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.

Petrolia Jets
CityPetrolia, Ontario, Canada
LeagueGreat Lakes Junior C Hockey League/
Western Ontario Hockey League/
Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League
Operatedc. 1960-2008
Home arenaPetrolia Arena
ColoursRed, Yellow, and White
     
General managerBrian Sukarukoff
Head coachCraig Warwick
AffiliatesLondon Knights (OHL)
Lambeth Lancers (SOJHL)
Franchise history
1960-2008Petrolia Jets
2008-2017Lambton Shores Predators
2017-presentKomoka Kings

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
SeasonGPWLTOTLGFGAPResultsPlayoffs
1967-68241185-124111273rd BWJHLLost Jr. C Final
1968-69311894-150101404th BCJHLLost Jr. B Final
1969-70342680-18089521st BCJHL"B" Champions
1970-71403181-384167631st GLJHL"B" Champions
1971-72363231-288121651st GLJHL"B" Champions
1972-734218168-217203443rd WOJHL
1973-744011254-156232264th WOJHL
1974-754019174-196187423rd WOJHL
1975-763921108-220172503rd WOJHL
1976-774016168-183191404th WOJHL
1977-784022126-216161502nd WOJHL
1978-794227114-295199583rd WOJHL
1979-804111282-182259246th WOJHL
1980-814217196-214210406th WOJHL
1981-824215252-150210325th WOJHL
1982-834213254-192231307th WOJHL
1983-844811361-200360238th WOJHL
1984-853919911-207135494th GLJHL
1985-864019156-211181444th GLJHL
1986-873930612242137631st GLJHL
1987-8839261111216149542nd GLJHL
1988-894030910244141612nd GLJHL
1989-9040141961173188357th WOJHL
1990-9148281811231179585th WOJHL
1991-9250182561196237434th WOJHL West
1992-9352212434--494th WOJHL West
1993-9450242231253245524th WOJHL WestLost Final
1994-9552391102324196801st WOJHL West
1995-9652262060225221583rd WOJHL West
1996-9752321820245188663rd WOJHL West
1997-9852232054205193553rd WOJHL West
1998-9952331405241175713rd WOJHL West
1999-0054232506191219527th GOHL
2000-0154351324194132763rd GOHL
2001-0254341613228169724th WOJHL
2002-0348281901200156574th WOJHLWon League
2003-0448301413180148643rd WOJHL
2004-0548123132122210299th WOJHL
2005-0648261525149149594th WOJHLLost Semi Final
2006-0748737-4139302189th WOJHLDNQ
2007-0848737-4138303189th GOJHL-WDNQ

Notable alumni
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