Owen Sound Greys | |
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City | Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada |
League | Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League |
Division | Mid-Western |
Operated | 1973-2012 |
Home arena | J.D. McArthur Arena, Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre |
Colours | Orange, Black, and White |
Owner(s) | Community Ownership |
General manager | Steve McIver |
Head coach | Rob Brown |
Affiliates | Orangeville Flyers (OJHL) Hanover Barons (WJCHL) |
Franchise history | |
1973-1976 | Owen Sound Salvagemen |
1976-1977 | Owen Sound Steelers |
1977-1980 | Owen Sound Kings |
1980-1983 | Owen Sound Mercurys |
1983-2000 | Owen Sound Greys |
2000-2006 | Owen Sound-Saugeen Shores Greys |
2006-2012 | Owen Sound Greys |
2012-2020 | Brampton Bombers |
2020-Present | Caledon 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.