Hockey Trivia 45 – The Brampton Battalion of The Ontario Hockey League
The Brampton Battalion have been playing in the OHL since the 1998-99 season. The team has enjoyed fairly consistent success and has developed some solid National Hockey League players.
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The Brampton Battalion have been a franchise in the Ontario Hockey League since the 1998-99 season. The team has enjoyed relative success with a perennial defensive minded and disciplined system.
Test and expand your hockey trivia knowledge of the Brampton Battalion with these four trivia questions.
Q. Stan Butler, the only head coach the Brampton Battalion have ever known, previously coached one other Ontario Hockey League team. Which team was it?
A. Butler was the head coach of the Oshawa Generals for two seasons, 1994-95 and 1995-96. The following year, Butler coached the Prince George Cougars of the WHL and was there from day one as the head coach of the Battalion.
Q. Which Battalion player holds the team record for most points in a season?
A. Wojtek Wolski contributed 128 points in 2005-06. This is just one of many team records owned by Wolski. He is also the team’s all-time leader in career goals, assists and points.
Q. What is the home arena of the Brampton Battalion?
A. Currently dubbed the Powerade Centre, the home arena of the Battalion seats just under 5,000 spectators.
Q. What player was the first ever draft pick of the Brampton Battalion?
A. Jay Harrison went first overall in the 1998 OHL Entry Draft. Harrison played four seasons with Brampton and was a third round draft pick of the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft. Jay played several years with the Maple Leafs and is currently with the Carolina Hurricanes.
Need more hockey trivia? Check out these previous articles in the hockey trivia series:
Hockey Trivia Forty-four – Canadian Hockey League Goal Scoring Records
Hockey Trivia Forty-three – The Oshawa Generals of the Ontario Hockey League
Hockey Trivia Forty-two – New York Rangers Trivia
Hockey Trivia Forty-one – London Knights History
Hockey Trivia Forty – Washington Capitals Retired Numbers
Hockey Trivia Thirty-nine – Retired numbers of the Vancouver Canucks
Hockey Trivia Thirty-eight – London Knights OHL Award Winners
Hockey Trivia Thirty-seven – London Knights CHL Award Winners
