Barrie Colts
The Barrie Colts are a junior ice hockey team in Ontario Hockey League (OHL), based in Barrie, Ontario, Canada. The team plays its home games at the Sadlon Arena. The Colts joined the OHL in 1995, and previously competed at lower levels of junior ice hockey.

Championships
OHL
Memorial Cup
 1999–2000—Finalists vs. Rimouski Océanic

J. Ross Robertson Cup Ontario Hockey League Championship—1 Championship, 3 Finalists
 1999–2000—Champions vs. Plymouth Whalers
 2001–02—Finalists vs. Erie Otters
 2009–10—Finalists vs. Windsor Spitfires
 2012–13—Finalists vs. London Knights

Bobby Orr Trophy
Eastern Conference Championship—4 Championships, 2 Finalists
 1999–2000—Champions vs. Belleville Bulls
 2001–02—Champions vs. Toronto St. Michael's Majors
 2005–06—Finalists vs. Peterborough Petes
 2009–10—Champions vs. Mississauga St. Michael's Majors
 2012–13—Champions vs. Belleville Bulls
 2015-16—Finalists vs. Niagara IceDogs

Emms Trophy
Central Division title—8 Championships
 1998–99—105 Points (First in Eastern Conference)
 1999–2000—93 Points (First in Eastern Conference)
 2006–07—97 Points (First in Eastern Conference)
 2009–10—116 Points (First in OHL)
 2012–13—92 Points (Second in Eastern Conference)
 2014–15—85 Points (Second in Eastern Conference)
 2015–16—89 Points (Second in Eastern Conference)
 2017-18—89 Points (Second in Eastern Conference)

Hamilton Spectator Trophy—1 Championship
Best Record in the League
 2009–10,—116 Points
(Finishing with a  57–9–0–2  record.  #1 in Canada for the final four weeks of the season)

OHA Jr. B
Sutherland Cup
Junior 'B' Championship
 1934–35 and 1992–93

Division titles
Central Junior 'B'
 1984–85, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1992–93

Coaches
Bert Templeton was the first coach for the OHL Colts. Templeton was awarded the OHL Executive of the Year in 1995–96 for his role as general manager. Templeton built the inaugural team of the Barrie Colts, who became the first OHL expansion franchise to make the playoffs in its first season.

List of coaches (multiple seasons in parentheses)
1995–1999 – Bert Templeton (4)
1999–2000 – Bill Stewart
2000–2004 – Bud Stefanski (4)
2004–2010 – Marty Williamson (6)
2010–2019 – Dale Hawerchuk (9)
2019–2020 – Warren Rychel (interim)
2020 – Todd Miller (interim)
2021–present – Marty Williamson

General managers
List of general managers:

1995–1999 – Bert Templeton
1999–2000 – Bill Stewart
2000–2005 – Mike McCann
2005–2010 – Greg Carrigan
2011–2020 – Jason Ford
2021–present – Marty Williamson

Players

OHL award winners
List of OHL award winners:

1995 – Daniel Tkaczuk – Jack Ferguson Award (First overall draft selection)
1998–1999 – Brian Finley – OHL Goaltender of the Year
1998–1999 – Brian Finley – Wayne Gretzky 99 Award (Playoffs MVP)
1998–1999 – Sheldon Keefe – Emms Family Award (Rookie of the year)
1999–2000 – Sheldon Keefe – Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy (Scoring champion) 
1999-2000 - Sheldon Keefe – Jim Mahon Memorial Trophy (Top Scoring right winger)
2000 – Erik Reitz and Sheldon Keefe – Memorial Cup All-Star Team
2001–2002 – Erik Reitz – Max Kaminsky Trophy (Most outstanding defenceman)
2003–2004 – Paulo Colaiacovo – OHL Goaltender of the Year
2003–2004 – Bryan Little – Emms Family Award (Rookie of the year)
2009–2010 – Bryan Cameron – Leo Lalonde Memorial Trophy (Overage player of the year)
2011 – Aaron Ekblad – Jack Ferguson Award (First overall draft selection)
2011–2012 – Aaron Ekblad – Emms Family Award (Rookie of the year)
2013-2014 - Aaron Ekblad – Max Kaminsky Trophy (Most outstanding defenceman)
2014–2015 – Joseph Blandisi – Leo Lalonde Memorial Trophy (Overage player of the year)
2015-2016 – Kevin Labanc – Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy (Scoring champion) 
2015-2016 - Kevin Labanc – Jim Mahon Memorial Trophy (Top scoring right winger)
2015–2016 – Kevin Labanc – Leo Lalonde Memorial Trophy (Overage player of the year)
2015–2016 – Michael Webster – Mickey Renaud Captain's Trophy (Leadership award)
2015–2016 – Mackenzie Blackwood – OHL Goaltender of the Year
2017 – Ryan Suzuki – Jack Ferguson Award (First overall draft selection)
2017-2018 – Aaron Luchuk – Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy (Scoring champion) 
2017-2018 – Aaron Luchuk – Leo Lalonde Memorial Trophy (Overage player of the year)
2017-2018 – Andrei Svechnikov – Emms Family Award (Rookie of the year)
2022-2023 – Evan Vierling – William Hanley Trophy (Most Sportsmanlike Player)

CHL award winners
List of CHL award winners:

2017-2018 – Andrei Svechnikov – CHL Top Draft Prospect Award
2022-2023 – Evan Vierling – CHL Sportsman of the Year Award

NHL alumni
As of the 2022-23 NHL Season, there were 70 Barrie Colts alumni who have played in the National Hockey League: 59 from the OHL Colts, and 11 from the Junior B Colts.

Junior B Colts

Drake Berehowsky
Shayne Corson
Bruce Gardiner
Mike Hoffman
John Madden
Mike Prokopec
Craig Rivet
Darren Rumble
Darrin Shannon
Darryl Shannon
Shayne Stevenson

OHL Colts

Rasmus Andersson
Andreas Athanasiou
Darren Archibald
Ryan Barnes
Mackenzie Blackwood
Joseph Blandisi
Darryl Bootland
T. J. Brodie
Evan Brophey
Brad Brown
Jan Bulis
Alexander Burmistrov
Brandt Clarke
Kyle Clifford
Richard Clune
Jeff Cowan
B. J. Crombeen
Mike Danton
Stefan Della Rovere
Jake Dotchin
Aaron Ekblad
Brian Finley
Tyson Foerster
Daniel Girardi
Jet Greaves
Ryan Hamilton
Ben Harpur
Michael Hutchinson
Sheldon Keefe
Kevin Labanc
Dan LaCosta
Brian Lashoff
Brendan Lemieux
Bryan Little
Andrew Mangiapane
Mike Minard
Oskar Olausson
Adam Payerl
Tanner Pearson
Brendan Perlini
Jakub Petruzalek
Alex Pietrangelo
Dalton Prout
Eric Reitz
Zac Rinaldo
Mark Scheifele
Michael Sgarbossa
Denis Shvidki
Arturs Silovs
Martin Skoula
Givani Smith
Nick Smith
Ryan Strome
Andrei Svechnikov
Joey Tenute
Daniel Tkaczuk
Tyler Tucker
Alexandre Volchkov
Mike Weber

Team captains
List of captains with the number of seasons in parentheses.

1995–96 Brad Brown (1)
1995–96 Jeff Cowan (1)
1996–99 Daniel Tkaczuk (3)
1999–2000 Sheldon Keefe (1)
2000–01 Matt Dzieduszycki (1)
2001–02 Eric Reitz (1)
2002–04 Jeremy Swanson (2)
2004–05 B. J. Crombeen (1)
2005–07 Bryan Little (2)
2007–08 Tomas Marcinko (1)
2008–10 Stefan Della Rovere (2)
2010–11 Dalton Prout (1)
2011-12 Colin Behenna (1)
2012–13 Ryan O'Connor (1)
2013-14 Aaron Ekblad (1)
2014-15 Joseph Blandisi (1)
2015-16 Michael Webster (1)
2016-17 Cordell James (1)
2017-19 Justin Murray (2)
2019-20 Jason Willms (1) 
2019-20 Luke Bignell (0.5) 
2021-23 Brandt Clarke (2.5) 
2022-23 Declan McDonnell (0.5)

Yearly results

Regular season
 196x–78 Mid-Ontario Junior B League
 1978–93 Central Junior B League
 1993–95 OPJHL Junior A
 1995–Present OHL

Legend: OTL = Overtime loss, SL = Shootout loss

Playoffs
1969–70 Defeated Woodstock Navy-Vets 4-games-to-3 for George S. Dudley Trophy Super "C" Championship
1992–93 Defeated Kitchener Dutchmen 4-games-to-none for Sutherland Cup
1995–96 Lost to Kitchener Rangers 4 games to 3 in division quarter-finals.
1996–97 Defeated Owen Sound Platers 4 games to 0 in division quarter-finals. Lost to Ottawa 67's 4 games to 1 in quarter-finals..
1997–98 Lost to Sudbury Wolves 4 games to 2 in division quarter-finals.
1998–99 Defeated Kingston Frontenacs 4 games to 1 in conference quarter-finals. Lost to Oshawa Generals 4 games to 3 in conference semi-finals.
1999–2000 Defeated North Bay Centennials 4 games to 2 in conference quarter-finals. Defeated Sudbury Wolves 4 games to 3 in conference semi-finals. Defeated Belleville Bulls 4 games to 1 in conference finals. Defeated Plymouth Whalers 4 games to 3 in finals. OHL CHAMPIONS  Finished Memorial Cup round-robin in third place (1 win, 2 losses). Defeated Halifax Mooseheads 6–3 in semi-final game. Lost to Rimouski Oceanic 6–2 in championship game.
2000–01 Lost to Sudbury Wolves 4 games to 1 in conference quarter-finals.
2001–02 Defeated Sudbury Wolves 4 games to 1 in conference quarter-finals. Defeated Belleville Bulls 4 games to 2 in conference semi-finals. Defeated St. Michael's Majors 4 games to 0 in conference finals. Lost to Erie Otters 4 games to 1 in finals.
2002–03 Lost to Brampton Battalion 4 games to 2 in conference quarter-finals.
2003–04 Defeated Kingston Frontenacs 4 games to 1 in conference quarter-finals. Lost to Mississauga IceDogs 4 games to 3 in conference semi-finals.
2004–05 Lost to Ottawa 67's 4 games to 2 in conference quarter-finals.
2005–06 Defeated St. Michael's Majors 4 games to 0 in conference quarter-finals. Defeated Brampton Battalion 4 games to 1 in conference semi-finals. Lost to Peterborough Petes 4 games to 1 in conference finals.
2006–07 Defeated Brampton Battalion 4 games to 0 in conference quarter-finals. Lost to Sudbury Wolves 4 games to 0 in conference semi-finals.
2007–08 Defeated Brampton Battalion 4 games to 1 in conference quarter-finals. Lost to Belleville Bulls 4 games to 0 in conference semi-finals.
2008–09 Lost to Mississauga Majors 4 games to 1 in conference quarter-finals.
2009–10 Defeated Sudbury Wolves 4 games to 0 in conference quarter-finals. Defeated Brampton Battalion 4 games to 0 in conference semi-finals. Defeated Mississauga St.Michaels Majors 4 games to 1 in conference finals.  Lost to Windsor Spitfires 4 games to 0 in Finals.
2010–11 Did not qualify.
2011–12 Defeated Mississauga St. Michaels Majors 4 games to 2 in the conference quarter-finals. Lost to Ottawa 67's 4 games to 3 in conference semi-finals.
2012–13 Defeated Kingston Frontenacs 4 games to 0 in the conference quarter-finals. Defeated Oshawa Generals 4 games to 0 in conference semi-finals.  Defeated Belleville Bulls 4 games to 3 in the conference finals.  Lost to London Knights 4 games to 3 in Finals.
2013–14 Defeated Sudbury Wolves 4 games to 1 in the conference quarter-finals. Lost to North Bay Battalion 4 games to 2 in conference semi-finals.
2014–15 Defeated Belleville Bulls 4 games to 0 in the conference quarter-finals. Lost to North Bay Battalion 4 games to 1 in conference semi-finals.
2015–16 Defeated Mississauga Steelheads 4 games to 3 in the conference quarter-finals. Defeated North Bay Battalion 4 games to 0 in conference semi-finals. Lost to Niagara IceDogs 4 games to 0 the conference finals.
2016–17 Did not qualify.
2017–18 Defeated Mississauga Steelheads 4 games to 2 in the conference quarter-finals. Lost to Kingston Frontenacs 4 games to 2 in conference semi-finals.
2018–19 Did not qualify.
2019–20 OHL Playoffs were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2020–21 OHL Regular Season and Playoffs were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2021–22 Lost to Mississauga Steelheads 4 games to 2 in conference quarter-finals.
2022–23 Defeated Hamilton Bulldogs 4 games to 2 in the conference quarter-finals. Lost to North Bay Battalion 4 games to 3 in the conference semi-finals.

Uniforms and logos
The Barrie Colts logo displays an angry horse holding a hockeystick, surrounded by a horseshoe. The Colts colours are red, white, navy blue & gold. The home uniforms are a white background, with red, navy blue and gold trim. The away uniforms are a navy blue background, with red, white & gold trim. Barrie also briefly used a third jersey which was a red background, with white, navy blue & gold trim.

For the 2007–08 season, the Colts have worn a new third jersey. It has a navy blue blackground with white, red and gold trim along the bottom, with the word "Colts" diagonally across the front. For the 2009–10 season the colts wore the Rbk Edge uniforms with a new template.

Arenas
The Barrie Colts played at the Barrie Arena during their tenure in the Junior B days and Junior A Tier II days, and also for a portion of their inaugural OHL season until their new arena was completed. The Barrie Arena was located in downtown Barrie and was formerly home to the Barrie Flyers OHA team from 1945 to 1960 and other senior hockey teams. The Arena was torn down in 2008.

Barrie Molson Centre was completed during the early portion of the 1995–96 season. The layout of the arena served as a blueprint for many new OHL arenas built shortly thereafter. The Horsepower Grill restaurant is located at the west end of the arena. The Barrie Molson Centre is located near the southern entrance of Park Place, close to Highway 400.  The arena has since been renamed "The Barrie Colts Centre" and then, pursuant to a 10-year naming rights agreement with Paul Sadlon Motors Inc. for $170,121 per year (for a total of $1,701,210), beginning in the Colts' 2021-22 season, the "Sadlon Arena".

See also
List of ice hockey teams in Ontario

References

External links
www.barriecolts.com Official web site
Ontario Hockey League Official web site
Canadian Hockey League Official web site

Sport in Barrie
Ontario Hockey League teams
Ice hockey clubs established in 1994
1994 establishments in Ontario