# Cambridge Winter Hawks

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 | Playoffs |
| 1982-83 | 48 | 22 | 22 | 4 | - | 261 | 261 | 48 | 5th OJHL | |
| 1983-84 | 42 | 24 | 18 | 0 | - | 210 | 202 | 48 | 3rd MWJBHL | Lost quarter-final |
| 1984-85 | 42 | 26 | 16 | 0 | - | 245 | 224 | 52 | 3rd MWJBHL | Lost semi-final |
| 1985-86 | 40 | 11 | 29 | 0 | - | 188 | 279 | 22 | 5th MWJBHL | Lost quarter-final |
| 1986-87 | 42 | 8 | 34 | 0 | - | 155 | 341 | 16 | 6th MWJBHL | Lost quarter-final |
| 1987-88 | 48 | 2 | 46 | 0 | - | 117 | 352 | 4 | 9th MWJBHL | DNQ |
| 1988-89 | 48 | 18 | 29 | 1 | - | 196 | 258 | 37 | 7th MWJBHL | Lost quarter-final |
| 1989-90 | 48 | 13 | 33 | 2 | - | 232 | 340 | 28 | 7th MWJBHL | Lost quarter-final |
| 1990-91 | 48 | 33 | 15 | 0 | - | 248 | 204 | 66 | 2nd MWJBHL | Lost semi-final |
| 1991-92 | 48 | 15 | 29 | 4 | - | 179 | 265 | 34 | 6th MWJBHL | Lost quarter-final |
| 1992-93 | 48 | 7 | 40 | 1 | - | 179 | 363 | 15 | 9th MWJBHL | DNQ |
| 1993-94 | 48 | 32 | 13 | 3 | - | 256 | 177 | 67 | 2nd MWJBHL | Lost final |
| 1994-95 | 48 | 28 | 16 | 4 | - | 224 | 175 | 60 | 3rd MWJBHL | Lost semi-final |
| 1995-96 | 48 | 28 | 15 | 5 | - | 261 | 197 | 61 | 3rd MWJBHL | Lost quarter-final |
| 1996-97 | 48 | 29 | 15 | 4 | - | 248 | 169 | 62 | 4th MWJBHL | Lost quarter-final |
| 1997-98 | 48 | 17 | 27 | 4 | - | 170 | 201 | 38 | 7th MWJBHL | Lost quarter-final |
| 1998-99 | 48 | 32 | 14 | 2 | - | 229 | 153 | 66 | 2nd MWJBHL | Lost final |
| 1999-00 | 48 | 33 | 10 | 5 | - | 248 | 113 | 71 | 2nd MWJBHL | Won League, won Sutherland Cup |
| 2000-01 | 48 | 25 | 17 | 6 | - | 210 | 185 | 56 | 5th MWJBHL | Lost final |
| 2001-02 | 48 | 32 | 11 | 5 | - | 255 | 159 | 69 | 3rd MWJBHL | |
| 2002-03 | 48 | 29 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 232 | 159 | 64 | 3rd MWJBHL | |
| 2003-04 | 48 | 27 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 216 | 164 | 58 | 4th MWJBHL | |
| 2004-05 | 48 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 213 | 141 | 65 | 3rd MWJBHL | |
| 2005-06 | 48 | 38 | 9 | 1 | - | 259 | 145 | 77 | 1st MWJBHL | Won League, won Sutherland Cup |
| 2006-07 | 48 | 36 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 255 | 139 | 76 | 1st MWJBHL | Won League, won Sutherland Cup |
| 2007-08 | 48 | 25 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 174 | 144 | 59 | 3rd GOJHL-MW | Lost final |
| 2008-09 | 52 | 24 | 22 | - | 6 | 207 | 202 | 54 | 6th GOJHL-MW | Lost quarter-final |
| 2009-10 | 51 | 25 | 21 | - | 5 | 202 | 215 | 55 | 4th GOJHL-MW | Lost Conf. QF |
| 2010-11 | 51 | 20 | 28 | - | 3 | 196 | 229 | 43 | 7th GOJHL-MW | Lost Conf. QF |
| 2011-12 | 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 Final |
| 2013-14 | 49 | 26 | 18 | - | 5 | 166 | 148 | 57 | 5th GOJHL-MW | Lost Conf. QF |
| 2014-15 | 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 | DNQ |
| 2016-17 | 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
   * Jet Greaves
   * Todd Harvey
   * Jody Hull
   * Bryan Little
   * Kirk Maltby
   * Marty Turco
   * Scott Walker