Guelph Hurricanes

Guelph Hurricanes
City	Guelph, Ontario, Canada
League	Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League
Division	Mid-Western
Founded	c. 1960
Home arena	Sleeman Centre Victoria Arena
Colors	Blue, Black, and White
General manager	Steve Marshall
Affiliates	Guelph Storm (OHL) []] ( Walkerton Hawks-WOJCHL)
Franchise history
19xx-1979	Hespeler Shamrocks
1979-1982	Cambridge Shamrocks
1982-1985	Guelph Holody Platers
1986-1991	Guelph B's
1991-1996	Guelph Holody Platers
1996-2000	Guelph Fire
2000-2009	Guelph Dominators
2009-Present	Guelph Hurricanes

The Guelph Hurricanes are a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. They play in the Mid-Western division of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League.

History

Originating as the Hespeler Shamrocks, founded around 1960, the team became the Cambridge Shamrocks in 1979 due to a town amalgamation. In 1982, the Sharocks were bought by Joe Holody and moved to Guelph to become the farm team to the Guelph Platers. The team has since changed its name to the Fire and then the Dominators, but had kept the "Platers" moniker until 1996, despite their parent club moving and stranding them to become the Owen Sound Platers in 1989.

The team originated in the Central Junior C Hockey League, a league now known as the Western Junior C Hockey League. In 1970, they joined the "Mid-Ontario Junior "B" Hockey League", and in 1971 joined the new Central Junior "B", the precursor to the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League. In 1974 they moved to the Waterloo-Wellington Junior League, which, in 1977, became the Midwestern "B" and have been there ever since.

During the mid to late 90's, The Guelph Platers played in the Ontario Midwestern Junior B loop. During part of this era they operated as the "farm team" for the Guelph Storm. They would wear the same colour scheme as the original team (with the classic lightning bolt theme) and played out of Guelph Memorial Gardens. While the team generally did not fare well during most of this period, they had several players drafted into the OHL, receive walk on tryouts to Major Jr. A teams, and US scholarships. Eventually around the shift into the new millennium, the Platers would become the Guelph Fire. This only lasted a few seasons as the team was purchased by a local pizza shop owner rebrading the team as the Guelph Dominators. The Doms began a slow climb out of the basement of their Jr. B loop and had some successful seasons. The Dominators eventually became the Guelph Hurricanes, their current franchise which now calls the Guelph Sleeman Centre home.

Season-by-season record

Clarence Schmalz Cup appearances

1964: Hespeler Shamrocks defeated Lindsay Lions 4-games-to-1

1970: Newmarket Redmen defeated Hespeler Shamrocks 4-games-to-none

Notable alumni

• Rumun Ndur
• Bob Wren
• Rob Zamuner
• Matt Moulson
• Brian McGratten

External links

• Hurricanes Webpage