Raiders 1970-1981
| Wexford Raiders | |
|---|---|
| City | Wexford, Ontario, Canada |
| League | Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League Metro Junior B Hockey League |
| Operated | 1970-1981 |
| Colors |
Green, Black, and White |
| Franchise history | |
| 1970-1971 | Toronto Raiders |
| 1971-1981 | Wexford Raiders |
| 1981 | Folded |
There also was a Wexford Raiders team in the Ontario Provincial Junior League. The team originated in 1970 as the Toronto Raiders of the Metro Junior B league, and was renamed the Wexford Raiders in 1971. In 1972 the team moved to the new Ontario Provincial Junior League in 1972 and operated until 1981. After the Junior A team folded, the Metro B "Warriors" assumed the "Raider" name in 1983.
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“This is our fate: eight hundred years’ disaster,
crazily tangled like the Book of Kells:
the dream’s distortion and the land’s division,
the midnight raiders and the prison cells.”
—John Hewitt (b. 1907)