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Conference
  
Southern

General manager
  
Wayne Cowell

Division
  
Bill Stobbs

Date founded
  
1965

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Home arena
  
Blenheim Community & Recreation Centre

Colors
  
Color
  
Red, Yellow, Black, and White

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The Blenheim Blades are a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in Blenheim, Ontario. They play in the Provincial Junior Hockey League of the Ontario Hockey Association and Hockey Canada.

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History

The Blenheim Golden Blades were founded in 1965, but could not find a league to play in locally until 1967. Until 1967, the Blades played an exhibition season against teams from Michigan in an American Junior B league until the OHA playoffs began.

In 1968, the Golden Blades joined the Border Cities Junior "B" Hockey League. In 1971, the league was demoted and renamed the Great Lakes Junior "C" Hockey League. In 1974, the team simplified their name to the "Blades".

The Blades have won a league title in their franchise history, the 1970 Border Cities Jr. D championship.

Being from a smaller community than a lot of centres in the Bill Stobbs Division, the Blades have often struggled, but in recent years have become a winning team that is tough to compete with.

2016-2017 team staff

  • President - Matthew Frain
  • General Manager - Wayne Cowell
  • Assistant General Manager - Bruce Clark
  • Director of Hockey Operations - Wayne Schnabel
  • Director of Player Personal - Bill Saunders
  • Head Coach - Ken Shine
  • Assistant Coach - Tyler Clarke
  • Assistant Coach - Abe Duarte
  • Assistant Coach & Head Trainer - Evan Merriet
  • Assistant Trainer - Albert Pilbeam
  • Equipment Manager - Mike Barton
  • Notable alumni

  • Chris Allen
  • Bob Gryp
  • Ryan Jones
  • Matt Martin
  • Todd Warriner
  • References

    Blenheim Blades Wikipedia


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