Lost 1982 Centennial Cup Guelph Platers defeated North York Rangers 4-games-to-none Guelph Platers defeated Richmond Hill Rams 4-games-to-none Guelph Platers defeated Markham Waxers 4-games-to-1 OJHL CHAMPIONS Guelph Platers defeated Onaping Falls Huskies (NOJHL) 3-games-to-none BUCKLAND CUP CHAMPIONS Guelph Platers defeated Thunder Bay Kings (TBJHL) 3-games-to-none Guelph Platers defeated Pembroke Lumber Kings (CJHL) 4-games-to-none DUDLEY HEWITT CUP CHAMPIONS Guelph Platers defeated Moncton Hawks (NBJHL) 4-games-to-1 EASTERN CANADA CHAMPIONS Prince Albert Raiders (SJHL) defeated Guelph Platers 4-games-to-none Platers transfer to Ontario Hockey League. 1982–83 Out of playoffs. 1983–84 Out of playoffs. 1984–85 Out of playoffs. 1985–86 Defeated Sudbury Wolves 8 points to 0 in first round. Won quarter-final round robin vs. North Bay Centennials & Windsor Spitfires. Defeated Windsor Spitfires 8 points to 4 in semi-finals. Defeated Belleville Bulls 8 points to 4 in finals. OHL CHAMPIONS Finished first in round-robin of Memorial Cup. Earned bye to finals. Defeated Hull Olympiques 5–2 in finals. MEMORIAL CUP CHAMPIONS 1986–87 Lost to Hamilton Steelhawks 4 games to 1 in first round. 1987–88 Out of playoffs. 1988–89 Lost to London Knights 4 games to 3 in first round. Arena The Guelph Platers played at the Guelph Memorial Gardens located in downtown Guelph. The team and the arena played host to the OHL All-Star game in 1984. Demolition of the Gardens began in 2006. Guelph Memorial Gardens The OHL Arena & Travel Guide The Imperials The City of Guelph was unhappy with the fact that their Junior A team had been moved to Kitchener in 1963. Left with only the Guelph CMC's at the OHA Junior B level, the City jumped at the 1968 offer of the newly-renegade Western Ontario Junior A Hockey League to give the city a new Junior A team. After a pair of losing seasons and a name change to the Beef Kings, the league was reincorporated into the OHA as a Tier II Junior A league and the franchise being bought out by the CMC's. From that point on, the CMC's took the Beef King's place. Season-by-season results Playoffs 1969 Lost Semi-final Brantford Foresters defeated Guelph Imperials 4-games-to-1 1970 Lost Semi-final Brantford Foresters defeated Guelph Beef Kings 4-games-to-none References Defunct Ontario Hockey League teams Sport in Guelph 1968 establishments in Ontario 1989 disestablishments in Ontario Ice hockey clubs established in 1968 Ice hockey clubs disestablished in 1989