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team based in Bradford,

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. They play in the

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(GMHL).

History

The Bulls were announced on February 23, 2012, by the GMHL. They are the namesake of the old Bradford Bulls Junior C team that which became the Bradford Rattlers. The Ratters and Bulls play out of different arenas in Bradford, but gave the Rattlers a geographical rival. The Bradford Bulls first regular season game was on September 16, 2012, in Bradford, Ontario. The game was on the road against the cross-town rivals the Bradford Rattlers. The game resulted in a 6–2 loss for the Bulls but had its first goal in franchise history scored by Clint Zumer, and assisted by Justin Tucker. On September 26, 2012, the Bulls would pick up their first franchise victory defeating the

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at home, 9–7. Donald Oldreive made 41 saves to pick up the victory. On March 26, 2013, the Bradford Bulls won the GMHL playoffs in a 4-games-to-1 series victory against their hometown rival and defending champion Bradford Rattlers. The Bulls finished the regular season in first place in the South Division, fourth overall and three points out of second. They faced the

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in the first round and swept them 3-games-to-none. In the second round, they swept territorial rival

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3-games-to-none. Instead of a division final, the league elected to do a divisional crossover and the Bulls had to face the second seed from the North, the

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. The Bulls took the series in a four-game sweep and were set to face the Rattlers in a "Sidewalk Series" as they knocked off the first seeded

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. Although the Rattlers gave the Bulls their only loss of the playoffs, it was not enough as the Bulls took their first league title after only two years of existence.

Season-by-season standings

Playoffs

*''2013'' :Bradford Bulls defeated

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''3-games-to-1'' in division quarter-finals :

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defeated Bradford Bulls ''3-games-to-1'' in division semi-finals *''2014'' :Bradford Bulls defeated

''3-games-to-none'' in division quarter-finals :Bradford Bulls defeated

''3-games-to-none'' in division semi-finals :Bradford Bulls defeated Temiscaming Titans ''4-games-to-none'' in crossover series :Bradford Bulls defeated Bradford Rattlers ''4-games-to-1'' in finals :Russell Cup Champions *''2015'' :

defeated Bradford Bulls '' 6–5 (game)'' in Conference Elimination Round 1 *''2016'' : Oshawa Riverkings defeated Bradford Bulls ''3-games-to-none'' in division quarter-finals *''2017'' :

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defeated Bradford Bulls ''3-games-to-none'' in division quarter-finals *''2018'' :Bradford Bulls defeated

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''2-games-to-1'' in division quarter-finals : St. George Ravens defeated Bradford Bulls ''3-games-to-none'' in division semi-finals *''2019'' :

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defeated Bradford Bulls ''2-games-to-1'' in division quarter-finals *''2020'' :Bradford Bulls defeated Bancroft Rockhounds ''2-games-to-1'' in division quarter-finals : Bradford Rattlers defeated Bradford Bulls ''3-games-to-2'' in division semi-finals

League award winners

*Marshall Uretsky Award :''An annual award "to the player who is adjudged the most valuable player (MVP) in the regular season"'' :* Tomi Taavitsainen 2014 *Tyler Fines Award :''An annual award "to the player selected as the most proficient in his first year of competition in the GMHL"'' :* Zan Hobbs 2015 :* Sergei Bolshakov 2014 :* Devon Gillham 2013 *Louis Ricci Award :''An annual award "to the forward who demonstrates throughout the season the greatest ability at the position"'' :* Tomi Taavitsainen 2014 *Al Donnan Award :''An annual award "to the goaltender adjudged to be the best at his position"'' :* Sergei Bolshakov 2014

Notable alumni

* Sergei Bolshakov

References

External links

Bulls WebpageGMHL Webpage
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