Brockville Braves
Junior "A" hockey team from Ontario, Canada
The Brockville Braves (known as the Brockville Warriors in 1973–74) are a Junior A ice hockey team based in Brockville. The Braves compete in the Central Canada Hockey League (CCHL) as a member of the Robinson Division, which is the west division of the league. The Braves have won two Bogart Cup championships since their founding in 1963. They are the first expansion team after the league's "Original Six" Cornwall Royals, Hawkesbury Braves, Hull Hawks, Ottawa Primrose, Pembroke C & A's and Smiths Falls Bears. Since the 1981–82 season, the team has played its home games at the Brockville Memorial Civic Centre, which they used to share with the Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League's Brockville Tikis; both teams previously played at the original now-demolished Brockville Memorial Civic Centre.
The Braves' original owner was Jim Shields, who established the team with a connection to the Chicago Blackhawks organization, using their same logo and team jersey. Later owners included former NHL player Todd Gill, Dustin Traylen, Hani Greiss and Gratiela Dima, and currently Kris Hodgins. Such NHLers as Larry Robinson and Wayne Simmonds amongst other famous players, have both played for the Braves in their youth career. They are the oldest continuously operated franchise in the CCHL, due in the fact that the original Pembroke Lumber Kings and Smiths Falls Bears both suspended operations and re-appealed to came back. In 1979, the team received national attention after being left homeless when their old arena collapsed.
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