The Port Stanley Sailors are a Canadian

Canada

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 Junior ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 team based in Port Stanley, Ontario

Port Stanley, Ontario

Port Stanley is a community in the Municipality of Central Elgin, Ontario, Elgin County, located on the north shore of Lake Erie at the mouth of Kettle Creek.-History:...

. They play in the Southern Ontario Junior Hockey League

Southern Ontario Junior Hockey League

The Southern Ontario Junior Hockey League is a Junior level ice hockey league sanctioned by the Ontario Hockey Association based out of Southwestern Ontario....

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History

The Sailors were formerly known as the Belmont Bombers, playing their last season as the Bombers in 05-06. Prior to the 06-07 season, they changed their name to the Central Elgin Express. This was done as the team was going to be splitting their home games between Belmont and Port Stanley. During the 07-08 season, the Express played all their home games in Port Stanley, which was formerly home to the Port Stanley Lakers, which are now known as the West Lorne Lakers

West Lorne Lakers

The West Lorne Lakers were a Canadian Junior ice hockey team based in West Elgin, Ontario, Canada. Until the end of the 2007-2008 season, they played in the Southern Ontario Junior Hockey League of the Ontario Hockey Association...

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During the summer of 2008, it was announced that The Central Elgin Express had been sold by Peter North and Bill Walters to a group of four equal owners led by St. Thomas resident Dale J. Howard. The other three owners are Harold Lang, Matt Stolk and Mike Carson. The Sailors were not able to play in 08-09 because the OHA had already been done up. So the Sailors will begin play in 09-10.

The Express were affiliated with the St Thomas Stars

St. Thomas Stars

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 of the Jr B Greater Ontario Hockey League

Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League

The Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League is a Canadian junior ice hockey league based in Southern Ontario, Canada. The league is sanctioned by the Ontario Hockey Association, Ontario Hockey Federation, and Hockey Canada...

for the 07-08 season. The Port Stanley Sailors continued that affiliation for the 09-10 season.

Season-by-season standings

Season	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	P	Results
1969-70	30	16	10	4
161	125	38	2nd WJDHL
1970-71	34	16	16	2
159	167	34	5th WJDHL
1971-72	30	19	9	2
156	123	40	2nd WJDHL
1972-73	32	18	12	2
156	110	38	3rd WJDHL
1973-74	33	26	5	2
230	111	54	1st WJDHL
1974-75	32	28	2	2
262	93	58	1st WJDHL
1975-76	27	19	3	5
153	90	43	1st WJDHL
1976-77	30	15	10	5
146	113	35	4th WJDHL
1977-78	34	21	7	6
235	156	48	4th WJDHL
1978-79	33	22	8	3
208	131	47	2nd WJDHL
1979-80	34	33	1	0
292	85	66	1st WJDHL
1980-81	33	32	1	0
314	103	64	1st WJDHL
1981-82	36	21	10	5
218	157	47	4th WJDHL
1982-83	36	20	10	6
169	129	46	2nd WJDHL
1983-84	34	15	14	5
219	208	35	4th WJDHL
1984-85	34	26	6	2
265	137	54	1st WJDHL
1985-86	42	28	11	3
269	163	59	3rd WJDHL
1986-87	42	25	13	4
241	179	54	2nd WJDHL
1987-88	40	21	17	2
204	208	44	5th WJDHL
1988-89	35	22	11	2
197	150	46	5th WJDHL
1989-90	35	25	8	2
173	101	52	2nd WJDHL
1990-91	40	18	17	4	1	162	160	41	9th WJDHL
1991-92	40	12	23	1	4	161	207	29	14th OHAJDL
1992-93	40	10	26	2	2	163	255	24	15th OHAJDL
1993-94	40	5	35	0
127	302	10	18th OHAJDL
1994-95	40	18	19	1	2	193	196	39	13th OHAJDL
1995-96	38	12	25	0	1	142	193	25	17th OHAJDL
1996-97	39	11	26	1	1	130	216	24	17th OHAJDL
1997-98	40	18	17	4	1	146	148	41	11th OHAJDL
1998-99	40	24	11	3	2	163	137	53	3rd OHAJDL
1999-00	40	10	27	1	2	145	232	23	16th OHAJDL
2000-01	40	9	28	3	0
21	17th OHAJDL
2001-02	40	7	30	1	2	157	246	17	18th OHAJDL
2002-03	40	14	22	3	1	164	198	32	15th OHAJDL
2003-04	40	7	26	3	4	157	240	21	17th OHAJDL
2004-05	36	6	26	2	2	101	197	16	17th OHAJDL
2005-06	37	1	36	0	0	71	283	2	18th OHAJDL
2006-07	40	14	23	0	3	150	210	31	13th SOJHL
2007-08	40	4	34
2	101	242	10	17th SOJHL
2008-09	Did Not Participate
2009-10	36	17	14
5	163	155	39	7th SOJHL
2010-11	36	17	15
4	142	137	38	11th SOJHL

External links

• Port Stanley Sailors webpage
• Central Elgin Express webpage