The Halifax Wolverines were a senior and junior team in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Senior Team[]
History[]
The Wolverines played in various leagues from 1928-63.
They won their league titles in 1928-29, 1930-31, 1934-35, 1938-39, 1939-40, and 1958-59.
They won their only Maritimes Senior Championship in 1934-35 and they also won the Allan Cup that season.
Season-by-Season Results[]
New Eastern League (1928-30)[]
Season | Games | Won | Lost | Tied | Points | Goals for |
Goals against |
Standing | Playoffs | |
1928-29 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 18 | - | - | 1st | Won Final | |
1929 Maritimes | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 35 | 12 | - | Lost Maritimes Final | |
1929-30 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 18 | 55 | 55 | 3rd | out of playoffs |
Eastern Nova Scotia League (1930-32)[]
Season | Games | Won | Lost | Tied | Points | Goals for |
Goals against |
Standing | Playoffs | |
1930-31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | out of playoffs | |
1931-32 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 73 | 39 | 1st | Won Final | |
1932 Maritimes | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 6 | - |
Lost Maritimes Final |
Maritime Senior Hockey League (1932-35)[]
Season | Games | Won | Lost | Tied | Points | Goals for |
Goals against |
Standing | Playoffs | |
1932-33 | 28 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 29 | 34 | 30 | 2nd | Lost Final | |
1933-34 | 29 | 22 | 19 | 8 | 52 | 123 | 104 | 2nd | Lost Final | |
1934-35 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 7 | 1st | Won Final, Won Maritimes, Won East. Won Allan Cup |
Eastern Nova Scotia Senior Hockey League (1937-40)[]
Season | Games | Won | Lost | Tied | Points | Goals for |
Goals against |
Standing | Playoffs | |
1937-38 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 63 | 37 | 1st | Lost Final | |
1938-39 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 64 | 32 | 1st | Won Final, Lost Maritimes Semi Final | |
1939-40 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2nd | Won Final, Lost Maritimes Semi Final |
Antigonish-Pictou-Colchester Senior Hockey League (1954-57)[]
Season | Games | Won | Lost | Tied | Points | Goals for |
Goals against |
Standing | Playoffs | |
1954-55 | 38 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 43 | 212 | 175 | 2nd | Lost Semi Finals | |
1956-57 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
The Wolverines participated as an independent (non-league) team in the 1956-57 Maritimes Senior Playoffs after playing (an unkown number of) games against the teams in the APC which counted in their standings and the 1957-58 Maritimes Senior Playoffs.
Nova Scotia Senior Hockey League (1958-62)[]
Season | Games | Won | Lost | Tied | Points | Goals for |
Goals against |
Standing | Playoffs | |
1958-59 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 132 | 89 | 2nd | Won Final | |
1960 MSP | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 38 | 25 | - | Lost Maritime Semi Final | |
1959-60 | 24 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 23 | 103 | 96 | 2nd | Lost Semi Final | |
1960-61 | 40 | 19 | 19 | 2 | 40 | 177 | 152 | 3rd | Lost Semi Final | |
1961-62 | 48 | 20 | 26 | 2 | 42 | 208 | 232 | 4th | Lost Semi Final |
In 1962, the team's name was changed to the Halifax Tartans.
The team's name was revived when the Nova Scotia Senior Hockey League (1982-1995). The team appears to have been renamed the Halifax Clippers for the 1983-84 season and then the Halifax Blues after that.
Nova Scotia Senior Hockey League (1982-1995)[]
Season | Games | Won | Lost | Tied | Points | Goals for |
Goals against |
Standing | Playoffs |
1982-83 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Junior Team[]
Season-by-Season Results[]
Halifax City Junior League[]
The Wolverines played in the Halifax City Junior League in the 1930's, winning the league in 1932-33. They then entered the 1932-33 Maritimes Junior Playoffs, where they lost the semi final.
Maritime Junior A Hockey League (2004-08)[]
The Wolverines franchise started in 2004, when the Halifax Team Pepsi was moved to New Glasgow as the Weeks Crushers. Team Pepsi had moved because of poor attendance in the crowded Halifax market.
The Wolverines had the same problem. In 2008 they moved to Bridgewater to become the Bridgewater Lumberjacks.
Season | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | P | Results | Playoffs |
2004-05 | 56 | 14 | 38 | 2 | 2 | 148 | 254 | 32 | 12th | out of playoffs |
2005-06 | 56 | 16 | 34 | 0 | 6 | 192 | 255 | 38 | 11th | out of playoffs |
2006-07 | 58 | 34 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 247 | 210 | 73 | 6th | Lost Division Final |
2007-08 | 58 | 18 | 33 | - | 7 | 166 | 242 | 43 | 10th | out of playoffs |