Niagara Falls Canucks | |
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City | Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada |
League | Ontario Junior Hockey League |
Conference | Western |
Founded | c. 1971 |
Home arena | Gale Centre |
Colours | Black, Red, and White |
Owner(s) | Frank Pietrangelo |
General manager | Jim Davidson |
Head coach | Frank Pietrangelo |
Franchise history | |
1971–1992 | Niagara Falls Canucks |
1992–1994 | Niagara Falls Devils |
1994-Present | Niagara Falls Canucks |
The Niagara Falls Canucks are a junior ice hockey team based in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. They play in the Ontario Junior Hockey League which they joined in 2023. For most of the team's history they had played in the Golden Horseshoe division of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League until leaving for the OJHL.
The Canucks were the successor to the Stamford Hornets in the Niagara District Junior B Hockey League. Stamford took a leave of absence in 1970-71, and the Canucks commenced play in the 1971-72 season. When the league folded in 1979, the Canucks moved to the Golden Horseshoe "B". For a short time in the 1990s, the teams was known as the Devils.
During the 2006 Playoffs, the Canucks won the GHJHL Championship, but ended up falling to the Midwestern Junior B Hockey League's Cambridge Winterhawks 4-games-to-1 in the Sutherland Cup final. The current captain of the Canucks is Ben Evans.
The Niagara Falls Canucks relocated from Niagara Falls Memorial Arena to the Gale Centre prior to the 2011 season. Niagara Falls native Cam McLean was named captain during the grand opening of the new facility.
On June 26, 2023, it was announced that the Canucks franchise had been approved to join the Junior "A" level Ontario Junior Hockey League as an expansion franchise. [1] As a result the Canucks will leave the GOJHL after over 50 years at the Junior "B" level. The Canucks were the second former GOJHL franchise to join OJHL in 2023 after the Leamington Flyers announced their move to the Junior "A" ranks in May of that year.
Season | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | P | Results | Playoffs |
1971–72 | 35 | 13 | 15 | 7 | - | 172 | 191 | 33 | 5th NDJBHL | |
1972–73 | 35 | 19 | 11 | 5 | - | 231 | 159 | 43 | 2nd NDJBHL | |
1973–74 | 35 | 17 | 16 | 2 | - | 190 | 169 | 36 | 4th NDJBHL | |
1974–75 | 35 | 25 | 6 | 4 | - | 262 | 167 | 54 | 1st NDJBHL | won league |
1975–76 | 40 | 28 | 9 | 3 | - | 225 | 147 | 59 | 1st NDJBHL | won league |
1976–77 | 40 | 29 | 8 | 3 | - | 337 | 165 | 61 | 2nd NDJBHL | won league |
1977–78 | 40 | 25 | 14 | 1 | - | 259 | 193 | 51 | 2nd NDJBHL | Lost final |
1978–79 | 39 | 27 | 7 | 5 | - | -- | -- | 59 | 1st NDJBHL | Lost final |
1979–80 | 44 | 30 | 11 | 3 | - | 257 | 185 | 63 | 2nd GHJHL | |
1980–81 | 42 | 26 | 12 | 4 | - | 295 | 206 | 56 | 2nd GHJHL | |
1981–82 | 36 | 20 | 12 | 4 | - | - | - | 44 | 2nd GHJHL | |
1982–83 | 42 | 15 | 18 | 9 | - | 215 | 239 | 39 | 6th GHJHL | |
1983–84 | 42 | 28 | 9 | 5 | - | 296 | 192 | 61 | 1st GHJHL | Lost final |
1984–85 | 42 | 24 | 13 | 5 | - | 268 | 208 | 53 | 2nd GHJHL | Lost final |
1985–86 | 40 | 19 | 16 | 5 | - | 236 | 215 | 43 | 5th GHJHL | |
1986–87 | 42 | 29 | 8 | 5 | - | 322 | 215 | 63 | 1st GHJHL | Won League |
1987–88 | 42 | 35 | 5 | 2 | - | 394 | 224 | 72 | 1st GHJHL | Won League |
1988–89 | 42 | 27 | 10 | 5 | - | 279 | 209 | 59 | 1st GHJHL | Won League |
1989–90 | 48 | 30 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 309 | 278 | 61 | 3rd GHJHL | |
1990–91 | 42 | 4 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 164 | 307 | 9 | 8th GHJHL | |
1991–92 | 42 | 7 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 137 | 303 | 15 | 8th GHJHL | |
1992–93 | 42 | 15 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 190 | 207 | 38 | 5th GHJHL | |
1993–94 | 40 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 248 | 210 | 49 | 3rd GHJHL | |
1994–95 | 42 | 34 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 319 | 188 | 73 | 1st GHJHL | Won League |
1995–96 | 42 | 33 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 283 | 169 | 70 | 1st GHJHL | Won League, won Sutherland Cup |
1996–97 | 41 | 29 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 298 | 181 | 65 | 2nd GHJHL | |
1997–98 | 49 | 43 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 379 | 165 | 89 | 1st GHJHL | Won League, won Sutherland Cup |
1998–99 | 48 | 40 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 238 | 133 | 85 | 1st GHJHL | Lost final |
1999–00 | 48 | 29 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 219 | 152 | 60 | 4th GHJHL | |
2000–01 | 48 | 33 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 254 | 161 | 72 | 1st GHJHL | |
2001–02 | 48 | 38 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 234 | 136 | 76 | 1st GHJHL | Won League |
2002–03 | 48 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 232 | 156 | 67 | 2nd GHJHL | Lost final |
2003–04 | 48 | 36 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 206 | 109 | 81 | 1st GHJHL | Lost final |
2004–05 | 48 | 26 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 206 | 169 | 58 | 2nd GHJHL | Lost final |
2005–06 | 49 | 36 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 300 | 158 | 77 | 1st GHJHL | Won League |
2006–07 | 49 | 37 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 261 | 178 | 76 | 1st GHJHL | Lost final |
2007–08 | 49 | 29 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 207 | 178 | 63 | 2nd GOJHL-GH | Lost semi-final |
2008–09 | 52 | 25 | 22 | - | 5 | 240 | 222 | 55 | 4th GOJHL-GH | Lost Conf. Final |
2009–10 | 51 | 28 | 16 | - | 7 | 205 | 202 | 63 | 4th GOJHL-GH | Lost Conf. Semi-final |
2010–11 | 51 | 38 | 9 | - | 4 | 280 | 164 | 80 | 1st GOJHL-GH | Lost final |
2011–12 | 51 | 39 | 8 | - | 4 | 231 | 142 | 82 | 2nd GOJHL-GH | |
2012–13 | 51 | 30 | 18 | - | 3 | 226 | 175 | 63 | 4th GOJHL-GH | Lost Conf. Quarter-final |
2013–14 | 49 | 26 | 22 | - | 1 | 210 | 194 | 53 | 6th GOJHL-GH | |
2014–15 | 49 | 24 | 20 | - | 5 | 172 | 181 | 53 | 5th GOJHL-GH | Lost Conf. Quarter-final, 0-4 (Avalanche) |
2015-16 | 50 | 26 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 194 | 176 | 56 | 4th of 8-GH 13th of 26-GOJHL | Won Conf. Quarter-final, 4-1 (Meteors) Lost Conf. Semifinals, 0-4 (Corvairs) |
2016-17 | 50 | 33 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 252 | 131 | 70 | 3rd of 9-GH 8th of 27-GOJHL | Won Conf. Quarter-final, 4-0 (Jr. Canadians) Lost Conf. Semifinals, 2-4 (Falcons) |
2017-18 | 50 | 32 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 210 | 194 | 68 | 4th of 9-GH 8th of 26-GOJHL | Won Conf. Quarter-final, 4-0 (Blackhawks) Lost Conf. Semifinal 1-4 (Corvairs) |
2018-19 | 48 | 41 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 282 | 126 | 83 | 1st of 9-GH 1st of 25-GOJHL | Won Conf. Quarter-final, 4-0 (Regals) Won Conf. Semifinal 4-0 (Panthers) Won Conf Finals 4-3 (Falcons) Conference Champions Lost League Semi 2-4 (Siskins |
2019-20 | 50 | 34 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 224 | 146 | 72 | 2nd of 9-GH 6th of 26-GOJHL | Won Conf. Quarter-final, 4-1 (Meteors) Incomplete Conf. Semifinal 2-3 (Falcons) |
2020–21 | Season lost due to Covid-19 | |||||||||
2021-22 | 28 | 7 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 64 | 169 | 18 | 8 of 8-GH 25th of 25-GOJHL | Lost Conf. Quarter-final, 0-4 (Kilty B's) |
2022-23 | 50 | 21 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 156 | 156 | 46 | 6 of 8-GH 19th of 25-GOJHL | Lost Conf. Quarter-final, 2-4 (Meteors) |
Ontario Junior Hockey League - Jr "A" | ||||||||||
2023-24 | 56 | 18 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 170 | 245 | 37 | 10 of 12-West 19th of 24-OJHL | Did not qualify for Post Season |
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