Hamilton Aerovox





The Hamilton Aerovox was a Junior "B" team in Hamilton, Ontario. They played in various leagues under the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA). The Aerovox won the Sutherland Cup, emblematic of the OHA's Junior B championship, in 1947-48.

During the late 1940s, the Aerovox Hockey Club was Hamilton’s only Junior B team, and during this era were a solid club which vied for the OHA’s top prize.

Sponsored by one of Hamilton’s most noted industrial concerns, Aerovox, which produced electrical components, the team was comprised of up-and-coming former players from the city’s bantam, juvenile, and midget leagues.

The team, which had compiled a 10-1-1 record in 1947, was a finalist for the 1946-47 Sutherland Cup Championship, losing three games to two to the De La Salle Academy. The Aerovox team won the Cup in 1948 over the St. Michael's Buzzers.

Ontario Hockey Association Junior "B"
They would play as well in 1951-52

Aerovox players who went on to the NHL

 * Lou Jankowski
 * Stephen Kraftcheck