Hanover Barons

Hockey team
team = Hanover Barons

logosize = 160px
city = Hanover, Ontario [http://www.officialgamepuck.com/TownIndex/Canadian/OntarioTowns/HanoverBarons.htm Hanover Barons ] ]
league = Western Junior C Hockey League [http://www.ohahockey.org/page/show/15331 Western C Teams | Western Junior C Hockey League | Junior C | Leagues | Ontario Hockey Association ] ]
founded = Circa 1964London Free Press Sports Section, February 1965]
arena = Hanover Coliseum [http://www.ohahockey.org/stat/show_game_stats/31128/12339]
colours = Red, Yellow, and White [ [http://www.hanoverbarons.ca/Main.aspx Welcome To The Home of the Hanover Barons ] ]
coach = Randy Gibbons [ [http://www.hanoverbarons.ca/CoachingStaff.aspx Hanover Barons Coaching Staff ] ]
GM = Rick Allen [ [http://www.hanoverbarons.ca/Executive.aspx Hanover Barons Executive ] ]
parentclub =
farmclub =
name1 = Hanover Hurricanes [http://www.officialgamepuck.com/TownIndex/Canadian/OntarioTowns/HanoverHurricanes.htm HanoverHurricanes ] ]
dates1 = 1964-1972
name2 = Hanover Barons
dates2 = 1972-Present
|The Hanover Barons are a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in Hanover, Ontario, Canada. They play out in the Western Junior C Hockey League.

History

The Hanover Hurricanes originated in the Western Junior C Hockey League in the mid-1960s. In 1968, they made the jump to the Western Junior D Hockey League, 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 [Owen Sound Sun Times Sports section final standings] . 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 [Owen Sound Sun Times Sports section, February 1977] .

In the 1980s, the league became the Grey-Bruce Junior "C" Hockey League. 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.

In 1989, the Barons made it to the All-Ontario Final and lost to the Bradford Bulls 4-games-to-2Ontario Hockey Association 2006-2007 Constitution, Regulations and Rules of Competition by The Ontario Hockey Association (2006)] . In 1991, the Barons won the their first and only Clarence Schmalz Cup as All-Ontario Champions, defeating the Orangeville Crushers 4-games-to-3. In 1993, the Barons made it to the Final again and lost out to the Napanee Raiders 4-games-to-2.

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 thw 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. [http://www.ohahockey.org Home | Ontario Hockey Association ] ]

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.

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.

eason-by-Season Standings

(*) "The 1999-00 Season was altered drastically due to the folding of the Lakeshore Pirates. As a disproportionate amount of games had been played by each team against Lakeshore, all history of these games were erased." [Owen Sound Sun Times Sports Section, November 1999.]
*1974-1981 & 1982-1996 [Owen Sound Sun Times Sports Section final standings]
*1981-1982 [London Free Press Sports Section final standings]
*1996-2004 [Mount Forest Confederate Sports Section final standings] [Owen Sound Sun Times Sports Section for Goal totals]
*2004-Present [ [http://www.ohahockey.org/ Home | Ontario Hockey Association ] ]

Clarence Schmalz Cup Appearances

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

Notable Alumni

*Jeff MacMillan [ [http://www.legendsofhockey.net:8080/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=19484 Legends of Hockey - NHL Player Search - Player - Jeff MacMillan ] ]
*Jordan Willis [ [http://www.legendsofhockey.net:8080/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=18353 Legends of Hockey - NHL Player Search - Player - Jordan Willis ] ]
*Kevin Pollock [ [http://www.nhlofficials.com/previous_fo.asp?member_id=2303 National Hockey League Officials Association - Members ] ] (NHL referee)

References

External links

* [http://www.hanoverbarons.ca/ Barons Webpage]