Kitchener Greenshirts

Note: This article documents five different hockey teams known as the Kitchener Greenshirts in the Ontario Hockey Association.

Kitchener Greenshirts
City:	Kitchener, Ontario
League	Ontario Hockey Association
Senior A:	c.1917 to c.1938
Junior A:	c.1922 to c.1938
Junior B:	c.1939 to c.1949
Junior A:	1951-1954
Junior B:	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.

Senior A (c.1917 to c.1938)

Junior A (c.1922 to c.1938)

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 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.

Junior B (c.1939 to c.1949)

Junior A (1951 to 1954)

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.

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 WWII was successful in gaining local fan support, and beating out rivals Waterloo Hurricanes to be the best team in the twin cities. 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.

NHL Alumni

Yearly Results

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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