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team based out of Komoka,

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. They played in the

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. They folded in 2014 after winning the WOAA Sr. AA championship.

History

The

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Irish and the Ilderton Wildcats were members of the WOAA Intermediate league in the 1950s. In 1959, the teams merged to become the Lucan-Ilderton Combines. By 1968, the top tier of the WOAA joined the

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to form the Central Intermediate B Hockey League, with that the team changed its name to the Jets. In 1970, the Jets jumped to the Southern Counties Intermediate B Hockey League. In 1971–72, the Jets were particularly strong and walked away from the intermediate leagues to play an independent schedule and later attempt to challenge for the

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. In 1972, the Jets joined the Western Ontario Senior B Hockey League. In 1973, the league became the Continental Senior B Hockey League. In 1975, the league was upgraded to the Continental Senior A Hockey League. The Jets left the league in 1980. Their most notable feuds were with the Durham Huskies and Cambridge Hornets. From 1980 until 2004, Lucan-Ilderton seeming dropped off the map. In 2004, the Jets returned to the

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Championships

The Jets won the 2004–05 WOAA Sr. "A" championship, which was their first season in the WOAA. Previous Lucan championship seasons included 1945 when Lucan captured the Intermediate B title defeating Marmora and in 1955 when the Lucan Irish Six, won the 1955 WOAA Grand Championship. The Lucan-Ilderton Jets were OHA Senior A champions in 1970 defeating the Napanee Comets in the final and OHA Western Senior B champions in 1973 and Continental Senior B champions in 1975 defeating Stratford Perths on both occasions.

2006–07 season

Lucan-Ilderton had another strong season, finishing in second place in the South Division with a strong 18–5–1 record. The Jets would face the

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in the opening round of the "AA" quarter-finals, and after Lucan won the opening game of the series, Elora would win three in a row, including two straight in overtime, to put the Jets in a must win situation. The Jets responded in game five with a 6–5 OT victory, but would fall short in the sixth game, losing 6–3 and being eliminated from the playoffs.

2007–08 season

The Jets would once again have a very strong regular season, earning a 17–7–2 record, finishing in third place in the South Division. Lucan-Ilderton would once again face the

in the "AA" quarter-finals, and the Jets would lose the opening game by a close score of 4–3. Lucan-Ilderton would fall down 2–0 in the series after losing 6–2 on home ice, then fall behind 3–0 after the Rocks shut out the Jets 5–0 in Elora. Elora would complete the sweep with a 6–4 win in the fourth game, eliminating the Jets from the playoffs for the second straight season.

2008–09 season

Lucan-Ilderton would have another very strong regular season, earning a record of 15–3–2, registering 32 points and second place in the WOAA South Division. The Jets opened the post-season against the

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, with the winner advancing to the "AA" playoffs. Lucan-Ilderton took the series lead with a convincing 4–1 win in the first game, however, the Wildcats fought back in the second game, and evened the series with a 3–1 win. In the third game, Monkton took the series lead, defeating the Jets 5–4 in overtime, followed by a 1–0 shutout win in the fourth game by the Wildcats which put Lucan-Ilderton down 3–1 in the series. Monkton completed the upset in the fifth game, defeating the Jets 4–2 to send Lucan-Ilderton to the "A" playoffs. Lucan-Ilderton will face the

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in the "A" quarter-finals.

Move to Komoka

In the summer of 2011, the Jets elected to move to the Town of Komoka.

Season-by-season record

''Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T= Tie, OTL = Overtime Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against''

The Original Jets

''More information will be added as more becomes available''

External links

WOAA WebsiteWOAA Senior Hockey WebsiteLucan-Ilderton Jets Website

References

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