The Little Britain Merchants are a Canadian

Canada

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 Junior ice hockey

Ice hockey

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 team based in Little Britain

Little Britain, Ontario

Little Britain is a community in the City of Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, Canada. It is located 15 km southwest of Lindsay. Formerly a part of Mariposa Township and Victoria County, Little Britain is now part of Ward 8, City of Kawartha Lakes.-History:...

, Ontario

Ontario

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, Canada

Canada

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. They play in the Central Ontario Junior C Hockey League of the Ontario Hockey Association

Ontario Hockey Association

The Ontario Hockey Association is the governing body for the majority of Junior and Senior level ice hockey teams in the Province of Ontario. The OHA is sanctioned by the Ontario Hockey Federation along with the Northern Ontario Hockey Association. Other Ontario sanctioning bodies along with the...

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History

The Little Britain Merchants were founded in 1978 as members of the Southern Counties Junior D Hockey League.

In 1984, the Merchants made the jump to the Central Lakeshore Junior C Hockey League. Two year later, the league merged with the Quinte-St. Lawrence Junior C Hockey League and formed the Central Ontario Junior C Hockey League. The expansion of the Merchants was to fill the void left by the folding of the Stouffville Clippers.

In the 1997-98 season, the Merchants finished first overall in the Central Ontario league regular season with twenty-seven wins in forty games. The Merchants went on to win the their first league championship that year.

The 2005-06 seasons saw the Little Britain Merchants finish the regular season in second place overall. In the league semi-final, the Merchants drew the third seeded Uxbridge Bruins

Uxbridge Bruins

The Uxbridge Bruins are a Canadian Junior ice hockey team based in Uxbridge, Ontario, Canada. They play in the Central Ontario Junior C Hockey League of the Ontario Hockey Association.-History:...

. The series went the distance with the Bruins pulling out the game 7 victory to clinch the series 4-games-to-3 and ruin any form of Merchant playoff run.

The 2006-07 regular season ended with the Merchants finishing in third place overall. Their semi-final opponent would prove to be the second seeded Port Perry Mojacks

Port Perry Mojacks

The Port Perry Mojacks are a Canadian Junior ice hockey team based in Port Perry, Ontario, Canada. They play in the Central Ontario Junior C Hockey League of the Ontario Hockey Association.-History:...

. In a long, hard fought series, the two teams pushed on to the bitter end where the Mojacks came out victorious winning game 7 and the series 4-games-to-3 to advance to the league final.

Season-by-season results

Season	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	P	Results	Playoffs
1987-88	32	15	15	2
148	162	32	5th COJCHL
1988-89	40	20	14	6
181	161	46	5th COJCHL
1989-90	36	9	23	4
163	218	22	7th COJCHL
1990-91	36	18	17	1
192	156	37	5th COJCHL
1991-92	34	20	10	0	4	196	164	44	2nd COJCHL
1992-93	40	25	12	2	1	240	178	53	1st COJCHL
1993-94	30	10	16	3	1	122	136	24	5th COJCHL
1994-95	36	13	20	1	2	146	163	29	6th COJCHL
1995-96	42	29	11	1	1	207	159	60	3rd COJCHL
1996-97	40	19	16	5	0	177	172	43	4th COJCHL
1997-98	40	27	8	4	1	208	158	59	1st COJCHL	Won League
1998-99	40	19	19	2	0	181	213	41	4th COJCHL
1999-00	40	14	23	1	2	150	231	31	5th COJCHL
2000-01	40	12	26	1	1	161	202	27	5th COJCHL
2001-02	42	12	24	2	4	147	204	30	5th COJCHL
2002-03	38	12	21	3	2	131	177	29	5th COJCHL
2003-04	38	10	20	5	3	129	174	28	4th COJCHL
2004-05	40	17	21	1	1	123	161	36	4th COJCHL
2005-06	42	28	13	1	0	191	144	57	2nd COJCHL	Lost Semi-final
2006-07	40	19	12	6	3	175	154	47	3rd COJCHL	Lost Semi-final
2007-08	40	20	14	4	2	137	152	46	3rd COJCHL
2008-09	40	9	27	3	1	159	219	22	5th COJCHL
2009-10	40	21	17
2	153	158	44	3rd COJCHL	Won League, Lost CSC QF
2010-11	40	16	20
4	143	174	36	4th COJCHL	Lost Semi-final