The Thunder Bay Bearcats were a Junior "A" ice hockey team from Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. They were a part of the Superior International Junior Hockey League.
History The team was founded in 2001 with the Superior International Junior Hockey League as the K&A First Nations Featherman Hawks. After one season they moved to Nipigon and became Nipigon Featherman Hawks. The next season they moved back to Thunder Bay and became the K&A First Nations Golden Hawks.
In 2006, the team was bought and renamed the Thunder Bay Bearcats. The Bearcats moniker was a prominent team name in the region in the 1950s.
In 2008, the Bearcats absorbed the Thunder Bay Bulldogs to resurrect and improve the city's Thunder Bay Kings Midget AAA program.
In May 2009, the Bearcats did not attend the league's AGM and it soon came out that the team was disbanding.
Season-by-Season results
Season GP W L T OTL GF GA P Results Playoffs2001-02 48 29 15 4 0 219 157 62 2nd SIJHL2002-03 52 11 36 1 4 173 312 27 5th SIJHL2003-04 48 4 39 4 1 129 282 13 5th SIJHL2004-05 48 15 27 5 1 142 202 36 4th SIJHL Lost semi-final2005-06 52 14 34 2 2 202 270 32 4th SIJHL Lost semi-final2006-07 50 29 17 1 3 250 201 62 3rd SIJHL Lost semi-final2007-08 50 33 16 1 0 213 147 67 3rd SIJHL Lost semi-final2008-09 50 33 11 - 6 221 142 72 2nd SIJHL Lost final
Playoffs 2002 Lost semi-final Dryden Ice Dogs defeated Nipigon Featherman Hawks 4-games-to-none 2003 DNQ 2004 DNQ 2005 Lost semi-final Fort William North Stars defeated K&A Golden Hawks 4-games-to-none 2006 Lost semi-final Fort William North Stars defeated K&A Golden Hawks 4-games-to-none 2007 Lost semi-final Schreiber Diesels defeated Thunder Bay Bearcats 4-games-to-2 2008 Lost semi-final Thunder Bay Bearcats defeated Thunder Bay Bulldogs 3-games-to-none Fort William North Stars defeated Thunder Bay Bearcats 4-games-to-1 2009 Lost final Thunder Bay Bearcats defeated Fort Frances Jr. Sabres 4-games-to-1 Fort William North Stars defeated Thunder Bay Bearcats 4-games-to-1