Mic Macs had 17-game unbeaten streak

Lost in 1957 Ontario finals

by C. Scott Holland

Not many hockey teams can say they were unbeaten in 17 straight games during regular season or playoffs, but in the spring of 1957, the Blytheswood Mic Macs did just that.

The win-streak enabled the SEHL champs to earn a spot in the Ontario Rural Hockey Association Intermediate ‘D’ finals.

Along the way, the Mic Macs swept three teams winning 16 games and tying one contest.

The first casualty was the South Essex Hockey League’s Wheatley Legionnaires, whom they beat for the local title.

To reach the ORHA finals, the Mic Macs defeated Corinth.

Originally Blytheswood was slated to play Cambray near Lindsay, But the Cambray team was disqualified and Windham Centre (northwest of Simcoe) became their opponent in the final.

Blytheswood and Windham ended the first contest knotted at 4-4. In game two, Blytheswood’s sticks went cold and they lost 6-0.

In the final game, Windham doubled Blytheswood 6-3 as Wayne Ives, Jerry Brooks and Don Horrelbeck notched the Mic Mac tallies. Windham Centre won the best of three series 2-0-1.

Members of the 1956-57 Mic Macs were: Bob Wallace, Garnet Hillier, Jim Armstrong, Floyd Harris, K. Phibbs, Jerry Brooks, Bill McKenzie, Don Horrelbeck, Larry McDonald, Ralph Phibbs, Lee Bowman, Grant Bowman, Wayne Ives, Bruce Riley, Ray Wiper. The coach was Jim McKenzie.