The Haliburton County Huskies are a Junior "A"

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team from Haliburton, Ontario, Canada. They are a part of the

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History

This franchise was founded in 1965 as the Oshawa Crushmen, and were initially a member of the Eastern Junior B Hockey League. In 1972, the Crushmen jumped to the Metro Junior B Hockey League and were renamed the Legionaires. In the late 1970s, the Legionaires were coached by future

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coach "Iron"

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. Keenan's star player during this time was a young

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. At the end of the 2005–06 season, the Oshawa Legionaires were bought out by NHLers

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, Wayne Primeau, as well as business man Peter Tosh. Keith had recently retired due to injury and created his own equipment line known as "Fury", based out of Oshawa. In turn, the Primeaus bought the local team and named them to reflect the name of his company. In 2008, the Fury relocated to

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, where they played out of the Iroquois Park Sports Centre. In 2021, the Fury again relocated to Minden, Ontario in

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, where they play out of S.G Nesbitt Memorial Arena as the Haliburton County Huskies.

Staff

*President: Paul Wilson *Director of Hockey Operations: Brad Townsend *General Manager / Head Coach: Ryan Ramsay *Assistant General Manager / Assistant Coach: Brain MacKenzie

Season-by-season results

Playoffs

MetJHL years *1990 – lost quarter-final :Oshawa Legionaires defeated Markham Connections 3 games to none :

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defeated Oshawa Legionaires 4 games to 3 *1991 – lost semi-final :Oshawa Legionaires defeated

Wellington Dukes The Wellington Dukes are a Junior "A" ice hockey team from Wellington, Ontario, Canada. They are in the Eastern Division of the Ontario Junior Hockey League and used to be a part of the Metro Junior A Hockey League. Originally a Junior C team in ...

4 games to 2 :

defeated Oshawa Legionaires 4 games to 3 *1992 – DNQ *1993 – DNQ *1994 – DNQ *1995 – DNQ *1996 – DNQ *1997 – lost preliminary : Pickering Panthers defeated Oshawa Legionaires 4 games to 2 *1998 – lost semi-final :Oshawa Legionaires defeated

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3 games to none :Oshawa Legionaires defeated

3 games to 2 :

defeated Oshawa Legionaires 4 games to 2

Notable alumni

Notable alumni of the Legionnaires, and the Fury include: * Sean Brown * Jeff Daniels *

* John MacLean * Rob Pearson *

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* Chris Tanev * Jason Ward

References

External links

Whitby Fury
{{Toronto Sports Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League teams Sport in Whitby, Ontario 2008 establishments in Ontario Ice hockey clubs established in 2008