Cambridge Redhawks

The Cambridge Redhawks are a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in Cambridge, 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 that became 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 until the league was consolidated into the GOJHL in 2007.
Although this franchise has a long history and is very well known, the team has never experienced much success at all and often has gone for long periods of time without making the playoffs. The team has been bought and sold multiple times and has even folded for a season. In the summer of 2009, the Dominators were bought and renamed the Guelph Hurricanes.
On May 8, 2018 the Ontario Hockey Association approves the relocation of the Guelph Hurricanes to Cambridge, Ontario. The team will play out of the Galt Arena Gardens for the 2018-19 season. The team was originally known as the Hesper Shamrocks and later Cambridge Shamrocks when they were established back around 1960. The team played in Cambridge until 1982 when they moved to Guelph. The team announced on May 11th that their new name would be the Cambridge Redhawks. The team replaces the former Cambridge Winterhawks who also played in the GOJHL and withdrew from Ontario Hockey Association in protest of the OHA and Hockey Canada refusal to sanction the league at the Junior "A" level.
==Season-by-Season Record==
Season 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	OL 	GF 	GA 	P 	Results 	Playoffs 	 	 	 	 	
1961-62	30 	9 	18 	3 	- 	108 	147 	21 	4th CJCHL 	 	 	 	 	 	
1962-63	28 	20 	5 	3 	- 	203 	114 	43 	1st CJCHL 	 	 	 	 	 	
1963-64	30 	25 	5 	0 	- 	241 	101 	50 	1st CJCHL 	Won League, Won CSC 	 	 	 	 	
1964-65	32 	21 	10 	1 	- 	187 	141 	43 	3rd CJCHL 	 	 	 	 	 	
1965-66	32 	4 	27 	1 	- 	111 	204 	9 	12th CJCHL 	 	 	 	 	 	
1966-67	24 	8 	16 	0 	- 	81 	138 	16 	7th WJCHL 	 	 	 	 	 	
1967-68	Statistics Not Available 	Statistics Not Available 	Statistics Not Available 	Statistics Not Available 	Statistics Not Available 	Statistics Not Available 	Statistics Not Available 	Statistics Not Available 	Statistics Not Available 	Statistics Not Available 	Statistics Not Available 	 	 	 	
1968-69	30 	12 	16 	2 	- 	103 	123 	26 	5th WJCHL 	 	 	 	 	 	
1969-70	25 	20 	4 	1 	- 	- 	- 	41 	? MOJBHL 	 	 	 	 	 	
1970-71	34 	18 	12 	4 	- 	193 	139 	40 	3rd MOJBHL 	 	 	 	 	 	
1971-72	42 	27 	11 	4 	- 	237 	170 	58 	2nd CJBHL 	 	 	 	 	 	
1972-73	42 	15 	20 	7 	- 	192 	199 	37 	5th CJBHL 	 	 	 	 	 	
1973-74	Statistics Not Available 	Statistics Not Available 	Statistics Not Available 	Statistics Not Available 	Statistics Not Available 	Statistics Not Available 	Statistics Not Available 	Statistics Not Available 	Statistics Not Available 	Statistics Not Available 	Statistics Not Available 	 	 	 	
1974-75	40 	23 	13 	4 	- 	216 	187 	50 	3rd WWJHL 	 	 	 	 	 	
1975-76	41 	3 	37 	1 	- 	118 	372 	7 	7th WWJHL 	 	 	 	 	 	
1976-77	40 	20 	19 	1 	- 	252 	241 	41 	4th WWJHL 	Lost Semi-final 	 	 	 	 	
1977-78	40 	18 	18 	4 	- 	217 	195 	40 	3rd MWJBHL 	Lost Semi-final 	 	 	 	 	
1978-79	42 	2 	36 	4 	- 	153 	338 	8 	7th MWJBHL 	DNQ 	 	 	 	 	
1979-80	42 	15 	25 	2 	- 	183 	229 	32 	7th MWJBHL 	DNQ 	 	 	 	 	
1980-81	42 	16 	26 	0 	- 	203 	236 	32 	7th MWJBHL 	DNQ 	 	 	 	 	
1981-82	42 	30 	11 	1 	- 	246 	173 	61 	2nd MWJBHL 	Lost Semi-final 	 	 	 	 	
1982-83	42 	26 	15 	1 	- 	253 	196 	53 	3rd MWJBHL 	Lost Semi-final 	 	 	 	 	
1983-84	42 	11 	30 	1 	- 	179 	289 	23 	7th MWJBHL 	DNQ 	 	 	 	 	
1984-85	42 	9 	32 	1 	- 	174 	307 	19 	7th MWJBHL 	DNQ 	 	 	 	 	
1985-86	Did Not Participate 	Did Not Participate 	Did Not Participate 	Did Not Participate 	Did Not Participate 	Did Not Participate 	Did Not Participate 	Did Not Participate 	Did Not Participate 	Did Not Participate 	Did Not Participate 	 	 	 	
1986-87	41 	3 	38 	0 	- 	128 	353 	6 	7th MWJBHL 	DNQ 	 	 	 	 	
1987-88	48 	11 	37 	0 	- 	184 	327 	22 	8th MWJBHL 	Lost Quarter-final 	 	 	 	 	
1988-89	48 	9 	36 	3 	- 	175 	306 	21 	9th MWJBHL 	DNQ 	 	 	 	 	
1989-90	48 	13 	35 	0 	- 	180 	347 	26 	8th MWJBHL 	Lost Quarter-final 	 	 	 	 	
1990-91	48 	14 	34 	0 	- 	188 	266 	28 	7th MWJBHL 	Lost Quarter-final 	 	 	 	 	
1991-92	48 	11 	36 	1 	- 	136 	266 	23 	8th MWJBHL 	Lost Quarter-final 	 	 	 	 	
1992-93	48 	20 	26 	2 	- 	224 	253 	42 	6th MWJBHL 	Lost Quarter-final 	 	 	 	 	
1993-94	48 	12 	36 	0 	- 	201 	291 	24 	8th MWJBHL 	Lost Quarter-final 	 	 	 	 	
1994-95	48 	3 	45 	0 	- 	128 	375 	6 	10th MWJBHL 	DNQ 	 	 	 	 	
1995-96	48 	4 	44 	0 	- 	158 	398 	8 	10th MWJBHL 	DNQ 	 	 	 	 	
1996-97	48 	7 	40 	1 	- 	159 	314 	15 	10th MWJBHL 	DNQ 	 	 	 	 	
1997-98	48 	11 	35 	2 	- 	146 	255 	24 	9th MWJBHL 	DNQ 	 	 	 	 	
1998-99	48 	10 	37 	1 	- 	79 	268 	21 	9th MWJBHL 	DNQ 	 	 	 	 	
1999-00	48 	10 	35 	3 	- 	152 	259 	23 	9th MWJBHL 	DNQ 	 	 	 	 	
2000-01	48 	16 	31 	1 	- 	206 	262 	33 	8th MWJBHL 	Lost Quarter-final 	 	 	 	 	
2001-02	48 	21 	24 	3 	- 	223 	207 	45 	6th MWJBHL 	 	 	 	 	 	
2002-03	48 	25 	19 	4 	2 	212 	189 	56 	4th MWJBHL 	 	 	 	 	 	
2003-04	48 	16 	28 	3 	1 	156 	218 	36 	9th MWJBHL 	DNQ 	 	 	 	 	
2004-05	48 	7 	38 	1 	2 	150 	258 	17 	9th MWJBHL 	DNQ 	 	 	 	 	
2005-06	48 	27 	20 	1 	- 	177 	161 	55 	4th MWJBHL 	Lost Semi-final 	 	 	 	 	
2006-07	48 	24 	21 	2 	1 	192 	182 	51 	4th MWJBHL 	Lost Semi-final 	 	 	 	 	
2007-08	48 	20 	23 	4 	1 	145 	174 	45 	20th GOJHL 	 	 	 	 	 	
2008-09	52 	19 	30 	- 	3 	168 	240 	41 	22nd GOJHL 	Lost Quarter-final 	 	 	 	 	
2009-10	51 	16 	29 	- 	6 	157 	231 	38 	7th GOJHL-MW 	Lost Conf. QF 	 	 	 	 	
2010-11	51 	34 	12 	- 	5 	259 	156 	73 	1st GOJHL-MW 	Lost Conf. SF 	 	 	 	 	
2011-12	51 	23 	24 	- 	4 	183 	223 	50 	5th GOJHL-MW 	Lost Conf. QF 	 	 	 	 	
2012-13	51 	9 	42 	- 	0 	129 	276 	18 	9th GOJHL-MW 	DNQ 	 	 	 	 	
2013-14	49 	20 	24 	- 	5 	163 	196 	45 	6th GOJHL-MW 	Lost Conf. QF 	 	 	 	 	
2014-15	49 	28 	17 	- 	4 	190 	163 	60 	5th GOJHL-MW 	Lost Conf. Quarter-finals, 0-4 (Siskins) 	 	 	 	 	
2015-16	50 	26 	14 	3 	7 	185 	164 	62 	4th of 9-MW11th of 26-GOJHL 	Lost Conf. Quarters, 1-4 (Sugar Kings) 	 	 	 	 	
2016-17	50 	14 	33 	2 	1 	155 	209 	31 	7th of 9-MW21st of 27-GOJHL 	Lost Conf. Quarters, 0-4 (Sugar Kings) 	 	 	 	 	
2017-18	50 	12 	30 	1 	7 	102 	179 	32 	8th of 8-MW21st of 26-GOJHL 	Lost Conf. Quarters, 0-4 (Listowel) 	 	 	 	 	
2018-19	48 	19 	27 	0 	2 	133 	178 	40 	6th MW 	Lost Conf. Quarter-finals, 1-4 (Siskins) 	 	 	 	 	
2019-20	50 	32 	13 	1 	4 	190 	128 	69 	3rd MW 	Won Conf. Quarter-finals, 4-2 (Siskins Trailing Conf. Semi-final 0-1 (Dutchmen) when playoffs cancelled by Hockey Canada 	 	 	 	 	
2020-21	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic 	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021–22	48 	33 	12 	3 	0 	69 	190 	127 	2nd of 8 MW6th of 25 GOJHL 	Won Conf. Quarterfinals, 4-1 (Bombers)Won Conf. Semifinals 4-3 (Siskins)Won Conf. Finals 4-1 (Sugar Kings)Mid-West Conf. ChampionsRound Robin 1-3 (Falcons)&(Maroons)eliminated	 	 	 	 	
2022–23	50 	34 	8 	6 	2 	76 	232 	130 	3rd of 8 MW5th of 25 GOJHL 	Won Conf. Quarterfinals, 4-1 (Cyclones)Lost Conf. Semifinals 0-4 (Warriors) 	 	 	 	 	
2023–24	50 	21 	25 	3 	1 	46 	148 	171 	6th of 8 MW15th of 23 GOJHL 	Lost Conf. Quarterfinals, 1-4 (Sugar Kings) 	 	 	 	 	
==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==
*Cody Bass (2002–03)
*Greg Jacina (1998–99)
*Jet Greaves
*Brian McGrattan (1997–98)
*Matt Moulson (2000–02)
*Rumun Ndur (1992–93)
*Mark Versteeg-Lytwyn (2002–03)
*Bob Wren (1989–91)
*Rob Zamuner (1986)
==External links==
*Former Hurricanes Webpage
*Former Dominators Webpage
*Redhawks Webpage
*GOJHL Webpage
Category:Canadian ice hockey teams
Category:Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League