Buffalo Tondas
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The Buffalo-Glencoe Tondas are a defunct Tier II Junior "A" ice hockey
team that played in Buffalo
, New York
and later in Glencoe, Ontario
, Canada
. They played in the Southern Ontario Junior A Hockey League
.
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The Tondas joined the Southern Ontario Junior A Hockey League in 1973. Their performance was not spectacular and they did not draw well. Late in the year, the team was moved to Glencoe, Ontario which was a lot closer to the rest of the teams. They were renamed the Buffalo-Glencoe Tondas.
With only fifteen wins in sixty-two games during the 1973-74 season, the Tondas were not a successful franchise and did not return in 1974-75.
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
team that played in Buffalo
Buffalo, New York
Buffalo is the second most populous city in the state of New York, after New York City. Located in Western New York on the eastern shores of Lake Erie and at the head of the Niagara River across from Fort Erie, Ontario, Buffalo is the seat of Erie County and the principal city of the...
, New York
New York
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and later in Glencoe, Ontario
Ontario
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, Canada
Canada
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. They played in the Southern Ontario Junior A Hockey League
Southern Ontario Junior A Hockey League
----The Southern Ontario Junior A Hockey League was a Tier II Junior "A" ice hockey that lasted from the late 1960s until 1977 in Southern Ontario, Canada. The league was swallowed by what is now called the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League in 1977....
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History
Possibly became the Buffalo Jr. SabresBuffalo Jr. Sabres
The Buffalo Jr. Sabres are a Junior "A" ice hockey team from Amherst, New York. They are a part of the Ontario Junior A Hockey League.-History:...
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The Tondas joined the Southern Ontario Junior A Hockey League in 1973. Their performance was not spectacular and they did not draw well. Late in the year, the team was moved to Glencoe, Ontario which was a lot closer to the rest of the teams. They were renamed the Buffalo-Glencoe Tondas.
With only fifteen wins in sixty-two games during the 1973-74 season, the Tondas were not a successful franchise and did not return in 1974-75.
Season-by-season record
| Season | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | P | Results | Playoffs |
| 1973-74 | 62 | 15 | 41 | 6 | ||||||
| 256 | 350 | 36 | 7th SOJAHL |