Belleville McFarlands
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Senior ice hockey
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team in the Ontario Hockey Association Senior division from 1956 to 1961. The McFarlands were based out of Belleville, Ontario
Belleville, Ontario
Belleville is a city located at the mouth of the Moira River on the Bay of Quinte in Southern Ontario, Canada, in the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor. It is the seat of Hastings County, but is politically independent of it. and the centre of the Bay of Quinte Region...
, playing home games at the Belleville Memorial Arena.
The McFarlands were Allan Cup
Allan Cup
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champions in 1958, defeating the Kelowna Packers
Kelowna Packers
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four games to three. The following season, they represented Canada at the Ice Hockey World Championships
Ice Hockey World Championships
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, winning the gold medal
Gold medal
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at the 1959 World Championship versus the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
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The name was revived by a later team in the Eastern Ontario Senior Hockey League
Eastern Ontario Senior Hockey League
The Eastern Ontario Senior Hockey League, or EOSHL, was a top Senior ice hockey league in Eastern Ontario. The league was governed by the Ontario Hockey Association, but was merged into the Major Hockey League in 2008.-History:...
from 2003 to 2006, known as the Belleville Macs
Belleville Macs
The Marmora Lakers were a Senior "AAA" ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey Association's Eastern Ontario Senior Hockey League from 2003 to 2008. Coached by Shawn Antoski & Curtis Trimble. The Lakers are from Marmora, Ontario, Canada. Their team website is http://www.marmoralakers.com-History:The...
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NHL alumni
Fifteen alumni of the McFarlands also played professionally in the National Hockey LeagueNational Hockey League
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Pete Conacher Pete Conacher is a retired professional ice hockey player who played 229 games in the National Hockey League.... Al Dewsbury Albert Percy "Dews" Dewsbury was a Canadian NHL defenceman. Dewsbury by today's standards was of average size but for a player in the 1940s and 1950s, he was very imposing at 6'2" 202 Lbs... Gerry Goyer Gerry Goyer was a professional ice hockey player who played 40 games in the National Hockey League. He played with the Chicago Black Hawks. He was also a member of the Allan Cup champion Belleville McFarlands in 1957-58.- References :... Bep Guidolin Armand "Bep" Guidolin was a Canadian National Hockey League player. He was born in Thorold, Ontario. He and Eleanor, his wife of 62 years, had four children.... Ike Hildebrand Isaac Bruce Hildebrand was a Canadian ice hockey and lacrosse player. Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, he played for the Chicago Black Hawks and the New York Rangers of the `original six' NHL teams 1949–1953.... |
John McLellan Daniel John McLellan was a Canadian professional hockey player and coach in the National Hockey League. He was a member of teams that won the Memorial Cup, the Allan Cup and the world championships.... Hillary Menard Hillary Gilbert "Minnie" Menard is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who played in one National Hockey League game for the Chicago Black Hawks during the 1953–54 NHL season.-External links:... Tony Poeta Anthony Joseph Poeta was a professional ice hockey player from 1950 to 1960.... |
Season-by-season results
Ontario Hockey Association regular season competition results.| Season | Games | Won | Lost | Tied | Points | Winning Pct. (%) | Goals for | Goals against |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956–57 | 52 | 23 | 24 | 5 | 49 | 49.0 | 216 | 206 |
| 1957–58 | 52 | 29 | 20 | 3 | 61 | 58.7 | 214 | 195 |
| 1958–59 | 48 | 27 | 13 | 8 | 62 | 64.6 | 215 | 160 |
| 1959–60 | 54 | 18 | 35 | 1 | 39 | 34.3 | 196 | 262 |
| 1960–61 | Data unavailable. | |||||||