Sydney Millionaires



=Senior Team=

History
They first played in the Antigonish-Pictou-Colchester Senior Hockey League in 1929-30. After that senior hockey in Sydney was usually sponsored by local businesses and organizations.

Starting in 1937-38 the Millionaires reapppeared. They dominated the Cape Breton Senior Hockey League for the next four seasons, winning three league titles in a row.

In 1940-41 they made their one and only Allan Cup appearance, losing a tough final to the Regina Rangers.

From 1942-43 to 1944-45 military teams took over the Cape Breton league.

The Millionaires came back after the war in 1945-46. They won three straight Cape Breton and Maritimes titles from 1948 to 1950.

In 1950-51 the Cape Breton Senior Hockey League went to Major status. The Millionaires won the title and made it to the Alexander Cup semi final.

The Cape Breton Major Hockey League folded after one season and the Millionaires moved to the Maritime Major Hockey League. That lasted for three seasons until this league folded under heavy financial losses,

It took two years for the Cape Breton Senior Hockey League to revive. The new version of the Millionaires won the league title in 1957,1960, & 1964.

The league went down to just two teams in 1964-65. It finally folded for good after that season.

Millionaires who played in the NHL

 * John Arundel
 * Frank Bathgate
 * Gilles Boisvert
 * George Boothman
 * Murph Chamberlain
 * Bill Cupolo
 * Norm Defelice
 * Bill Dickie
 * Tony Graboski
 * Joe Levandoski
 * Parker MacDonald
 * John McCreedy
 * Bill McDonagh
 * Irv McGibbon
 * Fred McLean
 * Ken Randall
 * Terry Reardon
 * Billy Reay
 * George Robertson
 * Jim Ross
 * Ron Rowe
 * Ken Smith
 * Ted Stackhouse
 * Bobby Walton

Junior Team
The junior team played in the Cape Breton Junior Hockey League throughout its exisistence. They also played in the Eastern Junior Hockey League (1974-1978) winning the league championship in 1976 and 1977 finishing as the runners-up in the J. Pius Callaghan Cup both years..