Owen Sound Greys

Owen Sound Greys
CityOwen Sound, Ontario, Canada
LeagueGreater Ontario Junior Hockey League
DivisionMid-Western
Operated1973-2012
Home arenaJ.D. McArthur Arena, Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre
ColoursOrange, Black, and White
     
Owner(s)Community Ownership
General managerSteve McIver
Head coachRob Brown
AffiliatesOrangeville Flyers (OJHL)
Hanover Barons (WJCHL)
Franchise history
1973-1976Owen Sound Salvagemen
1976-1977Owen Sound Steelers
1977-1980Owen Sound Kings
1980-1983Owen Sound Mercurys
1983-2000Owen Sound Greys
2000-2006Owen Sound-Saugeen Shores Greys
2006-2012Owen Sound Greys
2012-2020Brampton Bombers
2020-PresentCaledon Bombers

The Owen Sound Greys were a series of junior ice hockey teams based in Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada. They played in the Mid-Western division of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League. The original Greys, in their early years, won the 1924 and 1927 Memorial Cups as Dominion Junior Hockey Champions. The Greys were controversially moved to Brampton, Ontario, in the summer of 2012 after years of financial trouble.

The Greys had survived in three different forms over the years. The Original Greys lasted from 1913 until 1977, winning two Memorial Cups and folding in the ashes of the Southern Ontario Junior A Hockey League. The Intermediate Greys lasted from 1978 until 1982 to obtain the Hardy Cup, they departed with the fall of the Major Intermediate A Hockey League. The final team was the Modern Greys, which began in 1973 as a Junior D club and worked its way up to winning the Ontario Junior A Hockey League Championship in 1987. From 1987 until 2012 the Greys played in the Mid-Western League/Conference of OHA Junior B until being relocated to Brampton and ending a 99-year era of Greys hockey in Owen Sound in 2012.