The New Hamburg Firebirds are a Junior ice hockey team based in New Hamburg, Ontario, Canada. They are members of the Provincial Junior Hockey League of the Ontario Hockey Association.
History The Hahns started out in the Interbrew Junior "C" Hockey League, and later joined the Central Junior C Hockey League. They made the jump up to the Midwestern Junior B Hockey League in 1977 and stayed there until 1982Mid-Western Ontario OHA Jr. B Hockey League 25th Anniversary Program by J. Clark Hayman (2002) when they returned to Junior "C" in the NJCHL.
While in the Central Jr. C league (now known as the Western Jr. C league), the Hahns won two Clarence Schmalz Cups as All-Ontario champions - 1963 and 1967.Ontario Hockey Association 2006-2007 Constitution, Regulations and Rules of Competition by The Ontario Hockey Association (2006)
After some uncertainty in the Summer of 2013, the Firebirds ended up in the new Midwestern Junior C Hockey League. In 2016 the eight Junior 'C' hockey leagues in Southern Ontario amalgamated under one banner as the Provincial Junior Hockey League. The Midwestern Junior C Hockey League became the Doherty Division and were aligned in the Southern Conference with the Bloomfield division.
Season-by-season standings Season GP W L T OTL GF GA P Results Playoffs1962-63 Statistics Not AvailableWon League, won CSC1963-64 29 15 14 0 - 141 122 30 3rd CJCHL 1964-65 31 21 8 2 - 170 128 44 2nd CJCHL 1965-66 31 26 5 0 - 194 112 52 2nd CJCHL Won League1966-67 24 15 6 3 - 127 86 33 1st WJCHL Won League, won CSC1967-68 Statistics Not Available1968-69 30 23 3 4 - 157 58 50 1st WJCHLWon League1969-70 Statistics Not Available1970-71 32 27 3 2 - -- -- 56 1st CJCHL1971-72 Statistics Not Available1972-73 31 21 9 1 - -- -- 43 2nd CJCHL 1973-74 32 22 6 4 - 182 109 48 2nd CJCHL 1974-75 30 20 9 1 - 211 127 41 1st CJCHL II1975-76 35 26 8 1 - 253 157 53 1st CJCHL II1976-77 36 24 8 4 - 258 128 52 3rd CJCHL 1977-78 40 8 29 3 - 163 267 19 6th MWJBHL DNQ1978-79 42 17 21 4 - 206 199 38 4th MWJBHL Lost semi-final1979-80 42 15 23 4 - 189 234 34 5th MWJBHL Lost quarter-final1980-81 42 15 24 3 - 183 220 33 6th MWJBHL Lost quarter-final1981-82 42 9 32 1 - 167 279 19 7th MWJBHL DNQ1982-83 36 9 21 6 - -- -- 24 5th NJC-W1983-84 30 18 9 3 - -- -- 39 3rd NJC-W1984-85 32 17 12 3 - 180 135 37 3rd SWJCHL1985-86 36 25 7 4 - -- -- 54 1st NJC-W1986-87 34 18 10 6 - -- -- 42 2nd NJC-W1987-88 36 20 14 2 - -- -- 42 3rd NJC-W1988-89 35 22 8 5 - -- -- 49 2nd NJC-W1989-90 36 20 8 8 - -- -- 48 3rd NJC-W1990-91 34 21 10 3 - -- -- 45 2nd NJC-W1991-92 33 20 10 3 - 175 129 43 2nd NJC-W1992-93 36 11 23 2 - 167 217 24 7th NJC-W1993-94 36 9 25 2 - 151 252 20 7th NJC-W1994-95 36 14 18 4 - 163 169 32 5th NJC-W1995-96 40 10 26 4 - 148 210 24 5th NJC-W1996-97 40 11 27 1 1 150 196 24 5th NJC-W DNQ1997-98 39 16 22 1 0 173 186 33 5th NJC-W DNQ1998-99 35 19 16 - 0 -- -- 38 3rd NJC-W1999-00 36 27 8 - 1 -- -- 55 1st NJC-W Won Div quarter-final 4-0 (Storm)Lost Div final 2-4 (Merchants)2000-01 36 17 17 1 1 -- -- 36 3rd NJC-W Lost Div semi-final 1-4 (Navy Vets)2001-02 36 11 21 2 2 -- -- 26 4th NJC-W Lost Div semi-final 2-4 (Navy Vets)2002-03 36 8 21 3 4 102 158 23 10th NJCHL Lost Div semi-final 2-4 (Merchants)2003-04 36 20 12 2 2 163 142 44 5th NJCHL Lost Div semi-final 1-4 (Storm)2004-05 36 13 18 2 3 145 163 31 9th NJCHL DNQ2005-06 36 6 25 3 2 91 162 17 12th NJCHL DNQ2006-07 36 10 25 0 1 123 189 21 10th NJCHL DNQ2007-08 36 21 15 0 0 138 136 42 6th NJCHL Won Preliminary Round 4-2 (Renegades)Lost quarter-final 0-4 (Spitfires)2008-09 36 16 18 - 2 114 118 34 9th NJCHL DNQ2009-10 36 15 19 - 2 125 155 32 4th NJC-W Won Div quarter-final 4-3 (Spitfires)Lost Div semi-final 2-4 (Storm)2010-11 36 24 10 - 2 157 113 50 2nd NJC-W Lost Div semi-final 2-4 (Storm)2011-12 36 27 6 - 3 172 106 57 1st NJC-W Won Div quarter-final 4-0 (Navy Vets)Won Div semi-final 4-1 (Spitfires)Won NJC-W 4-1 (Merchants)Lost final 0-4 (Peach Kings)2012-13 38 32 4 - 2 221 93 66 1st NJC-W Won Div. semi-final 4-1 (Storm)Won NJC-W 4-2 (Merchants)Lost final 2-4 (Peach Kings)2013-14 40 30 8 - 2 208 130 62 3rd MWJCHL Won quarter-final 4-2 (Braves) Lost semi-final 3-4 (Centennials)2014-15 40 29 10 1 - 174 103 59 2nd MWJCHL Won quarter-final 4-1 (Braves) Lost semi-final 3-4 (Merchants)2015-16 40 31 8 1 - 187 107 63 2nd of 9 MWJCHL Won quarter-final, 4-0 (Merchants)Won semifinal 4-1 (Mounties)Lost finals, 1-4 (Centennials)2016-17 40 22 18 0 - 152 149 44 4th of 9, PJHLDoherty DivLost Div quarter-final 1-4 (Merchants)2017-18 40 15 19 3 3 125 142 36 7th of 9, PJHLDoherty DivLost Div quarter-final 1-4 (Braves)2018-19 40 29 9 0 2 175 88 60 2nd of 9, PJHLDoherty DivWon Div quarter-final 4-2 (Navy-Vets)Lost Div semi-final 2-4 (Applejacks)2019-20 40 17 17 3 3 182 122 40 7th of 9, PJHLDoherty DivLost Div quarter-final 2-4 (Applejacks)2020-21 Season Lost due to COVID-19 pandemic2021-22 36 23 9 1 3 136 84 50 4th of 8, PJHLDoherty DivWon Div quarter-final 4-1 (Merchants)Won Div semi-final 4-3 (Navy-Vets)Won Div. Finals 4-2 (Braves)Lost Confer Finals 2-4 (Peach Kings)2022-23 42 31 6 3 2 194 91 67 1st of 8, PJHLDoherty DivDiv quarter-final byeWon Div semi-final 4-0 (Braves)Lost Div Finals 3-4 (Applejacks)2023-24 42 33 7 2 0 187 106 68 1st of 7, PJHLDoherty DivDiv quarter-final byeWon Div Semi finals 4-1 (Shamrocks)Won League 4-1 (Navy-Vets)Won South Conference 4-1 (Peach Kings)Lost CSC semi-final 2-4 (Canadiens}2024-25 42 32 8 0 2 171 112 66 2nd of 8, PJHLDoherty DivWon Div quarter-final 4-3 (Braves)Won Div semi-finals 4-1 (Navy-Vets)Won League 4-1 (Applejacks)Won South Conference 4-3 (Peach Kings)Lost CSC semi-final 1-4 (73's)2025-26 42 24 13 4 1 154 135 53 4th of 8, Doherty7th of 16 SOuth Conf28th of 61 PJHLLost Div quarter-final 1-4 (Merchants) 1963–73Simcoe Reformer microfilms. http://www.simcoereformer.ca/ 1973–77Owen Sound Sun Times microfilms. http://www.owensoundsuntimes.com/ 1977–82 1982–2002 2002–09Niagara & District Junior C Hockey League statistics http://www.ohahockey.org/page/show/15213
Notable alumni Jim Nahrgang John Tanner
External links New Hamburg Firebirds official website OHA Homepage
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