Markham Royals

The Markham Royals are a Junior "A" ice hockey team from Markham, Ontario, Canada. They are a part of the Ontario Junior Hockey League. From 1973 until 2015, the team operated in Hamilton, Ontario as the Kilty's and the Red Wings.
==History==
===Hamilton Red Wings/Mountain A's/Kilty B's 1973-2015===
The Red Wings were founded in 1973 as the second Hamilton-based team in the Niagara District Junior B Hockey League.
After one season, the league divided into two leagues and the Red Wings went the way of the Golden Horseshoe Junior Hockey League. In 1975-76, the other Hamilton team joined the Southern Ontario Junior A Hockey League and became the Hamilton Mountain A's. The draw of a local Junior A club weakened the team and they took a one year leave a season later.
In 1977, under new ownership the team came back as the Kiltys. Although a very competitive team, it took the Kiltys until 1992-93 to win a Golden Horseshoe championship. With that win, the Kiltys were promoted to the newly formed Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League with a variety of other Junior B squads.
Outside of some brief troubles in the late 1990s, the Hamilton franchise has been very successful in regular season play in the OJHL. The team was renamed the Hamilton Red Wings in 2002 and continues to field highly competitive teams season after season.
===Markham Royals 2015===
In the spring of 2015, the Hamilton Red Wings left the city to make way for an Ontario Hockey League franchise the will serve the community for the first time in 24 years as the Belleville Bulls will relocate to Hamilton to become the Hamilton Bulldogs. The Red Wings moved to Markham, Ontario and became the Markham Royals. Markham has been without an OJHL franchise since 2012. The club also acquired the rights for Waxers Junior A, and has chosen to play as the Markham Royals.
==Season-by-Season results==
Season 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	OTL 	GF 	GA 	P 	Results 	Playoffs 	
1974-75	40 	24 	11 	5 	- 	223 	161 	53 	2nd GHJHL 	 	
1975-76	40 	19 	12 	9 	- 	212 	186 	47 	2nd GHJHL 	 	
1976-77	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
1977-78	40 	16 	20 	4 	- 	203 	213 	36 	4th GHJHL 	 	
1978-79	42 	25 	12 	5 	- 	235 	171 	55 	3rd GHJHL 	 	
1979-80	44 	33 	6 	5 	- 	285 	150 	71 	1st GHJHL 	 	
1980-81	42 	19 	17 	6 	- 	180 	159 	44 	4th GHJHL 	 	
1981-82	35 	17 	13 	5 	- 	- 	- 	39 	4th GHJHL 	 	
1982-83	42 	20 	17 	5 	- 	194 	184 	45 	4th GHJHL 	 	
1983-84	42 	25 	10 	7 	- 	206 	144 	57 	2nd GHJHL 	 	
1984-85	42 	16 	18 	8 	- 	190 	198 	40 	6th GHJHL 	 	
1985-86	40 	15 	24 	1 	- 	199 	223 	31 	8th GHJHL 	 	
1986-87	42 	14 	22 	6 	- 	208 	233 	34 	6th GHJHL 	 	
1987-88	42 	10 	28 	4 	- 	218 	283 	24 	7th GHJHL 	 	
1988-89	42 	15 	16 	11 	- 	185 	201 	41 	5th GHJHL 	 	
1989-90	48 	26 	18 	3 	1 	265 	246 	56 	4th GHJHL 	 	
1990-91	42 	20 	16 	5 	1 	221 	200 	46 	5th GHJHL 	 	
1991-92	42 	25 	15 	0 	2 	218 	175 	52 	4th GHJHL 	 	
1992-93	42 	32 	8 	1 	1 	294 	159 	66 	1st GHJHL 	Won League 	
1993-94	42 	32 	8 	2 	- 	265 	172 	66 	1st OPJHL-W 	 	
1994-95	49 	28 	16 	5 	- 	249 	195 	62 	3rd OPJHL-W 	 	
1995-96	50 	25 	17 	8 	- 	241 	206 	60 	2nd OPJHL-Mi 	 	
1996-97	51 	32 	14 	5 	- 	286 	218 	70 	2nd OPJHL-Mi 	 	
1997-98	51 	21 	22 	5 	3 	222 	195 	50 	4th OPJHL-Mi 	 	
1998-99	51 	19 	26 	6 	0 	191 	231 	44 	8th OPJHL-W 	 	
1999-00	49 	25 	17 	5 	2 	247 	206 	57 	5th OPJHL-W 	 	
2000-01	49 	21 	22 	4 	2 	174 	204 	48 	7th OPJHL-W 	 	
2001-02	49 	34 	12 	2 	1 	237 	156 	71 	2nd OPJHL-W 	 	
2002-03	49 	38 	8 	2 	1 	286 	157 	79 	3rd OPJHL-W 	 	
2003-04	49 	33 	13 	1 	2 	254 	161 	69 	2nd OPJHL-W 	 	
2004-05	49 	31 	13 	2 	3 	194 	149 	67 	3rd OPJHL-W 	 	
2005-06	49 	33 	14 	1 	1 	204 	124 	68 	2nd OPJHL-W 	Lost Conf. Final 	
2006-07	49 	37 	8 	2 	2 	270 	129 	78 	3rd OPJHL-W 	Lost Semi-final 	
2007-08	49 	31 	16 	- 	2 	255 	183 	64 	3rd OPJHL-W 	 	
2008-09	53 	28 	18 	- 	7 	281 	245 	63 	4th OJHL-C 	 	
2009-10	50 	31 	16 	- 	3 	204 	163 	65 	3rd CCHL-W 	Lost Quarter-final 	
2010-11	50 	29 	18 	- 	3 	236 	175 	61 	4th OJHL-W 	Lost Round of 16 	
2011-12	49 	17 	27 	- 	5 	176 	241 	39 	6th OJHL-W 	Lost Division QF 	
2012-13	55 	5 	49 	- 	1 	162 	394 	11 	6th OJHL-W 	DNQ 	
2013-14	53 	18 	31 	- 	4 	156 	227 	40 	4th OJHL-W 	DNQ 	
2014-15	54 	21 	32 	0 	1 	195 	240 	43 	4th OJHL-W 	DNQ 	
2015-16	54 	31 	17 	3 	3 	197 	149 	68 	1st of 6 North Div 	Won Conf. Quarters 4-1 (Fury)Lost Conf. Semifinals 0-4 (Voyageurs)	
2016-17	54 	30 	20 	1 	3 	187 	170 	64 	1st of 6 North Div., 	Lost Conf. Quarters 2-4 {Cougars) 	
2017-18	54 	26 	22 	1 	5 	199 	195 	58 	3rd of 6 North Div., 	Lost Conf. Quarters 2-4 {Hurricanes) 	
2018-19	54 	26 	20 	3 	5 	145 	120 	60 	2nd of 5 North Div., 	Lost Conf. Final 1-4 (Blades) 	
2019-20	54 	26 	20 	3 	5 	145 	120 	60 	2nd of 5 North Div. 	Did not qualify 	
2020–21	Season Lost to Covid-19 pandemic	Season Lost to Covid-19 pandemic	Season Lost to Covid-19 pandemic	Season Lost to Covid-19 pandemic	Season Lost to Covid-19 pandemic	Season Lost to Covid-19 pandemic	Season Lost to Covid-19 pandemic	Season Lost to Covid-19 pandemic	Season Lost to Covid-19 pandemic 	Season Lost to Covid-19 pandemic 	
2022-23	54 	8 	40 	3 	3 	123 	241 	22 	5th of 5 Nor Div10th of 10 NW Conf19th of 21 OJHL	Did Not Qualify for Post Season 	
2023-24	56 	30 	20 	3 	3 	191 	159 	66 	7th of 12 EAST Conf12th of 24 OJHL 	Lost Conf. Quarters 0-4 (Buzzers) 	
==Sutherland Cup Appearances==
:1974: Hamilton Red Wings defeated Bramalea Blues by forfeit
==Notable alumni==
*Marty McSorley
*Keith Primeau
*Pat Quinn
*Jeff Reese
*Zac Rinaldo
*Gary Roberts
*Steve Staios
* Zac Rinaldo
* Cam Talbot
* Zach Hyman
==External links==
*Royals Webpage
Category:Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League teams