Petrolia Jets
# Petrolia Jets

The Petrolia Jets were a junior ice hockey team based in Petrolia, Ontario, Canada. They played in the Western division of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League, the Western Ontario Hockey League, and the Great Lakes Junior C Hockey League.

## History

During the 1960s, the Petrolia Jets participated in a loosely ran Bluewater League that was sometimes classified as a junior league depending on how competitive its teams felt. From 1967, the Jets were permanently a junior hockey club. In 1968 and 1969 made it to the league final, but failed to win. Starting in the 1970, the Jets would win the regional Junior B championship and play for the OHA Sutherland Cup championship.

In 1972, the Great Lakes Junior C Hockey League would revert permanently to Junior C hockey, and the Jets jumped to the more broad and competitive Western Ontario Junior B Hockey League. The Jets would not enjoy much success in the WOHL and returned to the GLJHL in 1984. Despite five great regular seasons in Junior C, the Jets would never even make the GLJHL final and returned to the WOHL in 1989.

Despite winning the WOHL regular season crown in 1995 and the league's playoff title in 2003, the Jets success in the box office dwindled over the years. In the late 2000s on-ice success disappeared, and the team was moved to Forest, Ontario and renamed the Lambton Shores Predators because of competition for fans from the neighbouring Sarnia Sting

## Season-by-season results

| Season | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | P | Results | Playoffs |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1967-68 | 24 | 11 | 8 | 5 | - | 124 | 111 | 27 | 3rd BWJHL | Lost Jr. C Final |
| 1968-69 | 31 | 18 | 9 | 4 | - | 150 | 101 | 40 | 4th BCJHL | Lost Jr. B Final |
| 1969-70 | 34 | 26 | 8 | 0 | - | 180 | 89 | 52 | 1st BCJHL | "B" Champions |
| 1970-71 | 40 | 31 | 8 | 1 | - | 384 | 167 | 63 | 1st GLJHL | "B" Champions |
| 1971-72 | 36 | 32 | 3 | 1 | - | 288 | 121 | 65 | 1st GLJHL | "B" Champions |
| 1972-73 | 42 | 18 | 16 | 8 | - | 217 | 203 | 44 | 3rd WOJHL | |
| 1973-74 | 40 | 11 | 25 | 4 | - | 156 | 232 | 26 | 4th WOJHL | |
| 1974-75 | 40 | 19 | 17 | 4 | - | 196 | 187 | 42 | 3rd WOJHL | |
| 1975-76 | 39 | 21 | 10 | 8 | - | 220 | 172 | 50 | 3rd WOJHL | |
| 1976-77 | 40 | 16 | 16 | 8 | - | 183 | 191 | 40 | 4th WOJHL | |
| 1977-78 | 40 | 22 | 12 | 6 | - | 216 | 161 | 50 | 2nd WOJHL | |
| 1978-79 | 42 | 27 | 11 | 4 | - | 295 | 199 | 58 | 3rd WOJHL | |
| 1979-80 | 41 | 11 | 28 | 2 | - | 182 | 259 | 24 | 6th WOJHL | |
| 1980-81 | 42 | 17 | 19 | 6 | - | 214 | 210 | 40 | 6th WOJHL | |
| 1981-82 | 42 | 15 | 25 | 2 | - | 150 | 210 | 32 | 5th WOJHL | |
| 1982-83 | 42 | 13 | 25 | 4 | - | 192 | 231 | 30 | 7th WOJHL | |
| 1983-84 | 48 | 11 | 36 | 1 | - | 200 | 360 | 23 | 8th WOJHL | |
| 1984-85 | 39 | 19 | 9 | 11 | - | 207 | 135 | 49 | 4th GLJHL | |
| 1985-86 | 40 | 19 | 15 | 6 | - | 211 | 181 | 44 | 4th GLJHL | |
| 1986-87 | 39 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 242 | 137 | 63 | 1st GLJHL | |
| 1987-88 | 39 | 26 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 216 | 149 | 54 | 2nd GLJHL | |
| 1988-89 | 40 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 244 | 141 | 61 | 2nd GLJHL | |
| 1989-90 | 40 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 173 | 188 | 35 | 7th WOJHL | |
| 1990-91 | 48 | 28 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 231 | 179 | 58 | 5th WOJHL | |
| 1991-92 | 50 | 18 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 196 | 237 | 43 | 4th WOJHL West | |
| 1992-93 | 52 | 21 | 24 | 3 | 4 | - | - | 49 | 4th WOJHL West | |
| 1993-94 | 50 | 24 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 253 | 245 | 52 | 4th WOJHL West | Lost Final |
| 1994-95 | 52 | 39 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 324 | 196 | 80 | 1st WOJHL West | |
| 1995-96 | 52 | 26 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 225 | 221 | 58 | 3rd WOJHL West | |
| 1996-97 | 52 | 32 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 245 | 188 | 66 | 3rd WOJHL West | |
| 1997-98 | 52 | 23 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 205 | 193 | 55 | 3rd WOJHL West | |
| 1998-99 | 52 | 33 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 241 | 175 | 71 | 3rd WOJHL West | |
| 1999-00 | 54 | 23 | 25 | 0 | 6 | 191 | 219 | 52 | 7th GOHL | |
| 2000-01 | 54 | 35 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 194 | 132 | 76 | 3rd GOHL | |
| 2001-02 | 54 | 34 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 228 | 169 | 72 | 4th WOJHL | |
| 2002-03 | 48 | 28 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 200 | 156 | 57 | 4th WOJHL | Won League |
| 2003-04 | 48 | 30 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 180 | 148 | 64 | 3rd WOJHL | |
| 2004-05 | 48 | 12 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 122 | 210 | 29 | 9th WOJHL | |
| 2005-06 | 48 | 26 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 149 | 149 | 59 | 4th WOJHL | Lost Semi Final |
| 2006-07 | 48 | 7 | 37 | - | 4 | 139 | 302 | 18 | 9th WOJHL | DNQ |
| 2007-08 | 48 | 7 | 37 | - | 4 | 138 | 303 | 18 | 9th GOJHL-W | DNQ |

## Notable alumni

* Todd Bidner
* Scott Foster
* Bobby Gould
* Tim Hrynewich
* Dale Hunter
* Mark Hunter
* Michael Leighton
* John Van Boxmeer
* Pat Verbeek
* Paul Ysebaert
* Steve Mason
* Brian Campbell
