The Barrie Colts are a hockey team that plays in the Ontario Hockey League in Canada. The Colts consists of junior hockey players, and are a stepping stone for players looking to make a move to the National Hockey League in the future. Barrie was founded in the 1970s, but did not move up to major junior status until the 1993-94 hockey season. Before playing in the OHL, the Colts played at Canadian Junior B level.http://www.hockeydb.com/stte/barrie-colts-4778.html

Barrie has just one championship under its belt since joining the OHL. That title came during the 1999-2000 season, when they won the J. Ross Robertson Cup. The Colts advanced all the way to the Memorial Cup championship game, where they lost to the Rimouski Oceanic.http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0008352000.html

The Barrie Colts finished the 2009-10 OHL regular season with the best record in the league, going 57-9-0-2. Their 116 points allowed them to win the Central Division and qualify for the postseason.http://www.ontariohockeyleague.com/standings/show/ls_season/38/subtype/0 In the playoffs, Barrie would sweep the Sudbury Wolves in the first round in four games. In the second round, the Colts once again won in four straight games, defeating the Brampton Battalion. Barrie finally lost one game in the Eastern Conference Finals against the Mississauga St. Michael's Majors. However, they would win four other to defeat the Majors and advance to the finals. In the championship, they would fall to the Windsor Spitfires in four straight games.http://www.tsn.ca/chl/feature/?id=7320

Luke Pither and Alex Hutchings were the Colts' top two scorers in the 2009-10 season. Pither had 37 goals and 58 assists to finish the year with a team-leading 94 points. Huthcings led the team in number of goals scored with 47 goals and added 34 assists to total up 84 points for the season. Peter Di Salvo was the team's starting goaltender, finishing the season with a record of 38-6-1. He had a goals-against average of 2.74 and a .915 save percentage.http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0008352010.html

As of November 2010, 28 players from the Barrie Colts have been drafted to the National Hockey League. In the 2010 NHL Draft, Alexander Burmistrov was taken with the eighth overall pick of the draft by the Atlanta Thrashers.http://www.hockey-reference.com/draft/NHL_2010_entry.html In addition to the players drafted from Barrie, 34 players who have played for Barrie have gone on to play in the NHL. These players include B.J. Crombeen, Jeff Cowan, John Madden, and Shayne Corson.