Hanover Barons The Hanover Barons are a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in Hanover , Ontario , Canada . They play out in the Western Junior C Hockey League . The Barons spent the 2009 - 10 season in the neighbouring town of Durham , Ontario while their new arena was being built in Hanover . History . The Hanover Hurricanes originated in the Western Junior C Hockey League in the mid - 1960s . In 1968 , they made the jump to the Western Junior D Hockey League , only to return not long after . The Barons had no shortage of tough competition in the 1970s , in the 1976 - 77 season the Barons were completely winless as the Listowel Cyclones dominated the league and were champions that year . According to the Owen Sound Sun Times , on February 16 , 1977 the Barons were defeated by the New Hamburg Hahns by a score of 34 - 0 and outshot 109 to 13 . In the 1980s , the league became the Grey - Bruce Junior " C " Hockey League . In 1984 - 85 , the Barons came together and had a perfect season . With 28 wins in 30 games and 2 ties , the Barons went on to win their first league title since 1971 . In 1985 , the Barons took over the league and held them hostage for the next nine seasons . In 1988 , the league became the Western Junior " C " Hockey League . In 1989 , the Barons made it to the All - Ontario Final and lost to the Bradford Bulls 4 - games - to - 2 . In 1991 , the Barons won the their first and only Clarence Schmalz Cup as All - Ontario Champions , defeating the Orangeville Crushers 4 - games - to - 3 . In 1993 , the Barons made it to the Final again and lost out to the Napanee Raiders 4 - games - to - 2 . In recent years , the Barons have been stuck behind two very powerful teams . The Wingham Ironmen and the Kincardine Bulldogs do not leave a lot of breathing room for the other teams in the league and for at least the past few seasons have kept the Barons out of those top two spots . In the 2004 - 05 regular season , the Barons finished in third place . In the playoff semi - final they drew the Kincardine Bulldogs who defeated them 4 - games - to - 1 . The 2005 - 06 season saw the Barons finish off in third place , they drew the sixth seeded Mount Forest Patriots in a best - of - 3 series for the league quarter - final . The Barons finished off the Patriots 2 - games - to - none . In the semi - final , the Barons found themselves against the second seeded Kincardine Bulldogs . The Barons were defeated 4 - games - to - none by the eventual league champions . In 2006 - 07 , the Barons finished the regular season in fourth place as a late season surge by the Walkerton Hawks displaced them from their characteristic third seed . In a best - of - 5 quarter - final , the Barons drew the Mount Forest Patriots and defeated them 3 - games - to - 1 . In the semi - final , the Barons were put up against the top seeded Kincardine Bulldogs but lost the series 4 - games - to - 1 . For the 2009 - 10 season , the Barons played in neighbouring Durham , Ontario while awaiting the building of their new arena in Hanover . Season - by - Season Standings . ( * ) " The 1999 - 00 Season was altered drastically due to the folding of the Lakeshore Pirates . As a disproportionate amount of games had been played by each team against Lakeshore , all history of these games were erased . "