Notre Dame Hounds
City	Wilcox, Saskatchewan
League	SJHL
Division	Sherwood
Founded	1987 (Rejoined SJHL)
Home arena	Duncan McNeill Arena
Colours	Red and white
General manager	Brett Pilkington
Head coach	Brett Pilkington

The Notre Dame Hounds are a Junior "A" ice hockey team based in Wilcox, Saskatchewan, Canada. They are members of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL). The Hounds also had a junior B team that played in the South Saskatchewan Junior B Hockey League, but the team folded after the 2005–06 Season. The team plays its homes games in Duncan McNeill Arena, which has a seating capacity of 1200. The team colours are red and white.

History

The Notre Dame Hounds joined the SJHL in 1970 and stayed until 1976 when they left after a poor season. The franchise operated as a Midget "AAA" minor hockey team until 1987 and made it to the final of the Canadian Midget Championship, the Air Canada Cup, where they lost to the Quebec seed. The AAA team is affiliated with Athol Murray College of Notre Dame.^{[citation needed]}

In 1987, the Hounds moved up to Tier II Junior "A" from minor hockey and had a successful season, winning the SJHL Championship with only the Yorkton Terriers taking them to six games before being eliminated.^{[citation needed]} The team then won the ANAVET Cup against the Winnipeg South Blues of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League. The Hounds swept the series in four games and moved on to face the Calgary Canucks of the Alberta Junior Hockey League for the Abbott Cup. The Hounds initially trailed in the series 3-games-to-1 before coming back in games five and six. In game seven with a 3-2 lead, future National Hockey League (NHL) goaltender Curtis Joseph led the team to a victory and a berth into the Centennial Cup. In the first game, the Hounds played the Halifax Lions of the Metro Valley Junior Hockey League, defeating them 6–5. In the second game, they played the Thunder Bay Flyers of the United States Hockey League, resulting in a 9–7 win. The Hounds then played the Pembroke Lumber Kings of the Central Junior A Hockey League and lost in triple overtime by a score of 4–3. The semi-final re-matched them against the Lumber Kings, and avenged the previous loss with a 7–3 win, setting up a final between the Hounds and the Lions. The Hounds trailed 2–1 after two periods of play. The score was evened in the third period until future NHL player Rod Brind'Amour assisted on Dwayne Norris' game-winning goal for the Hounds.^{[citation needed]} Brind'Amour won awards for being the Top Scorer, Most Valuable Player, and Top Centre, while another future NHL player, Joby Messier, won Top Defenseman.^{[citation needed]}

Perhaps the team's best-known contribution to the NHL is the Toronto Maple Leafs Hound Line of the 1985–86 season,^{[citation needed]} when Gary Leeman, Wendel Clark, and Russ Courtnall played on the same forward line. Although those individuals played for the AA midget team were not on the same line; Wendel Clark was a defenceman until he played with the world junior team^{[citation needed]}. Gord Kluzak 1st overall, Brian Curran, Lyndon Byers 2nd round picks all to the Boston Bruins in the 1982 draft! From the 1987–88 championship team, 19 players graduated to the National Collegiate Athletic Association hockey teams,^{[citation needed]} and some, like Rod Brind'Amour, Curtis Joseph, Joby Messier, Dwayne Norris, Jason Herter, and Scott Pellerin, made it to the National Hockey League.^{[citation needed]}

Since 1995, the Hounds have only failed to make the SJHL playoffs three times, but have yet to win their second league title.^{[citation needed]}

Season-by-season standings

GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Lose, T = Tie, OTL = Overtime Lose, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, P = Points

Playoffs

• 1971 DNQ
• 1972 Lost quarter-final

Saskatoon Olympics defeated Notre Dame Hounds 4-games-to-none

• 1973 DNQ
• 1974 DNQ
• 1975 DNQ
• 1976 DNQ
• 1988 Won League, won Anavet Cup, won Abbott Cup, won 1988 Centennial Cup

Notre Dame Hounds defeated Weyburn Red Wings 4-games-to-none

Notre Dame Hounds defeated Nipawin Hawks 4-games-to-none

Notre Dame Hounds defeated Yorkton Terriers 4-games-to-2 SJHL CHAMPIONS

Notre Dame Hounds defeated Winnipeg South Blues (MJHL) 4-games-to-none ANAVET CUP CHAMPIONS

Notre Dame Hounds defeated Calgary Canucks (AJHL) 4-games-to-3 ABBOTT CUP CHAMPIONS

Second in 1988 Centennial Cup round robin (2-1)

Notre Dame Hounds defeated Pembroke Lumber Kings (CJHL) 7-3 in semi-final

Notre Dame Hounds defeated Halifax Lions (MVJHL) 3-2 in final CENTENNIAL CUP CHAMPIONS

• 1989 Lost semi-final

Notre Dame Hounds defeated Minot Americans 4-games-to-2

Nipawin Hawks defeated Notre Dame Hounds 4-games-to-2

• 1990 DNQ
• 1991 Lost quarter-final

Yorkton Terriers defeated Notre Dame Hounds 4-games-to-none

• 1992 DNQ
• 1993 DNQ
• 1994 Lost quarter-final

Notre Dame Hounds defeated Estevan Bruins 3-games-to-1

Weyburn Red Wings defeated Notre Dame Hounds 4-games-to-1

• 1995 DNQ
• 1996 Lost quarter-final

Notre Dame Hounds defeated Weyburn Red Wings 2-games-to-1

Yorkton Terriers defeated Notre Dame Hounds 4-games-to-none

• 1997 Lost quarter-final

Lebret Eagles defeated Notre Dame Hounds 4-games-to-2

• 1998 Lost quarter-final

Notre Dame Hounds defeated Melville Millionaires 2-games-to-1

Lebret Eagles defeated Notre Dame Hounds 4-games-to-2

• 1999 Lost semi-final

Notre Dame Hounds defeated Yorkton Terriers 4-games-to-3

Estevan Bruins defeated Notre Dame Hounds 4-games-to-1

• 2000 Lost quarter-final

First in round-robin (3-1) vs. Melville Millionaires and La Ronge Ice Wolves

Weyburn Red Wings defeated Notre Dame Hounds 4-games-to-2

• 2001 Lost quarter-final

Weyburn Red Wings defeated Notre Dame Hounds 4-games-to-none

• 2002 Lost semi-final

Notre Dame Hounds defeated Weyburn Red Wings 4-games-to-2

Humboldt Broncos defeated Notre Dame Hounds 4-games-to-1

• 2003 Lost quarter-final

Melville Millionaires defeated Notre Dame Hounds 4-games-to-2

• 2004 Lost quarter-final

Weyburn Red Wings defeated Notre Dame Hounds 4-games-to-1

• 2005 Lost quarter-final

Second in round robin (1-3) vs. Yorkton Terriers and Estevan Bruins

Yorkton Terriers defeated Notre Dame Hounds 4-games-to-none

• 2006 Lost semi-final

First in round robin (2-1-1) vs. Yorkton Terriers and Melville Millionaires

Notre Dame Hounds defeated Melville Millionaires 4-games-to-none

Yorkton Terriers defeated Notre Dame Hounds 4-games-to-none

• 2007 Lost Preliminary

Weyburn Red Wings defeated Notre Dame Hounds 4-games-to-1

• 2008 DNQ
• 2009 DNQ
• 2010 Lost quarter-final

Kindersley Klippers defeated Notre Dame Hounds 4-games-to-none

• 2011 DNQ
• 2012

Preliminary round Estevan Bruins defeated Notre Dame Hounds 3-games-to-none

• 2013

Quarter-finals Melville Millionaires defeated Notre Dame Hounds 4-games-to-3

• 2014

Preliminary round Notre Dame Hounds defeated Nipawin Hawks 3-games-to-1

Quarter-finals Yorkton Terriers defeated Notre Dame Hounds 4-games-to-1

NHL alumni

• Rod Brind'Amour
• Wendel Clark
• Braydon Coburn
• Scott Daniels
• Jason Herter
• Curtis Joseph
• Vincent Lecavalier
• Brooks Macek
• Curtis McElhinney
• Joby Messier
• Mitch Messier
• Scott Munroe
• Tyler Myers
• Dwayne Norris
• Myles O'Connor
• Scott Pellerin
• Teddy Purcell
• Brad Richards
• Jaden Schwartz