Fort Frances Royals
Encyclopedia
The Fort Frances Royals were a Canadian
Junior
ice hockey
club from Fort Frances, Ontario
. The Royals were members of the Memorial Cup
-eligible Thunder Bay Junior A Hockey League
.
. After a season playing against all Manitoba opponents, the Royals elected to transfer to the Thunder Bay Junior A Hockey League
. They were the first team in decades to play in the TBJHL without existing within what would eventually become the City of Thunder Bay
.
The Royals folded mid-season in 1969 after a terrible start to the season. Up to this point, the Royals were a force to reckon with in the TBJHL despite never winning a league title.
In 1970-71, the Royals entered the 1971 Centennial Cup playdowns as an independent team. They were defeated 3-games-to-none by the Thunder Bay Marrs
in the Northwestern Ontario final.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
Junior
Junior ice hockey
Junior hockey is a catch-all term used to describe various levels of ice hockey competition for players generally between 16 and 20 years of age...
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...
club from Fort Frances, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
. The Royals were members of the Memorial Cup
Memorial Cup
The Memorial Cup is a junior ice hockey club championship trophy awarded annually to the Canadian Hockey League champion. It is awarded following a four-team, round robin tournament between a host team and the champions of the CHL's three member leagues: the Ontario Hockey League , Quebec Major...
-eligible Thunder Bay Junior A Hockey League
Thunder Bay Junior A Hockey League
The Thunder Bay Junior A Hockey League was a Canadian Junior ice hockey league that existed from circa 1920 to 1980. The TBJHL operated in Northwestern Ontario, primarily in the Thunder Bay region....
.
History
The Fort Frances Royals were founded in 1963 as members of the Manitoba Junior Hockey LeagueManitoba Junior Hockey League
The Manitoba Junior Hockey League is a Junior 'A' ice hockey league operating in the Canadian province of Manitoba. The MJHL is one of eleven Junior 'A' Hockey Leagues in Canada and is a member of the Canadian Junior Hockey League ....
. After a season playing against all Manitoba opponents, the Royals elected to transfer to the Thunder Bay Junior A Hockey League
Thunder Bay Junior A Hockey League
The Thunder Bay Junior A Hockey League was a Canadian Junior ice hockey league that existed from circa 1920 to 1980. The TBJHL operated in Northwestern Ontario, primarily in the Thunder Bay region....
. They were the first team in decades to play in the TBJHL without existing within what would eventually become the City of Thunder Bay
Thunder Bay
-In Canada:Thunder Bay is the name of three places in the province of Ontario, Canada along Lake Superior:*Thunder Bay District, Ontario, a district in Northwestern Ontario*Thunder Bay, a city in Thunder Bay District*Thunder Bay, Unorganized, Ontario...
.
The Royals folded mid-season in 1969 after a terrible start to the season. Up to this point, the Royals were a force to reckon with in the TBJHL despite never winning a league title.
In 1970-71, the Royals entered the 1971 Centennial Cup playdowns as an independent team. They were defeated 3-games-to-none by the Thunder Bay Marrs
Port Arthur Marrs
The Port Arthur Marrs were a junior ice hockey team that played in Port Arthur, Ontario . They were named for trucking company and sponsor W.H. Marr, Ltd., and contested the 1967 Memorial Cup, which they lost to the Toronto Marlboros.-History:The Marrs played out of the Thunder Bay Junior Hockey...
in the Northwestern Ontario final.
Season-by-Season Standings
| Season | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | P | Results |
| 1963-64 | 30 | 17 | 12 | 1 | |||||
| 118 | 136 | 35 | 2nd MJHL | ||||||
| 1964-65 | 22 | 8 | 10 | 4 | |||||
| 105 | 108 | 20 | 3rd TBJHL | ||||||
| 1965-66 | 30 | 11 | 19 | 0 | |||||
| 145 | 173 | 22 | 3rd TBJHL | ||||||
| 1966-67 | 28 | 9 | 16 | 3 | |||||
| 120 | 170 | 21 | 3rd TBJHL | ||||||
| 1967-68 | 24 | 14 | 6 | 4 | |||||
| 141 | 120 | 48 | 1st TBJHL | ||||||
| 1968-69 | 24 | 1 | 23 | 0 | |||||
| 78 | 200 | 2 | 4th TBJHL |