New Hamburg Firebirds

New Hamburg Firebirds
City	New Hamburg, Ontario
League	Provincial Junior Hockey League
Division	Dougherty
Founded	1953
Home arena	Wilmot Recreation Complex
Colours	Red, Yellow, Blue, and White
General manager	Shane Gerber
Head coach	Shane Gerber (2015-16)
Website	www.firebirds.ca
Franchise history
1953–1960	New Hamburg CL Roth's [1]
1960–1983	New Hamburg Hahns [2]
1983–1997	New Hamburg Spirit 83's [3]
1997–present	New Hamburg Firebirds [4]
Championships
Playoff championships	1963, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1990, 1991, 2024
Clarence Schmalz Cups	1963, 1967

The New Hamburg Firebirds are a Junior ice hockey team based in New Hamburg, Ontario, Canada. They are members of the Provincial Junior Hockey League of the Ontario Hockey Association.

History

The Hahns started out in the Interbrew Junior "C" Hockey League, ^[5] and later joined the Central Junior C Hockey League. ^[5] They made the jump up to the Midwestern Junior B Hockey League in 1977 and stayed there until 1982 ^[6] when they returned to Junior "C" in the NJCHL.

While in the Central Jr. C league (now known as the Western Jr. C league), the Hahns won two Clarence Schmalz Cups as All-Ontario champions - 1963 and 1967. ^[7]

After some uncertainty in the Summer of 2013, the Firebirds ended up in the new Midwestern Junior C Hockey League. In 2016 the eight Junior 'C' hockey leagues in Southern Ontario amalgamated under one banner as the Provincial Junior Hockey League. The Midwestern Junior C Hockey League became the Doherty Division and were aligned in the Southern Conference with the Bloomfield division.

Season-by-season standings

Season	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	P	Results	Playoffs
1962-63	Statistics Not Available									Won League, won CSC
1963-64	29	15	14	0	-	141	122	30	3rd CJCHL
1964-65	31	21	8	2	-	170	128	44	2nd CJCHL
1965-66	31	26	5	0	-	194	112	52	2nd CJCHL	Won League
1966-67	24	15	6	3	-	127	86	33	1st WJCHL	Won League, won CSC
1967-68	Statistics Not Available
1968-69	30	23	3	4	-	157	58	50	1st WJCHL	Won League
1969-70	Statistics Not Available
1970-71	32	27	3	2	-	--	--	56	1st CJCHL
1971-72	Statistics Not Available
1972-73	31	21	9	1	-	--	--	43	2nd CJCHL
1973-74	32	22	6	4	-	182	109	48	2nd CJCHL
1974-75	30	20	9	1	-	211	127	41	1st CJCHL II
1975-76	35	26	8	1	-	253	157	53	1st CJCHL II
1976-77	36	24	8	4	-	258	128	52	3rd CJCHL
1977-78	40	8	29	3	-	163	267	19	6th MWJBHL	DNQ
1978-79	42	17	21	4	-	206	199	38	4th MWJBHL	Lost semi-final
1979-80	42	15	23	4	-	189	234	34	5th MWJBHL	Lost quarter-final
1980-81	42	15	24	3	-	183	220	33	6th MWJBHL	Lost quarter-final
1981-82	42	9	32	1	-	167	279	19	7th MWJBHL	DNQ
1982-83	36	9	21	6	-	--	--	24	5th NJC-W
1983-84	30	18	9	3	-	--	--	39	3rd NJC-W
1984-85	32	17	12	3	-	180	135	37	3rd SWJCHL
1985-86	36	25	7	4	-	--	--	54	1st NJC-W
1986-87	34	18	10	6	-	--	--	42	2nd NJC-W
1987-88	36	20	14	2	-	--	--	42	3rd NJC-W
1988-89	35	22	8	5	-	--	--	49	2nd NJC-W
1989-90	36	20	8	8	-	--	--	48	3rd NJC-W
1990-91	34	21	10	3	-	--	--	45	2nd NJC-W
1991-92	33	20	10	3	-	175	129	43	2nd NJC-W
1992-93	36	11	23	2	-	167	217	24	7th NJC-W
1993-94	36	9	25	2	-	151	252	20	7th NJC-W
1994-95	36	14	18	4	-	163	169	32	5th NJC-W
1995-96	40	10	26	4	-	148	210	24	5th NJC-W
1996-97	40	11	27	1	1	150	196	24	5th NJC-W	DNQ
1997-98	39	16	22	1	0	173	186	33	5th NJC-W	DNQ
1998-99	35	19	16	-	0	--	--	38	3rd NJC-W
1999-00	36	27	8	-	1	--	--	55	1st NJC-W	Won Div quarter-final 4-0 (Storm) Lost Div final 2-4 (Merchants)
2000-01	36	17	17	1	1	--	--	36	3rd NJC-W	Lost Div semi-final 1-4 (Navy Vets)
2001-02	36	11	21	2	2	--	--	26	4th NJC-W	Lost Div semi-final 2-4 (Navy Vets)
2002-03	36	8	21	3	4	102	158	23	10th NJCHL	Lost Div semi-final 2-4 (Merchants)
2003-04	36	20	12	2	2	163	142	44	5th NJCHL	Lost Div semi-final 1-4 (Storm)
2004-05	36	13	18	2	3	145	163	31	9th NJCHL	DNQ
2005-06	36	6	25	3	2	91	162	17	12th NJCHL	DNQ
2006-07	36	10	25	0	1	123	189	21	10th NJCHL	DNQ
2007-08	36	21	15	0	0	138	136	42	6th NJCHL	Won Preliminary Round 4-2 (Renegades) Lost quarter-final 0-4 (Spitfires)
2008-09	36	16	18	-	2	114	118	34	9th NJCHL	DNQ
2009-10	36	15	19	-	2	125	155	32	4th NJC-W	Won Div quarter-final 4-3 (Spitfires) Lost Div semi-final 2-4 (Storm)
2010-11	36	24	10	-	2	157	113	50	2nd NJC-W	Lost Div semi-final 2-4 (Storm)
2011-12	36	27	6	-	3	172	106	57	1st NJC-W	Won Div quarter-final 4-0 (Navy Vets) Won Div semi-final 4-1 (Spitfires) Won NJC-W 4-1 (Merchants) Lost final 0-4 (Peach Kings)
2012-13	38	32	4	-	2	221	93	66	1st NJC-W	Won Div. semi-final 4-1 (Storm) Won NJC-W 4-2 (Merchants) Lost final 2-4 (Peach Kings)
2013-14	40	30	8	-	2	208	130	62	3rd MWJCHL	Won quarter-final 4-2 (Braves) Lost semi-final 3-4 (Centennials)
2014-15	40	29	10	1	-	174	103	59	2nd MWJCHL	Won quarter-final 4-1 (Braves) Lost semi-final 3-4 (Merchants)
2015-16	40	31	8	1	-	187	107	63	2nd of 9 MWJCHL	Won quarter-final, 4-0 (Merchants) Won semifinal 4-1 (Mounties) Lost finals, 1-4 (Centennials)
2016-17	40	22	18	0	-	152	149	44	4th of 9, PJHL Doherty Div	Lost Div quarter-final 1-4 (Merchants)
2017-18	40	15	19	3	3	125	142	36	7th of 9, PJHL Doherty Div	Lost Div quarter-final 1-4 (Braves)
2018-19	40	29	9	0	2	175	88	60	2nd of 9, PJHL Doherty Div	Won Div quarter-final 4-2 (Navy-Vets) Lost Div semi-final 2-4 (Applejacks)
2019-20	40	17	17	3	3	182	122	40	7th of 9, PJHL Doherty Div	Lost Div quarter-final 2-4 (Applejacks)
2020-21	Season Lost due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021-22	36	23	9	1	3	136	84	50	4th of 8, PJHL Doherty Div	Won Div quarter-final 4-1 (Merchants) Won Div semi-final 4-3 (Navy-Vets) Won Div. Finals 4-2 (Braves) Lost Confer Finals 2-4 (Peach Kings)
2022-23	42	31	6	3	2	194	91	67	1st of 8, PJHL Doherty Div	Div quarter-final bye Won Div semi-final 4-0 (Braves) Lost Div Finals 3-4 (Applejacks)
2023-24	42	33	7	2	0	187	106	68	1st of 7, PJHL Doherty Div	Div quarter-final bye Won Div Semi finals 4-1 (Shamrocks) Won Div. Finals 4-1 (Navy-Vets) Won Confer Finals 4-1 (Peach Kings) Lost League Semifinals 2-4 (Canadiens}
2024-25	42	32	8	0	2	171	112	66	2nd of 8, PJHL Doherty Div	Won Div quarter-final 4-3 (Braves) Won Div semi-finals 4-1 (Navy-Vets) Won League 4-1 (Applejacks) tbd South Conference final 0-0 (Peach Kings)

• 1963–73 ^[8]
• 1973–77 ^[9]
• 1977–82 ^[6]
• 1982–2002 ^[8]
• 2002–09 ^[10]

Notable alumni

• Jim Nahrgang ^[11]
• John Tanner ^[12]

External links

• New Hamburg Firebirds official website
• OHA Homepage

References

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