Lambeth Lancers

Lambeth Lancers

City	Lambeth, Ontario
League	Southern Ontario Junior Hockey League
Division	Yeck
Founded	1987
Home arena	Lambeth Arena
Colors	Blue, Red, and White
General manager	Ed Welychka (2015-16)
Head coach	Ed Welychka (2015-16)
Affiliate(s)	London Nationals (GOJHL)

League Champions	1988, 1989
OHA Cups	1988, 1989

The Lambeth Lancers are a Junior ice hockey team based in Lambeth, Ontario, Canada. They play in the Southern Ontario Junior Hockey League of the Ontario Hockey Association.

History

The Lambeth Lancers were founded in 1987 as members of the Western Ontario Junior D Hockey League. The Lancers were created in the tradition of the Lambeth Flyers who were members of the same league from 1968 until 1975.

In the 1988 playoffs, the Lancers won the Western league title in their first season. They challenged the Exeter Hawks of the Southern Counties Junior D Hockey League in the final and defeated them 4-games-to-2 to win their first ever OHA Cup.

The next season, the Western and Southern Counties leagues merged to create a "super league". The Lancers won the league's championship by defeating the Lucan Irish 4-games-to-none to win their second straight OHA Cup.

In 1991, the Western Junior D league became the OHA Junior Development League.

In 2000, the Lambeth Lancers ceased operations due to financial problems. The team was put on the shelf and their rights were put on sale. After a year of waiting, the team was bought and resurrected by the Western Ontario Hockey League's London Nationals who were looking for a farm team.

2001 saw the resurrection and the Lancers and them making the playoffs in their first year, thanks to the likes of an offensive prowess in Jay Mocszelt and Josh Ryan who came over from the Port Stanley Lakers club. Ryan Burrows and his brother Jeff (15 at the time) and a collection of other young talent being groomed for a transition to the Jr. B London Nationals team. Coach Dan Dolbear led the team during these years with few players that moved on to bigger and better things. Standouts included defenseman Brad Meagher, who led all defencemen in the league in points in his rookie season and logged a considerable amount of ice-time for the team. He went on to acquire the best defenseman trophy in the Yeck conference each year he played as well as leading defenseman scoring in those years. Jeff Burrows (5'8") went on to play Jr. B and then on to semi-pro in the US, the others all must have moved on to beer league hockey or gave up the game altogether. Notable team matchups during the 2001-2005 era were the Thamesford Trojans, Exeter Hawks, Mount Brydges Bulldogs and West Lorne (and former Port Stanley) Lakers.

The 2005-06 season saw the Lancers finish in ninth place overall. They entered the conference quarter-final against the North Middlesex Stars and were defeated 4-games-to-1.

The 2006–07 season ended with the Lancers finishing in fifth place overall in the league. The OHAJDL disbanded at the end of the 2005–06 season and was replaced by the Southern Ontario Junior Hockey League. In the first round of the playoffs, the Lancers drew the Mount Brydges Bulldogs. The Lancers defeated the Bulldogs 4-games-to-1 to advance to the conference semi-final. The second round of the playoffs pitted the Lancers against the red-hot Mitchell Hawks. The Hawks swept the Lancers 4-games-to-none and eventually went on to win the OHA Cup as SOJHL champions.

The 2010–2011 season was one of the worst in Lancers history. The Lancers ended the season with 16 winless games, two losses coming in overtime. The Lancers weren't expected to make any impact during the SOJHL playoffs. However, when facing the 2nd-place Exeter Hawks in the first round, the Lancers took part of SOJHL history by defeating the Hawks in 6 games in what would go down as one of the biggest upsets in the SOJHL playoffs. The "puck stopped there" as the Lancers went on to face the eventual OHA Jr. D champions, Thamseford Trojans, dropping 4 straight in the Conference Semi-final.

Season-by-season standings

Season	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	P	Results	Playoffs
1987-88	39	24	8	7	-	248	143	55	2nd WJDHL
1988-89	35	25	7	3	-	215	112	53	3rd WJDHL
1989-90	35	19	10	6	-	151	120	44	7th WJDHL
1990-91	40	19	17	2	2	173	162	42	7th WJDHL
1991-92	40	19	17	4	0	175	184	42	8th OHAJDL
1992-93	40	17	20	2	1	211	202	37	10th OHAJDL
1993-94	40	20	15	5	-	179	177	45	9th OHAJDL
1994-95	40	26	12	2	0	183	148	54	3rd OHAJDL
1995-96	38	15	19	2	2	137	165	34	12th OHAJDL
1996-97	38	12	19	3	4	133	172	31	13th OHAJDL
1997-98	38	15	18	3	2	127	144	35	13th OHAJDL
1998-99	40	14	19	6	1	139	173	35	12th OHAJDL
1999-00	39	19	17	2	1	172	160	41	8th OHAJDL
2000-01	Did Not Participate
2001-02	40	22	17	1	0	180	170	45	7th OHAJDL
2002-03	40	24	9	5	2	205	152	55	3rd OHAJDL
2003-04	40	21	16	2	1	158	149	45	6th OHAJDL
2004-05	40	24	11	2	3	189	135	53	5th OHAJDL
2005-06	37	20	12	5	0	174	142	45	9th OHAJDL
2006-07	40	22	12	0	6	192	144	50	6th SOJHL
2007-08	40	20	17	-	3	182	147	43	9th SOJHL
2008-09	40	12	22	-	6	133	169	30	13th SOJHL
2009-10	36	18	18	-	0	156	166	36	10th SOJHL
2010-11	36	7	26	-	3	120	187	17	14th SOJHL
2011-12	36	26	9	-	1	174	124	53	3rd SOJHL
2012-13	37	29	5	-	3	187	93	61	1st SOJHL-Yk
2013-14	40	31	8	-	1	193	91	63	1st SOJHL
2014-15	40	31	7	-	2	213	112	64	1st SOJHL	Won Quarters - 4-3 - (Spitfires) lost - Semi - 1-4 - (Dolphins)
2015-16	40	10	30	0	-	171	260	20	8th of 9 SOJHL	Lost Quarters - 0-4 - (Dolphins)

Playoffs

1988 Won League, Won OHA championship

Lambeth Lancers defeated Exeter Hawks 4-games-to-2 in OHA championship

1989 Won League

Lambeth Lancers defeated Lucan Irish 4-games-to-none in final

2006 Lost conference quarter-final

North Middlesex Stars defeated Lambeth Lancers 4-games-to-1 in conf. quarter-final

2007 Lost conference semi-final

Lambeth Lancers defeated Mount Brydges Bulldogs 4-games-to-1 in conf. quarter-final

Mitchell Hawks defeated Lambeth Lancers 4-games-to-none in conf. semi-final

2011 Lost conference semi-final

Thamesford Trojans defeated Lambeth Lancers 4-games-to-none in conf. semi-final

2012 Lost conference final

Thamesford Trojans defeated Lambeth Lancers 4-games-to-none in conf.final

2013 Won conference final

Lambeth Lancers defeated Dorchester Dolphins 4-games-to-3 in conf. final

Ayr Centennials defeated Lambeth Lancers 4-games-to-none in league semi-final

External links

Lancer's Homepage

Provincial Junior Hockey League

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