Thorold Blackhawks

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Thorold Blackhawks

City:	Thorold, Ontario
League:	Golden Horseshoe Junior B Hockey League
Founded:	1982
Home Arena:	Thorold Community Arena
Colours:	Black, Red, and White
Head Coach:	Ron Hubbert
General Manager:	Rockey Venditti

The Thorold Blackhawks are a Junior "B" ice hockey team who play in the Golden Horseshoe Junior B Hockey League. Located in the city of Thorold, Ontario the team plays out of the Thorold Community Arena.

Thorold Golden Eagles 1982 - 1986

Thorold Blackhawks 1986 to Present

[edit] History

The team consists of mostly local players between the ages of 16 and 21. The Blackhawks were League Champions in 2001, 2003, 2004, and 2005. In 2005, the team went on to capture the Sutherland Cup as the best Jr. B team in Ontario. Many players that started their careers in Thorold went on to play in the Ontario Hockey League, American Hockey League, and the National Hockey League. The most notable of these NHLers are Nathan Horton of the Florida Panthers, and Dwayne Roloson of the Edmonton Oilers.

The Blackhawks played the longest game in club history on March 26, 2006 in a quadruple-overtime thriller of game 6 of their GHL Semi-final series against their arch-rival, the St. Catharines Falcons. The Blackhawks moved onto the GHL finals with this victory. The final score of this contest was 2-1 after Steve Zmudcynski beat St. Catharines' netminder Sean Hall with 5:06 left in the 4th overtime period. Zmudcynski was criticized for much of the overtime session for not getting back on defense but was rewarded for doing so when he received a long pass from Steve Chappell that set up the winning marker. The game lasted a little over four and a half hours and ended after midnight. An interesting side note from this game is that if there would have been a game seven it would have been played on March 27th, the same day Game 6 ended.

[edit] Season-by-Season Results

Season	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	P	Results	Playoffs
1982-83	42	13	26	3	-	241	293	29	7th GHJHL
1983-84	42	9	28	5	-	178	252	23	8th GHJHL
1984-85	42	2	39	1	-	150	381	5	8th GHJHL
1985-86	40	19	18	3	-	184	215	41	6th GHJHL
1986-87	42	15	18	9	-	202	233	39	5th GHJHL
1987-88	42	17	21	4	-	209	270	38	5th GHJHL
1988-89	42	25	10	7	-	197	148	57	2nd GHJHL
1989-90	48	31	14	1	2	246	200	65	2nd GHJHL
1990-91	42	26	14	2	0	236	182	54	4th GHJHL
1991-92	42	15	26	1	0	189	219	31	6th GHJHL
1992-93	42	22	16	1	3	239	219	48	4th GHJHL
1993-94	40	25	12	1	2	270	178	53	2nd GHJHL
1994-95	42	19	21	2	1	188	220	41	4th GHJHL
1995-96	42	10	26	3	3	190	235	26	7th GHJHL
1996-97	42	14	22	5	1	181	181	34	6th GHJHL
1997-98	49	26	16	4	3	255	213	59	4th GHJHL
1998-99	47	17	24	5	1	167	180	40	5th GHJHL
1999-00	48	32	13	1	2	237	155	67	1st GHJHL
2000-01	48	31	10	7	0	220	126	69	2nd GHJHL	Won League
2001-02	48	31	12	3	2	216	138	67	3rd GHJHL
2002-03	48	41	4	3	0	282	100	85	1st GHJHL	Won League
2003-04	48	34	7	7	0	179	84	75	2nd GHJHL	Won League
2004-05	48	37	6	5	0	185	85	79	1st GHJHL	Won League, Won Sutherland Cup
2005-06	49	29	18	2	0	192	125	60	3rd GHJHL	Lost Final