The Brampton Warriors are a pair of defunct junior ice hockey teams from Brampton, Ontario, Canada. They were a part of the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League, Central Junior B Hockey League, Metro Junior B Hockey League, and Metro Junior A League. These two teams are the forerunners of the OPJHL's Brampton Capitals.
History The Warriors began as Brampton Regents during the 1940s playing at the Junior B level. In 1957, the team became sponsored by a local distributor of the 7 Up soft drink. The Brampton 7Ups played in the now defunct Metro Junior A League for two seasons, 1961–62 and 1962-63. Bob Savage was their coach for both seasons. The team returned to the Metro Junior B Hockey League in 1963.
Brampton joined the Central Junior B Hockey League in 1971 during a massive Ontario Hockey Association reshuffling of the Junior "B" ranks. Prior to this, they were members of the Metro Junior B Hockey League. They are the only known member of the Metro league to be affected by the reshuffle as it was mostly done between members of the Central league and the Mid-Ontario Junior B Hockey League.
The Brampton Warriors Jr. A team were an OPJHL team for two seasons in the 1980s. Their 40-6-4 record in the second season would normally be unstoppable, however the Warriors finished in second place in 1981-82 behind a 40-4-6 Guelph Platers team that would make the jump to the Ontario Hockey League the next season. As the Warriors folded for good at the end of the season, the Platers came within arm's reach of winning the National Title.
Notable alumni Three alumni of the Brampton 7Ups went on to play in the National Hockey League, all of them (Ken Broderick, Andy Brown, and Lyle Carter) were goaltenders playing a combined total of 106 NHL games. Although Andy Brown played in just 62 games in the NHL over the course of three seasons, he will forever be a part of NHL hockey history. Brown carries the distinction of being the last goaltender in the league to play without a protective mask, now a mandatory rule.
List of NHL alumni Ken Broderick Andy Brown Lyle Carter Frank Pietrangelo
Season-by-season results Season GP W L T GF GA Pts Results Playoffs1950-5120 8102 84 82183rd Metro B1951-5220 9 92 96 84203rd Metro B1952-533019110135117382nd Metro B1953-543221110147100423rd Metro B1954-5520 9 83 84 63214th Metro B1955-562817 92136 80362nd Metro BWon League1956-572416 62116 86341st Metro B1957-5824 616295127146th Metro B1958-592819 90151116381st Metro B1959-602812 97131107313rd Metro B1960-612812142130157265th Metro B1961-623611214143189264th Metro A1962-634012244157208286th Metro A1963-643414173139149318th Metro B1964-653617136164150403rd Metro B1965-663512167125159316th Metro B1966-67Did Not Participate1967-6836 8262153235189th Metro B1968-6936 6237113182199th Metro B1969-7036 9216170237248th Metro B1970-714353351562781511th Metro B1971-72 42 20 17 5 191 169 45 4th CJBHL1972-73 42 19 18 5 212 219 43 4th CJBHL1973-74 42 19 18 5 211 238 43 5th CJBHL 1974-75 39 16 18 5 214 228 37 3rd CJBHL 1975-76 36 13 19 4 173 184 30 5th CJBHL Lost final1976-77 42 14 24 4 198 230 32 7th CJBHL DNQ1977-78 42 12 27 3 184 245 27 7th CJBHL1978-79 44 20 20 4 211 204 44 6th CJBHL1979-804424182245204505th CJBHL1980-814420231268273417th OPJHL1981-82504064338174842nd OJHL
Playoffs 1981 Lost quarter-final Guelph Platers defeated Brampton Warriors 4-games-to-none 1982 Lost quarter-final Dixie Beehives defeated Brampton Warriors 4-games-to-1
Junior B Warriors With the renaming and promotion for the Jr. A Warriors, a farm team was created at the Junior B level to feed them. After two years, this team collapsed.
Season-by-season results Season GP W L T OTL GF GA P Results Playoffs1980-81 44 28 15 1 - 302 198 57 4th CJBHL1981-82 40 16 20 4 - 198 248 36 7th CJBHL
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