Chatham Maroons (IHL)

Chatham Maroons
Chatham Maroons
City	Chatham, Ontario
League	IHL 1949–1952; OHA Senior "A" 1952–1963; IHL 1963–1964
Operated	1949–1964
Home arena	Chatham Memorial Arena
Colours	Maroon, Brown, and White
Head coach	Jack Stewart, John Horeck, Ted Power, Gus Mortson

The Chatham Maroons are a defunct Canadian semi-professional and amateur senior ice hockey team. The team played in the City of Chatham, Ontario, Canada and participated in the International Hockey League on two occasions and the OHA Senior A Hockey League in between.

History

In 1950, the Chatham Maroons won the International Hockey League's Turner Cup as playoff champions by defeating the Sarnia Sailors 4-games-to-3. This was the Maroons' only professional championship.

The Maroons later played in the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA) as a member of the OHA Senior A League. The team won the J. Ross Robertson Cup as league champions in 1956 and 1960, and were finalists in 1962 and 1963.[1]

The Chatham Maroons were the winners of the 1960 Allan Cup, emblematic of the top senior hockey team in all of Canada. The same year the club played couple of friendlies in Moscow with the collective team of the Soviet clubs where they won the first meeting 5:3 and lost the second one 2:11.[2] The Maroons defeated the Trail Smoke Eaters 4-games-to-none with one tie to clinch the championship. The winner of the award earned the right, as the country's top amateur team, to compete for Canada at the Ice Hockey World Championships a season after winning. The Maroons opted out and were replaced by Trail, who won the gold medal.

Season-by-season results

Season	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	P	Results	Playoffs
1949–50	40	19	18	3	152	148	41	3rd IHL	Won league
1950–51	52	25	23	4	211	215	59	3rd IHL
1951–52	48	22	23	3	206	218	47	4th IHL
1952–53	48	21	26	1	191	196	43	5th OHA Sr. A
1953–54	56	22	31	3	160	204	47	6th OHA Sr. A
1954–55	50	17	30	3	185	238	37	5th OHA Sr. A
1955–56	48	21	24	3	192	225	45	4th OHA Sr. A	Won league
1956–57	52	28	22	2	218	183	58	4th OHA Sr. A
1957–58	60	21	34	5	192	221	47	10th OHA Sr. A
1958–59	54	37	15	2	234	183	76	1st OHA Sr. A
1959–60	54	23	27	4	229	249	54	3rd OHA Sr. A	Won league, won Allan Cup
1960–61	40	20	16	4	174	148	44	3rd OHA Sr. A
1961–62	34	15	17	2	170	143	32	5th OHA Sr. A	Lost final
1962–63	40	24	13	3	229	139	51	2nd OHA Sr. A	Lost final
1963–64	70	21	44	5	211	278	47	7th IHL

References

"Senior Series". Ontario Hockey Association. 2019. Archived from the original on 2015-03-15. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
"Video footage of the match between USSR - Canada in the Palace of Sports in Moscow". CCCP.TV. Archived from the original on October 26, 2010. Retrieved October 26, 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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[1] "Senior Series". Ontario Hockey Association. 2019. Archived from the original on 2015-03-15. Retrieved February 2, 2021.

[2] "Video footage of the match between USSR - Canada in the Palace of Sports in Moscow". CCCP.TV. Archived from the original on October 26, 2010. Retrieved October 26, 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)