Powassan Voodoos

The Powassan Voodoos are a Canadian junior "A" ice hockey team based out of Powassan, Ontario. They are members of the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League and play their home games at the Powassan Sportsplex.

Powassan Voodoos
CityPowassan, Ontario
LeagueNorthern Ontario Junior Hockey League
Founded2014
Home arenaPowassan Sportsplex
ColoursDark green, yellow, black, and red
     
Owner(s)Jim & Graeme Bruce, Ray Seguin
General managerChris Dawson
Head coachTBD
Championships
Playoff championships1: 2017

History

The Voodoos were founded in 2014. The arrival of the team marks the return of junior hockey to Powassan for the first time since 1994, when the Powassan Hawks departed for Sturgeon Falls. The team signed an agreement with the North Bay Battalion of the Ontario Hockey League to serve as an official feeder to this squad.[1] Scott Wray, a fifteen-year veteran who skated mainly in the ECHL was chosen as head coach. During the 2014–15 season, the Voodoos' first in the league, the club finished with a 15–29–0–8 record.

In only their second year of operation the Voodoos claimed their first regular season Division Championship. In their third year the team repeated as regular season division champions and added the overall regular season league champions and they swept the Blind River Beavers in four games in the finals to advance to the Dudley Hewitt Cup. They finished the round-robin with a record of 1–2–0 and advanced to the semifinals, which they lost to the Georgetown Raiders with a score of 2–1.

Prior to the 2017–18 season, Scott Wray was promoted to an assistant coach position with the Ontario Hockey League's North Bay Battalion[2] and Beau Moyer was hired as the team's second head coach.[3] However, he would be fired from the team during the season on 29 January following a league imposed suspension after he had violated a league rule involving drinking with a few players.[4] Both Moyer and his father, who was present in the hotel bar, cited that they had not invited the players to the bar, who were of legal drinking age, but that the players came to the bar on their own and then joined the coaches. After Moyer was fired, assistant coach Bruce Cazabon became the interim coach.[5] Max Gavin was hired as the head coach for the 2018–19 season.

Season-by-season records
SeasonGPWLTOTLGFGAPtsResultPlayoffs
2014–1552152908217262384th of 5, East
7th of 9, NOJHL		Won Quarterfinals, 2–0 vs. Mattawa Blackhawks
Won Div. Semifinals, 4–2 vs. Kirkland Lake Gold Miners
Lost Div. Finals 0–4 Cochrane Crunch
2015–1654401013278137842nd of 6, East
3rd of 12, NOJHL		Lost Div. Semifinals, 2–4 vs. Kirkland Lake Gold Miners
2016–175646712271121951st of 6, East
1st of 12, NOJHL		Won Div. Semifinals, 4–0 vs. Kirkland Lake Gold Miners
Won Div. Finals, 4–0 vs. Timmins Rock
Won League Finals, 4–0 vs. Blind River Beavers
NOJHL League Champions
2017–185645731299171941st of 6, East
1st of 12, NOJHL		Lost Div. Semifinals, 2–4 vs. Timmins Rock
2018–19563319—4206172703rd of 6, East
4th of 12, NOJHL		Won Div. Semifinals, 4–2 vs. Kirkland Lake Gold Miners
Lost Div. Finals, 0–4 vs. Hearst Lumberjacks
2019–2056459—2264141921st of 6, East
1st of 12, NOJHL		Postseason cancelled

Dudley Hewitt Cup

Central Canada Championships
NOJHL – OJHL – SIJHL – Host
Round robin play with second vs. third in semifinal to advance against first in the finals.

YearRound RobinRecordStandingSemifinalChampionship
2017L, (Trenton Golden Hawks) 1–5
W, (Dryden Ice Dogs) 4–3
L, (Georgetown Raiders) 2–5		1–2–03rd of 4L, (Georgetown Raiders) 1–2—

References
  1. "Powassan Voodoos Introduced". Bay Today. 23 June 2014.
  2. "Wray joins Battalion coaching staff". North Bay Battalion. 12 June 2017.
  3. "Voodoos bring new head coach back home". Bay Today. 15 June 2017.
  4. "Moyer fired from Powassan Voodoos". North Bay Nugget. 30 January 2018.
  5. "UPDATE: Moyer fired Voodoos head coach suspended over 'innocent mistake'". Bay Today. 29 January 2018.
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