The Nipawin Hawks are a junior ice hockey team based in Nipawin, Saskatchewan. They are members of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL). They play their home games at the Centennial Arena, which has a seating capacity of 1,500. The team colors are black and gold.

The Hawks won league championships in 1990 and 2018, and the regional championship ANAVET Cup in 1990, coached by Bob Lowes.

Arena

The Hawks play their home games at Centennial Arena, affectionately known as "the Cage". Centennial Arena was built in 1967 and is owned by the Town of Nipawin.

History

Founded in 1985, the Hawks won their first league championship in 1990 against the Humboldt Broncos. The team went on to win the regional championship ANAVET Cup, defeating the Portage Terriers of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League four games to two. The Hawks then went on to take third place at the national championship Centennial Cup tournament in Vernon, British Columbia.

The next time the Hawks won a league championship was in 2018. The victory was overshadowed by the Humboldt Broncos bus crash in which 16 members of the Humboldt Broncos were killed and 13 were injured. The crash happened as the Broncos were en route to Nipawin to play game 5 of the semifinal against the Hawks.

|+ style="background:#FDB515; border:#000000 5px solid"| |- ! style=width:4em |Season ! style=width:2.2em | ! style=width:2.2em | ! style=width:2.2em | ! style=width:2.2em | ! style=width:2.2em | ! style=width:2.2em | ! style=width:2.2em | ! style=width:2.2em | ! style=width:10em |Finish ! style=width:15em |Playoffs |- align="right" | align="left"|1985–86||60||18||42||0||-||261||394||36|| align="left"|9th in league|| align="left"|Did not qualify |- align="right" | align="left"|1986–87||64||27||32||5||-||300||323||59|| align="left"|5th in league|| align="left"|Lost 1st round |- align="right" | align="left"|1987–88||60||34||22||4||-||293||246||72|| align="left"|4th in league|| |- align="right" | align="left"|1988–89||64||40||20||4||-||332||244||84|| align="left"|2nd in league North|| |- align="right" | align="left"|1989–90||68||43||21||4||-||343||244||90|| align="left"|2nd in league|| align="left"|Won league championshipWon regional championship |- align="right" | align="left"|1990–91||68||40||27||1||-||293||241||81|| align="left"|2nd in league|| align="left"|Lost semifinal |- align="right" | align="left"|1991–92||64||24||37||3||-||248||260||51|| align="left"|5th in league|| align="left"|Did not qualify |- align="right" | align="left"|1992–93||64||28||31||5||-||262||266||61|| align="left"|4th in league|| align="left"|Lost quarterfinal |- align="right" | align="left"|1993–94||68||32||25||11||-||304||254||75|| align="left"|5th in league|| align="left"|Lost quarterfinal |- align="right" | align="left"|1994–95||64||39||21||4||-||258||199||82|| align="left"|2nd in league|| align="left"|Lost quarterfinal |- align="right" | align="left"|1995–96||64||35||22||7||-||278||217||77|| align="left"|3rd in league|| align="left"|Lost quarterfinal |- align="right" | align="left"|1996–97||64||40||17||7||-||294||212||87|| align="left"|1st in league|| align="left"|Lost semifinal |- align="right" | align="left"|1997–98||64||40||20||4||-||272||192||84|| align="left"|1st in league|| align="left"|Lost final |- align="right" | align="left"|1998–99||66||29||35||2||-||229||249||60|| align="left"|6th in league|| align="left"|Did not qualify |- align="right" | align="left"|1999-00||60||50||8||2||-||269||144||102|| align="left"|1st in league|| align="left"|Lost 1st round |- align="right" | align="left"|2000–01||62||34||26||1||1||274||218||70|| align="left"|3rd in league|| align="left"|Lost final |- align="right" | align="left"|2001–02||64||35||15||10||4||249||190||84|| align="left"|2nd in league|| align="left"|Lost quarterfinal |- align="right" | align="left"|2002–03||60||18||25||12||5||186||230||53|| align="left"|6th in league|| align="left"|Did not qualify |- align="right" | align="left"|2003–04||60||27||27||5||1||180||195||60|| align="left"|4th in league|| align="left"|Lost quarterfinal |- align="right" | align="left"|2004–05||55||25||20||5||5||164||154||60|| align="left"|4th in league|| align="left"|Lost 1st round |- align="right" | align="left"|2005–06||55||38||12||2||3||193||139||81|| align="left"|2nd SJHL Itech|| align="left"|Lost quarterfinal |- align="right" | align="left"|2006–07||58||36||17||0||5||209||169||77|| align="left"|4th SJHL Itech|| align="left"|Lost in Conference Final |- align="right" | align="left"|2007–08||58||23||29||-||6||150||202||52|| align="left"|5th SJHL Itech|| align="left"|Lost semifinal |- align="right" | align="left"|2008–09||56||26||26||-||4||156||190||56|| align="left"|4th in league|| align="left"|Lost quarterfinal |- align="right" | align="left"|2009–10||58||20||31||-||7||172||237||47|| align="left"|11th in league|| align="left"|Did not qualify |- align="right" | align="left"|2010–11||58||17||36||-||5||154||258||39|| align="left"|12th in league|| align="left"|Did not qualify |- align="right" | align="left"|2011–12||58||34||20||-||4||204||167||72|| align="left"|3rd in division4th in league|| align="left"|Lost quarterfinal |- align="right" | align="left"|2012–13||54||32||14||-||8||172||137||72|| align="left"|2nd in division4th in league|| align="left"|Lost quarterfinal |- align="right" | align="left"|2013–14||56||25||27||-||4||150||175||54|| align="left"|2nd in division8th in league|| align="left"|Lost preliminary round |- align="right" | align="left"|2014–15||56||33||17||2||4||173||160||72|| align="left"|3rd in division6th in league|| align="left"|Won quarterfinal against Melville (4:2)Lost semifinal against Melfort (1:4) |- align="right" | align="left"|2015–16||58||36||17||3||2||206||172||77|| align="left"|2nd in division4th in league|| align="left"|Won quarterfinal against Estevan (4:2)Lost semifinal against Melfort (3:4) |- align="right" | align="left"|2016–17||58||40||15||2||1||200||118||83|| align="left"|1st in division3rd in league|| align="left"|Won quarterfinal against Humboldt (4:0)Lost semifinal against Flin Flon (3:4) |- align="right" | align="left"|2017–18||58||43||8||3||4||232||131||93|| align="left"|1st in division1st in league|| align="left"|Won quarterfinal against Flin Flon (4:1)Led semifinal against Humboldt (3:1)Won final against Estevan (4:3) |- align="right" | align="left"|2018–19||58||38||15||2||3||159||118||81|| align="left"|1st in division1st in league|| align="left"|Lost quarterfinal against Yorkton (4:3) |- align="right" | align="left"|2019–20||58||30||24||3||1||183||170||64|| align="left"|4th in division8th in league|| align="left"|Cancelled |- align="right" | align="left"|2020–21||6||4||2||0||0||19||16||8|| align="left"|2nd in division5th in league|| align="left"|Cancelled |- align="right" | align="left"|2021–22||58||17||35||0||6||128||208||40|| align="left"|4th in division11th in league|| align="left"|Did not qualify |- align="right" | align="left"|2022–23||56||26||24||5||1||182||192||58|| align="left"|4th in division7th in league|| align="left"|Lost quarterfinal against Humboldt (4:1) |- align="right" | align="left"|2023–24||56||22||29||1||4||180||194||49|| align="left"|3rd in division9th in league|| align="left"|Did not qualify |- align="right" | align="left"|2024–25||56||17||33||3||3||146||228||40|| align="left"|4th in division11th in league|| align="left"|Did not qualify |- align="right" | align="left"|2025–26 || 56 || 35 || 19 || 0 || 1 || 207 || 160 || 72 || align="left"|2nd in division4th overall || align="left"|Lost quarterfinal against Weyburn (4:2)

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NHL alumni

Mark Smith – San Jose Sharks, Calgary Flames Curtis Murphy – Minnesota Wild Adam Beckman – Minnesota Wild Greg Classen - Nashville Predators

See also List of ice hockey teams in Saskatchewan

References

Further reading

External links Nipawin Hawks official website