Bradford Rattlers
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Bradford Rattlers | |
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City | Bradford, Ontario, Canada |
League | Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League |
Founded | 1971 |
Home arena | BWG Leisure Centre |
Colours | Green, black, yellow, and white |
General manager | Sean Werth (2015–present) |
Head coach | Dave Mooney |
Franchise history | |
1971–1975 | Bradford Vasey Juniors |
1975–1988 | Bradford Blues |
1988–2006 | Bradford Bulls |
2006–present | Bradford Rattlers |
The Bradford Rattlers are a Canadian junior ice hockey team based out of Bradford, Ontario, and members of the Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League. The Rattlers, then known as the Bradford Bulls, were bought out towards the end of the 2005–06 season by a local group of investors for the purpose of moving the team up to Junior "A" from the Georgian Mid-Ontario Junior C Hockey League.
History
The Bradford Vasey Juniors were founded in 1971 as they joined the South-Central Junior "D" Hockey League. The league soon became the Central Junior "C", then the Mid-Ontario Junior "C", and finally after merging with the Georgian Junior "C" league became the Georgian Mid-Ontario Junior "C" Hockey League. Their team's first championship was the Junior "D" OHA Cup in 1973. They won the All-Ontario Junior "D" title by defeating the Mitchell Hawks 4-games-to-1. That summer, the SCJDHL was promoted to Junior "C" for the 1974–75 season, and changed their name to the Bradford Blues for the 1975–76 season. In 1980, Bradford won their league and went all the way to the Clarence Schmalz Cup All-Ontario Final. In the end, they lost out to the Leamington Flyers 4-games-straight. In 1986, they made it all the way back to the All-Ontario final only to lose to the Norwich Merchants 4-games-to-3. The team changed its name to Bradford Bulls for the 1988–89 season, in which they immediately struck gold; they won their league and then followed it up with a 4-games-to-2 series victory to defeat the Hanover Barons to win their only ever Clarence Schmalz Cup. The Bulls won the league again in 1998, but did not reach the All-Ontario Final. The Most valuable Player of the playoffs was Noah Bell, who was drafted into the Ontario Hockey League a year later by the Sudbury Wolves.
The Bradford Bulls were bought out towards the end of the 2005–06 season by a local party who owned an independent Junior "A" travelling team known as the Toronto Rattlers, though technically a
2006–07
The Bradford Rattlers first game in the GMHL was against the
On September 24, 2006, the Bradford Rattlers became the last undefeated team of the GMHL's inaugural season, moving to 5–0–0–0, defeating the (until then undefeated)
The Rattlers finished the season in first place, earning a bye into the league semifinals. Their semifinals opponent was the
The Rattlers faced the
2007–08
On December 30, 2007, the Rattlers hosted the Moscow Selects All-star team in an exhibition game. The Selects won the game by a score of 8–4. This was the second game of seven that the Moscow team played against different GMHL clubs.
In 2007–08, the Rattlers challenged their 31-game record for regular season games without a regulation loss, but came up short with a still impressive 28-game streak with a 5–3 January 6 loss to the Deseronto Storm. The Rattlers did, however, set a new league record for regular season games without a regulation loss across multiple seasons with 38. This also marked the end of the longest winning streak in GMHL history of 27 straight wins.
The Rattlers began the 2008 playoffs against the
2008–09
On January 5, 2009, the Rattlers played against
The Rattlers finished the 2008–09 season with the second best record in the South Division and third best in the league. In the playoffs, the Rattlers first met the
2012–13
The 2008 championship passed and in the four following years four different teams would claim the Russell Cup as GMHL. In those four years, the Rattlers failed to reach the finals in each of those years. The 2012–13 led to the Rattlers turning in the league's first undefeated season with a 42–0–0–0 record. There would be a black mark on this season though when the Rattlers competed in the league's showcase tournament in
Season-by-season standings
Season | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | Regular Season Finish | Playoffs |
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1971–72 | 30 | 16 | 12 | 2 | — | 168 | 144 | 34 | 4th SCJDHL | Lost semi-final |
1972–73 | 29 | 20 | 4 | 5 | — | 175 | 99 | 47 | 2nd SCJDHL | Won League, won OHA Cup |
1973–74 | 30 | 23 | 3 | 4 | — | 208 | 106 | 50 | 1st Central G1 | Won League, lost CSC SF |
1974–75 | 31 | 23 | 6 | 2 | — | 223 | 100 | 48 | 2nd Central G1 | Won League, lost CSC QF |
1975–76 | 32 | 17 | 10 | 5 | — | 159 | 132 | 39 | 4th Central G1 | Lost final |
1976–77 | 28 | 17 | 8 | 3 | — | 175 | 147 | 37 | 3rd Central G1 | Lost final |
1977–78 | 32 | 18 | 13 | 1 | — | 175 | 145 | 37 | 3rd MOJCHL | Lost final |
1978–79 | 32 | 16 | 12 | 4 | — | — | — | 36 | 3rd MOJCHL | Lost final |
1979–80 | 40 | 33 | 6 | 1 | — | 298 | 136 | 67 | 1st MOJCHL | Won League, lost CSC Final |
1980–81 | 36 | 24 | 12 | 0 | — | 247 | 142 | 48 | 2nd MOJCHL | Won League, lost CSC QF |
1981–82 | 40 | 34 | 5 | 1 | — | 328 | 154 | 69 | 2nd MOJCHL | Lost semi-final |
1982–83 | 36 | 29 | 7 | 0 | — | 221 | 138 | 58 | 1st MOJCHL | Won League, lost CSC QF |
1983–84 | 33 | 22 | 11 | 0 | — | 185 | 137 | 44 | 2nd MOJCHL | Lost quarter-final |
1984–85 | 35 | 26 | 7 | 2 | — | 247 | 123 | 54 | 1st MOJCHL | Won League, lost CSC QF |
1985–86 | 34 | 31 | 2 | 1 | — | 314 | 137 | 63 | 1st MOJCHL | Won League, lost CSC Final |
1986–87 | 34 | 30 | 4 | 0 | — | 278 | 121 | 60 | 1st MOJCHL | Won League, lost CSC SF |
1987–88 | 34 | 20 | 13 | 1 | — | 216 | 164 | 41 | 3rd MOJCHL | Lost final |
1988–89 | 36 | 27 | 9 | 0 | — | 266 | 143 | 54 | 2nd MOJCHL | Won League, won CSC |
1989–90 | 34 | 20 | 13 | 1 | — | 193 | 150 | 41 | 2nd MOJCHL | Lost final |
1990–91 | 34 | 17 | 15 | 2 | — | — | — | 36 | 4th MOJCHL | Lost semi-final |
1991–92 | 34 | 16 | 14 | 4 | — | 163 | 172 | 36 | 4th MOJCHL | Lost semi-final |
1992–93 | 38 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 196 | 178 | 41 | 3rd MOJCHL | |
1993–94 | 40 | 26 | 13 | 1 | — | 229 | 188 | 53 | 2nd MOJCHL | Lost final |
1994–95 | 36 | 27 | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | 54 | 2nd GMOHL | |
1995–96 | 44 | 26 | 17 | 1 | — | 220 | 159 | 53 | 3rd GMOHL | |
1996–97 | 36 | 20 | 15 | 1 | — | 198 | 193 | 41 | 4th GMOHL | |
1997–98 | 36 | 24 | 10 | 2 | — | 202 | 138 | 50 | 1st GMOHL | Won League |
1998–99 | 36 | 21 | 14 | 1 | — | 188 | 170 | 43 | 4th GMOHL | |
1999–00 | 36 | 21 | 13 | 2 | — | 178 | 174 | 44 | 3rd GMOHL | |
2000–01 | 36 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 155 | 150 | 35 | 5th GMOHL | |
2001–02 | 36 | 4 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 91 | 210 | 12 | 8th GMOHL | |
2002–03 | 36 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 164 | 159 | 47 | 4th GMOHL | Lost quarter-final |
2003–04 | 36 | 15 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 142 | 146 | 33 | 6th GMOHL | |
2004–05 | 40 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 144 | 127 | 45 | 5th GMOHL | |
2005–06 | 42 | 14 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 148 | 205 | 33 | 7th GMOHL | |
2006–07 | 42 | 37 | 1 | — | 4 | 266 | 121 | 78 | 1st GMHL | Won League, won Alliance Cup |
2007–08 | 42 | 37 | 4 | — | 1 | 314 | 110 | 75 | 1st GMHL | Won League |
2008–09 | 43 | 34 | 6 | — | 3 | 284 | 132 | 71 | 3rd GMHL | Lost quarter-final |
2009–10 | 42 | 34 | 6 | — | 2 | 273 | 150 | 70 | 3rd GMHL | Lost semi-final |
2010–11 | 42 | 26 | 14 | — | 2 | 239 | 178 | 54 | 4th GMHL | Lost semi-final |
2011–12 | 42 | 31 | 6 | — | 5 | 221 | 127 | 67 | 3rd GMHL | Lost semi-final |
2012–13 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 301 | 95 | 84 | 1st GMHL | Won League |
2013–14 | 42 | 30 | 8 | — | 4 | 230 | 116 | 64 | 6th GMHL | Lost final |
2014–15 | 42 | 31 | 11 | — | 0 | 238 | 136 | 62 | 3rd South-Central Div. 7th GMHL |
Lost Division Semi-finals |
2015–16 | 42 | 29 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 219 | 145 | 60 | 3rd Central Div. 9th GMHL |
Lost Division Quarter-finals |
2016–17 | 42 | 28 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 254 | 185 | 56 | 4th of 10, North Div. 8th of 21, GMHL |
Lost Division Quarter-finals |
2017–18 | 42 | 31 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 222 | 124 | 56 | 2nd of 9, North Div. 5th of 21, GMHL |
Lost Division Finals |
2018–19 | 42 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 259 | 133 | 71 | 1st of 10, North Div. 2nd of 22, GMHL |
Lost Division Finals |
2019–20 | 42 | 27 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 230 | 148 | 56 | 4th of 10, North Div. 8th of 23, GMHL |
Postseason cancelled |
2020–21 | season lost due to COVID-19 pandemic | |||||||||
2021–22 | 38 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 230 | 190 | 93 | 2nd of 10, North Div. 3rd of 19, GMHL |
Won Div. Quarterfinals, 2-0 (Lynx) Lost div. semi-finals, 2-3 (Bulls) |
2022–23 | 42 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 270 | 97 | 78 | 1st of 9, North Div. 1st of 16, GMHL |
Won Div. Semifinals, 3-0 (Titans) Won Div.Finals, 4-1 (Ville-Marie Pirates) North Division rep to Russell Cup finals (see below) |
2023–24 | 42 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 294 | 101 | 77 | 1st of 7, North Div. 1st of 15, GMHL |
Won Div. Semifinals, 3-0 (Titans) Div Finals, 4-0 (Lynx) Won League Finals, 4-1(Bulls) Russell Cup Champions |
(*) Standings incomplete.
Russell Cup Finals
National Championships (GMHL North and South and Western)
Year | Preliminary Round | Record | Standing | Bronze Medal Game | Gold Medal Game |
2023 | W, (North York Renegades) 7-4 W, (Temiscaming Titans) 5-3 W, (High Prairie Red Wings) 11-2 |
3-0-0 | 1st of 4 | not competed | Won (Temiscaming Titans) 7-0 National Champions |
Playoffs
- 2007 Won League, won Alliance Cup
- Bradford Rattlers defeated Deseronto Thunder4-games-to-2 in semi-finals
- Bradford Rattlers defeated King Wild4-games-to-1 in finals
- Bradford Rattlers defeated New Westminster Whalers3-games-to-none in Alliance Cup
- 2008 Won League
- Bradford Rattlers defeated Toronto Canada Moose4-games-to-none in bye round
- Bradford Rattlers defeated South Muskoka Shield 4-games-to-1 in quarter-finals
- Bradford Rattlers defeated Elliot Lake Bobcats4-games-to-none in semi-finals
- Bradford Rattlers defeated Innisfil Lakers4-games-to-none in finals
- 2009 Lost Division Semi-finals
- Bradford Rattlers defeated Toronto Canada Moose3-games-to-2 in division quarter-finals
- Deseronto Storm defeated Bradford Rattlers 3-games-to-1 in division semi-finals
- 2010 Lost semi-finals
- Bradford Rattlers defeated Brock Bucks3-games-to-none in quarter-finals
- South Muskoka Shield defeated Bradford Rattlers 4-games-to-1 in semi-finals
- 2011 Lost semi-finals
- Bradford Rattlers defeated Deseronto Storm 3-games-to-none in quarter-finals
- South Muskoka Shield defeated Bradford Rattlers 4-games-to-3 in semi-finals
- 2012 Lost semi-finals
- Bradford Rattlers defeated Lefroy Wave3-games-to-2 in quarter-finals
- Sturgeon Falls Lumberjacksdefeated Bradford Rattlers 4-games-to-none in semi-finals
- 2013 Won League
- Bradford Rattlers defeated Lefroy Wave3-games-to-none in division quarter-finals
- Bradford Rattlers defeated Bobcaygeon Bucks3-games-to-none in division semi-finals
- Bradford Rattlers defeated Orangeville Americans4-games-to-none in division finals
- Bradford Rattlers defeated Temiscaming Titans 4-games-to-2 in finals
- 2014 Lost finals
- Bradford Rattlers defeated Toronto Attack 3-games-to-none in division quarter-finals
- Bradford Rattlers defeated Toronto Blue Ice Jets 3-games-to-1 in division semi-finals
- Bradford Rattlers defeated Seguin Huskies 4-games-to-none in crossover series
- Bradford Bulls defeated Bradford Rattlers 4-games-to-1 in finals
- 2015 Lost Division Semi-finals
- Toronto Blue Ice Jets defeated Bradford Rattlers 3-games-to-2 in division semi-finals
- 2016 Lost Division Quarter-finals
- Knights of Meaford defeated Bradford Rattlers 3-games-to-1 in division quarter-finals
- 2017 Lost Division Quarter-finals
- Temiscaming Titans defeated Bradford Rattlers 3-games-to-1 in division quarter-finals
- 2018 Lost Division Finals
- Bradford Rattlers defeated West Nipissing Lynx 2-games-to-none in division quarter-finals
- Bradford Rattlers defeated Ville-Marie Pirates 3-games-to-2 in division semi-finals
- Almaguin Spartans defeated Bradford Rattlers 4-games-to-none in division finals
- 2019 Lost Division Finals
- Bradford Rattlers defeated Knights of Meaford 2-games-to-none in division quarter-finals
- Bradford Rattlers defeated West Nipissing Lynx 3-games-to-none in division semi-finals
- Ville-Marie Pirates defeated Bradford Rattlers 4-games-to-2 in division finals
- 2020 Postseason cancelled prior to completion
- Bradford Rattlers defeated New Tecumseth Civics 2-games-to-none in division quarter-finals
- Bradford Rattlers defeated Bradford Bulls 3-games-to-2 in division semi-finals
- Temiscaming Titans led Bradford Rattlers 3-games-to-1 in division finals before the postseason was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
Clarence Schmalz Cup appearances
- 1980: Leamington Flyers defeated Bradford Blues 4-games-to-none
- 1986: Norwich Merchants defeated Bradford Blues 4-games-to-3
- 1989: Bradford Bulls defeated Hanover Barons 4-games-to-2
Organization staff history
Season | General manager | Head coach |
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2006–2008 | Jenya Feldmen | |
2008–2012 | Johan Lundskog | |
2012–2013 | Johan Lundskog | John Duco |
2013–2014 | Johan Lundskog | Al Sims |
2014–2015 | Sylvain Cloutier | |
2015–2017 | Sean Werth | Matt Hamilton |
2017–2021 | Sean Werth | Ric Jackman |
2021–present | Sean Werth | Dave Mooney |
Notable alumni
Blues
References
- ^ "Kirill Tulupov". Internet Hockey Database. Retrieved 2021-05-21.
- ^ "Deseronto protests game 4 - Greater Metro Jr. A Hockey League". Archived from the original on 2009-05-01. Retrieved 2009-03-11.
- ^ "Bradford Rattlers - 2012-2013 | Greater Metro Jr. A Hockey League".