Galt Black Hawks

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Galt Black Hawks

City:	Galt, Ontario
League:	Ontario Hockey Association
Operated:	1949-55
Home Arena:	Galt Arena Gardens
Parent club(s):	Chicago Black Hawks
Franchise history
1943-44:	Galt Canadians
1944-47:	Galt Red Wings
1947-49:	Galt Rockets
1949-55:	Galt Black Hawks

The Galt Black Hawks were a junior ice hockey team based in Galt, Ontario, now a part of the city of Cambridge. They played in the Ontario Hockey Association from 1949 to 1955 and were operated as an affiliate of the Chicago Black Hawks. Their home arena was the Galt Arena Gardens.

The team had previously been affiliated with the Detroit Red Wings as the Galt Red Wings, and had also been known as the Galt Canadians, and the Galt Rockets. The sponsorship by the Chicago Black Hawks took over in 1949, and lasted until the team folded in 1955. The team's best players were quickly promoted to the NHL, leaving Galt with a dismal won/loss record while sponsored by the Chicago Black Hawks. The Galt Black Hawks had only one stellar season in 1951-52, finishing third place.

The best known former Black Hawk is Bobby Hull, who played for Galt in 1954-55. He is the only alumnus in the Hockey Hall of Fame as a player. Former alumus Murray Costello was inducted as a builder as the long-serving president of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association, a role he assumed after his retirement. The lone scoring champion form the Black Hawks would be Jim McBurney, who won the Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy in 1952-53 with 61 goals and 35 assists.

[edit] NHL Alumni

From the Galt Red Wings, twenty-one players graduated to play in the National Hockey League.

Bob Beckett
Les Binkley
Mike Buchanan
Chick Chalmers
Pete Conacher
Murray Costello

Warren Godfrey
Bronco Horvath
Bobby Hull
Hec Lalande
Jim McBurney

Hillary Menard
Tony Poeta
Jack Price
Matt Ravlich
Len Ronson

Don Simmons
John Sleaver
Floyd Smith
Kenny Wharram
Bob Wilson

[edit] Yearly Results

Season	Team	Games	Won	Lost	Tied	Points	Pct %	Goals For	Goals Against	Standing
1943-44	Canadians	26	15	11	0	30	0.577	125	97	2nd Group 2
1944-45	Red Wings	20	12	8	0	24	0.600	83	91	2nd OHA (tie)
1945-46	Red Wings	28	22	6	0	44	0.786	187	96	2nd OHA
1946-47	Red Wings	36	27	9	0	54	0.750	232	99	3rd OHA
1947-48	Rockets	36	18	13	5	41	0.581	168	129	5th OHA
1948-49	Rockets	48	11	34	3	25	0.244	154	252	9th OHA
1949-50	Black Hawks	48	14	32	2	30	0.304	144	265	8th OHA
1950-51	Black Hawks	54	21	39	4	48	0.420	181	223	7th OHA
1951-52	Black Hawks	54	35	17	2	72	0.673	307	213	3rd OHA
1952-53	Black Hawks	56	27	26	3	57	0.509	242	225	5th OHA
1953-54	Black Hawks	59	21	37	1	43	0.362	204	288	8th OHA
1954-55	Black Hawks	49	18	25	6	42	0.419	181	203	6th OHA