Lakeshore Winterhawks

The Lakeshore Winterhawks were a senior hockey team based out of Southampton, Ontario, Canada. They played in the Western Ontario Athletic Association Senior Hockey League and the Northern Senior A Hockey League. From 1967 until the mid-1980s, the team was known as the Port Elgin Sunocos from Port Elgin, Ontario and spent some of their time in the Major Intermediate A Hockey League and in for contention for the Hardy Cup.
==History==
The Port Elgin Sunocos began play in the Central Intermediate B Hockey League in 1967. In the early 70s, the Sunocos were moved down to the more local Central Intermediate C Hockey League. After dominating the local league for a few seasons, the Sunocos were moved up to the Georgian Bay Intermediate A Hockey League and into contention for the Hardy Cup. The Hardy Cup was the Canadian grand championship of Intermediate hockey. The Sunocos would win the 1979 GBIAHL championship, but lose the OHA title to the Georgetown Raiders. In 1983, the Sunocos dropped from Intermediate A when their league was disbanded and into the Northern Intermediate B Hockey League with the Durham Huskies and Shelburne Muskies. In 1985, the Sunocos went on hiatus.
In 1989, the team was reformed in Southampton as the Lakeshore Winterhawks. The Winterhawks returned to the Sunoco's old league, known a season later as the Northern Senior A Hockey League. The Winterhawks left the Ontario Hockey Association in 1993 when the NSAHL folded from beneath their feet. In 1993-94, the Winterhawks found themselves in the WOAA Senior Hockey League where they stayed until 1996 when they permanently called it quits.
In 2007, after eleven years without senior hockey, the Saugeen Shores Winterhawks were formed in Port Elgin. The name pays homage to the original team.
==Season-by-season record==
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T= Tie, OTL = Overtime Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Season 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	OL 	GF 	GA 	Pts 	Finish 	Playoffs
1968-69 	18 	5 	13 	0 	- 	-- 	-- 	10 	8th CIBHL 	DNQ
1973-74 	23 	19 	4 	0 	- 	137 	60 	38 	1st CICHL 	
1976-77 	28 	24 	4 	0 	- 	182 	117 	48 	1st CICHL 	
1978-79 	35 	24 	10 	1 	- 	216 	140 	49 	2nd GBIAHL 	Won League, Lost OHA Final
1979-80 	36 	13 	23 	0 	- 	149 	199 	26 	6th GBIAHL 	
1980-81 	34 	5 	29 	0 	- 	134 	332 	10 	6th GBIAHL 	
1981-82 	36 	20 	15 	1 	- 	186 	173 	41 	3rd MIAHL 	
1982-83 	30 	14 	16 	0 	- 	150 	175 	28 	3rd MIAHL 	
1984-85 	24 	13 	9 	2 	- 	116 	91 	28 	3rd NIBHL 	Lost Semi-final
Team is on hiatus from 1985 until 1989	Team is on hiatus from 1985 until 1989	Team is on hiatus from 1985 until 1989	Team is on hiatus from 1985 until 1989	Team is on hiatus from 1985 until 1989	Team is on hiatus from 1985 until 1989	Team is on hiatus from 1985 until 1989	Team is on hiatus from 1985 until 1989	Team is on hiatus from 1985 until 1989	Team is on hiatus from 1985 until 1989	Team is on hiatus from 1985 until 1989
1989-90 	26 	12 	9 	5 	- 	162 	115 	29 	5th NSBHL 	
1990-91 	24 	15 	8 	1 	- 	152 	94 	31 	1st NSAHL 	Lost Semi-final
1991-92 	25 	11 	10 	4 	- 	-- 	-- 	25 	3rd NSAHL 	Lost Semi-final
1993-94 	20 	10 	7 	3 	- 	-- 	-- 	23 	5th WOAA Sr. A 	Lost "A" Final
1994-95 	22 	17 	4 	1 	- 	-- 	-- 	35 	3rd WOAA Sr. A 	
1995-96 	22 	8 	14 	0 	0 	-- 	-- 	16 	6th WOAA Sr. AA 	Lost Final
==See also==
*Saugeen Shores Winterhawks
==External links==
*WOAA Website
*WOAASHL Website
Category:Canadian ice hockey teams
Category:Ontario Hockey Association
Category:Defunct Teams
Category:Western Ontario Athletic Association Senior Hockey League