Strathroy Rockets

Strathroy Rockets
City	Strathroy, Ontario
League	Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League
Conference	Western
Founded	1965
Home arena	North Middlesex Memorial Center
Colours	Red, blue and white
General manager	Dan Gibson
Head coach	Dale Timmermans
Captain	Greg Milner
Affiliate(s)	Sarnia Sting (OHL) North Middlesex Stars (SOJHL)
Franchise history
1965-1972	Strathroy Rockets
1972-1975	Strathroy Falcons
1975-1994	Strathroy Blades
1994-Present	Strathroy Rockets

The Strathroy Rockets are a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in Strathroy, Ontario, Canada. They play in the Western division of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League.

History

In 1965, the Rockets joined the old Western Junior "B" league. When most of the league became the Western Junior A league in 1968, the Rockets were not invited. Instead, the team joined the Central "B" league for a year, before moving to the Western Junior B league in 1969, and ceased operations in 1972. The Falcons replaced the Rockets and moved to the Western Junior "D". The team became the Blades in 1975 rejoined the newly re-formed Western "B" league. In 1994, the they once again became the Rockets and stayed in the Western "B" ever since.

The Rockets won the WOJHL title in 2006-07, defeating the Sarnia Blast in 7 games. They were then defeated by the Cambridge WinterHawks in the Sutherland Cup final.

Season-by-season results

Season	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	P	Results	Playoffs
1965-66	40	12	27	1	-	181	238	25	5th WOJBHL
1966-67	40	19	19	2	-	226	212	40	4th WOJBHL
1967-68	52	23	26	3	-	236	235	49	4th WOJBHL
1968-69	36	21	20	5	-	203	163	47	2nd CJBHL
1969-70	36	7	25	4	-	128	186	18	5th WOJHL
1970-71	42	6	31	5	-	138	276	17	5th WOJHL
1971-72	Statistics Not Available
1972-73	32	16	14	2	-	205	195	34	4th WJDHL
1973-74	34	17	13	4	-	229	196	38	4th WJDHL
1974-75	32	7	22	3	-	167	255	17	8th WJDHL
1975-76	40	4	32	4	-	112	274	12	7th WOJHL
1976-77	40	17	15	8	-	200	207	42	3rd WOJHL
1977-78	39	13	25	1	-	167	220	27	5th WOJHL
1978-79	42	29	10	3	-	286	188	61	2nd WOJHL	Lost Final
1979-80	42	27	14	1	-	232	163	55	4th WOJHL
1980-81	42	19	18	5	-	219	209	43	5th WOJHL
1981-82	42	13	18	11	-	190	213	37	4th WOJHL
1982-83	42	25	13	4	-	229	203	54	2nd WOJHL
1983-84	48	21	21	6	-	252	253	48	6th WOJHL
1984-85	48	8	33	7	-	191	314	23	7th WOJHL
1985-86	42	13	21	8	-	201	250	34	6th WOJHL
1986-87	42	12	26	4	-	192	278	28	6th WOJHL
1987-88	42	16	25	2	0	190	245	34	6th WOJHL
1988-89	40	26	12	2	0	249	193	54	3rd WOJHL
1989-90	40	8	27	3	2	158	287	21	8th WOJHL
1990-91	48	17	25	2	4	209	250	40	6th WOJHL
1991-92	48	19	23	2	4	194	228	44	3rd WOJHL East
1992-93	52	4	45	0	3	-	-	11	5th WOJHL East
1993-94	50	13	32	5	0	193	269	31	4th WOJHL East
1994-95	52	8	40	0	4	166	358	20	5th WOJHL East
1995-96	52	26	21	4	1	252	213	57	4th WOJHL East
1996-97	52	34	13	3	2	273	192	73	1st WOJHL East	Won League
1997-98	52	28	22	1	1	265	224	58	2nd WOJHL East
1998-99	52	26	22	0	4	232	235	56	2nd WOJHL East
1999-00	54	30	20	0	4	269	225	64	5th GOHL	Lost Final
2000-01	54	21	26	3	4	214	217	49	7th GOHL
2001-02	54	32	18	1	3	269	232	68	5th WOJHL
2002-03	48	12	33	2	1	146	244	27	8th WOJHL
2003-04	48	11	34	3	0	130	232	25	9th WOJHL
2004-05	48	17	30	1	0	140	205	35	8th WOJHL
2005-06	48	25	10	3	10	165	152	63	3rd WOJHL
2006-07	48	33	12	-	3	206	153	69	1st WOJHL	Won League, Lost SC
2007-08	48	27	17	-	4	206	171	58	4th GOJHL-W	Lost Quarter-final
2008-09	52	33	15	-	4	225	140	70	4th GOJHL-W	Lost Semi Final
2009-10	50	36	13	-	1	244	152	73	2nd GOJHL-W	Lost Conf. QF
2010-11	51	37	10	-	4	258	150	78	1st GOJHL-W	Lost Conf. SF
2011-12	51	25	23	-	3	218	219	53	7th GOJHL-W

Sutherland Cup appearances

1969: Markham Waxers defeated Strathroy Rockets 4-games-to-2

2007: Cambridge Winterhawks defeated Strathroy Rockets 4-games-to-none

Notable alumni

• Mark Bell
• Brian Campbell
• Jeff Carter
• Doug Crossman
• Dale Hunter
• Jared Keeso (Actor)
• Craig MacTavish
• Andy McDonald
• Patrick O'Sullivan
• Mike Stapleton
• Jason Williams

External links

• Rockets Webpage