The Cambridge Winter Hawks were a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada. They played in the Mid-Western division of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League.

History Created in 1982, the team was made to replace the last Cambridge team that was bought out by the Guelph Platers and moved out of town. Their first season was in the OHA Junior "A" League. The Winter Hawks have been a charter member of the Midwestern "B" since 1983, and are currently the 2006 Sutherland Cup Champions, defeating the Niagara Falls Canucks; they also repeated as 2007 Sutherland Cup champions.

The Winter Hawks have applied but were denied to move up to the Junior A Ontario Junior Hockey League for the 2013-14 season.

In 2017 the Cambridge Winter Hawks announced they were parting ways with OHA (but not Hockey Canada) and emphasized that they would no longer be of the GOJHL. Options being explored included finding a Junior A league, creating their own Jr. A league, but are not considering joining an outlaw league (i.e. GMHL).

Season-by-season record Season GP W L T OTL GF GA P Results Playoffs1982-83 48 22 22 4 - 261 261 48 5th OJHL1983-84 42 24 18 0 - 210 202 48 3rd MWJBHL Lost quarter-final1984-85 42 26 16 0 - 245 224 52 3rd MWJBHL Lost semi-final1985-86 40 11 29 0 - 188 279 22 5th MWJBHL Lost quarter-final1986-87 42 8 34 0 - 155 341 16 6th MWJBHL Lost quarter-final1987-88 48 2 46 0 - 117 352 4 9th MWJBHL DNQ1988-89 48 18 29 1 - 196 258 37 7th MWJBHL Lost quarter-final1989-90 48 13 33 2 - 232 340 28 7th MWJBHL Lost quarter-final1990-91 48 33 15 0 - 248 204 66 2nd MWJBHL Lost semi-final1991-92 48 15 29 4 - 179 265 34 6th MWJBHL Lost quarter-final1992-93 48 7 40 1 - 179 363 15 9th MWJBHL DNQ1993-94 48 32 13 3 - 256 177 67 2nd MWJBHL Lost final1994-95 48 28 16 4 - 224 175 60 3rd MWJBHL Lost semi-final1995-96 48 28 15 5 - 261 197 61 3rd MWJBHL Lost quarter-final1996-97 48 29 15 4 - 248 169 62 4th MWJBHL Lost quarter-final1997-98 48 17 27 4 - 170 201 38 7th MWJBHL Lost quarter-final1998-99 48 32 14 2 - 229 153 66 2nd MWJBHL Lost final1999-00 48 33 10 5 - 248 113 71 2nd MWJBHL Won League, won Sutherland Cup2000-01 48 25 17 6 - 210 185 56 5th MWJBHL Lost final2001-02 48 32 11 5 - 255 159 69 3rd MWJBHL2002-03 48 29 15 4 2 232 159 64 3rd MWJBHL2003-04 48 27 17 4 0 216 164 58 4th MWJBHL2004-05 48 28 11 4 5 213 141 65 3rd MWJBHL2005-06 48 38 9 1 - 259 145 77 1st MWJBHL Won League, won Sutherland Cup2006-07 48 36 8 3 1 255 139 76 1st MWJBHL Won League, won Sutherland Cup2007-08 48 25 14 7 2 174 144 59 3rd GOJHL-MW Lost final2008-09 52 24 22 - 6 207 202 54 6th GOJHL-MWLost quarter-final2009-10 51 25 21 - 5 202 215 55 4th GOJHL-MW Lost Conf. QF2010-11 51 20 28 - 3 196 229 43 7th GOJHL-MW Lost Conf. QF2011-12 51 30 19 - 2 206 163 62 4th GOJHL-MW 2012-13 51 33 14 - 4 195 133 70 2nd GOJHL-MW Won Cherrey Cup Lost Suthy Final2013-14 49 26 18 - 5 166 148 57 5th GOJHL-MW Lost Conf. QF2014-15 49 24 20 - 5 148 147 53 6th GOJHL-MW Lost Conf. Quarter-final, 1-4 (Cullitons)2015-16 50 10 35 1 4 129 203 25 9th of 9-MW 23rd of 26-GOJHL DNQ2016-17 50 29 19 0 2 173 149 60 5th of 9-MW 13th of 27-GOJHL Lost Conf. Quarters, 2-4 (Siskins)

Playoffs OJHL Years 1983 Lost quarter-final North York Rangers defeated Cambridge Winterhawks 4-games-to-none

Sutherland Cup championships 2000: Cambridge Winter Hawks defeated St. Catharines Falcons 4-games-to-none 2006: Cambridge Winter Hawks defeated Niagara Falls Canucks 4-games-to-1 2007: Cambridge Winter Hawks defeated Strathroy Rockets 4-games-to-none 2013: London Nationals defeated Cambridge Winter Hawks 4-games-to-3

Notable alumni Tim Brent John Cullen Jake Dotchin Jet Greaves Todd Harvey Jody Hull Bryan Little Kirk Maltby Marty Turco Scott Walker

References

External links Winter Hawks Webpage