Guelph Platers

Guelph Platers
founding	1975
resolution	1989
history	Guelph CMC’s 1956–1975 Guelph Platers 1975–1989 Owen Sound Platers 1989–2000 Owen Sound Attack since 2000
Stadion	Guelph Memorial Gardens
Location	Guelph , Ontario
Team colors	red, yellow, white
league	Ontario Hockey League
Memorial Cups	1986
J. Ross Robertson Cups	1985/86

The Guelph Platers were a Canadian ice hockey team based in Guelph , Ontario . The team played from 1982 to 1989 in one of the three highest Canadian junior ice hockey leagues, the Ontario Hockey League (OHL).

history

The Guelph CMC’s , which were active in the Southern Ontario Junior A Hockey League (SOJHL), were bought in 1975 by the Holody family, who first renamed the franchise Guelph Holody Platers and let it play in the SOJHL for another two years. After the league was dissolved in 1977, Guelph joined with another team of the Ontario Hockey Association Junior "A" League , in which they were represented for the following five years.

Before the 1983/83 season , the Platers were accepted into the Ontario Hockey League after their request had been rejected several times in previous years. After they missed the playoffs in their first three OHL seasons, the Guelph Platers first won the J. Ross Robertson Cup in the 1985/86 season when they prevailed against the Belleville Bulls in the final . The team then qualified for the Memorial Cup , which they also won. In the final, Guelph beat the Hull Olympiques 5-2. Subsequently, however, the Platers did not get beyond the first playoff round, so that the franchise was relocated to Owen Sound , Ontario in 1989 , where it was henceforth active as Owen Sound Platers in the OHL.

Former players

The following players who were active for the Guelph Platers played in the National Hockey League during their career :

Brian Bradley Paul Brydges Steve Chiasson Adam Creighton Dan Gratton Steve Guenette Craig Hartsburg

Brian Hayward Todd Hlushko Kerry Huffman Denis Larocque Guy Larose Lonnie Loach Grant Martin

John McIntyre Kirk Muller Mike Murray Gary Roberts Warren Rychel David Shaw Doug Shedden

Ron Smith Trevor Stienburg Sean Whyte Rob Zamuner

Team records

Career records

Games: 243 Paul Brydges

Goals: 115 Lonnie Loach

Assists: 160 Rob Arabski

Points: 241 Rob Arabski

Penalty Minutes: 488 Kevin Hopkins

Web links

• The Internet Hockey Database - Statistics Guelph Platers (OHL)
• The Internet Hockey Database - Player List Guelph Platers (OHL)