Westfort Hurricanes

The Westfort Hurricanes were a Canadian junior ice hockey club from Fort William, Ontario. The Herks were members of the Thunder Bay Junior A Hockey League and were Abbott Cup finalists once.
==History==
In 1972, the Hurricanes broke away from the Thunder Bay Junior A Hockey League to join the St. Paul, Minnesota-based Can-Am Junior Hockey League. A year later, that league became the Midwest Junior Hockey League. The Herks stayed on board for one Midwest Junior season before returning to the TBJHL. The MWJHL later merged and solidified the United States Hockey League.
==Season-by-Season Standings==
Season 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	OTL 	GF 		GA 	P 	Results 	 	
1940-41	18 	5 	11 	2 	- 	89 	106 	12 	3rd TBJHL 	 	
1941-42	16 	15 	1 	0 	- 	110 	13 	30 	1st TBJHL 	 	
1942-43	10 	9 	1 	0 	- 	71 	31 	18 	1st TBJHL 	 	
1943-45	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
1945-46	8 	1 	7 	0 	- 	15 	52 	2 	5th TBJHL 	 	
1946-47	6 	4 	1 	1 	- 	31 	25 	9 	2nd TBJHL 	 	
1947-48	9 	3 	5 	1 	- 	39 	59 	7 	3rd TBJHL 	 	
1948-49	12 	3 	8 	1 	- 	52 	67 	7 	3rd TBJHL 	 	
1949-51	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
1951-52	30 	15 	14 	1 	- 	140 	127 	31 	3rd TBJHL 	 	
1952-53	29 	11 	18 	0 	- 	129 	161 	22 	3rd TBJHL 	 	
1953-54	34 	10 	23 	1 	- 	114 	180 	21 	4th TBJHL 	 	
1954-55	29 	8 	20 	1 	- 	97 	143 	17 	4th TBJHL 	 	
1955-56	33 	3 	27 	3 	- 	88 	167 	9 	3rd TBJHL 	 	
1956-61	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
1961-62	28 	2 	24 	2 	- 	77 	186 	6 	3rd TBJHL 	 	
1962-63	28 	9 	17 	2 	- 	92 	127 	20 	3rd TBJHL 	 	
1963-64	26 	8 	12 	6 	- 	87 	103 	22 	3rd TBJHL 	 	
1964-65	22 	1 	19 	2 	- 	93 	189 	4 	4th TBJHL 	 	
1965-66	30 	3 	26 	1 	- 	112 	226 	7 	4th TBJHL 	 	
1966-67	29 	7 	19 	3 	- 	118 	172 	17 	4th TBJHL 	 	
1967-68	32 	11 	19 	2 	- 	134 	187 	27.5 	4th TBJHL 	 	
1968-69	36 	23 	8 	5 	- 	196 	129 	51 	1st TBJHL 	 	
1969-70	30 	13 	14 	3 	- 	156 	160 	29 	2nd TBJHL 	 	
1970-71	30 	13 	14 	3 	- 	133 	156 	29 	2nd TBJHL 	 	
1971-72	27 	14 	11 	2 	- 	-- 	-- 	30 	2nd TBMJHL 	 	
1972-73	31 	5 	21 	5 	- 	94 	178 	15 	4th CAJHL 	 	
1973-74	60 	45 	14 	1 	- 	430 	258 	91 	2nd MWJHL 	 	
1974-75	27 	19 	4 	4 	- 	164 	106 	42 	1st TBJHL 	 	
1975-76	30 	19 	6 	5 	- 	163 	117 	43 	2nd TBJHL 	 	
1976-77	26 	15 	9 	2 	- 	-- 	-- 	32 	2nd TBJHL 	 	
1977-78	28 	20 	6 	2 	- 	-- 	-- 	42 	1st TBJHL 	 	
1978-79	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
1979-80	34 	24 	10 	- 	- 	-- 	-- 	48 	1st TBJHL 	 	
==Championships==
TBJHL Champions:
:1942, 1943, 1952, 1960, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1974*, 1978
Abbott Cup Finalists:
:1970
Dudley Hewitt Cup/Eastern Centennial Cup Semi Final Champion
:1974
(*) denotes: Herks played in MWJHL, rejoined TBJHL for playoffs.
==Notable alumni==
Fort William Hurricane-Rangers 
*Gus Bodnar
*Alex Delvecchio
*Bill Johansen
*Bud Poile
Fort William Hurricanes 
*Mike Busniuk
*Larry Cahan
*Dave Gatherum
*Ed Kachur
*Dennis Owchar
*Don Poile
*Vic Venasky
*Tommy Williams
*Gord Wilson
Westfort Hurricanes 
*Lou Nistico
*Murray Wing
*Benny Woit
Thunder Bay Westfort Hurricanes 
*Mike Hordy
*Trevor Johansen
Category:Thunder Bay Junior Hockey
Category:Canadian ice hockey teams
Category:Thunder Bay Junior A Hockey League