[citation needed] Moving onto the Eastern Canadian Final, the CMC's faced Charlottetown from the Island Junior Hockey League.

[citation needed] Guelph travelled to the Centennial Cup versus the Red Deer Rustlers of the Alberta Junior Hockey League.

The team was coached by Bill Taylor and starred Paul Fendley, Doug Risebrough, and John Van Boxmeer.

The Biltmores won the SOJHL championship again in 1975, then defeated the Smiths Falls Bears of the Central Junior A Hockey League in 6 games (8-3, 3–4, 7–2, 6–4, 3–6, 5-2) to reach the Centennial Cup finals a second time.

[citation needed] The Biltmores were defeated 4-games-to-2 (3-4, 2–3, 4–1, 5–2, 6–3, 6-5 OT) by the Spruce Grove Mets of the Alberta Junior Hockey League.

The 1975 Biltmores were bolsterted on defence by late season pick-up Craig Hartsburg of Minnesota North Stars fame.

The Platers, featuring future Montreal Canadiens goaltender Brian Hayward, won the 1977–78 Manitoba Centennial Trophy as national Junior 'A' champions.

In the 1980–81 season, the Platers reached the Tier II championship for southern Ontario, but were defeated by another future OHL team, the Belleville Bulls.

As they won their second Dudley Hewitt Cup, they were announced as the latest expansion team of the Ontario Hockey League.

Led by coach Jacques Martin, the team reached the playoffs for the first time in franchise history by finishing second in the Emms Division (Western Conference).

The Platers continued their hard work through the playoffs, winning the J. Ross Robertson Cup by defeating the Belleville Bulls 8 points to 4 in the final.

Guelph travelled to the Memorial Cup that year, bringing home the national championship to complete their Cinderella season.

[citation needed] The Memorial Cup championship of 1986 was hosted by the Western Hockey League, with games originally scheduled for New Westminster, British Columbia, but were switched to Portland, Oregon due to a hotel shortage caused by Expo '86.

He tried to catch his balance while still handling the puck and lost his helmet in the process, falling and striking the bare back of his head on the ice.