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'' '''Note:''' This article documents five different hockey teams known as the Kitchener Greenshirts in the Ontario Hockey Association.''
{{Infobox
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| above = Kitchener Greenshirts
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| label1 = City
| align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" colspan=2 style="border-bottom:1px #aaaaaa solid;" | '''Kitchener Greenshirts'''
| data1 = [[Kitchener, Ontario]]
|-
| label2 = League
| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" align="right" style="white-space: nowrap; padding: 0px 5px 0px 5px;" | '''City:'''
| data2 = [[Ontario Hockey League|Ontario Hockey Association]]
| style="padding: 0px 5px 0px 5px;" | [[Kitchener, Ontario]]
| label3 = Senior A
|-
| data3 = c.1917 to c.1938
| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" align="right" style="white-space: nowrap; padding: 0px 5px 0px 5px;" | '''League'''
| label4 = Junior A
| style="padding: 0px 5px 0px 5px;" | [[Ontario Hockey League|Ontario Hockey Association]]
| data4 = c.1922 to c.1938
|-
| label5 = Junior B
| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" align="right" style="white-space: nowrap; padding: 0px 5px 0px 5px;" | '''Senior A:'''
| style="padding: 0px 5px 0px 5px;" | c.[[1917]] to c.[[1938]]
| data5 = c.1939 to c.1949
| label6 = Junior A
|-
| data6 = 1951–1954
| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" align="right" style="white-space: nowrap; padding: 0px 5px 0px 5px;" | '''Junior A:'''
| label7 = Junior B
| style="padding: 0px 5px 0px 5px;" | c.[[1922]] to c.[[1938]]
| data7 = c.1963 to c.1978
|-
}}
| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" align="right" style="white-space: nowrap; padding: 0px 5px 0px 5px;" | '''Junior B:'''
| style="padding: 0px 5px 0px 5px;" | c.[[1939]] to c.[[1949]]
|-
| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" align="right" style="white-space: nowrap; padding: 0px 5px 0px 5px;" | '''Junior A:'''
| style="padding: 0px 5px 0px 5px;" | [[1951]]-[[1954]]
|-
| bgcolor="#CCFFCC" align="right" style="white-space: nowrap; padding: 0px 5px 0px 5px;" | '''Junior B:'''
| style="padding: 0px 5px 0px 5px;" | c.[[1963]] to c.[[1978]]
|}


The '''Kitchener Greenshirts''' name has been used by five separate hockey teams playing in [[Kitchener, Ontario]], Canada. These include one 'Senior A' level hockey team, two 'Junior A' level teams, and two 'Junior B' level teams.
The '''Kitchener Greenshirts''' name has been used by five separate [[ice hockey]] teams playing in [[Kitchener, Ontario]], Canada. These include one 'Senior A' level hockey team, two [[junior ice hockey|'Junior A' level teams]], and two 'Junior B' level teams. The name has also been used for a team in the [[Ontario Minor Hockey Association]] (OMHA).


==Senior A (c.1917 to c.1938)==
==Senior A (c.1917 to c.1938)==
[[File:Kitchener Hockey Club, 1917–18.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Kitchener Greenshirts in 1917–18.]]
The '''Kitchener Hockey Club,''' commonly known as the Kitchener Greenshirts were a [[senior ice hockey]] team. Kitchener won the [[J. Ross Robertson Cup (senior ice hockey)|J. Ross Robertson Cup]] in 1918 and 1928, as the senior champion of the [[Ontario Hockey Association]] (OHA).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ohahockey.ca/view/oha/about-us/oha-history-8683/senior-series-2|title=Senior Series|year=2019|website=Ontario Hockey Association|access-date=February 1, 2021}}</ref> Kitchener also won the [[1918 Allan Cup]] as the national champions of Canada.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allancup.ca/allancuparchivescores.htm#10%27s|title=Allan Cup Archives|website=[[Allan Cup]]|access-date=February 1, 2021}}</ref>

[[Hockey Hall of Fame]] goaltender [[George Hainsworth]] played senior hockey for the Greenshirts from 1917 to 1923. Another Hall of Famer, Earl Seibert played one game with the team in 1928.<ref name="Alumni">{{cite web|url=https://www.hhof.com/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayersByTeam.jsp?team=Kitchener+Greenshirts|title=NHL Player Search: Kitchener Greenshirts|website=Legends of Hockey|publisher=[[Hockey Hall of Fame]]|access-date=February 1, 2021}}</ref>

List of [[National Hockey League]] (NHL) alumni:<ref name="Alumni" />

{{columns-list|colwidth=20em|
*[[Lloyd Gross]]
*'''[[George Hainsworth]]'''
*[[Bingo Kampman]]
*[[Howie Mackie]]
*[[Red Mitchell (ice hockey)|Red Mitchell]]
*[[Ernie Parkes]]
*[[Werner Schnarr]]
*'''[[Earl Seibert]]'''
}}


==Junior A (c.1922 to c.1938)==
==Junior A (c.1922 to c.1938)==
The first [[junior ice hockey]] Greenshirts team played in the OHA the early 1920s to the start of [[World War II]]. This Junior A program operated in affiliation to the Senior A team of the same name.{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}
The first Greenshirts team played in the OHA prior to [[WWI]]. Kitchener was awarded the [[J. Ross Robertson Cup]] by default in 1935 after winning a protest on the series they lost to the Oshawa Generals. The decision on the protest came to late for Kitchener to challenge the Northern Champion [[Sudbury Wolves (disambiguation)|Sudbury Cub Wolves]] for the right to compete for the Memorial Cup. Hockey Hall of Famer [[Bobby Bauer]] graduated from this team in 1935. The Greenshirts were runners-up in the 1936 J. Ross Robertson Cup finals.
The team was known as the '''Kitchener Colts''' when they won the [[J. Ross Robertson Cup]] as the OHA junior champions in 1923.<ref name="junior-cup">{{cite book|title=Annual Report: Constitution, Regulations and Rules of Competition|publisher=[[Ontario Hockey Association]]|date=2006|location=Cambridge, Ontario|page=W-13}}</ref> The Colts eventually advanced to play the [[University of Manitoba]] in a two-game, total-goals series in Toronto to decide the [[1923 Memorial Cup]] winner. The university won consecutive 7–3 contests to capture the Cup by a total score of 14–6.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Lapp|first1=Richard M.|last2=Macaulay|first2=Alec|title=The Memorial Cup: Canada's National Junior Hockey Championship|publisher=[[Harbour Publishing]]|date=1997|location=Madeira Park, British Columbia|isbn=1-55017-170-4|pages=21–23}}</ref>

The team later became the Greenshirts and were finalists for the J. Ross Robertson Cup in 1929.<ref name="junior-cup" /> The Greenshirts were awarded the J. Ross Robertson Cup by default in the [[1934–35 OHA season|1934–35]] season after winning a protest on the series it had lost to the Oshawa Generals.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Brown|first1=Babe|last2=Attersley|first2=Bobby|author-link2=Bob Attersley|title=A History of the Oshawa Generals|place=Toronto, Ontario|publisher=Chimo Publishing|volume=One|year=1978|isbn=0-920344-07-0|page=2}}</ref> The decision on the protest came too late for Kitchener to challenge the Northern Champion [[Sudbury Wolves|Sudbury Cub Wolves]] for the right to compete for the Memorial Cup.<ref>{{cite news|title=Oshawa Quits Puck Playoffs|date=March 26, 1935|newspaper=The Windsor Star|location=Windsor, Ontario|page=29|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/69034558/oha-playoffs-1935/}}{{free access}}</ref> The Greenshirts were runners-up in the J. Ross Robertson Cup finals in 1936.<ref name="junior-cup" />

Five future Hockey Hall of Famers played junior hockey for the Greenshirts during this era: [[Bobby Bauer]], [[Woody Dumart]], [[Milt Schmidt]], [[Earl Seibert]] & [[Babe Siebert]].<ref name="Alumni" />

List of [[National Hockey League]] (NHL) alumni:<ref name="Alumni" />

{{columns-list|colwidth=20em|
*'''[[Bobby Bauer]]'''
*[[Dick Behling]]
*'''[[Woody Dumart]]'''
*[[Lloyd Gross]]
*[[Ott Heller]]
*[[Art Herchenratter]]
*[[Ron Howell (Canadian sportsman)|Ron Howell]]
*[[Bingo Kampman]]
*[[Jack Keating]]
*[[Howie Mackie]]
*[[George Patterson (ice hockey)|George Patterson]]
*'''[[Milt Schmidt]]'''
*'''[[Earl Seibert]]'''
*'''[[Babe Siebert]]'''
}}


==Junior B (c.1939 to c.1949)==
==Junior B (c.1939 to c.1949)==
With many high calibre Junior A and NHL players involved in military service, Kitchener was left with a Junior B team to fill the void.{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}

Future NHLers [[Howie Meeker]] & [[Dutch Reibel]] played for the Junior B Greenshirts during the 1940s.<ref name="Alumni" /> Howie Meeker would be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame as a broadcaster.{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}


==Junior A (1951 to 1954)==
==Junior A (1951 to 1954)==
{{Infobox hockey team
The second team known as the Kitchener Greenshirts played from 1951 to 1954, then were renamed the Kitchener Canucks. The Kitchener Canucks later became the Peterborough TPT Petes.
| team = Kitchener Greenshirts
| city = [[Kitchener, Ontario]]
| league = [[Ontario Hockey League|Ontario Hockey Association]]
| operated = 1951–1954
| arena = [[Kitchener Memorial Auditorium Complex|Kitchener Memorial Auditorium]]
| name1 = Kitchener Greenshirts
| dates1 = 1951–54
| name2 = [[Kitchener Canucks]]
| dates2 = 1954–56
| name3 = [[Peterborough Petes]]
| dates3 = 1956–present
}}


The second Junior A team in the Ontario Hockey Association known as the Kitchener Greenshirts played from 1951 to 1954 at the [[Kitchener Memorial Auditorium Complex|Kitchener Memorial Auditorium]].{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}
'''Franchise Identities''':
*Kitchener Greenshirts 1951 to 1954
*[[Kitchener Canucks]] 1954 to 1956
*[[Peterborough Petes]] 1956 to Present


The Greenshirts were granted as an expansion team for the 1951–52 season. The first Junior A season in Kitchener since [[World War II]] was successful in gaining local fan support, and beating out rivals [[Waterloo Hurricanes]] to be the best team in the twin cities.{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}
<big>'''Yearly Results'''</big><br>

{| border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse;"
[[Bill Harrington (ice hockey)|Bill Harrington]] won the [[Red Tilson Trophy]] as the OHA's Most Outstanding Player while goaltending for the 1951–52 season with the Greenshirts.{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}
|- bgcolor="#ccccff" align="center"

|| '''Season''' || '''Games''' || '''Won''' || '''Lost''' || '''Tied''' || '''Points''' || '''Pct %''' || '''Goals<br>For''' || '''Goals<br><small>Against</small>''' || '''Standing'''
The team played three years in total from 1951 to 1954, then were renamed the Kitchener Canucks. The Kitchener Canucks later became the Peterborough TPT Petes.{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}

===NHL alumni===
List of [[National Hockey League]] (NHL) alumni:<ref name="Alumni" />

{{columns-list|colwidth=20em|
*[[Les Binkley]]
*[[Marc Boileau]]
*[[Gary Collins (ice hockey)|Gary Collins]]
*[[Glen Cressman]]
*[[Garry Edmundson]]
*[[Howie Glover]]
*[[Floyd Hillman]]
*[[Bob McCord]]
*[[Claude Pronovost]]
*[[Myron Stankiewicz]]
*[[Orval Tessier]]
}}

===Yearly results===
List of season-by-season results:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hockeydb.com/stte/kitchener-waterloo-greenshirts-6421.html|title=Kitchener-Waterloo Greenshirts Statistics and History [1951–1954]|website=Hockey Database|access-date=February 1, 2021}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
! Season !! Games !! Won !! Lost !! Tied !! Points !! Pct % !! Goals<br>For !! Goals<br>{{small|Against}} !! Standing
|- align="center"
|- align="center"
|1951-52||54||29||22||3||61||0.565||231||213||6th OHA
|1951–52||54||29||22||3||61||0.565||231||213||6th OHA
|- align="center"
|- align="center"
|1952-53||56||15||38||3||33||0.295||181||239||6th OHA
|1952–53||56||15||38||3||33||0.295||181||239||8th OHA
|- align="center"
|- align="center"
|1953-54||59||27||27||5||59||0.500||236||211||5th OHA
|1953–54||59||27||27||5||59||0.500||236||211||5th OHA
|}
|}


==Junior B (c.1963 to c.1978)==
==Junior B (c.1963 to c.1978)==
{{see|Kitchener Dutchmen}}

==Ontario Minor Hockey==
There has also been a [[minor ice hockey]] team in the [[Ontario Minor Hockey Association]] with the name Kitchener Greenshirts. Its NHL alumni include, [[Kevin Miehm]], [[Steve Seftel]], [[Brad Schlegel]], [[Paul Reinhart]], [[Brad Shaw]] and [[Nick Stajduhar]].<ref name="Alumni" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hhof.com/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayersByTeam.jsp?team=Kitchener+Greenshirts+Midget|title=NHL Player Search: Kitchener Greenshirts Midget |website=Legends of Hockey|publisher=[[Hockey Hall of Fame]]|access-date=February 1, 2021}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}


{{Defunct OHL}}
{{Defunct OHL}}

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[[Category:Ontario Hockey League]]
[[Category:Defunct Ontario Hockey League teams]]
[[Category:Defunct ice hockey teams in Kitchener, Ontario|Greenshirts]]
[[Category:Ontario sports]]
[[Category:Region of Waterloo, Ontario]]
[[Category:Ice hockey clubs established in 1917]]
[[Category:Ice hockey clubs disestablished in 1978]]
[[Category:1917 establishments in Ontario]]
[[Category:1978 disestablishments in Ontario]]

Latest revision as of 16:54, 15 April 2024

Kitchener Greenshirts
CityKitchener, Ontario
LeagueOntario Hockey Association
Senior Ac.1917 to c.1938
Junior Ac.1922 to c.1938
Junior Bc.1939 to c.1949
Junior A1951–1954
Junior Bc.1963 to c.1978

The Kitchener Greenshirts name has been used by five separate ice hockey teams playing in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. These include one 'Senior A' level hockey team, two 'Junior A' level teams, and two 'Junior B' level teams. The name has also been used for a team in the Ontario Minor Hockey Association (OMHA).

Senior A (c.1917 to c.1938)

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Kitchener Greenshirts in 1917–18.

The Kitchener Hockey Club, commonly known as the Kitchener Greenshirts were a senior ice hockey team. Kitchener won the J. Ross Robertson Cup in 1918 and 1928, as the senior champion of the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA).[1] Kitchener also won the 1918 Allan Cup as the national champions of Canada.[2]

Hockey Hall of Fame goaltender George Hainsworth played senior hockey for the Greenshirts from 1917 to 1923. Another Hall of Famer, Earl Seibert played one game with the team in 1928.[3]

List of National Hockey League (NHL) alumni:[3]

Junior A (c.1922 to c.1938)

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The first junior ice hockey Greenshirts team played in the OHA the early 1920s to the start of World War II. This Junior A program operated in affiliation to the Senior A team of the same name.[citation needed]

The team was known as the Kitchener Colts when they won the J. Ross Robertson Cup as the OHA junior champions in 1923.[4] The Colts eventually advanced to play the University of Manitoba in a two-game, total-goals series in Toronto to decide the 1923 Memorial Cup winner. The university won consecutive 7–3 contests to capture the Cup by a total score of 14–6.[5]

The team later became the Greenshirts and were finalists for the J. Ross Robertson Cup in 1929.[4] The Greenshirts were awarded the J. Ross Robertson Cup by default in the 1934–35 season after winning a protest on the series it had lost to the Oshawa Generals.[6] The decision on the protest came too late for Kitchener to challenge the Northern Champion Sudbury Cub Wolves for the right to compete for the Memorial Cup.[7] The Greenshirts were runners-up in the J. Ross Robertson Cup finals in 1936.[4]

Five future Hockey Hall of Famers played junior hockey for the Greenshirts during this era: Bobby Bauer, Woody Dumart, Milt Schmidt, Earl Seibert & Babe Siebert.[3]

List of National Hockey League (NHL) alumni:[3]

Junior B (c.1939 to c.1949)

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With many high calibre Junior A and NHL players involved in military service, Kitchener was left with a Junior B team to fill the void.[citation needed]

Future NHLers Howie Meeker & Dutch Reibel played for the Junior B Greenshirts during the 1940s.[3] Howie Meeker would be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame as a broadcaster.[citation needed]

Junior A (1951 to 1954)

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Kitchener Greenshirts
CityKitchener, Ontario
LeagueOntario Hockey Association
Operated1951–1954
Home arenaKitchener Memorial Auditorium
Franchise history
1951–54Kitchener Greenshirts
1954–56Kitchener Canucks
1956–presentPeterborough Petes

The second Junior A team in the Ontario Hockey Association known as the Kitchener Greenshirts played from 1951 to 1954 at the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium.[citation needed]

The Greenshirts were granted as an expansion team for the 1951–52 season. The first Junior A season in Kitchener since World War II was successful in gaining local fan support, and beating out rivals Waterloo Hurricanes to be the best team in the twin cities.[citation needed]

Bill Harrington won the Red Tilson Trophy as the OHA's Most Outstanding Player while goaltending for the 1951–52 season with the Greenshirts.[citation needed]

The team played three years in total from 1951 to 1954, then were renamed the Kitchener Canucks. The Kitchener Canucks later became the Peterborough TPT Petes.[citation needed]

NHL alumni

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List of National Hockey League (NHL) alumni:[3]

Yearly results

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List of season-by-season results:[8]

Season Games Won Lost Tied Points Pct % Goals
For		 Goals
Against		 Standing
1951–52 54 29 22 3 61 0.565 231 213 6th OHA
1952–53 56 15 38 3 33 0.295 181 239 8th OHA
1953–54 59 27 27 5 59 0.500 236 211 5th OHA

Junior B (c.1963 to c.1978)

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Further information: Kitchener Dutchmen

Ontario Minor Hockey

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There has also been a minor ice hockey team in the Ontario Minor Hockey Association with the name Kitchener Greenshirts. Its NHL alumni include, Kevin Miehm, Steve Seftel, Brad Schlegel, Paul Reinhart, Brad Shaw and Nick Stajduhar.[3][9]

References

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  1. ^ "Senior Series". Ontario Hockey Association. 2019. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
  2. ^ "Allan Cup Archives". Allan Cup. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "NHL Player Search: Kitchener Greenshirts". Legends of Hockey. Hockey Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
  4. ^ a b c Annual Report: Constitution, Regulations and Rules of Competition. Cambridge, Ontario: Ontario Hockey Association. 2006. p. W-13.
  5. ^ Lapp, Richard M.; Macaulay, Alec (1997). The Memorial Cup: Canada's National Junior Hockey Championship. Madeira Park, British Columbia: Harbour Publishing. pp. 21–23. ISBN 1-55017-170-4.
  6. ^ Brown, Babe; Attersley, Bobby (1978). A History of the Oshawa Generals. Vol. One. Toronto, Ontario: Chimo Publishing. p. 2. ISBN 0-920344-07-0.
  7. ^ "Oshawa Quits Puck Playoffs". The Windsor Star. Windsor, Ontario. March 26, 1935. p. 29.Free access icon
  8. ^ "Kitchener-Waterloo Greenshirts Statistics and History [1951–1954]". Hockey Database. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
  9. ^ "NHL Player Search: Kitchener Greenshirts Midget". Legends of Hockey. Hockey Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
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