Ottawa West Golden Knights
| Ottawa West Golden Knights | |
|---|---|
| City | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| League | Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League |
| Division | Martin |
| Founded | 1973 |
| Home arena | Barbara Ann Scott Arena |
| Colours | Black, white, orange, gold |
| Owner(s) | Steve Sundin |
| General manager | Steve Sundin |
| Head coach | Steve Sundin |
The Ottawa West Golden Knights are a Canadian Junior ice hockey team based in Ottawa, Ontario. Between 2014-15 and the end of the 2019-2020 seasons, the EOJHL and the CCHL set a new agreement in an attempt to create a better player development model. This resulted in the league re-branding itself as the Central Canada Hockey League Tier 2 (CCHL2), and shrinking to 16 teams and two divisions. The league reverted to the Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League for 2021. The Golden Knights are in the Martin Division.
History
[edit ]From the 2001-02 season to the 2008-09 season, the Golden Knights won five league championships in eight seasons. Their greatest challenge in this period may have been the Westport Rideaus in the 2005-06 playoffs. The Rideaus had the Golden Knights pinned down and against the wall 3 games to 2 in the final series, but the Golden Knights battled back and took the last two nail-biters to win their fourth title. The Golden Knights had a banner year for the 2008-2009 season by winning the D. Arnold Carson trophy for the 6th time in the team's history and its 5th league championship in 8 years. The Knights also captured the 2008 Boxing Day Tournament title.
However, by 2012-2013 the team was in a rebuild year after losing 3 Top defencemen in Neil Clarke, Mitch Fournier and Sebastien Dubus, goaltender Jacob Blair who moved on to the Ottawa 67's, and a top forward in Ben Minkus.
Season-by-season results
[edit ]Lost Div. Finals, 2-4 (Mustangs)
4th of 16 CCHL2 Won quarterfinal, 2-4 (Jets)
Lost semi-finals 0-4 (Vikings)
1st of 16 CCHL2 Won quarterfinals, 4-3 (Beavers)
Lost semifinals, 0-4 (Vikings)
7th of 16 CCHL2 Lost Div. Qualifying 1-2 (Panthers)
3rd of 16 CCHL2 Lost Div. Semis 1-4 (Vikings)
1st of 16 CCHL2 Incomplete Div. Semis 1-1 (Vikings)
1st of 16 EOJHL Won Div. Semis 3-1 (Canadians)
Lost Div Semi 2-4 (Vikings)
8th of 16 EOJHL Lost Div. Quarters 0-2 (Canadians)
1st of 14 EOJHL Won Div. Semis 4-1 (Panthers)
Lost Div Finals, 2-4 (Vikings)
3rd of 13 EOJHL Lost Div. Semis 1-4 (Canadians)
2023-24 staff
[edit ]- Owner - Steve Sundin
- Head Coach - Steve Sundin
- General Manager - Steve Sundin
- Associate Coach - Barry Cape
- Assistant Coach - Matthew Soubliere
- Assistant Coach - Spence Asch-Jones
- Trainer - Ashley Ballar
- Trainer - Patrick Bones
- Director of Hockey Operations - Lindsay Soubliere
- Scorekeeper - Kevin Ferguson
- Broadcaster - Mason Detre