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The Wellington Dukes are a Junior "A" ice hockey team from Wellington, Ontario, Canada. They are in the Eastern Division of the Ontario Junior Hockey League and used to be a part of the Metro Junior A Hockey League. Originally a Junior C team in the 1970s and 1980s, the Dukes merged with the neighbouring Jr. B Belleville Bobcats and took their place in the Metro League. The Dukes have won the Dudley Hewitt Cup as Central Canadian Junior A Champions three times (2003, 2011, 2018). The Dukes also won the Buckland Cup (OJHL Champions) for the third time on April 22, 2018.
At the Royal Bank Cup 2003, their National tournament started with a 4–1 loss to the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League's Humboldt Broncos. In the second game, the Dukes were embarrassed by the Alberta Junior Hockey League's Camrose Kodiaks 7–1. In the third game, the Dukes battled for their lives. In a hard battle with the Charlottetown Abbies of the Maritime Junior A Hockey League the Dukes prevailed 1–0 in overtime. Their final round robin game, the Dukes defeated the Lennoxville Cougars of the Quebec Junior AAA Hockey League 5–2 to finish third in the round robin. In the semi-finals, the Dukes squared off against Humboldt again and were defeated 3–2. Humboldt moved on to win the Royal Bank Cup as National Champions.
In 2008, the Dukes joined the semi-autonomous Central Division, that formed the Central Canadian Hockey League in 2009 when the OJHL was dissolved.
The Wellington Dukes defeated the hosts Huntsville Otters 5–3 to win the 2011 Dudley-Hewitt Cup. The Dukes travelled west to participate in the Royal Bank Cup in Camrose, Alberta. Wellington returned to the Quinte after a 4–1 loss to the Vernon Vipers.
Wellington was chosen to host the 2014 Dudley-Hewitt Cup at their new arena. The Dukes finished no higher than 5th in the North-East conference losing to the Cobourg Cougars in the first round 4 games to 1. The Dukes endured nearly 2 months of a playoff layoff. The Dukes entered the tournament. The Dukes finished the round robin with a 3–0 record, but lost the final to the Toronto Lakeshore Patriots 2–1.
The franchise scoring record was set by Howie Dowdle in 1988-89 scoring 51 goals, and 73 assists in 39 games played. This feat won Howie the Elleanor Gilliam Memorial Trophy as the Central Ontario Jr. "C" Scoring Champion.
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| Lost Division Quarter-final (Trenton Sting) | ||||||||||
| Lost Division Final (Lindsay Muskies) | ||||||||||
| Lost Division Semi-final (Trenton Sting) | ||||||||||
| Lost final (Brampton) | ||||||||||
| Won League(x1) (Aurora Tigers) Won DHC (North Bay) Lost RBC Semi-final (Humboldt Broncos) | ||||||||||
| Lost Division Final (Bowmanville) | ||||||||||
| Lost Division Final (Port Hope) | ||||||||||
| Lost Division Semi-final (Port Hope) | ||||||||||
| Lost final (Aurora Tigers) | ||||||||||
| Won Conf. Quarters 4-2 (Aurora Tigers) Lost Conf. Semifinals 1-4 (Golden Hawks) | ||||||||||
| Won Conf. Quarters 4-3 (Whitby Fury) Lost Conf. Semifinals, 1-4 (Cobourg Cougars) | ||||||||||
| Won Conf. Quarters 4-3 (Panthers) Won Conf. Semifinals 4-3 (Hurricanes) Won Conf. Finals 4-1 (Aurora Tigers) Won OJHL Finals 4-2 (Raiders) OJHL Champions (x3) | ||||||||||
| 2018-19 | 54 | 29 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 193 | 167 | 64 | 4th of 6 East 5th of 11 SE Conf 7th of 22 OJHL | Won Conf. Quarters 4-1 (Cobourg Cougars) Won Conf. Semifinals 4-3 (Whitby Fury) Won Conf. Finals 4-3 (rangers) Lost OJHL Finals 0-4(Oakville Blades) |
| Won Conf. Quarters 4-0 (Cobourg Cougars) Remaining playoffs cancelled due to COVID_19 pandemic(x3) | ||||||||||
| Season cancelled due to COVID-19 | ||||||||||
| Lost Conf. Quarters 0-2 (Cobourg Cougars) | ||||||||||
| Won Conf. Quarters 4-1 (Buzzers) Won Conf. Semifinals 4-0 (Huskies) Lost Conf. Finals 1-4 (GoldenHawks) | ||||||||||
| Lost Conf. Quarters 1-4 (Jr. Canadiens) | ||||||||||
| Lost Conf. Quarters 0-4 (Spirit) | ||||||||||
| W, North Bay Skyhawks 4–0 Dudley Hewitt Cup Champions |
| W, Huntsville Otters 5–3 Dudley Hewitt Cup Champions |
| W, Dryden Ice Dogs 7–4 Dudley Hewitt Cup Champions |
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| L, Chilliwack Chiefs 2–4 |
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