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team from

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, Canada. They compete in the

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(OJHL).

History

The St. Michael's Buzzers date back to at least 1920, as future NHLer

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had made his home at St. Mikes for the 1930-31 season. The team was founded around 1932-33. The Buzzers won the first ever Sutherland Cup as All-Ontario Junior "B" Champions in 1934, and won it again in 1936, 1945, 1961, 1982, and 1989. They also won the Frank L. Buckland Trophy as OPJHL Champions in 2005, 2006 and 2013. The 1933-34 season saw them finish second in the Ontario Hockey Association Junior Hockey League behind their own parent club, the Toronto St. Michael's Majors. As "A" champions, the Majors went on to win the

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, while the Buzzers went on to win the Sutherland Cup as Ontario "B" champions. The next season, the Big 10 Junior B league was formed and the Buzzers left to join it. In the 1950s, the Buzzers established themselves in the Metro Junior B Hockey League. In 1961, the Buzzers defeated the Big 10's Owen Sound Greys 4-games-to-none to win the Sutherland Cup. They played from 1961 to 1963 as an independent Jr.B club, as their parent club, the Toronto St. Michael's Majors, struggled financially. In 1966-67 the team again took a one-year leave of absence. Despite this, the Buzzers played during the glory years of the Metro league. In 1972, the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League was formed and raided the league for all but four of its charter members, of which one of these teams folded. A season later, the OPJHL also took the

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leaving the Metro league with only the Buzzers and Toronto Nationals as the league's original blood. By 1980, the Nationals had folded and had left the Buzzers as the only team left in a twelve team league that pre-dated the 1972 realignment. The team again took a leave of absence in 1989 after their Sutherland Cup championship, after the Metro League's dispute with the OHA. The following season the Vaughan Raiders merged with the Buzzers, assuming the Buzzer name. The Buzzers left the Metro league in 1995 to join the new Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League. The Buzzers disbanded in 1997 to make way for the

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's St. Michael's Majors. They reformed in 1999, and won the OJHL Championship in 2005, 2006 and 2013.

Season-by-season results

Playoffs

''MetJHL Years'' *1991 ''Lost Quarter-final'' : Henry Carr Crusaders defeated St. Michael's Buzzers ''4-games-to-none'' *1992 ''Lost Quarter-final'' :St. Michael's Buzzers defeated

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''3-games-to-none'' : Muskoka Bears defeated St. Michael's Buzzers ''4-games-to-3'' *1993 ''Lost Final'' :St. Michael's Buzzers defeated Mississauga Senators ''4-games-to-2'' :St. Michael's Buzzers defeated Muskoka Bears ''4-games-to-none'' :

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defeated St. Michael's Buzzers ''4-games-to-1'' *1994 ''Lost Quarter-final'' : Muskoka Bears defeated St. Michael's Buzzers ''4-games-to-2'' *1995 ''Lost Semi-final'' :St. Michael's Buzzers defeated

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''4-games-to-2'' : Caledon Canadians defeated St. Michael's Buzzers ''4-games-to-none'' ''OJHL Years''

Sutherland Cup appearances

:''1961'': St. Michael's Buzzers defeated Owen Sound Greys ''4-games-to-none'' :''1982'': St. Michael's Buzzers defeated Sarnia Bees ''4-games-to-3'' :''1989'': St. Michael's Buzzers defeated

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''4-games-to-1''

Vaughan Raiders

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References

External links

Buzzers Webpage
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