Upper Canada Hockey Club

Upper Canada Hockey Club

OPJHL team
team_name = Upper Canada Hockey Club
bg_color = dodgerblue
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division = Phillips
founded = 1996
history = 1996-1998: Quinte Hawks
1998-2007: Bancroft Hawks
2008-Pres: Upper Canada Hockey Club
arena = Ricoh Coliseum
city = Toronto, Ontario
team_colors = Blue, Gold, and White
head_coach = Frank Stegnar
general_manager = Bernie Angelow
affiliates = "Upper Canada College"
rbcs = none
dhcs = none
bucklands = noneThe Upper Canada Hockey Club are a Tier II Junior "A" ice hockey team from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They are a part of the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League.

History

While in Deseronto (as Quinte), the team gained infamy and a bush league reputation. Coached by David Frost, who now faces multiple charges levied by the Ontario Provincial Police in respect to the treatment of minors, the Hawks became notorious for starting brawls and a dirty brand of hockey. Led by ex-NHLer and convict Mike Danton and troubled short-time NHLer Sheldon Keefe (now the owner of the Pembroke Lumber Kings), the Hawks became powerhouses in the Metro Junior A Hockey League. Frost was fired by the team and convicted of assault after he struck one of his own players during a playoff game. The team moved to Bancroft soon after when the Metro League folded and many of its teams joined the OPJHL.

In Bancroft, the Hawks have never obtained much in the way of success. Since joining the OPJHL in 1998, the Hawks have never obtained a winning season. Since 2003-04, the Hawks have spent a lot of their time in or near the basement of the OPJHL.

The 2006-07 Season was not kind to the Hawks. Although there was some improvement on the ice, there were allegations of mismanagement and the firesaling of the team's equipment and skilled players by ownership near the end of the season. The activities of the team's management has been monitored by both the league and, at times, the local police according the Bancroft this Week. All this has led the Hawks to sit out the 2007-08 season and their ultimate future is still in question.

In the Summer of 2008, the team was sold to a Toronto based ownership group and renamed the Upper Canada Hockey Club. The team maintains a positive collabortive relationship with Upper Canada College (UCC) but is not formally affiliated with the school. UCC is the fourth prep school in Southern Ontario (St. Michaels, Villanova and Hill Academy) to establish a working relationship with a Provincial Jr. A Hockey Team.

eason-by-Season Results

Notable Alumni

*Mike Danton
*John Erskine
*Sheldon Keefe

External links

* [http://www.uppercanadahockeyclub.ca/ Upper Canada HC website]



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