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Bradford Bulls | |
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City | Bradford, Ontario, Canada |
League | Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League |
Division | North |
Founded | 2012 |
Home arena | Bob Fallis Sports Centre |
Colours | Dark blue, yellow, and white |
Owner(s) | Brandon Billie |
General manager | Brandon Billie (2018β20) |
Head coach | Curtis Warren (2019β20) |
The Bradford Bulls are a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in Bradford, Ontario, Canada. They play in the Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League (GMHL).
The Bulls were announced on February 23, 2012, by the GMHL. [1] They are the namesake of the old Bradford Bulls Junior C team that which became the Bradford Rattlers. The Ratters and Bulls play out of different arenas in Bradford, but gave the Rattlers a geographical rival.
The Bradford Bulls first regular season game was on September 16, 2012, in Bradford, Ontario. The game was on the road against the cross-town rivals the Bradford Rattlers. The game resulted in a 6β2 loss for the Bulls but had its first goal in franchise history scored by Clint Zumer, and assisted by Justin Tucker. On September 26, 2012, the Bulls would pick up their first franchise victory defeating the Lefroy Wave at home, 9β7. Donald Oldreive made 41 saves to pick up the victory. [2]
On March 26, 2013, the Bradford Bulls won the GMHL playoffs in a 4-games-to-1 series victory against their hometown rival and defending champion Bradford Rattlers. The Bulls finished the regular season in first place in the South Division, fourth overall and three points out of second. They faced the Knights of Meaford in the first round and swept them 3-games-to-none. In the second round, they swept territorial rival Alliston Coyotes 3-games-to-none. Instead of a division final, the league elected to do a divisional crossover and the Bulls had to face the second seed from the North, the Temiscaming Royals. The Bulls took the series in a four-game sweep and were set to face the Rattlers in a "Sidewalk Series" as they knocked off the first seeded Seguin Huskies. Although the Rattlers gave the Bulls their only loss of the playoffs, it was not enough as the Bulls took their first league title after only two years of existence.
Season | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts | Regular Season Finish | Playoffs |
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2012β13 | 42 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 182 | 195 | 42 | 8th GMHL | Lost Division Semi-finals |
2013β14 | 42 | 32 | 6 | β | 4 | 226 | 109 | 68 | 4th GMHL | Won League |
2014β15 | 42 | 12 | 29 | β | 1 | 144 | 221 | 25 | 5th South-Central Div. 15th GMHL |
Lost Conference Elimination |
2015β16 | 42 | 25 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 226 | 168 | 54 | 4th Central Div. 12th GMHL |
Lost Division Quarter-finals |
2016β17 | 42 | 19 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 181 | 172 | 41 | 7th of 10, North Div. 14th of 21, GMHL |
Lost Division Quarter-finals |
2017β18 | 42 | 28 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 235 | 165 | 56 | 5th of 12, South Div. 9th of 21, GMHL |
Lost in Division Semi-finals |
2018β19 | 42 | 18 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 194 | 181 | 40 | 7th of 10, North Div. 15th of 22, GMHL |
Lost in Division Quarter-finals |
2019β20 | 42 | 29 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 180 | 140 | 59 | 3rd of 10, North Div. 6th of 23, GMHL |
Lost in Division Semi-finals |
2020β21 | Lost season due to COVID-19 pandemic | |||||||||
2021β22 | 38 | 25 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 154 | 109 | 54 | 3rd of 10, North Div. 6th of 19, GMHL |
Won division Quarters, 2-0 (
Rockhounds) Won Division Semi-finals, 3-2 ( Bradford Rattlers) Lost division finals, 0-4 ( Temiscaming Titans) |
2022β23 | 42 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 250 | 117 | 65 | 3rd of 9, North Div. 5th of 16, GMHL |
Won division Quarters, 2-0 (
Northumberland Stars) Won Division Semi-finals, 3-0 ( Durham Roadrunners) Lost division finals, 1-4 ( North York Renegades) |
2023β24 | 42 | 26 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 267 | 118 | 52 | 2nd of 8, North Div. 5th of 15, GMHL |
Won division Quarters, 2-0 (
Northumberland Stars) Won Division Semi-finals, 3-0 ( Durham Roadrunners) Won Div Finals 4-0 ( Renegades) Lost League Finals. 1-4 ( Bradford Rattlers) |