The Belleville Bobcats were a Junior "B" ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 team. The Bobcats played in the Metro Junior B Hockey League

Metro Junior A Hockey League

----The Metro Junior "A" Hockey League was a junior level ice hockey league based out of Southern Ontario. The league originated in 1956 as the Metro Junior "B" Hockey League, which lasted until 1991, when it changed its designation from Junior B to Junior A. It remained a Jr...

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History

The Belleville Bobcats were first formed in 1972 as a member of the Metro Junior "B" league.
In 1980 the team won the Metro Championship. With the founding of the OHL

Ontario Hockey League

The Ontario Hockey League is one of the three Major Junior ice hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League. The league is for players aged 15-20.The OHL also operates under the Ontario Hockey Federation of Hockey Canada....

's Belleville Bulls

Belleville Bulls

The Belleville Bulls are a junior ice hockey team, founded in 1981 based in Belleville, Ontario, Canada. The team plays in the Eastern Division of the Eastern Conference of the Ontario Hockey League.-History:...

, the Bobcats moved west to Trenton, and became the Trenton Bobcats. However, after uneven performance while in Trenton, the team returned to Belleville in 1987. After two seasons, the Bobcats moved to Wellington in 1989 and merged into the Wellington Dukes

Wellington Dukes

The Wellington Dukes are a Junior "A" ice hockey team from Wellington, Ontario, Canada. They are in the Eastern Conference of the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League and used to be a part of the Metro Junior A Hockey League.-History:...

. This team was owned and operated by Vern Nutley.

The Bobcats were Metro "B" Champions and Sutherland Cup

Sutherland Cup

The Sutherland Cup is the ice hockey Ontario Junior "B" Provincial Championship trophy. The Sutherland Cup is now the championship trophy of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League. Until 2007, the Cup served as an interleague provincial championship...

 All-Ontario Junior "B" Champions in 1980.

Season-by-Season results

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Season	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	P	Results	Playoffs
1960-61	20	12	4	4
28	3rd EJBHL
1961-62	Statistics Not Available
1962-63	19	7	11	1	58	93	15	6th EJBHL
1963-64	8 16	0 7	7 8	1 1	18 84	54 70	1 15	3rd EJBHL 4th EJCHL
1964-65	7 15	3 8	4 6	0 1
6 17	3rd EJBHL 4th EJCHL
1965-66	28	12	16	0	113	145	28	5th EJBHL
1966-67	Statistics Not Available
1967-68	32	3	27	2	107	249	8	5th EJBHL
1968-69	30	4	24	2
10	6th EJBHL
1969-70	30	11	16	3	90	169	25	4th EJBHL
1970-71	30	11	14	5	113	140	27	4th EJBHL
1971-72	Statistics Not Available
1972-73	33	14	14	5	168	161	33	5th Metro B
1973-74	44	28	12	4	269	186	60	3rd Metro B
1974-75	38	17	18	3	192	222	37	9th Metro B
1975-76	34	22	9	3	207	157	47	2nd Metro B
1976-77	34	14	14	6	169	177	34	9th Metro B
1977-78	36	17	14	5	197	181	39	6th Metro B
1978-79	44	25	15	4	278	246	54	5th Metro B
1979-80	42	26	7	9	222	160	59	2nd Metro B	Won League, Won SC Sutherland Cup The Sutherland Cup is the ice hockey Ontario Junior "B" Provincial Championship trophy. The Sutherland Cup is now the championship trophy of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League. Until 2007, the Cup served as an interleague provincial championship...
1980-81	41	20	15	6	180	157	46	5th Metro B
1981-82	36	19	9	8	178	150	46	4th Metro B
1982-83	35	22	9	4	161	126	48	2nd Metro B
1983-84	42	20	19	3	200	207	43	6th Metro B
1984-85	36	14	20	2	176	193	30	9th Metro B	DNQ
1985-86	37	6	27	4	153	263	16	12th Metro B	DNQ
1986-87	38	1	33	4	115	264	6	12th Metro B	DNQ
1987-88	37	20	15	2	187	144	42	6th Metro B	Lost Quarter-final
1988-89	40	13	19	8	169	197	34	8th Metro B
1989-90	Merged with Wellington Dukes Wellington Dukes The Wellington Dukes are a Junior "A" ice hockey team from Wellington, Ontario, Canada. They are in the Eastern Conference of the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League and used to be a part of the Metro Junior A Hockey League.-History:...

Sutherland Cup Appearances

1980: Belleville Bobcats defeated Windsor Bulldogs

Tecumseh Chiefs

The LaSalle Vipers are a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in LaSalle, Ontario, Canada. They play in the Western division of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League.-History:...

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