Hamilton Red Wings Jr. A

The Hamilton Red Wings are a Tier II Junior "A" ice hockey team from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. They are a part of the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League. Prior to joining the OPJHL, the Wings played in Central Division Hockey.
==History==
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 OPJHL. The team was renamed the Hamilton Red Wings in 2002. They have yet to win a league championship.
==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 	2nd OPJHL 	 	
1994-95	49 	28 	16 	5 	- 	249 	195 	62 	7th OPJHL 	 	
1995-96	50 	25 	17 	8 	- 	241 	206 	60 	8th OPJHL 	 	
1996-97	51 	32 	14 	5 	- 	286 	218 	70 	6th OPJHL 	 	
1997-98	51 	21 	22 	5 	3 	222 	195 	50 	15th OPJHL 	 	
1998-99	51 	19 	26 	6 	0 	191 	231 	44 	25th OPJHL 	 	
1999-00	49 	25 	17 	5 	2 	247 	206 	57 	15th OPJHL 	 	
2000-01	49 	21 	22 	4 	2 	174 	204 	48 	24th OPJHL 	 	
2001-02	49 	34 	12 	2 	1 	237 	156 	71 	7th OPJHL 	 	
2002-03	49 	38 	8 	2 	1 	286 	157 	79 	5th OPJHL 	 	
2003-04	49 	33 	13 	1 	2 	254 	161 	69 	6th OPJHL 	 	
2004-05	49 	31 	13 	2 	3 	194 	149 	67 	9th OPJHL 	 	
2005-06	49 	33 	14 	1 	1 	204 	124 	68 	6th OPJHL 	Lost Conf. Final 	
2006-07	49 	37 	8 	2 	2 	270 	129 	78 	6th OPJHL 	Lost Semi-final 	
2007-08	49 	31 	16 	- 	2 	255 	183 	64 	14th OPJHL 	 	
2008-09	53 	28 	18 	- 	7 	281 	245 	63 	4th OJ-CDH 	 	
==Sutherland Cup Appearances==
:1974: Hamilton Red Wings defeated Bramalea Blues by forfeit
==Notable alumni==
*Marty McSorley
*Keith Primeau
*Pat Quinn
*Jeff Reese
*Gary Roberts
*Steve Staios
==External links==
*Red Wings Webpage
Category:Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League teams
Category:Canadian ice hockey teams