The Little Britain Merchants were founded in 1978 as members of the Southern Counties Junior D Hockey League.
In 1984, the Merchants move to the Central Lakeshore Junior C Hockey League. Two year later, the league merged with the Quinte-St. Lawrence Junior C Hockey League and formed the Central Ontario Junior C Hockey League. The expansion of the Merchants was to fill the void left by the folding of the Stouffville Clippers. The Merchants advanced to the Central Lakeshore Final that season where they would be swept by the Bowmanville Eagles who went on to the Clarence Schmalz Cup semifinals.
In the 1997–98 season, the Merchants finished first overall in the Central Ontario league regular season with 27 wins in 40 games. The Merchants won their first league championship that season and advanced to the Clarence Schmalz Cup semifinals where they were defeated by the eventual Schmalz Cup Champions Glanbrook Rangers of the Niagara District League.
The Merchants finished the 2005–06 regular season in second place overall. In the league semi-final, the Merchants drew the third seeded Uxbridge Bruins where the series went the full seven games with the Bruins taking the series 4-games-to-3. The 2006–07 regular season ended with the Merchants finishing in third place overall. Their semi-final opponent was the second seeded Port Perry Mojacks, which again went to a game seven before the Merchants were elimated.
Little Britain won their second league championship in 2009–10 when they upset the defending champion Uxbridge Bruins. The Merchants advanced to the Clarence Schmalz Cup quarterfinals against the Empire B champion Napanee Raiders. The series featured each team winning at home with the Raiders advancing in seven games.
Season-by-season results
Season
GP
W
L
T
OTL
GF
GA
Pts
Results
Playoffs
1987–88
32
15
15
2
—
148
162
32
5th COJCHL
1988–89
40
20
14
6
—
181
161
46
5th COJCHL
1989–90
36
9
23
4
—
163
218
22
7th COJCHL
1990–91
36
18
17
1
—
192
156
37
5th COJCHL
1991–92
34
20
10
0
4
196
164
44
2nd COJCHL
1992–93
40
25
12
2
1
240
178
53
1st COJCHL
1993–94
30
10
16
3
1
122
136
24
5th COJCHL
1994–95
36
13
20
1
2
146
163
29
6th COJCHL
1995–96
42
29
11
1
1
207
159
60
3rd COJCHL
1996–97
40
19
16
5
0
177
172
43
4th COJCHL
1997–98
40
27
8
4
1
208
158
59
1st COJCHL
Won League Lost CSC Semifinal
1998–99
40
19
19
2
0
181
213
41
4th COJCHL
1999–00
40
14
23
1
2
150
231
31
5th COJCHL
2000–01
40
12
26
1
1
161
202
27
5th COJCHL
2001–02
42
12
24
2
4
147
204
30
5th COJCHL
2002–03
38
12
21
3
2
131
177
29
5th COJCHL
2003–04
38
10
20
5
3
129
174
28
4th COJCHL
2004–05
40
17
21
1
1
123
161
36
4th COJCHL
2005–06
42
28
13
1
0
191
144
57
2nd COJCHL
Lost semi-final
2006–07
40
19
12
6
3
175
154
47
3rd COJCHL
Lost semi-final
2007–08
40
20
14
4
2
137
152
46
3rd COJCHL
2008–09
40
9
27
3
1
159
219
22
5th COJCHL
2009–10
40
21
17
—
2
153
158
44
3rd COJCHL
Won League Lost CSC quarterfinal
2010–11
40
16
20
—
4
143
174
36
4th COJCHL
Lost semi-final
2011–12
40
24
13
—
3
158
146
51
2nd COJCHL
Lost semi-final
2012–13
40
13
24
—
3
113
156
29
5th COJCHL
2013–14
40
13
22
—
5
122
176
31
5th COJCHL
Did not qualify
2014–15
42
21
17
—
4
175
157
46
5th COJCHL
Won Play-in, 3–1 (Mojacks) Lost semi-final, 0–4 (Bruins)
