Hanover Barons
CityHanover, Ontario
LeagueProvincial Junior Hockey League[1]
ConferenceWestern
DivisionPollock
FoundedCirca 1964[2]
Home arenaP&H Centre
ColoursRed, Yellow, and White[3]
General managerPete Irwin
Head coachBrady Anderson
Franchise history
1964[2]-1972:[4] Hanover Hurricanes[4]
1972-Present:[5] Hanover Barons[5]
Championships
League champions1971, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 2001, and 2003
Clarence Schmalz Cups1991

The Hanover Barons are a junior ice hockey team based in Hanover, Ontario, Canada.[5] They play out of the Provincial Junior Hockey League - Pollock Division.[1] The Barons spent the 2009-10 season in the neighbouring town of Durham, Ontario while their new arena was being built in Hanover.

History

The Hanover Hurricanes originated in the Western Junior C Hockey League in the mid-1960s.[2] In 1968, they made the jump to the Western Junior D Hockey League,[4] only to return not long after.

The Barons had no shortage of tough competition in the 1970s, in the 1976-77 season the Barons were completely winless as the Listowel Cyclones dominated the league and were champions that year.[6] According to the Owen Sound Sun Times, on February 16, 1977 the Barons were defeated by the New Hamburg Hahns by a score of 34-0 and outshot 109 to 13.[7]

In the 1980s, the league became the Grey-Bruce Junior "C" Hockey League.[5] In 1984-85, the Barons came together and had a perfect season. With 28 wins in 30 games and 2 ties, the Barons went on to win their first league title since 1971. In 1985, the Barons took over the league and held them hostage for the next nine seasons. In 1988, the league became the Western Junior "C" Hockey League.[5]

In 1989, the Barons made it to the All-Ontario Final and lost to the Bradford Bulls 4-games-to-2.[8] In 1991, the Barons won their first and only Clarence Schmalz Cup as All-Ontario Champions, defeating the Orangeville Crushers 4-games-to-3.[8] In 1993, the Barons made it to the Final again and lost out to the Napanee Raiders 4-games-to-2.[8]

In recent years, the Barons have been stuck behind two very powerful teams. The Wingham Ironmen and the Kincardine Bulldogs do not leave a lot of breathing room for the other teams in the league and for at least the past few seasons have kept the Barons out of those top two spots.

In the 2004-05 regular season, the Barons finished in third place. In the playoff semi-final they drew the Kincardine Bulldogs who defeated them 4-games-to-1.[9]

The 2005-06 season saw the Barons finish off in third place, they drew the sixth seeded Mount Forest Patriots in a best-of-3 series for the league quarter-final. The Barons finished off the Patriots 2-games-to-none. In the semi-final, the Barons found themselves against the second seeded Kincardine Bulldogs. The Barons were defeated 4-games-to-none by the eventual league champions.[9]

In 2006-07, the Barons finished the regular season in fourth place as a late season surge by the Walkerton Hawks displaced them from their characteristic third seed. In a best-of-5 quarter-final, the Barons drew the Mount Forest Patriots and defeated them 3-games-to-1. In the semi-final, the Barons were put up against the top seeded Kincardine Bulldogs but lost the series 4-games-to-1.[9]

For the 2009-10 season, the Barons played in neighbouring Durham, Ontario while awaiting the building of their new arena in Hanover.

Season-by-season standings

SeasonGPWLTOTLGFGAPResultsPlayoffs
1964-65307230-1101951410th CJCHL
1965-663218113-164145394th CJCHL
1966-67241293-141107273rd WJCHL
1967-70Statistics Not Available
1970-71322192-----442nd WJCHLWon League, lost CSC SF
1971-72Statistics Not Available
1972-733012171-----257th CJCHL
1973-74339195-140185236th CJCHL
1974-75301785-162139392nd CJCHL II
1975-76312272-11725265th CJCHL II
1976-77360351-7052917th CJCHL
1977-78347261-114255155th CJCHL
1978-79305223-112199137th CJCHL
1979-80288182-121168186th CJCHL
1980-81309174-157209227th GBJCHL
1981-82303261-8017877th GBJCHL
1982-833014142-130134303rd GBJCHL
1983-843015123-168138344th GBJCHL
1984-85302802-207106581st GBJCHLWon League, lost CSC QF
1985-86302424-22696521st GBJCHLWon League, lost CSC QF
1986-87252320-26275461st GBJCHLWon League, lost CSC SF
1987-88302523-204111531st GBJCHLWon League, lost CSC SF
1988-89302163-190122451st WJCHLWon League, lost CSC Final
1989-90302262-209100461st WJCHLWon League, lost CSC QF
1990-91302442-20589501st WJCHLWon League, won CSC
1991-92302523-20271531st WJCHLWon League, lost CSC QF
1992-93292612-24078541st WJCHLWon League, lost CSC Final
1993-943213127-----333rd WJCHL
1994-95301884-148127402nd WJCHL
1995-96302253-163113471st WJCHL
1996-97291496-142116344th WJCHL
1997-983620142-164113423rd WJCHLLost final
1998-993622113-15294473rd WJCHLLost quarter-final
1999-00*3318141-134102373rd WJCHLLost semi-final
2000-01393432-25784701st WJCHLWon League, lost CSC SF
2001-02352672-17196542nd WJCHLLost final
2002-03352211-2142103483rd WJCHLWon League, lost CSC SF
2003-0434161620112124343rd WJCHLLost semi-final
2004-0540152230164181333rd WJCHLLost semi-final
2005-0639171543163148413rd WJCHLLost semi-final
2006-0740201802160157424th WJCHLLost semi-final
2007-08392312-4210155503rd WJCHLLost semi-final
2008-09362311-2178116483rd WJCHLLost final
2009-1036237-615597522nd WJCHLLost final
2010-11361716-3178165375th WJCHLLost semi-final
2011-12362110-5148128473rd WJCHLLost semi-final
2012-13361222-2147176266th WJCHLLost quarter-final
2013-1435725-3105194176th WJCHLLost semi-final
2014-153619161-144131393rd WJCHLWon quarters - 4-0 - (Flyers)
Lost - Semi's - 1-4 - (Hawks)
2015-163614220-138143286th of 7 WJCHLLost quarters - 3-4 - (Patriots)
2016-173617190-121147345th of 7
Pollock Div-PJHL
Won Div Quarters - 4-2 (Bulldogs)
Lost div semi-final 0-4 (Hawks)
2017-18406313-77190157th of 7
Pollock Div-PJHL
Lost Div Quarters - 1-4 (Hawks)
2018-1942152124127135364th of 7
Pollock Div-PJHL
Lost Div Quarters - 2-4 (Hawks)
2019-2042231612156135494th of 7
Pollock Div-PJHL
Lost Div Quarters - 0-4 (Hawks)
2020-21Season Lost due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021-22322542115460531st of 7
Pollock Div-PJHL
Won Div Semi-finals - 4-0 (Ironmen)
Lost Div Finals 3-4 (Hawks)
2022-2342261222151105563rd of 7
Pollock Div-PJHL
Won Div Quarterfinals - 4-0 (Capitals)
Won Div Semi-finals - 4-1 (Hawks)
Lost division finals - 1-4 (Patriots)

(*) The 1999-00 Season was altered drastically due to the folding of the Lakeshore Pirates. As a disproportionate number of games had been played by each team against Lakeshore, all history of these games were erased.[10]

Clarence Schmalz Cup appearances

1989: Bradford Bulls defeated Hanover Barons 4-games-to-2[8]
1991: Hanover Barons defeated Orangeville Crushers 4-games-to-3[8]
1993: Napanee Raiders defeated Hanover Barons 4-games-to-2[8]

Notable alumni

References

  1. 1 2 Western C Teams | Western Junior C Hockey League | Junior C | Leagues | Ontario Hockey Association Archived 2008-05-09 at the Wayback Machine
  2. 1 2 3 London Free Press Sports Section, February 1965
  3. Welcome To The Home of the Hanover Barons
  4. 1 2 3 HanoverHurricanes
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 , Durham, Ontario (2009-10 Only)Hanover Barons
  6. Owen Sound Sun Times Sports section final standings
  7. Owen Sound Sun Times Sports section, February 1977
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Ontario Hockey Association 2006-2007 Constitution, Regulations and Rules of Competition by The Ontario Hockey Association (2006)
  9. 1 2 3 Home | Ontario Hockey Association
  10. Owen Sound Sun Times Sports Section, November 1999.
  11. Owen Sound Sun Times Sports Section final standings
  12. London Free Press Sports Section final standings
  13. Mount Forest Confederate Sports Section final standings
  14. Owen Sound Sun Times Sports Section for Goal totals
  15. Home | Ontario Hockey Association
  16. Legends of Hockey – NHL Player Search – Player – Jeff MacMillan
  17. Legends of Hockey – NHL Player Search – Player – Jordan Willis
  18. National Hockey League Officials Association – Members
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