Cambridge Redhawks

Cambridge Redhawks
Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League
City	Cambridge, Ontario
Founded	Circa 1960
Conference	Mid-Western
Franchise history	19xx-1979: Hespeler Shamrocks 1979-1982: Cambridge Shamrocks 1982-1985: Guelph Holody Platers 1986-1991: Guelph B's 1991-1996: Guelph Holody Platers 1996-2000: Guelph Fire 2000-2009: Guelph Dominators 2009-2018: Guelph Hurricanes 2018-present: Cambridge Redhawks
Head coach	Mike McIlveen
General manager	Todd Hoffman
Arena	Galt Arena Gardens
Team colors	Maroon, Black, and Gold
Affiliate team(s)	Guelph Storm (OHL), Walkerton Hawks (PJHL)
Sutherland Cups	none

The Cambridge Redhawks are a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada. They play in the Mid-Western division of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League.

History

Originating as the Hespeler Shamrocks, founded around 1960, the team became the Cambridge Shamrocks in 1979 due to a town amalgamation. In 1982, the Sharocks were bought by Joe Holody and moved to Guelph to become the farm team to the Guelph Platers. The team has since changed its name to the Fire and then the Dominators, but had kept the "Platers" moniker until 1996, despite their parent club moving and stranding them to become the Owen Sound Platers in 1989.

The team originated in the Central Junior C Hockey League, a league that became known as the Western Junior C Hockey League. In 1970, they joined the "Mid-Ontario Junior "B" Hockey League", and in 1971 joined the new Central Junior "B", the precursor to the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League. In 1974 they moved to the Waterloo-Wellington Junior League, which, in 1977, became the Midwestern "B" and have been there until the league was consolidated into the GOJHL in 2007.

Logo 2000-06

Logo 2006-2009

Although this franchise has a long history and is very well known, the team has never experienced much success at all and often has gone for long periods of time without making the playoffs. The team has been bought and sold multiple times and has even folded for a season. In the summer of 2009, the Dominators were bought and renamed the Guelph Hurricanes.

On May 8, 2018 the Ontario Hockey Association approves the relocation of the Guelph Hurricanes to Cambridge, Ontario. The team will play out of the Galt Arena Gardens for the 2018-19 season. The team was originally known as the Hesper Shamrocks and later Cambridge Shamrocks when they were established back around 1960. The team played in Cambridge until 1982 when they moved to Guelph. The team announced on May 11th that their new name would be the Cambridge Redhawks. The team replaces the former Cambridge Winterhawks who also played in the GOJHL and withdrew from Ontario Hockey Association in protest of the OHA and Hockey Canada refusal to sanction the league at the Junior "A" level.

Season-by-Season Record

Season	GP	W	L	T	OL	GF	GA	P	Results	Playoffs
1961-62	30	9	18	3	-	108	147	21	4th CJCHL
1962-63	28	20	5	3	-	203	114	43	1st CJCHL
1963-64	30	25	5	0	-	241	101	50	1st CJCHL	Won League, Won CSC
1964-65	32	21	10	1	-	187	141	43	3rd CJCHL
1965-66	32	4	27	1	-	111	204	9	12th CJCHL
1966-67	24	8	16	0	-	81	138	16	7th WJCHL
1967-68	Statistics Not Available
1968-69	30	12	16	2	-	103	123	26	5th WJCHL
1969-70	25	20	4	1	-	-	-	41	? MOJBHL
1970-71	34	18	12	4	-	193	139	40	3rd MOJBHL
1971-72	42	27	11	4	-	237	170	58	2nd CJBHL
1972-73	42	15	20	7	-	192	199	37	5th CJBHL
1973-74	Statistics Not Available
1974-75	40	23	13	4	-	216	187	50	3rd WWJHL
1975-76	41	3	37	1	-	118	372	7	7th WWJHL
1976-77	40	20	19	1	-	252	241	41	4th WWJHL	Lost Semi-final
1977-78	40	18	18	4	-	217	195	40	3rd MWJBHL	Lost Semi-final
1978-79	42	2	36	4	-	153	338	8	7th MWJBHL	DNQ
1979-80	42	15	25	2	-	183	229	32	7th MWJBHL	DNQ
1980-81	42	16	26	0	-	203	236	32	7th MWJBHL	DNQ
1981-82	42	30	11	1	-	246	173	61	2nd MWJBHL	Lost Semi-final
1982-83	42	26	15	1	-	253	196	53	3rd MWJBHL	Lost Semi-final
1983-84	42	11	30	1	-	179	289	23	7th MWJBHL	DNQ
1984-85	42	9	32	1	-	174	307	19	7th MWJBHL	DNQ
1985-86	Did Not Participate
1986-87	41	3	38	0	-	128	353	6	7th MWJBHL	DNQ
1987-88	48	11	37	0	-	184	327	22	8th MWJBHL	Lost Quarter-final
1988-89	48	9	36	3	-	175	306	21	9th MWJBHL	DNQ
1989-90	48	13	35	0	-	180	347	26	8th MWJBHL	Lost Quarter-final
1990-91	48	14	34	0	-	188	266	28	7th MWJBHL	Lost Quarter-final
1991-92	48	11	36	1	-	136	266	23	8th MWJBHL	Lost Quarter-final
1992-93	48	20	26	2	-	224	253	42	6th MWJBHL	Lost Quarter-final
1993-94	48	12	36	0	-	201	291	24	8th MWJBHL	Lost Quarter-final
1994-95	48	3	45	0	-	128	375	6	10th MWJBHL	DNQ
1995-96	48	4	44	0	-	158	398	8	10th MWJBHL	DNQ
1996-97	48	7	40	1	-	159	314	15	10th MWJBHL	DNQ
1997-98	48	11	35	2	-	146	255	24	9th MWJBHL	DNQ
1998-99	48	10	37	1	-	79	268	21	9th MWJBHL	DNQ
1999-00	48	10	35	3	-	152	259	23	9th MWJBHL	DNQ
2000-01	48	16	31	1	-	206	262	33	8th MWJBHL	Lost Quarter-final
2001-02	48	21	24	3	-	223	207	45	6th MWJBHL
2002-03	48	25	19	4	2	212	189	56	4th MWJBHL
2003-04	48	16	28	3	1	156	218	36	9th MWJBHL	DNQ
2004-05	48	7	38	1	2	150	258	17	9th MWJBHL	DNQ
2005-06	48	27	20	1	-	177	161	55	4th MWJBHL	Lost Semi-final
2006-07	48	24	21	2	1	192	182	51	4th MWJBHL	Lost Semi-final
2007-08	48	20	23	4	1	145	174	45	20th GOJHL
2008-09	52	19	30	-	3	168	240	41	22nd GOJHL	Lost Quarter-final
2009-10	51	16	29	-	6	157	231	38	7th GOJHL-MW	Lost Conf. QF
2010-11	51	34	12	-	5	259	156	73	1st GOJHL-MW	Lost Conf. SF
2011-12	51	23	24	-	4	183	223	50	5th GOJHL-MW	Lost Conf. QF
2012-13	51	9	42	-	0	129	276	18	9th GOJHL-MW	DNQ
2013-14	49	20	24	-	5	163	196	45	6th GOJHL-MW	Lost Conf. QF
2014-15	49	28	17	-	4	190	163	60	5th GOJHL-MW	Lost Conf. Quarter-finals, 0-4 (Siskins)
2015-16	50	26	14	3	7	185	164	62	4th of 9-MW 11th of 26-GOJHL	Lost Conf. Quarters, 1-4 (Sugar Kings)
2016-17	50	14	33	2	1	155	209	31	7th of 9-MW 21st of 27-GOJHL	Lost Conf. Quarters, 0-4 (Sugar Kings)
2017-18	50	12	30	1	7	102	179	32	8th of 8-MW 21st of 26-GOJHL	Lost Conf. Quarters, 0-4 (Listowel)
2018-19	48	19	27	0	2	133	178	40	6th MW	Lost Conf. Quarter-finals, 1-4 (Siskins)
2019-20	50	32	13	1	4	190	128	69	3rd MW	Won Conf. Quarter-finals, 4-2 (Siskins Trailing Conf. Semi-final 0-1 (Dutchmen) when playoffs cancelled by Hockey Canada
2020-21	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021–22	48	33	12	3	0	69	190	127	2nd of 8 MW 6th of 25 GOJHL	Won Conf. Quarterfinals, 4-1 (Bombers) Won Conf. Semifinals 4-3 (Siskins) Won Conf. Finals 4-1 (Sugar Kings) Mid-West Conf. Champions Round Robin 1-3 (Falcons)&(Maroons) eliminated
2022–23	50	34	8	6	2	76	232	130	3rd of 8 MW 5th of 25 GOJHL	Won Conf. Quarterfinals, 4-1 (Cyclones) Lost Conf. Semifinals 0-4 (Warriors)
2023–24	50	21	25	3	1	46	148	171	6th of 8 MW 15th of 23 GOJHL	Lost Conf. Quarterfinals, 1-4 (Sugar Kings)

Clarence Schmalz Cup appearances

1964: Hespeler Shamrocks defeated Lindsay Lions 4-games-to-1

1970: Newmarket Redmen defeated Hespeler Shamrocks 4-games-to-none

Notable alumni

• Cody Bass (2002–03)
• Greg Jacina (1998–99)
• Jet Greaves
• Brian McGrattan (1997–98)
• Matt Moulson (2000–02)
• Rumun Ndur (1992–93)
• Mark Versteeg-Lytwyn (2002–03)
• Bob Wren (1989–91)
• Rob Zamuner (1986)

External links

• Former Hurricanes Webpage
• Former Dominators Webpage
• Redhawks Webpage
• GOJHL Webpage