Saskatoon Olympics

{{Short description|Canadian junior ice hockey team}} {{Notability|date=July 2025}}{{Infobox hockey team|team=Saskatoon Olympics|bg_colour=blue|text_colour=white|logo=|city=Saskatoon, Saskatchewan|league=SJHL|founded=1968|folded=1982|arena=Saskatoon Arena|colours=Blue and white|capacity=|owners=|history='''Saskatoon Macs''' (SJHL) (1968-1969)<br>'''Saskatoon Olympics''' (1969–1978)<br> '''Saskatoon J's''' (1978-1982)}}The '''Saskatoon Olympics''' (also known as the Saskatoon Macs and Saskatoon J’s) were a Tier-II Junior "A" team based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, who played in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League.<ref name="u198">{{cite web | title=Saskatoon Olympics hockey team statistics and history at hockeydb.com | website=www.hockeydb.com | url=https://www.hockeydb.com/stte/saskatoon-olympics-7903.html | access-date=2025-07-22}}</ref>

==History== The Saskatoon Olympics were original members of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League when the league was founded in 1968, originally named the Saskatoon Macs.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mainman |first=Brian |date=October 22, 1969 |title=Olympics upset Canucks for first win |url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=OjBgAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA30&dq=%22Saskatoon+Olympics%22&article_id=6975,1685540&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjg0ruM9LuUAxVShIkEHWuqE2MQ6AF6BAgQEAM#v=onepage&q=%22Saskatoon%20Olympics%22&f=false |url-status=live |access-date=May 15, 2026 |work=The Phoenix}}</ref> They were eligible for the Memorial Cup playoffs for their first two seasons, then the SJHL was placed at the Tier-II Junior "A" level.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Historical Statistics |url=https://www.sjhl.ca/historical-statistics |access-date=2026-05-15 |language=en-US}}</ref>

After starting out with two losses in the 1969-70 season, the team won its first game as the 'Olympics' in front of 270 fans on October 21, 1969 over the Moose Jaw Canucks.

The team played at the Saskatoon Arena.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Abraham |first=Doug |date=February 3, 1973 |title=Olympics sidetracked by Raiders |url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=9TFgAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA28&dq=%22Saskatoon+Olympics%22&article_id=3748,807860&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiLjMWc9buUAxUflokEHeT4CHoQ6AF6BAgOEAM#v=onepage&q=%22Saskatoon%20Olympics%22&f=false |url-status=live |access-date=May 15, 2026 |work=The Phoenix}}</ref>

Dave King coached the Olympics from 1975 to 1977.<ref>{{Cite web |title=David "Dave" King, C.M. |url=https://sasksportshalloffame.com/inductees/dave-king/ |access-date=2026-05-15 |website=Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame |language=en-US}}</ref>

The team took on the name Saskatoon J's in 1978 before folding in 1982.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Saskatoon J's |url=https://vintageicehockey.com/collections/saskatoon-js |access-date=2026-05-15 |website=Vintage Ice Hockey |language=en}}</ref>

Trent Yawney played for the J's in the team's final season in 1982, later moving onto the Saskatoon Blades and a career in the National Hockey League as both a player and later a coach. Dale Henry was also on the roster in the team's final season.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dale Henry (b.1964) Hockey Stats and Profile at hockeydb.com |url=https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=2242 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251112021035/https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=2242 |archive-date=2025-11-12 |access-date=2026-05-15 |website=www.hockeydb.com |language=en}}</ref>

==Season-by-season standings== {|class="wikitable" |- align="center" bgcolor="#dddddd" |'''Season''' ||'''GP''' || '''W''' || '''L''' || '''T''' || '''OTL''' || '''GF''' || '''GA''' || '''P''' || '''Results''' || '''Playoffs''' |- align="center" |1968-69 ||33 ||3 ||30 ||0 ||- ||112 ||280 ||6 ||4th SJHL|| |- align="center" |1969-70 ||33 ||6 ||27 ||0 ||- ||99 ||208 ||12 ||4th SJHL|| |- align="center" |1970-71 ||36 ||28 ||7 ||1 ||- ||262 ||153 ||57 ||2nd SJHL|| |- align="center" |1971-72 ||44 ||22 ||22 ||0 ||- ||219 ||183 ||40 ||4th SJHL|| |- align="center" |1972-73 ||48 ||15 ||33 ||0 ||- ||237 ||158 ||30 ||5th SJHL North|| |- align="center" |1973-74 ||50 ||28 ||21 ||1 ||- ||261 ||213 ||57 ||3rd SJHL North|| |- align="center" |1974-75 ||58 ||30 ||26 ||2 ||- ||278 ||275 ||62 ||4th SJHL North|| |- align="center" |1975-76 ||58 ||29 ||28 ||1 ||- ||283 ||278 ||59 ||5th SJHL North|| |- align="center" |1976-77 ||60 ||11 ||48 ||1 ||- ||196 ||394 ||23 ||5th SJHL North|| |- align="center" |1977-78 ||60 ||12 ||46 ||2 ||- ||260 ||434 ||26 ||5th SJHL North|| |- align="center" |1978-79 ||60 ||17 ||43 ||0 ||- ||240 ||388 ||34 ||5th SJHL North|| |- align="center" |1979-80 ||60 ||13 ||47 ||0 ||- ||290 ||414 ||26 ||5th SJHL North ||DNQ |- align="center" |1980-81 ||60 ||12 ||46 ||2 ||- ||241 ||439 ||26 ||5th SJHL North|| |- align="center" |1981-82 ||60 ||33 ||27 ||0 ||- ||309 ||290 ||66 ||2nd SJHL North ||Lost quarter-final |}

===Playoffs=== *1969 ''Lost semi-final'' :'''Weyburn Red Wings''' defeated Saskatoon Olympics ''4-games-to-none'' *1970 ''Lost semi-final'' :'''Regina Pats''' defeated Saskatoon Olympics ''4-games-to-1'' *1971 ''Lost semi-final'' :'''Humboldt Broncos''' defeated Saskatoon Olympics ''4-games-to-3'' *1972 ''Lost semi-final'' :'''Saskatoon Olympics''' defeated Notre Dame Hounds ''4-games-to-none'' :'''Humboldt Broncos''' defeated Saskatoon Olympics ''4-games-to-none'' *1973 ''DNQ'' *1974 ''Lost semi-final'' :'''Saskatoon Olympics''' defeated Yorkton Terriers ''4-games-to-1'' :'''Prince Albert Raiders''' defeated Saskatoon Olympics ''4-games-to-none'' *1975 ''Lost quarter-final'' :'''Prince Albert Raiders''' defeated Saskatoon Olympics ''4-games-to-1'' *1976 ''DNQ'' *1977 ''DNQ'' *1978 ''DNQ'' *1979 ''DNQ'' *1980 ''DNQ'' *1981 ''DNQ'' *1982 ''Lost quarter-final'' :'''Swift Current Broncos''' defeated Saskatoon Olympics ''4-games-to-2''

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==External links== *[http://www.sjhl.ca/ SJHL Website]

Category:Sports clubs and teams in Saskatoon Category:Defunct Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League teams Category:Defunct sports clubs and teams in Saskatchewan