BELLEVILLE BULLS

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

Contents

Team History

Championships

Coaches

Players

Award winners

Retired numbers

NHL alumni

Roster

Team records

Yearly results

Regular season

Playoffs

Team uniforms & logos

Arena

See also

External links

Team History

The Belleville Bulls started in 1979 as a Junior Tier II team in the OHA. In their second season in 1980-1981, the Bulls won the Tier II title, defeating the Guelph Platers in the league finals. The Bulls then competed in the national championhip for the Manitoba Centennial Trophy hosted in Halifax, Nova Scotia losing in the finals to the Prince Albert Raiders.
On February 2, 1981 the OHL granted an expansion franchise to the city of Belleville and the ownership group of Dr. Robert L. Vaughan & Bob Dolan. Dr. Robert L. Vaughan remained an owner/co-owner of the team for over 20 years until he sold the team in 2004 to Gord Simmonds. Dr. Vaughan was awarded the Bill Long award in 1993 for distinguished service to the OHL.
In 1983 Belleville hosted the OHL All-Star Game, known then as the OHL Chrysler Cup.
The Bulls reached the OHL finals in 1986 versus familiar foe from their Tier II days, the Guelph Platers. The Platers won the series in 6 games. In 1995 and 1996 the Bulls lost in the semi-finals the Guelph Storm.
The 1999 season would be one for the memories when the Belleville Bulls would win it all. The Bulls defeated the London Knights 9-2 in game seven of the OHL championship series at the Yardmen Arena to win their first J. Ross Robertson Cup.
The Bulls competed in the 1999 Memorial Cup, hosted in Ottawa versus the Calgary Hitmen, Acadie-Bathurst Titan & Ottawa 67's. Belleville finished 3rd, losing to Ottawa 4-2 in the semi-final.
In the 2005-2006 season the Belleville Bulls celebrated their 25th anniversary in the OHL. The team also hosted the annual OHL All-Star game for the second time, on February 1, 2006.

Championships

'Leyden Trophy' East Division Regular Season Champions

★ 2000-2001

★ 2001-2002

★ 2006-2007
'Bobby Orr Trophy' Eastern Conference Champions

★ 1998-1999
'J. Ross Robertson Cup' Championships: 1999

★ 1985-1986 - Lost to Guelph Platers in OHL Final

★ 1998-1999 - OHL Champions vs. London Knights
'Memorial Cup' Appearances: 1

★ '1999' OHL representative in Ottawa, Ontario

Coaches

Larry Mavety coached the Belleville Bulls for 14 seasons. He is second only to Brian Kilrea for amount of time coached with an OHL team.
Lou Crawford was groomed by Mavety to replace him behind the Bulls' bench. Lou Crawford is the brother of NHL Coach Marc Crawford. Their father, Floyd Crawford, was team captain of the 1959 World Champion Belleville McFarlands.
Former coaches Lou Crawford and Shawn Mackenzie both had brief NHL careers. George Burnett briefly coached with the Edmonton Oilers. James Boyd is the only former Bulls player to later coach the Belleville team.
List of Coaches

''(Multiple years in parentheses)''

★ '1979-1988' Larry Mavety (16) ★ '1988-1990' Danny Flynn (2) ★ '1990 ''Playoffs''' Shawn Mackenzie ★ '1990-1997' Larry Mavety (16)

★ '1997-2000' Lou Crawford (3) ★ '2000-2003' Jim Hulton (3) ★ '2003-2004' James Boyd ★ '2004-2006' George Burnett (2)

Players

Award winners

'CHL Humanitarian of the Year Award' ★ '1995-1996' Craig Mills'Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy' OHL Top Point Scorer. ★ '1984-1985' Dave MacLean ★ '2000-2001' Kyle Wellwood ★ '2001-2002' Nathan Robinson'Jim Mahon Memorial Trophy' OHL Top Scoring Right Winger. ★ '1984-1985' Dave MacLean ★ '1991-1992' Darren McCarty ★ '2000-2001' Branko Radivojevič ★ '2001-2002' Mike Renzi'OHL Goaltender of the Year' Voted best goaltender in the OHL. ★ '1989-1990' Jeff Fife'F.W. "Dinty" Moore Trophy' Best rookie goals against average. ★ '1982-1983' Dan Burrows ★ '1985-1986' Paul Henriques'Wayne Gretzky 99 Award' Playoffs MVP ★ '1999' Justin Papineau

'Dan Snyder Memorial Trophy' Humanitarian of the year. ★ '1995-1996' Craig Mills ★ '2001-2002' David Silverstone ★ '2002-2003' Michael Mole ★ '2006-2007' Andrew Gibbons'William Hanley Trophy' Most sportsmanlike player. ★ '1985-1986' Jason Lafreniere ★ '2002-2003' Kyle Wellwood'Leo Lalonde Memorial Trophy' Overage player of the year. ★ '1984-1985' Dunc MacIntyre ★ '1998-1999' Ryan Ready ★ '2000-2001' Randy Rowe ★ '2006-2007' Tyler Donati'Bobby Smith Trophy' Scholastic player of the year. ★ '1984-1985' Craig Billington'Jack Ferguson Award' First overall draft pick. ★ '1981' Dan Quinn ★ '2004' John Hughes

Retired numbers

★ '# 15 - Dunc MacIntyre'

NHL alumni

★ Steve Bancroft ★ Radim Bicanek ★ Craig Billington ★ Kevin Brown ★ Sean Brown ★ Brian Chapman ★ Tony Cimellaro ★ Jonathan Cheechoo ★ David Clarkson ★ Daniel Cleary ★ Brandon Convery ★ Craig Coxe ★ Troy Crowder

★ Doug Doull ★ Stan Drulia ★ Dan Gratton ★ Brent Gretzky ★ David Haas ★ Kyle Handy ★ Mike Hartman ★ Todd Hawkins ★ Bryan Helmer ★ Al Iafrate ★ Jason Lafreniere ★ Kevin MacDonald ★ Bryan Marchment

★ Darren McCarty ★ Cody McCormick ★ Chris McRae ★ Marty McSorley ★ Branislav Mezei ★ Craig Mills ★ Kris Newbury ★ Darren Pang ★ Justin Papineau ★ Richard Park ★ Rob Pearson ★ John Purves ★ Dan Quinn

★ Branko Radivojevic ★ Ryan Ready ★ Keith Redmond ★ Nathan Robinson ★ Jarrod Skalde ★ Jason Spezza ★ Matt Stajan ★ Scott Thornton ★ Nikos Tselios ★ Mike Vellucci ★ Kyle Wellwood ★ Derek Wilkinson ★ Darryl Williams

★ Source

Roster

''As of 2006-07 season.''
Goalies

★ 1 -- Ed Pasquale (Toronto, Ontario)

★ 32 -- Mike Murphy (Inverary, Ontario)

★ 33 -- Kevin Lalande (Clarence Creek, Ontario) ~ CGY 2005
Defencemen

★ 4 -- Geoff Killing (Embro, Ontario)

★ 5 -- Paul Cianfrini (Dundas, Ontario)

★ 6 -- P.K. Subban (Toronto, Ontario) ~ MTL 2007

★ 8 -- Marc Cantin (Omemee, Ontario)

★ 9 -- Shawn Lalonde (Orleans, Ontario)

★ 16 -- Matthew Pelech (Toronto, Ontario) ~ CGY 2005

★ 24 -- Nick Pageau (Stoney Creek, Ontario)
Forwards

★ 7 -- Cory Tanaka (Stouffville, Ontario)

★ 10 -- Tyler Donati (Oakville, Ontario)

★ 12 -- Shawn Matthias (Mississauga, Ontario) ~ DET 2006

★ 13 -- Andrew Gibbons (Oshawa, Ontario)

★ 19 -- Aaron Snow (Windsor, Ontario) ~ DAL 2006

★ 17 -- Matt Beleskey (Midhurst, Ontario) ~ ANA 2006

★ 18 -- Michael Neal (Whitby, Ontario) ~ DAL 2007

★ 20 -- Matthew Tipoff (Toronto, Ontario)

★ 23 -- Bryan Cameron (Brampton, Ontario) ~ LOS 2007

★ 25 -- Eric Tangradi (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) ~ ANA 2007

★ 26 -- Tyler Doig (Seaforth, Ontario)

★ 28 -- Stephen Blunden (Gloucester, Ontario)

★ 29 -- Erik Caladi (Nitra, Slovakia)

Team records

'Team Records for a single season'
Statistic	Total	Season
Most Points	90	1999-00
Most Wins	44	1999-00
Most Goals For	390	1984-85
Least Goals For	172	2003-04
Least Goals Against	200	2002-03
Most Goals Against	347	1986-87

'Individual player records for a single season'
Statistic	Player	Total	Season
Most Goals	Dave MacLean	64	1984-85
Most Assists	Dave MacLean	90	1984-85
Most Points	Dave MacLean	154	1984-85
Most Points, rookie	Dunc MacIntyre & Dan Cleary	81	1981-82; 1994-95
Most Points, defenseman	Scott Boston	84	1991-92
Best GAA (Goalie)	Mike Mole	2.51	2001-02
''Goalies = minimum 1500 minutes played''

Yearly results

Regular season

'Legend: T' = Tie (2004-05 & previous), 'SL' = Shoot Out Loss (2005-06 & onward)

'Season'	'Games'	'Won'	'Lost'	'T/SL'	'OTL'	'Points'	'Pct %'	'Goals For'	'Goals Against'	'Standing'
1979-80	44	24	18	2	-	50	0.568	235	191	5th OPJHL
1980-81	44	35	7	2	-	72	0.818	273	138	1st OPJHL
1981-82	68	24	42	2	-	50	0.368	280	326	7th Leyden
1982-83	70	34	36	0	-	68	0.486	342	332	6th Leyden
1983-84	70	33	37	0	-	66	0.471	319	304	5th Leyden
1984-85	66	42	24	0	-	84	0.636	390	278	2nd Leyden
1985-86	66	37	27	2	-	76	0.576	305	268	2nd Leyden
1986-87	66	26	39	1	-	53	0.402	292	347	5th Leyden
1987-88	66	32	30	4	-	68	0.515	297	275	4th Leyden
1988-89	66	27	35	4	-	58	0.439	292	322	6th Leyden
1989-90	66	36	26	4	-	76	0.576	301	247	5th Leyden
1990-91	66	38	21	7	-	83	0.629	324	280	3rd Leyden
1991-92	66	27	27	12	-	66	0.500	314	293	6th Leyden
1992-93	66	21	34	11	-	53	0.402	280	315	6th Leyden
1993-94	66	32	28	6	-	70	0.530	303	264	4th Leyden
1994-95	66	32	31	3	-	67	0.508	295	287	4th Eastern
1995-96	66	35	26	5	-	75	0.568	300	250	3rd Eastern
1996-97	66	22	37	7	-	51	0.386	235	278	5th Eastern
1997-98	66	41	22	3	-	85	0.644	315	239	2nd Eastern
1998-99	68	39	22	7	-	85	0.625	334	246	2nd East
1999-00	68	44	22	2	-	90	0.662	319	227	2nd East
2000-01	68	37	23	5	3	82	0.581	275	224	'1st East'
2001-02	68	39	23	4	2	84	0.603	279	218	'1st East'
2002-03	68	33	27	6	2	74	0.529	195	200	3rd East
2003-04	68	15	44	8	1	39	0.279	172	279	5th East
2004-05	68	29	29	6	4	68	0.471	176	208	3rd East
2005-06	68	32	28	5	3	72	0.529	202	225	3rd East
2006-07	68	39	24	0	5	83	0.610	260	227	'1st East'

Playoffs

★ '1980-1981' Won OPJHL Playoffs.
Defeated Onaping Falls Huskies for OHA Championship 3 games to 0.
Won Dudley Hewitt Cup.
Finished 2nd in Centennial Cup Round Robin.
Lost National final 6-2 to Prince Albert Raiders.

★ '1981-1982' Out of playoffs.

★ '1982-1983' Lost to Oshawa Generals 7 points to 1 in first round.

★ '1983-1984' Lost to Oshawa Generals 6 points to 0 in first round.

★ '1984-1985' Defeated Oshawa Generals 8 points to 2 in first round.
Defeated Cornwall Royals 6 points to 2 in quarter-finals.
Lost to Peterborough Petes 9 points to 1 in semi-finals.

★ '1985-1986' Defeated Cornwall Royals 9 points to 3 in first round.
Tied for first in round robin with Peterborough Petes versus Kingston Canadians.
Defeated Peterborough Petes 9 points to 7 in semi-finals.
Lost to Guelph Platers 8 poins to 4 in finals.

★ '1986-1987' Lost to Kingston Canadians 4 games to 2 in first round.

★ '1987-1988' Lost to Cornwall Royals 4 games to 2 in first round.

★ '1988-1989' Lost to Peterborough Petes 4 games to 1 in first round.

★ '1989-1990' Defeated Kingston Frontenacs 4 games to 3 in first round.
Lost to Peterborough Petes 4 games to 0 in quarter-finals.

★ '1990-1991' Lost to Ottawa 67's 4 games to 2 in first round.

★ '1991-1992' Lost to North Bay Centennials 4 games to 1 in first round.

★ '1992-1993' Lost to Oshawa Generals 4 games to 3 in first round.

★ '1993-1994' Defeated Kingston Frontenacs 4 games to 2 in division quarter-finals.
Lost to North Bay Centennials 4 games to 2 in division semi-finals.

★ '1994-1995' Defeated North Bay Centennials 4 games to 2 in division quarter-finals.
Defeated Kingston Frontenacs 4 games to 2 in quarter-finals.
Lost to Guelph Storm 4 games to 0 in semi-finals.

★ '1995-1996' Defeated Oshawa Generals 4 games to 1 in division quarter-finals.
Defeated Ottawa 67's 4 games to 0 in quarter-finals.
Lost to Guelph Storm 4 games to 1 in semi-finals.

★ '1996-1997' Lost to Ottawa 67's 4 games to 2 in division quarter-finals.

★ '1997-1998' Defeated Peterborough Petes 4 games to 0 in division quarter-finals.
Lost to Plymouth Whalers 4 games to 2 in quarter-finals.

★ '1998-1999' Defeated Sudbury Wolves 4 games to 0 in conference quarter-finals.
Defeated Ottawa 67's 4 games to 1 in conference semi-finals.
Defeated Oshawa Generals 4 games to 1 in conference finals.
Defeated London Knights 4 games to 3 in finals. 'OHL CHAMPIONS.'
Finished 3rd in Memorial Cup series.

★ '1999-2000' Defeated Peterborough Petes 4 games to 1 in conference quarter-finals.
Defeated Ottawa 67's 4 games to 2 in conference semi-finals.
Lost to Barrie Colts 4 games to 1 in conference finals.

★ '2000-2001' Defeated Kingston Frontenacs 4 games to 0 in conference quarter-finals.
Lost to Ottawa 67's 4 games to 2 in conference semi-finals.

★ '2001-2002' Defeated Oshawa Generals 4 games to 1 in conference quarter-finals.
Lost to Barrie Colts 4 games to 2 in conference semi-finals.

★ '2002-2003' Lost to St. Michael's Majors 4 games to 3 in conference quarter-finals.

★ '2003-2004' Out of playoffs.

★ '2004-2005' Lost to Peterborough Petes 4 games to 1 in conference quarter-finals.

★ '2005-2006' Lost to Brampton Battalion 4 games to 2 in conference quarter-finals.

★ '2006-2007' Defeated Ottawa 67's 4 games to 1 in conference quarter-finals.
Defeated Oshawa Generals 4 games to 0 in conference semi-finals.
Lost to Sudbury Wolves 4 games to 2 in conference finals.

Team uniforms & logos

:'1999 to present:'

★ 'Uniform Colours:' Black, Red, Gold, White

★ 'Logo Design:' An angry bull with a hockey stick
:'1982 to 1998:'

★ 'Uniform Colours:' Black, Red, Gold, White

★ 'Logo Design:' A standing red and orange bull
Bulls Uniforms

Arena

The team has played all homes games at the Belleville Yardmen Arena (capacity 3,257) for the existence of the franchise. The Bulls also share the facility with the Belleville McFarlands, an OHA Senior team.
: 'Capacity' = 3,257
: 'Ice Size' = 199.5' x 99.5'

★ 'Yardmen Arena' The OHL Arena & Travel Guide

See also

★ List of ice hockey teams in Ontario

External links

★ Belleville Bulls Official web site

★ Ontario Hockey League Official web site

★ Canadian Hockey League Official web site