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|team_name = Napanee Comets |
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|league = Ontario Intermediate A, Intermediate B, Senior A |
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|bg_color = black |
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|text_color = yellow |
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|arena = Napanee Arena |
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|city = [[Napanee, Ontario]] |
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|team_colors = [[Yellow]], [[Black]], and [[White]] |
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|league_champions = 1958, 1959, 1960, 1971, 1972 |
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The Napanee Comets was the name of various ice hockey teams representing the town of [[Napanee]], an [[eastern Ontario]] town in [[Lennox and Addington County, Ontario|Lennox and Addington County]] located approximately 40 kilometres west of [[Kingston, Ontario|Kingston, Ontario]], [[Canada]]. The Comets played in a number of [[OHA]] leagues in the 1950's, 1960's and 1970's. Their home games were played in the Napanee & District Community Arena, 170 York St, Napanee. |
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==Ontario Major Intermediate A== |
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The Napanee Comets were a successful Ontario [[Major Intermediate A Hockey League|Major Intermediate A Hockey]] team that won three consecutive Ontario championships in 1958, 1959 and 1960. The Comets made it back to the championship series in 1961 but their reign was halted that year by the Port Colborne Sailors. The Comets were led by Walt Gerow and player-coach [[Les Douglas]], a former Stanley Cup Champion (1943) centre with the [[Detroit Red Wings]]. <ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.kdshf.ca/index.cfm?page=inducteeDetails&id=26| title= Les Douglas in the Kingston & District Sports Hall of Fame}}</ref>. Douglas leveraged his connections with the Red Wings to bring the Detroit club to Napanee to play the Comets during both the 1957-58 and 1958-59 seasons. The games were played on 2/27/58 and 2/17/59. Despite the Comets dominance in Major Intermediate A, the Detroit Red Wings defeated the Comets by a wide margin on both occasions.<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Dugout/4128/01NHLvs.html| title=NHL vs The World at the Hockey Almanac}}</ref> |
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==Ontario Major Intermediate B== |
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In 1970-71 the Comets captured the OHA Intermediate B provincial title defeating the [[Durham Huskies]] in the final. They repeated in 1971-72, defeating the [[Lucan-Ilderton Jets|Lucan Jets]] in the championship series. <ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.ohahockey.org/page/show/14595l| title=OHA Past Champions}}</ref> |
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==Ontario Senior A== |
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The Napanee Comets was also the name of a Napanee team that played in the [[OHA Senior A League (1890–1979)|OHA Senior 'A' Hockey League]] from 1974 through 1976 before ceasing operations. <ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0009481975.html | title= Napanee Comets 1975 Team Statistics}}</ref> Their leading scorer during the 1974-75 season was former NHL player [[Dick Cherry]]. Their goaltender in the 1975-76 season was [[Steve Rexe]], the first ever draft pick (1967, 2nd overall) of the [[Pittsburgh Penguins]]. The Comets uniforms were fashioned after the black and yellow of the [[Boston Bruins]]. |
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==References== |
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