St. Catharines Falcons (1968–)

For the team that existed from 1943–1947 with the same name, see St. Catharines Falcons.

St. Catharines Falcons
Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League
City	St. Catharines, Ontario
Founded	1968
Conference	Golden Horseshoe
Head coach	Trevor Lariviere
General manager	Garry Lariviere
Arena	Jack Gatecliff Arena
Team colors	Red and White
Affiliate team(s)	Niagara IceDogs (OHL)
Sutherland Cups	2012, 2022

The St. Catharines Falcons are a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. They play in the Golden Horseshoe division of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League. The Falcons play their home games inside Jack Gatecliff Arena in downtown St. Catharines.

History

The current Falcons franchise originated in 1968. The league entered the "Niagara District Junior "B" Hockey League" that same year. The Niagara "B" became the Golden Horseshoe "B" in 1974. The Falcons have competed every year in the league since 1968.

In 2012, the Falcons would attempt to win the Sutherland Cup for the first time in six tries. They would end up defeating the Brantford Eagles 4-games-to-2 to clinch their first ever OHA Junior B championship.

The 2013-14 Falcons had won the 2013-14 Golden Horseshoe regular season crown with the best record by a Junior B team since the 1980s (45-3-1), but were caught with two many imports against the Caledonia Corvairs and Welland Jr. Canadians. Due to the protest by those two teams to the Ontario Hockey Association, the Falcons were stripped of the two victories, which slipped them back to second place in the standings (43-5-1) and allowed Caledonia a superior record (45-3-1) and playoff seed.

Memorable Games

On March 26th, 2006 the St. Catharines Falcons played one of the most memorable games in their history. In Game 6 of the semi-finals against the Thorold Blackhawks, the team played an epic four-overtime game. Ironically, if the falcons had won they would have played game 7 on the same day game 6 ended.

Season-by-season results

Season	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	P	Results	Playoffs
1968-69	36	15	15	5		154	136	35	5th NDJBHL	Lost Quarterfinal
1969-70	36	9	19	9		136	170	26	NDJBHL	Lost Semifinal
1970-71	36	28	5	3		231	124	59	1st NDJBHL	Won League
1971-72	35	28	5	2		255	119	56	1st NDJBHL	Won League
1972-73	35	18	13	4		158	146	40	4th NDJBHL
1973-74
1974-75	40	22	14	4	-	248	210	48	4th GHJHL	Lost Final
1975-76	40	28	7	5	-	291	209	61	1st GHJHL	Won League
1976-77	32	19	7	6	-	235	147	44	1st GHJHL	Won League
1977-78	40	26	9	5	-	285	167	57	1st GHJHL	Won League
1978-79	42	35	5	2	-	322	155	72	1st GHJHL	Won League
1979-80	44	27	13	4	-	296	234	58	4th GHJHL	Lost Final
1980-81	42	36	2	4	-	308	135	76	1st GHJHL	Won League
1981-82	36	20	9	7	-	-	-	47	1st GHJHL	Won League
1982-83	42	26	12	4	-	261	192	56	1st GHJHL	Lost Final
1983-84	42	22	11	9	-	246	200	53	3rd GHJHL
1984-85	42	30	4	8	-	274	154	68	1st GHJHL	Won League
1985-86	40	23	10	7	-	268	188	53	2nd GHJHL	Won League
1986-87	42	25	11	6	-	231	171	56	3rd GHJHL
1987-88	42	17	20	5	-	241	233	39	4th GHJHL
1988-89	42	24	14	4	-	231	200	52	3rd GHJHL
1989-90	48	40	6	0	2	362	188	82	1st GHJHL	Won League
1990-91	42	26	13	2	1	282	186	55	3rd GHJHL
1991-92	42	27	12	2	1	296	194	57	2nd GHJHL	Won League
1992-93	42	27	13	1	1	272	194	56	3rd GHJHL
1993-94	40	34	6	0	0	350	153	68	1st GHJHL	Won League
1994-95	42	22	16	4	4	232	194	52	3rd GHJHL	Lost Final
1995-96	50	33	14	3	0	224	171	69	3rd GHJHL	Lost Final
1996-97	42	30	10	1	1	276	169	62	3rd GHJHL	Won League
1997-98	49	30	13	5	1	248	169	66	2nd GHJHL	Lost Final
1998-99	48	31	14	0	3	212	140	65	2nd GHJHL	Won League
1999-00	48	31	12	4	1	215	130	67	2nd GHJHL	Won League
2000-01	48	12	35	1	0	149	266	25	7th GHJHL	Lost Quarter-final
2001-02	47	10	29	3	5	165	248	28	6th GHJHL	Lost Quarter-final
2002-03	48	21	24	3	0	163	187	45	5th GHJHL	Lost Quarterfinals
2003-04	48	16	30	2	0	126	179	34	5th GHJHL	Lost Semi-final
2004-05	48	26	18	3	1	179	139	56	3rd GHJHL	Lost Semi-final
2005-06	49	33	13	2	1	220	167	69	2nd GHJHL	Lost Semi-final
2006-07	49	34	11	2	2	278	183	72	2nd GHJHL	Won League
2007-08	49	28	14	5	2	208	158	63	3rd GOJHL-GH	Lost Conf. Final
2008-09	52	36	9	-	7	261	150	79	1st GOJHL-GH
2009-10	51	38	8	-	5	280	146	81	1st GOJHL-GH	Lost Conf. Final
2010-11	51	34	13	-	4	218	136	72	3rd GOJHL-GH	Lost Conf. SF
2011-12	51	40	9	-	2	257	117	82	1st GOJHL-GH	Won League
2012-13	51	39	8	-	4	298	131	82	1st GOJHL-GH	Lost Round Robin SF
2013-14	49	43	5	-	1	253	128	87	2nd GOJHL-GH	Lost Conf. Final
2014-15	49	31	13	-	5	222	130	67	2nd GOJHL-GH	Won Conf. Quarter-finals, 4-1 (Blackhawks) Won Conf. Semi-finals, 4-1 (Jr. Canadians) Lost Conf. Finals 1-4 (Corvairs)
2015-16	50	33	12	2	3	212	121	71	2nd of 8-GH 5th of 26 GOJHL	Won Conf. Quarter-finals, 4-1 (Jr. Canadians) Won Conf. Semi-finals, 4-2 (Avalanche) Lost Conf. Finals 0-4 (Corvairs)
2016-17	50	40	7	0	3	289	101	83	2nd GOJHL-GH	Won Conf. Quarter-Finals, 4-0 (Panthers) Won Conf. Semi-finals, 4-2 (Canucks) Lost Conf. Finals, 4-2 (Corvairs)
2017-18	50	38	8	1	3	227	116	80	2nd GOJHL-GH	Won Conf. Quarter-Finals, 4-0 (Panthers) Won Conf. Semi-finals, 4-3 (Avalanche) Lost Conf. Finals, 0-4 (Corvairs)
2018-19	47	39	6	0	2	259	106	80	2nd GOJHL-GH	Won Conf. Quarter-Finals, 4-0 (Jr. Canadians) Won Conf. Semi-finals, 4-2 (Kilty B's) Lost Conf. Finals, 3-4 (Canucks)
2019-20	50	33	15	2	0	201	119	68	3rd GOJHL-GH	Won Conf. Quarter-finals 4-0 (Panthers) Balance of playoffs cancelled by Hockey Canada due to COVID-19 pandemic
2020-21	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021-22	48	36	10	1	1	178	78	74	2nd of 8-GH 2nd of 25 GOJHL	Won Conf. Quarter-finals, 4-0 (Panthers) Won Conf. Semifinals 4-0 (Corvairs) Won Conf. Finals 4-2 (Kilty B's) GH Conference Champions Round Robin 3-1 vs. (Maroons) & (Redhawks} Won League Finals 2-0 (Maroons) Sutherland Cup Champions(2nd)
2022-23	50	38	6	6	0	194	111	82	1st of 8-GH 1st of 25 GOJHL	Won Conf. Quarter-finals, 4-0 (Panthers) Lost Conf. Semifinals 3-4 (Corvairs)

Sutherland Cup appearances

1979: Streetsville Derbys defeated St. Catharines Falcons 4-games-to-none

1990: Stratford Cullitons defeated St. Catharines Falcons 4-games-to-none

1994: Waterloo Siskins defeated St. Catharines Falcons 4-games-to-2

1997: Elmira Sugar Kings defeated St. Catharines Falcons 4-games-to-3

2000: Cambridge Winterhawks defeated St. Catharines Falcons 4-games-to-none

2012: St. Catharines Falcons defeated Brantford Eagles 4-games-to-2

2014: Caledonia Corvairs defeated St. Catharines Falcons 4-games-to-3

Notable alumni

• Steve Bancroft
• Brian Bellows
• Ryan Christie
• Jeff Greenlaw
• Paul Laus
• Daultan Leveille
• Rob Robinson
• Andy Rymsha
• Steve Rymsha
• Riley Sheahan
• Vic Teal
• Jacques Michaud

External links

• St. Catharines Falcons