Brampton Battalion
Brampton Battalion | |
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founding | 1996 |
resolution | 2013 |
history |
Brampton Battalion 1996 - 2013 North Bay Battalion since 2013 |
Stadion | Powerade Center |
Location | Brampton , Ontario |
Team colors | olive, yellow, black, white |
league | Ontario Hockey League |
Conference | Eastern Conference |
division | Central Division |
Memorial Cups | no |
J. Ross Robertson Cups | no |
The Brampton Battalion was a Canadian ice hockey team from Brampton , Ontario . The team was founded in 1996 as a youth team and until 2013 played in one of the three highest Canadian junior ice hockey leagues, the Ontario Hockey League (OHL).
history
The Brampton Battalion was founded on December 3, 1996 as a franchise of the Ontario Hockey League . After a year and a half of preparation, the team began playing in the OHL in the 1998/99 season . After playing in the Western Conference for the first four years, they were assigned to the Eastern Conference following the relocation of the North Bay Centennials to Saginaw , Michigan . In their first year in the Central Division, Brampton won the division title straight away, which they defended in 2006, 2008 and 2009. The greatest achievement for the Brampton Battalion was winning the Bobby Orr Trophy as the winner of the Eastern Conference in the 2008-09 season .
The franchise was relocated to North Bay with the end of the 2012/13 OHL season and renamed the North Bay Battalion .
successes
- 2008/09
Division title
- 2002/03 Emms Trophy , Central Division
- 2005/06 Emms Trophy, Central Division
- 2007/08 Emms Trophy, Central Division
- 2008/09 Emms Trophy, Central Division
player
First round draft picks
Draft year | player | as | team |
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2000 | Rostislav Klesla | 4th | Columbus Blue Jackets |
2000 | Raffi Torres | 5. | New York Islanders |
2003 | Brent Burns | 20th | Minnesota Wild |
2004 | Wojtek Wolski | 21st | Colorado Avalanche |
2008 | Cody Hodgson | 10. | Vancouver Canucks |
2009 | Matt Duchene | 3. | Colorado Avalanche |
Well-known former players
The following players who were active for the Brampton Battalion played in the National Hockey League during their career :
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Neate Sager: North Bay returning to OHL as Battalion make deal to move. Yahoo Sports , November 5, 2012, accessed November 7, 2012 .