Soo Back Door

Soo Back Door was a senior hockey team based in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. They were active from 1987-1995.

Results

1987-88

Back Door finished 3rd out of 10 teams in the Michigan State Senior Championship, falling in the semifinals to the eventual champion O'Leary Hawks.

1988-89

• 1/11: Back Door - Soo Jr. C Rangers 4:2
• 2/1: Back Door - Soo Jr. C Rangers 16:3

Back Door was 14-3 as of 3/9 and was set to compete in the Michigan State Senior Championship, opening against the O'Leary Hawks on March 11. O'Leary went on to win the tournament

1989-90

• 11/6: Back Door - Soo Hub Clothing (ON) 4:4
• 11/20: Back Door - Soo Paul's Bakery (ON) 10:2
• 12/17: Back Door - Premium Oil 12:4
• 1/1: Soo Mr. Transmission (ON) - Back Door 11:5

Back Door Senior Invitational Tournament (2/17-18)

• Back Door - New Americans 12:1
• Back Door - Paul's Bakery 7:3
• Back Door - Sal-Dan 4:1
• Back Door - Duty Free 12:6
• Mr. Transmission - Aube's 13:2
• Mr. Transmission - Duty Free 5:2
• Mr. Transmission - Soo Indians 9:1
• Mr. Transmission - Sal-Dan 4:3
• Sal-Dan - Paul's Bakery 12:4
• Sal-Dan - New Americans 11:1
• Duty Free - Soo Indians 5:4
• Duty Free - Aube's 13:1
• Soo Indians - Aube's 5:4
• Paul's Bakery - New Americans 13:3
• Back Door - Mr. Transmission 5:2 - final

Michigan State Senior Tournament (3/2-4)

• Back Door - Ann Arbor
• Back Door - Port Huron 9:7
• Fraser Miller Americans - Back Door 10:5

1990-91

• 10/8: Back Door - Soo White Eagles (ON) 9:5
• 10/15: Sal-Dan - Back Door 9:4
• 10/17: Aube's - Premium Oil Pumpers 5:4
• 10/21: Back Door - Aube's 12:4
• 10/22: Aube's - Back Door 8:5
• 11/12: Aube's - Back Door 13:9
• 12/3: Back Door - Aube's 20:4
• 12/12: Aube's - Back Door 9:7
• 2/11: Back Door - Soo Indians 5:3

Back Door Senior Invitational Tournament (11/2-4)

• Mr. Transmission - Back Door 10:1
• Mr. Transmission - Duty Free - final - Transmission went 5-0

Michigan Senior Open Tier II Tournament (3/15-17)

• Aube's - Fraser Tri-Mark Medal 3:3
• Detroit Walsh's - Aube's 3:1
• 'Aube's - Southfield Quatroso 5:3
• Fraser A&D Trucking - Aube's 2:1 3OT - semifinal

Soo Senior Championship

• 3/18: Kewadin Wings - Mohawks 5:3
• 3/18: Back Door - Aube's All-Stars 9:3
• 3/19: Soo Indians - Kewadin Wings 12:4
• 3/19: Aube's All-Stars - Premium Oil Pumpers 5:4
• 3/21: Back Door - Premium Oil Pumpers 8:6
• 3/21: Mohawks - Soo Indians 6:5
• 3/24: Back Door - Soo Indians 9:3 - final
• 3/24: Aube's All-Stars - Mohawks - consolation
• 3/24: Premium Oil Pumpers - Kewadin Wings - "

1991-92

• 10/20: White Eagles - Back Door 10:8
• 10/27: Esquire Club - Back Door 10:7
• 11/3: Back Door - McDougall Fuels 8:5
• 11/10: Back Door - Purple Lantern 8:3
• 11/24: Canadian Motor Hotel - Back Door 7:7
• 12/1: Back Door - Co-operators 9:7
• 12/8: Back Door - Esquire Club 15:6
• 12/16: Soo Mohawk Selects - Back Door 6:5
• 1/13: Soo Mohawk Selects - Back Door 9:7
• 2/2: Back Door - Purple Lantern 18:2
• 2/16: Back Door - White Eagles 10:7

Note: all opponents were from Canadian Soo, save the Mohawk Selects.

1992-93

• 10/18: White Eagles - Back Door 2:1
• 10/27: Esquire Club - Back Door 9:9
• 11/8: Back Door - McDougall Fuels 7:7
• 11/22: Bulls - Back Door 12:3
• 11/29: White Eagles - Back Door 12:6
• 1/10: Portage Lake - Back Door 8:3
• 2/7: Woolworth's Pharmacy - Back Door 10:5
• 2/13: Back Door - Portage Lake Pioneers 6:4
• 2/14: Time Out - Back Door 11:7

Note: all opponents were from Canadian Soo, save Portage Lake.

1993-94

• 3/2: 'Back Door - Soo Mr. Transmission (ON) 8:4

Michigan Tier 1 No Check State Championship (March)

• Back Door - O'Leary's 5:4
• Telly's - Back Door 5:2
• Back Door - Landing Strip 1:1

1994-95

• 10/23: Back Door' - Portage Street 10:5

Back Door Tournament (12/10-12)

• Mr. Transmission - U-Betcha 8:1
• Back Door - Duty Free 3:2
• Mr. Transmission - O'Leary Hawks 1:1
• O'Leary Hawks - Time Out 5:1
• Back Door - Appleton 9:0
• Back Door - O'Leary Hawks 7:2
• Back Door - Duty Free 4:2 - final

Sources

• Sault Evening News