Dorchester Dolphins

Dorchester Dolphins
City	Dorchester, Ontario, Canada
League	Provincial Junior Hockey League
Division	Dougherty (South Conf)
Founded	2012
Home arena	Flight Exec Centre
Colours	Blue, Red, and White
General manager	Mark Steele
Head coach	Chris Willsie

The Dorchester Dolphins are a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in Dorchester, Ontario, Canada. They play in the Provincial Junior Hockey League.

The Dolphins are the namesake of the town's long running tradition in intermediate and senior hockey.^[1]

The Dolphins played their first ever hockey game on September 14, 2012, at home against the Lucan Irish. The Dolphins were victorious, 6–5. Brendon O'Shaughnessy scored both the first and second goals in team history for the Dolphins against the Irish and Alex Hutcheson made 31 saves on 36 shots to pick up the first ever win.^[2]

The Dolphins would finish their first ever season in second place in their division and lose in the seventh game of the division final against the Lambeth Lancers to finish their season.

During the 2013–14 season, the Dolphins would finish third in a three-way footrace for the regular season championship. The lack of a season banner did not deter them in the playoffs as they would beat both the Lambeth Lancers and Thamesford Trojans (the two teams who outpointed them) in the playoff's final two rounds to take home their first even SOJHL playoff championship. By winning the title, the Dolphins also earned the league's second ever berth into the Clarence Schmalz Cup playdowns (Ayr Centennials being the first in 2013). On March 21, 2014, in the second game of their quarter-final series against the Great Lakes Junior C Hockey League's Essex 73's, the Dolphins became the first SOJHL team to win a Junior C playoff game against a team from another league with a 6–5 overtime victory at home.

The 2016–17 season marked an historic run for the dolphins who finished the regular season undefeated with one tie, missing the perfect season by one point. This regular season record brings them to a tie with Belle River who also had the same record, as the best season in Jr. C.

Prior to the 2024-25 season the PJHL re-organized teams to try and create a more balanced league. As a result the Dophins wwere moved to the South Conference and assigned to the Dougherty Division.

Updated February 1, 2019.^[3]

No.	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
10		Ryan Poley	F	R	24	2018	Thorndale, Ontario
20		Braidon Duncan	D	R	24	2018	London, Ontario
7		Nick Schildroth	D	R	24	2018	London, Ontario
17		Turner Balasin	F	R	25	2017	Strathroy, Ontario
19		David Henshaw	F	L	25	2018	Dorchester, Ontario
25		Dylan Van Dusen	F	R	24	2016	Dorchester, Ontario
9		Jovin Eterno	F	R	24	2018	London, Ontario
30		Matt Waller	G	R	26	2015	London, Ontario
1		Liam McCarthy	G	R	23	2018	Strathroy, Ontario
27		Aiden Reid	D	L	24	2017	Springfield, Ontario
14		Brody Smith	F	L	26	2018	London, Ontario
18		Ryan Van Roestel	F	R	26	2018	Aylmer, Ontario
23		Austin Bisschop	F	L	24	2018	Dorchester, Ontario
4		Ryan Root	F	R	25	2015	Dorchester, Ontario
26		Griffin Sinden	F	R	23	2018	Tillsonburg, Ontario
6		Dylan Buckholz	F	L	25	2018	Dorchester, Ontario
16		Noah Small	F	R	24	2017	Dorchester, Ontario
8		James Newland	D	L	27	2017	London, Ontario
22		Colin Osler	D	L	26	2015	London, Ontario

Updated February 27, 2019

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