The Port Colborne Recreationists were a junior ice hockey

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...

 team in the Ontario Hockey Association

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....

, based in Port Colborne, Ontario

Port Colborne, Ontario

Port Colborne is a city on Lake Erie, at the southern end of the Welland Canal, in the Niagara Region of southern Ontario, Canada...

. The Recreationists played at the Junior B level through the 1940s, with the exception of one season.

Port Colborne won the 1943 Junior B championship known as the 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...

, defeating the Milton Bombers two games to none. http://www.rauzulusstreet.com/hockey/junior/sunderland.html After winning the Junior B title, Port Colborne was promoted to the Junior A level, which was in need of teams. The Recreationists completed one full season and then folded early in their second. It is possible that they returned to Junior B from this point on.

Yearly Results

Season	Games	Won	Lost	Tied	Points	Pct %	Goals For	Goals Against	Standing
1943-44	26	10	16	0	20	0.385	111	126	4th Group 2
1944-45	7	1	6	0	20	0.143	24	49	7th OHA (folded)