Canadian junior team makes hockey history by losing every single game it played
The Ontario town of Sarnia might be best known for their OHL franchise, the Sarnia Sting. Well, another hockey team in the city was really feeling the sting after their season concluded.
Since the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League (GOJHL) merger back in 2007, no team had ever gone winless over an entire season, until now.
The Sarnia Legionnaires, a Junior B hockey team, just finished their season with a 0-50 record.
They didn’t win a game. They didn’t even pick up a single point.
The fact that they didn’t win a single game set a dubious mark in the league’s history. It was the first time a team went an entire season without winning a contest.
There were some close calls for the Legionnaires throughout the season as they tried to win just once.
They had a few close calls against the Komoka Kings, who finished with the second-worst record in the GOJHL’s Western Conference. The Legionnaires lost to the Kings by one goal in three of their four contests.
However, they were virtually dominated on the scoreboard by the rest of the competition, finishing the season with a goal differential of -258. That means on average, they lost every game by 5.16 goals.
The historically bad season has already prompted changes for the organization. On Tuesday, the club announced that the previous ownership group, consisting of Theo Bet, Paul Hurtubise, Cliff Smith and Terry Lilley, had been reinstated.
Before the 2025-26 season began, the Legionnaires were sold to Jon Periard.
“They’ve already started recruiting for next year,” Bet told Postmedia.
“The adage is, ‘It can’t get any worse,’ but absolutely it’ll be a better team on the ice. These kids are going to mature over the summertime. They’re going to work out. They’re going to hit the gym.”
Even one win would have saved the Sarnia from setting a league-worst mark. Back in 2012-13, the Buffalo Blades finished the season with a record of 1-49-1.