"
| [[OPJHL Standings#2006-07|2006-07]] || 49 || 31 || 12 || 3 || 3 || 250 || 180 || 68 || 10th OPJHL || Lost Conf. Finals
|- align="center"
|2007-08 ||49 ||30 ||14 ||- ||5 ||202 ||164 ||65 ||12th OPJHL ||
|}


== Biography ==
==Notable Alumni==
*[[Stanislav Chistov]]
Michiko Evwana, a.k.a MINMI, started her musical career around 1996 by performing at ruba dub showcases and hip hop events at the clubs in [[Osaka]], and also started to make her original tracks around this period. Soon after, MINMI's name was well known in the club market, especially through her live performances in the club events. She also participated in the works of the label of the Japanese Big Sound like Red Spider and MIGHTY JAM ROCK. Those CDs became a hit, not only in a Reggae market but also the Hip Hop market.
*[[Andrew Peters]]

*[[Mike Wilson (hockey player)|Mike Wilson]]
With much expectations, MINMI has made the artist contract with [[JVC]], and MINMI’s first Maxi Single "The Perfect Vision" was released in the summer of 2002. This single was well accepted by the radio stations, as shown by the figure of 20 FM stations heavy rotated the song. As the song gradually became popular in the market, the song started to climb up the Sales Chart over 3 months period, and eventually reached the sales of 400,000 units, an extraordinary figure for a debut single.

And with the 2nd Maxi Single "T.T.T.", released in December 2002, MINMI has revealed her diverse approach in her music, from the [[Reggae]] based 1st single to this time a Hip Hop based track for the 2nd single. And as a result of the newly tasted tracks and the popular melodies blended in her songs, MINMI became a popular figure among many female music fans between 10~20.

So a long-awaited 1st Album "Miracle" was released in March 2003. Though there was only a limited exposure, the album ranked in the Top 5 of the Album Sales Chart for 2 months period, and eventually the album sales exceeded 600,000 units. This only proved that MINMI's music itself is what the market has desired.

To coincide with the album release, MINMI's first nationwide tour, “MINMI LIVE TOUR 2003 "Miracle"”, took place from June 20, 2003. The tickets were all sold out instantly, and the tour took place in full pack audiences in every venue. She also participated in major concert events in many places in the summer of 2003, and appealed her performance, which was trained through her live activities in the underground music scene.

After that, MINMI has been constantly releasing singles, 3rd Single "Another World" In September 2003, and 4th Single "アイの実 (ai no mi / True Eye)" in March 2004. She has blended the latest music trend with the Japanese popular music trend, and now, she is known as the major artist in the Japanese music industry with plenty of urban music and Dance music essence, without not belonging to a specific musical genre.

Regarding her production, MINMI is a rare artist in that she basically does all the songwriting (including the lyrics), arrangements, and production work. Her production is so highly accepted in the industry that she is now getting offers to produce for the other artists. Also, many of the leading musicians and the engineers from Jamaica, home of Reggae music, and the United States, home of Hip Hop and R&B music, participate in her production which is the key factor of blending the latest music trends into her work and making high quality music.

On June 30, 2004, her long anticipated 2nd album “imagine” was released, which coincided with the nationwide live tour “MINMI LIVE TOUR 2004 “imagine””, started on September 10, 2004. In December, she released her 5th single “Are yu ready”. The song was originated from MINMI’s original riddim “SAKURA” which contains a sample of Japanese traditional guitar, [[Shamisen]]. This riddim “SAKURA” became popular in [[Jamaica]] as well. From this point, the produce team ZAREK for TSURU-KAME Recording, the team consist of MINMI and JUNIOR(Red Spider), who produced the riddim “SAKURA”, started their produce works in [[Jamaica]]. They have produced various Jamaican artists, and released their original 7 inch vinyls in Jamaica in the start of 2005.

In the summer of 2005, MINMI has released her 6th single “サマータイム！！ (Summertime!!)”. The song is based on [[Reggae]] from [[jamaica]]. And she was very active in live performances in 2005, from organizing a monthly regular reggae club event in [[Tokyo]], a nationwide club tour, to appearing in the major summer rock festival “Summer Sonic” in August. In September, MINMI has released the album “FRIENDS”, the best selection compilation album of her featured works.

In February 2006, she was invited to [[Trinidad & Tobago]]'s annual festival known as 'Carnival', and did a live performance in front of 30,000 people, including [[Wyclef Jean]] of the [[Fugees]]. In March, MINMI released a long-awaited 3rd album “Natural”. The album proved that MINMI is not just another a Reggae diva, but into many music genre.

In 2007 MINMI took part in the [[Trinidad & Tobago]]'s Bmobile International Soca Monarch competition to with the song Sha na na~Japanese wine~ feat.[[Machel Montano]] HD and with this song MINMI successfully advanced to the final round of the competition.

MINMI's song "四季ノ唄(shiki no uta (Song of Four Seasons))" is played during the credits of the [[Shinichiro Watanabe]] [[anime]], "[[Samurai Champloo]]". Her song "True Eye" is also used in the series. The tracks can be found on the show's soundtracks "[[Departure (album)|Departure]]" and "[[Impression (album)|Impression]]," respectively, both released in 2004.

Besides singing herself, she produces the reggae group "{{nihongo|湘南ノ風|Shonan no Kaze| Wind of Shonan}}", and plans [[Music festival]].

==Discography==
===Albums===
* ''Miracle'' [Release Date: 19 March 2003]
* ''imagine'' [Release Date: 30 June 2004]
* ''FRIENDS～MINMI featuring works BEST～'' [Release Date: 22 September 2005]
* ''Natural'' [Release Date: 29 March 2006]
* ''THE LOVE SONG COLLECTION 2006-2007'' [Release Date: 21 November 2007]
* ''MINMI BEST 2002-2008'' [Release Date: 04 June 2008]

===Singles===
* "The Perfect Vision" [Release Date: 21 August 2002]
* "T.T.T" [Release Date: 04 December 2002]
* "Another World" [Release Date: 17 September 2003]
* "Another World Remix" [Release Date: 11 November 2003]
* "アイの実 (ai no mi)" [Release Date: 31 March 2004]
* "Are yu ready" [Release Date: 08 December 2005]
* "サマータイム！！ (It's Summer Time!!)" [Release Date: 6 July 2005]
* "西麻布伝説 (nishiazabu densetsu)" [Release Date: 22 February 2006]
* "I Love You Baby" [Release Date: 12 July 2006]
* "シャナナ☆ (sha na na)" [Release Date: 18 July 2007]

===DVDs===
* ''MINMI LIVE TOUR 2004"imagine"'' [Release Date: 24 September 2004]
* ''MINMI Video Clips 2002~2005．Summer'' [Release Date: 27 July 2005]
* ''MINMI Natural Show Case 2006 In Zepp Tokyo'' [Release Date: 22 November 2006]

===Collaborations===
* ''SILVER KING - Tornade feat.MINMI'' [Release Date: September 2000]
* ''JUMBO MAATCH from MIGHTY JAM ROCK - Shot Dem Up feat.MINMI'' [Release Date: October 2001]
* ''SILVER KING - 3Minute Special feat.MINMI'' [Release Date: 22 May 2002]
* ''VADER - Parasite feat.MINMI'' [Release Date: 22 May 2002]
* ''BOOGIE MAN - I Don't Wanna Be Your Friend feat.MINMI'' [Release Date: July 2002]
* ''TAKAFIN from MIGHTY JAM ROCK - Journey Into... feat.MINMI'' [Release Date: August 2002]
* ''湘南乃風 - Cry feat.MINMI'' [Release Date: July 2003]
* ''PUSHIM - Independent Woman Duet with MINMI'' [Release Date: 17 December 2003]
* ''VADER - V-XL (Five-Xtra Large) feat.MINMI'' [Release Date: 02 June 2004]
* ''HOME GROWN - Irie Music feat.PUSHIM,MOOMIN,H-MAN&MIGHTY JAM ROCK<JUMBO MAATCH,TAKAFIN&BOXER KID>'' [Release Date: 04 August 2004]
* ''HOME GROWN - Set Mi Free,Let Mi Be feat.MINMI&BOXER KID from MIGHTY JAM ROCK'' [Release Date: 04 August 2004]
* ''湘南乃風 - My Way feat.MINMI'' [Release Date: 18 August 2004]
* ''SAL the soul - Keep On Steppin' feat.MINMI'' [Release Date: 25 November 2004]
* ''Munehiro - DAY DREAMER feat.MINMI'' [Release Date: 21 May 2005]
* ''10-FEET - CHERRY BLOSSOM feat.MINMI'' [Release Date: 18 April 2006]
* ''Ukatrats FC (☆Taku Takahashi(m-flo),GAKU-MC(EAST END),日之内絵美,コヤマシュウ(Scoobie Do),MINMI,Ryohei,RYO the SKYWALKER,SEAMO,湘南乃風,Sowelu,SPHERE of INFLUENCE) - Win and Shine'' [Release Date: 24 May 2006]
* ''[[m-flo]] loves MINMI - Lotta Love'' [Release Date: 26 July 2006]
* ''湘南乃風 - Happy Today feat.MINMI'' [Release Date: 18 April 2007]
* ''MINMI&KENTY-GROSS - SPIDER CITY(ROCK CITY 3)'' [Release Date: 07 February 2007]
* ''MINMI&KENTY-GROSS - スパイダータイム(サマータイム!!)'' [Release Date: 07 February 2007]
* ''MINMI - MISSING YOU'' [Release Date: 07 February 2007]
* ''MINMI - スパイダー（アイラ）'' [Release Date: 07 February 2007]
* ''INFINITY16 welcomez 湘南乃風,MINMI,MOOMIN - Dream Lover'' [Release Date: 18 April 2007]
* ''MINMI&RUDEBWOY FACE - NANDE'' [Release Date: 25 April 2007]
* ''湘南乃風 - 睡蓮歌 (Produced by MINMI)'' [Release Date: 06 June 2007]

===Compilations===
* ''Rock City presents Coolie Dance''
* ''Rock City''
* ''Di Vibes 2003 - Japanese Reggae Selection 2003''
* ''Relaxin' with Japanese Lovers Vol. 2'' Japanese Lovers Rock More Collections
* ''[[Samurai Champloo]]'' music record ''Departure''
* ''DJ Kaori's "Ride" into the Mix''
* ''Beautiful Songs series Cool Beauty''
* ''[[Samurai Champloo]]'' music record ''Impression''
* ''Rock the Sky - Kaeru Studio Greatest Hits''
* ''FM802 Heavy Rotations J-Hits Complete '01-'03''
* ''Di Vibes - Japanese Reggae Selection 2004''
* ''Episode I''
* ''DJ Kaori's "Ride" into the Party''
* ''Tag the Mic''
* ''DJ MAYUMI - Berry Jam Mixed Up''
* ''RED SPIDER - 爆走エンジェル～ALL JAPANESE REGGAE DUB MIX CD～''
* ''Blast Star - MIAMI SHINE''


==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.minmi.jp/ Official Site]
*[http://www.georgetownraidersjra.com/ Raiders Webpage]
* [http://www.jvcmusic.co.jp/minmi/ Victor Entertainment Site]
* [http://blog.excite.co.jp/minmiblog/ MINMI Official Blog]
* [http://www.style-walker.com/sw/s/room/blog?id=SW1323 Jun Hasegawa (MJ) & MINMI Blog]

[[Category:1975 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Reggae musicians]]
[[Category:Japanese female singers]]
[[Category:Japanese rhythm and blues singers]]
[[Category:Japanese singer-songwriters]]
[[Category:Soca musicians]]
[[Category:People from Osaka Prefecture]]


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Revision as of 18:15, 13 October 2008

This article is about the Georgetown Raiders junior hockey team. For the senior/intermediate team, see: Georgetown Raiders (senior/intermediate hockey).

Template:OPJHL team The Georgetown Raiders are a Tier II Junior "A" ice hockey team from Georgetown, Ontario, Canada. They are a part of the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League. In Junior "B", the team was known as the "Georgetown Geminis". The Raiders won the 2005 Dudley Hewitt Cup.

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Season-by-Season Record

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

Season GP W L T OTL GF GA Points Finish Playoffs
1979-80 44 16 20 8 - 206 239 40 7th CJBHL --
1980-81 44 11 26 7 - 156 239 29 10th CJBHL --
1981-82 40 7 28 5 - 153 282 19 9th CJBHL --
1982-83 42 10 26 5 - 161 232 26 7th CJBHL --
1983-84 40 18 20 2 - 177 178 38 4th CJBHL --
1984-85 40 10 25 5 - 168 231 25 8th CJBHL --
1985-86 48 14 26 8 - 228 270 36 7th CJBHL --
1986-87 42 19 17 6 - 186 184 44 4th CJBHL --
1987-88 44 9 32 3 - 224 323 21 12th CJBHL --
1988-89 42 17 15 10 - 221 214 44 7th CJBHL --
1989-90 42 6 33 3 - 147 281 15 14th CJBHL --
1990-91 42 12 29 1 - 162 260 25 12th CJBHL --
1991-92 42 20 15 7 - 218 177 47 8th CJBHL --
1992-93 49 10 38 1 - 190 317 22 16th CJBHL --
1993-94 42 8 34 0 - 170 265 17 15th OPJHL --
1994-95 49 3 44 2 - 166 345 8 17th OPJHL --
1995-96 50 6 41 3 - 165 357 19 22nd OPJHL --
1996-97 51 3 47 1 - 140 375 10 22nd OPJHL --
1997-98 51 6 44 1 - 134 330 13 22nd OPJHL --
1998-99 51 27 18 4 2 264 239 60 14th OPJHL --
1999-00 49 32 10 5 2 238 180 71 7th OPJHL --
2000-01 49 28 17 2 2 229 182 60 11th OPJHL --
2001-02 49 23 20 5 1 216 201 52 17th OPJHL --
2002-03 49 37 7 3 2 280 155 79 4th OPJHL --
2003-04 49 40 5 3 1 296 132 84 2nd OPJHL --
2004-05 49 41 7 0 1 282 120 83 1st OPJHL Lost Final, Won DHC as host
2005-06 49 27 16 4 2 188 132 60 12th OPJHL Lost W. Conference Semi
2006-07 49 31 12 3 3 250 180 68 10th OPJHL Lost Conf. Finals
2007-08 49 30 14 - 5 202 164 65 12th OPJHL

Notable Alumni

External links

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