Stoney Creek Warriors

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Stoney Creek Warriors
Stoneycreeklogo1.png
City Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada
League Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League
DivisionGolden Horseshoe
Operated1974-2013
Home arena Valley Park Arena
Stoney Creek Arena
Market Street Arena
Colours Black, Yellow, and White
   
General managerRyan Kuwabara
Head coach Ric Nattress
Affiliate Dundas Blues (NDJCHL)
Franchise history
1974-1992Stoney Creek Warriors
1993-2001Stoney Creek Spirit
2001-2013Stoney Creek Warriors
2013-2018 Ancaster Avalanche
2018 to present Hamilton Kilty B's

The Stoney Creek Warriors were a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada. They play in the Golden Horseshoe division of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League as well as the Golden Horseshoe Junior B Hockey League and the Niagara & District Junior C Hockey League. As of 2013, the team was relocated to Ancaster, Ontario and renamed the Ancaster Avalanche.

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History

The Warriors were first formed in 1974 as a member of the Niagara & District Junior C Hockey League. The Warriors won four Niagara Junior C championships in their time with the league.

The team moved up to the Golden Horseshoe Junior B in 1989. In 1993, the team changed their name to the Spirit. In 2001, the team changed their name back to the traditional "Warriors" moniker.

The Stoney Creek Warriors for twenty years have been dealing with different circumstances to get to the point they are at right now. After 20 years they won the 2009 Golden Horseshoe Championship against the Niagara Falls Canucks.

In 2009, the Warriors made their only appearance in a Sutherland Cup final, losing to the Brantford Eagles of the Mid-Western Conference.

In the Summer of 2013, the team was sold to a group in Ancaster, Ontario and relocated. The franchise is become known as the Ancaster Avalanche.

In April 2018, the team announced they were moving to Hamilton, taking over the Kilty B's moniker, purchased from the ownership of the Markham Royals who were previously located in Hamilton as the Red Wings and Kilty B's. [1]

Season-by-season results

SeasonGPWLTOTLGFGAPResultsPlayoffs
1974-75274230-----86th NJCHL
1975-763615183-----335th NJCHL
1976-77301956-----442nd NJCHLWon League, lost CSC QF
1977-783618171-----375th NJCHL
1978-79402299-264165531st NJC-EWon League, lost CSC QF
1979-80353041-266135611st NJC-E
1980-81403073-297136631st NJC-ELost semi-final
1981-823210184-----245th NJC-C
1982-83281585-----352nd NJC-ELost semi-final
1983-844026104-----562nd NJC-ELost final
1984-85342671-245120531st NJC-EWon League, lost CSC SF
1985-86362862-----581st NJC-E
1986-873422102-----462nd NJC-E
1987-883722114-215161481st NJC-EWon League, lost CSC SF
1988-894017167-----415th NJC-E
1989-904854201183363119th GHJHL
1990-9142112632163239276th GHJHL
1991-9242152520188255325th GHJHL
1992-93Did Not Participate
1993-944115224-193245346th NJC-E
1994-954273142182256207th GHJHL
1995-9650291911176201604th GHJHL
1996-9742112911138189247th GHJHL
1997-9849142960187261347th GHJHL
1998-994883820141296187th GHJHL
1999-00482442011038367th GHJHL
2000-0148123150150249296th GHJHL
2001-0247103322132236247th GHJHL
2002-034863633148292187th GHJHL
2003-0448113151128182286th GHJHL
2004-0548152292134184415th GHJHL
2005-0649251833177138565th GHJHLLost quarter-final
2006-0749113521157263257th GHJHLLost quarter-final
2007-0849232213212211506th GOJHL-GH
2008-09523515-2246173722nd GOJHL-GHLost final
2009-10513611-4248166762nd GOJHL-GHLost semi-final round robin
2010-11512620-5209192576th GOJHL-GHLost Conf. QF
2011-12511533-3152238336th GOJHL-GHLost Conf. QF
2012-13511826-7145179436th GOJHL-GH

Sutherland Cup appearances

2009: Brantford Eagles defeated Stoney Creek Warriors 4-games-to-1

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References

  1. "Avalanche moving to Hamilton as Kilty B's revived next season | OHA Ancaster Avalanche". Archived from the original on 2018-04-20. Retrieved 2018-11-16.