Nickel_Centre_Native_Sons

Nickel Centre Native Sons

Nickel Centre Native Sons

Ice hockey team in Garson, Ontario

The Nickel Centre Native Sons were a Junior "A" ice hockey team from Garson, Ontario, Canada. This defunct hockey team was a part of the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League

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History

The Native Sons originated in the NOHA Jr. B League. In their time in the league, Nickel Centre won two McNamara Cups as league champions, 1979 and 1987. In 1987, the team did something that no other NOJHL team was able to do. After winning the NOJHL, the Power Trains took on the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League Champion Owen Sound Greys for the right to play for the Dudley Hewitt Cup. Nickel Centre pulled off a massive upset and beat the Grey 4-games-to-2. In 8 years, the NOJHL and Old OPJHL competed for the Ontario Hockey Association title 7 times, and 1987 was the only ever time the NOJHL won. The next season, the Old OPJHL disbanded and left the NOJHL to battle it out with Thunder Bay for Ontario's seed in the Centennial Cup. The Pembroke Lumber Kings of the Central Junior A Hockey League ended up winning the Dudley to earn the birth into the National Championship.

Season-by-season results

SeasonGPWLTOTLGFGAPResultsPlayoffs
1978-794022135-----492nd NOJHLWon League
1979-804024133-278212513rd NOJHL
1980-814017158-243223423rd NOJHL
1981-824223163-224212493rd NOJHL
1982-834215216-233279365th NOJHL
1983-844018202-254299384th NOJHL
1984-85----------Did Not Play
1985-864113262-209343285th NOJHL
1986-873821142-285230442nd NOJHLWon League


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