Brantford Lions

Canadian junior ice hockey team

Brantford Lions
City	Brantford, Ontario
League	Ontario Hockey Association
Operated	1933 (1933) to 1946 (Junior A & B)

The Brantford Lions were a Canadian junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey Association, based in Brantford, Ontario. The Lions played at the Junior A level from 1933 to 1936, and again from 1941 to 1944. In the intermediate years, the played at the Junior B level, from 1936 to 1941, and again from 1944 to 1946. They were Junior B Ontario champions in the 1940–41 season.^[1]

Hockey Hall of Fame defenceman Bill Quackenbush played for the Lions in 1941–42.^[2] That season, Bob Wiest led the league in scoring, winning the Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy with 40 goals and 28 assists in 40 games. The same year, Branford finished first place in the OHA for the regular season, but lost in the first round of the playoffs to the defending champions, the Oshawa Generals.^{[citation needed]} The Lions were runners-up to the J. Ross Robertson Cup in 1943, but against lost to the Oshawa Generals.^[3]

NHL alumni

Junior A alumni

Leo Gravelle
Fred Hunt
Francis Kane

Howie Meeker
Ray Powell
Bill Quackenbush^[2]

Thain Simon
Cliff Simpson

Junior B alumni

Tom McGrattan

Leo Reise Jr.

Bill Wylie

Yearly results

Season	Games	Won	Lost	Tied	Points	Pct %	Goals For	Goals Against	Standing
1941–42	24	19	5	0	38	0.792	183	83	1st OHA
1942–43	22	12	10	2	26	0.591	102	98	2nd OHA
1943–44	25	11	13	1	23	0.460	90	126	3rd Group 2

References

^ Brantford & Area Sports Hall of Recognition. "1940-41 Brantford Lions Jr. B Ontario Champions". Retrieved 2017-12-10.
^ ^a ^b David Blevins (2012). The Sports Hall of Fame Encyclopedia. p. 785. ISBN 0810861305.
^ Annual Report: Constitution, Regulations and Rules of Competition. Cambridge, Ontario: Ontario Hockey Association. 2006. p. W-13.