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Collingwood was the first regular season champion, finishing first with a 30-7-0 record, but Port Elgin won the inaugural playoff championship. The
Sunocos placed second at 24-10-1 and beat the third-place Greys (14-22-1) in one semifinal series. Orangeville finished dead last at 2-32-0, was swept by
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Intermediate A Hockey League folded in 1983. Midland disappeared with it while Port Elgin and Durham joined a local OHA Intermediate B loop. Collingwood, Georgetown and Barrie (now known as the Broncos) were absorbed into the Senior A league. Dundas and Owen Sound are the only teams that
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The same seven teams returned in 1981–82, although Port Elgin changed its nickname to the Suns, and
Georgetown and Collingwood again captured the top two places in the standings. Port Elgin, Orillia, Midland, Owen Sound and Barrie rounded out the league. Georgetown swept the playoffs, beating the
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Timmins. The Northstars made short work of the Raiders, defeating them 2-games-to-none. A year later, the Georgetown Raiders won their second straight league title and challenged the Timmins Northstars again. This time fate laid with the Raiders, as they won the series
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entered from Senior A. Unfortunately, they were overmatched and finished in sixth and last place, behind
Georgetown, Collingwood, Port Elgin, Midland and Barrie. Although the Raiders topped the standings for the third year in a row, Collingwood finally won the playoff championship by downing
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from the OHA Senior A Hockey League. Dundas finished first in the standings and beat third-place
Georgetown 3-1 in a best-of-five playoff final. Collingwood was second, Orillia was fourth, Barrie was fifth, Port Elgin dropped to sixth and Owen Sound finished seventh.
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Georgetown, Collingwood, Owen Sound, Orillia, Barrie, Port Elgin and Midland. The Raiders ended up as playoff champions, defeating the Greys 4-1 in a best-of-seven final.
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had set a litmus test for the league's champions to determine whether or not they were capable of competing for the coveted Hardy Trophy. The litmus test in question was the
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Intermediate A as it had fully absorbed the Niagara league which floundered around 1979. Dundas departed for Senior A but the
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final but were defeated 2-games-to-none. This essentially marked the end of
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got the first crack at the Northstars. In a best-of-three series, the Granites defeated the Merchants 2-games-to-1.
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2-games-to-1. The Raiders ended up moving on to win the 1982 Hardy Trophy.
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55:1980 - 1983
49:1964 - 1979
43:1978 - 1980
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637:2022-06-17
613:References
421:Port Elgin
397:Owen Sound
314:Georgetown
24:league in
22:ice hockey
632:Slap Shot
323:Hardy Cup
194:The teams
126:Hardy Cup
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107:and the
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384:Folded
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158:Timmins
60:History
26:Ontario
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210:Notes
204:Centre
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207:Years
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