Dresden Jr. Kings

Dresden Jr. Kings
City	Dresden, Ontario
League	Provincial Junior Hockey League
Conference	West
Division	Stobbs
Founded	1960
Home arena	Ken Houston Memorial Agricultural Center
Colours	Maroon, and White
General manager	Chris Dawson
Head coach	Mike Oliveira (2023)
Championships
League champions	1971, 1984, 2004
Clarence Schmalz Cups	1971

The Dresden Jr. Kings are a junior ice hockey team based in Dresden, Ontario, Canada. They play in the Provincial Junior Hockey League of the Ontario Hockey Association and Hockey Canada. The Kings won the Clarence Schmalz Cup in 1971 at Ontario Provincial Junior C Champions.

History

Dresden forward Dylan Mertz lining up for play in 2013 GLJHL Semi-finals in Essex, Ontario.

Founded in 1959, the Kings started out in the first Border Cities Junior "B" Hockey League. In the 1960s they spent some time in the Bluewater Junior "C" Hockey League after the first BCJHL folded. When the second BCJHL came around, they were back on board. In 1971, the league became the Great Lakes Junior Hockey League. They, with the Blenheim Blades have been with the league all along. The 1971 season saw the GLJHL play as both a Junior "B" and "C" league. The top 3 teams went on to the Ontario Hockey Association Junior "B" playoffs, while the 4th and 5th place teams played off for the league's first Junior "C" title and a birth into the Clarence Schmalz Cup playdowns. The Kings made quick work of the GLJHL playoffs and in the end, possibly aided by the regular season battles against the Petrolia Jets and the Windsor Royals, won the Clarence Schmalz Cup.

Season-by-season record

Season	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	P	Results	Playoffs
1960-61	30	10	19	1	-	123	163	21	6th BCJBHL
1961-62	30	14	16	0	-	144	155	28	4th BCJBHL
1962-63	36	14	21	1	-	156	187	29	5th BCJBHL
1963-64	27	5	22	0	-	88	192	10	6th BCJBHL
1964-67	Statistics Not Available
1967-68	23	14	6	3	-	134	97	31	1st BWJHL
1968-69	30	17	12	1	-	153	159	35	5th BCJHL
1969-70	32	14	16	2	-	124	133	30	3rd BCJHL
1970-71	39	20	17	2	-	185	151	42	4th GLJHL	"C" Champions, won CSC
1971-72	36	15	14	7	-	172	154	37	4th GLJHL
1972-73	42	19	21	2	-	173	204	40	5th GLJHL
1973-74	43	11	28	4	-	173	303	26	9th GLJHL
1974-75	42	16	21	5	-	188	192	37	5th GLJHL
1975-76	41	27	14	0	-	242	167	55	2nd GLJHL
1976-77	42	21	18	3	-	211	197	45	4th GLJHL
1977-78	42	32	8	2	-	300	159	66	2nd GLJHL
1978-79	40	19	19	2	-	277	281	40	5th GLJHL	Won League
1979-80	41	14	25	2	-	219	278	30	6th GLJHL
1980-81	41	21	16	4	-	221	195	46	4th GLJHL
1981-82	35	18	13	4	-	212	192	40	5th GLJHL
1982-83	35	15	18	2	-	194	181	32	6th GLJHL
1983-84	40	28	6	6	-	307	157	62	1st GLJHL	Won League
1984-85	40	21	12	7	-	256	163	49	3rd GLJHL
1985-86	40	23	13	4	-	200	197	50	3rd GLJHL
1986-87	40	18	17	2	3	190	172	41	6th GLJHL
1987-88	38	14	17	5	2	153	168	35	7th GLJHL
1988-89	40	23	16	0	1	209	165	47	6th GLJHL
1989-90	40	14	17	6	3	193	194	37	8th GLJHL
1990-91	42	16	20	4	2	204	204	38	7th GLJHL
1991-92	42	15	24	1	2	174	203	33	9th GLJHL
1992-93	40	15	21	0	4	162	184	34	8th GLJHL
1993-94	42	25	12	3	2	203	147	55	2nd GLJHL
1994-95	41	16	20	4	1	144	174	37	7th GLJHL
1995-96	41	17	18	5	1	173	168	40	7th GLJHL
1996-97	41	5	31	4	1	121	221	15	11th GLJHL
1997-98	45	18	24	3	0	164	198	39	7th GLJHL
1998-99	40	9	28	2	1	128	216	21	9th GLJHL
1999-00	42	8	30	2	2	131	128	20	8th GLJHL
2000-01	39	17	21	0	1	142	157	35	6th GLJHL
2001-02	40	15	19	3	3	150	173	36	8th GLJHL
2002-03	40	14	24	2	0	140	161	30	7th GLJHL
2003-04	40	23	15	2	0	146	138	48	4th GLJHL	Won League, lost CSC Semi-final
2004-05	40	26	12	1	1	166	117	54	2nd GLJHL	Lost final
2005-06	40	25	11	2	2	206	124	54	3rd GLJHL	Lost semi-final
2006-07	40	19	17	2	2	168	142	42	4th GLJHL	Lost quarter-final
2007-08	40	8	28	2	2	100	195	20	9th GLJHL	DNQ
2008-09	40	20	14	-	6	130	140	46	4th GLJHL	Lost final
2009-10	40	16	20	-	4	167	197	36	6th GLJHL	Lost semi-final
2010-11	40	9	26	-	5	119	177	23	9th GLJHL	DNQ
2011-12	40	15	20	-	5	136	174	35	7th GLJHL	Lost semi-final
2012-13	40	21	17	-	2	136	140	44	4th GLJHL	Lost semi-final
2013-14	40	14	20	-	6	129	166	34	8th GLJHL	Lost quarter-final
2014-15	40	19	18	-	3	141	161	41	6th GLJHL	Lost semi-final
2015-16	40	16	19	3	2	158	162	37	7th GLJHL	Lost quarter-final, 2-4 (Blenheim)
2016-17	40	19	20	1	-	169	160	39	5th of 9 Stobbs PJHL	Lost div quarter-final, 2-4 (Blenheim)
2017-18	40	27	9	1	3	159	116	58	2nd of 9 Stobbs PJHL	Won Div Quarter-final, 4-0 (Sharks) Lost div semi-final, 2-4 (73's)
2018-19	40	29	9	0	2	150	101	60	3rd of 9 Stobbs PJHL	Won Div Quarter-final 4-1 (Blenheim) Lost div semi-final 2-4 (Lakeshore)
2019-20	40	13	25	0	2	109	92	28	7th of 9 Stobbs PJHL	Lost div quarter-final 0-4 (Mooretown)
2020-21	Season Lost due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021-22	32	4	24	3	1	62	167	12	9th of 9 Stobbs PJHL	Did not qualify
2022-23	42	9	31	2	0	105	221	20	7th of 8 Stobbs PJHL	Lost div quarter-final 0-4 (Lakeshore)
2023-24	42	6	34	2	0	55	232	14	7th of 8 Stobbs PJHL	Lost div quarter-final 0-4 (Essex)

2024–25 team staff

Kings goaltender Brent Paxton stretches for a glove save during the 2013 GLJHL Semi-finals.

• General Manager - Chris Dawson
• Assistant manager -
• Head coach - Mike Oliveira
• Assistant coach - Bill Nicholson
• Assistant coach -Tom VanEerd
• Goalie coach - Alex Carriere
• Trainer - Scott Syrie

Clarence Schmalz Cup appearances

1971: Dresden Jr. Kings defeated Bowmanville Eagles 4-games-to-3

Notable alumni

• Dave Kelly
• Brian Wiseman

External links

• Dresden Jr. Kings