Lakeshore Winterhawks
CitySouthampton, Ontario
Port Elgin, Ontario
LeagueWOAA Senior Hockey League
Major Intermediate A Hockey League
Northern Senior A Hockey League
Operated1967-1996
Home arenaPort Elgin Arena
Southampton Coliseum
Franchise history
1967-1985Port Elgin Sunocos
1989-1996Lakeshore Winterhawks

The Lakeshore Winterhawks were a senior hockey team based out of Southampton, Ontario, Canada. They played in the Western Ontario Athletic Association Senior Hockey League and the Northern Senior A Hockey League. From 1967 until the mid-1980s, the team was known as the Port Elgin Sunocos from Port Elgin, Ontario and spent some of their time in the Major Intermediate A Hockey League and in for contention for the Hardy Cup.

History

The Port Elgin Sunocos began play in the Central Intermediate B Hockey League in 1967. In the early 70s, the Sunocos were moved down to the more local Central Intermediate C Hockey League. After dominating the local league for a few seasons, the Sunocos were moved up to the Georgian Bay Intermediate A Hockey League and into contention for the Hardy Cup. The Hardy Cup was the Canadian grand championship of Intermediate hockey. The Sunocos would win the 1979 GBIAHL championship, but lose the OHA title to the Georgetown Raiders. In 1983, the Sunocos dropped from Intermediate A when their league was disbanded and into the Northern Intermediate B Hockey League with the Durham Huskies and Shelburne Muskies. In 1985, the Sunocos went on hiatus.

In 1989, the team was reformed in Southampton as the Lakeshore Winterhawks. The Winterhawks returned to the Sunoco's old league, known a season later as the Northern Senior A Hockey League. The Winterhawks left the Ontario Hockey Association in 1993 when the NSAHL folded from beneath their feet. In 1993-94, the Winterhawks found themselves in the WOAA Senior Hockey League. They played three seasons in the WOAA until 1996, when increasing departure of jobs due to the shutdown of the Bruce Nuclear Generating Station "A" caused many players to leave the area and financial difficulties, causing the team to fold.

In 2007, after eleven years without senior hockey, the Saugeen Shores Winterhawks were formed in Port Elgin. The name pays homage to the original team.

Season-by-season record

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T= Tie, OTL = Overtime Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

SeasonGPWLTOTLGFGAPTSFinishPlayoffs
1968-69185130-----108th CIBHLDNQ
1973-74231940-13760381st CICHL
1976-77282440-182117481st CICHL
1978-793524101-216140492nd GBIAHLWon League, lost OHA Final
1979-803613230-149199266th GBIAHL
1980-81345290-134332106th GBIAHL
1981-823620151-186173413rd MIAHL
1982-833014160-150175283rd MIAHL
1984-85241392-11691283rd NIBHLLost semi-final
Team is on hiatus from 1985 until 1989
1989-90261295-162115295th NSBHL
1990-91241581-15294311st NSAHLLost semi-final
1991-922511104-----253rd NSAHLLost semi-final
1993-94201073-----235th WOAA Sr. ALost "A" Final
1994-95221741-----353rd WOAA Sr. A

See also

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