Stoney Creek Warriors
CityStoney Creek, Ontario, Canada
LeagueGreater Ontario Junior Hockey League
DivisionGolden Horseshoe
Operated1974-2013
Home arenaValley Park Arena
Stoney Creek Arena
Market Street Arena
ColoursBlack, Yellow, and White
     
General managerRyan Kuwabara
Head coachRic Nattress
AffiliateDundas Blues (NDJCHL)
Franchise history
1974-1992Stoney Creek Warriors
1993-2001Stoney Creek Spirit
2001-2013Stoney Creek Warriors
2013-2018Ancaster Avalanche
2018 to presentHamilton 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.

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

Season GP W L T OTL GF GA P Results Playoffs
1974-75 27 4 23 0 - -- -- 8 6th NJCHL
1975-76 36 15 18 3 - -- -- 33 5th NJCHL
1976-77 30 19 5 6 - -- -- 44 2nd NJCHL Won League, lost CSC QF
1977-78 36 18 17 1 - -- -- 37 5th NJCHL
1978-79 40 22 9 9 - 264 165 53 1st NJC-E Won League, lost CSC QF
1979-80 35 30 4 1 - 266 135 61 1st NJC-E
1980-81 40 30 7 3 - 297 136 63 1st NJC-E Lost semi-final
1981-82 32 10 18 4 - -- -- 24 5th NJC-C
1982-83 28 15 8 5 - -- -- 35 2nd NJC-E Lost semi-final
1983-84 40 26 10 4 - -- -- 56 2nd NJC-E Lost final
1984-85 34 26 7 1 - 245 120 53 1st NJC-E Won League, lost CSC SF
1985-86 36 28 6 2 - -- -- 58 1st NJC-E
1986-87 34 22 10 2 - -- -- 46 2nd NJC-E
1987-88 37 22 11 4 - 215 161 48 1st NJC-E Won League, lost CSC SF
1988-89 40 17 16 7 - -- -- 41 5th NJC-E
1989-90 48 5 42 0 1 183 363 11 9th GHJHL
1990-91 42 11 26 3 2 163 239 27 6th GHJHL
1991-92 42 15 25 2 0 188 255 32 5th GHJHL
1992-93 Did Not Participate
1993-94 41 15 22 4 - 193 245 34 6th NJC-E
1994-95 42 7 31 4 2 182 256 20 7th GHJHL
1995-96 50 29 19 1 1 176 201 60 4th GHJHL
1996-97 42 11 29 1 1 138 189 24 7th GHJHL
1997-98 49 14 29 6 0 187 261 34 7th GHJHL
1998-99 48 8 38 2 0 141 296 18 7th GHJHL
1999-00 48 2 44 2 0 110 383 6 7th GHJHL
2000-01 48 12 31 5 0 150 249 29 6th GHJHL
2001-02 47 10 33 2 2 132 236 24 7th GHJHL
2002-03 48 6 36 3 3 148 292 18 7th GHJHL
2003-04 48 11 31 5 1 128 182 28 6th GHJHL
2004-05 48 15 22 9 2 134 184 41 5th GHJHL
2005-06 49 25 18 3 3 177 138 56 5th GHJHL Lost quarter-final
2006-07 49 11 35 2 1 157 263 25 7th GHJHL Lost quarter-final
2007-08 49 23 22 1 3 212 211 50 6th GOJHL-GH
2008-09 52 35 15 - 2 246 173 72 2nd GOJHL-GH Lost final
2009-10 51 36 11 - 4 248 166 76 2nd GOJHL-GH Lost semi-final round robin
2010-11 51 26 20 - 5 209 192 57 6th GOJHL-GH Lost Conf. QF
2011-12 51 15 33 - 3 152 238 33 6th GOJHL-GH Lost Conf. QF
2012-13 51 18 26 - 7 145 179 43 6th GOJHL-GH

Sutherland Cup appearances

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

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.

External links

Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League
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