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The Chatham Maroons are a defunct Canadian

Canada

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 semi-professional and amateur senior ice hockey

Ice hockey

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 team. The team played in the City of Chatham

Chatham, Ontario

Chatham is the largest community in the municipality of Chatham-Kent, Ontario. Formerly serving as the seat of Kent County, the governments of the former city of Chatham, the county of Kent, and its townships were merged into one entity known as the Municipality of Chatham-Kent in 1998.Located on...

, Ontario

Ontario

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, Canada

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 and participated in the International Hockey League on two occasions and the OHA Senior A Hockey League in between.

History

In 1950, the Chatham Maroons won the International Hockey League's Turner Cup as playoff champions by defeating the Sarnia Sailors

Sarnia Sailors

The Sarnia are a defunct Canadian semi-professional and amateur senior ice hockey team. The team played in the City of Sarnia, Ontario, Canada and participated in the International Hockey League and the OHA Senior A Hockey League afterwards.-History:...

 4-games-to-3. This would be the Maroons only professional championship.

The Chatham Maroons were the winners of the 1960 Allan Cup

Allan Cup

The Allan Cup is the trophy awarded annually to the national senior amateur men’s ice hockey champions of Canada. It has been competed for since 1909. The current champion is the Clarenville Caribous hockey club of Newfoundland and Labrador.-History:...

, emblematic of the top senior hockey team in all of Canada. The same year the club played couple of friendlies in Moscow

Moscow

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 with the collective team of the Soviet clubs where they won the first meeting 5:3 and lost the second one 2:11. The Maroons defeated the Trail Smoke Eaters

Trail Smoke Eaters (senior)

The Trail Smoke Eaters were a senior level men's ice hockey team from Trail, British Columbia that played from 1926 to 1987. They are recognized as being one of the best senior hockey teams in Canadian history...

 4-games-to-none with one tie to clinch the championship. The winner of the award earned the right, as the country's top amateur team, to compete for Canada at the Ice Hockey World Championships

Ice Hockey World Championships

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 a season after winning. The Maroons opted out and were replaced by Trail, who won the Gold Medal.

Season-by-season results

Season	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	P	Results	Playoffs
1949–50	40	19	18	3	152	148	41	3rd IHL	Won league
1950–51	52	25	23	4	211	215	59	3rd IHL
1951–52	48	22	23	3	206	218	47	4th IHL
1952–53	48	21	26	1	191	196	43	5th OHA Sr. A
1953–54	56	22	31	3	160	204	47	6th OHA Sr. A
1954–55	50	17	30	3	185	238	37	5th OHA Sr. A
1955–56	48	21	24	3	192	225	45	4th OHA Sr. A	Won league
1956–57	52	28	22	2	218	183	58	4th OHA Sr. A
1957–58	60	21	34	5	192	221	47	10th OHA Sr. A
1958–59	54	37	15	2	234	183	76	1st OHA Sr. A
1959–60	54	23	27	4	229	249	54	3rd OHA Sr. A	Won league, won Allan Cup Allan Cup The Allan Cup is the trophy awarded annually to the national senior amateur men’s ice hockey champions of Canada. It has been competed for since 1909. The current champion is the Clarenville Caribous hockey club of Newfoundland and Labrador.-History:...
1960–61	40	20	16	4	174	148	44	3rd OHA Sr. A
1961–62	34	15	17	2	170	143	32	5th OHA Sr. A	Lost final
1962–63	40	24	13	3	229	139	51	2nd OHA Sr. A	Lost final
1963–64	70	21	44	5	211	278	47	7th IHL

See also

• International Hockey League (1945–2001)
• OHA Senior A Hockey League (1929–1979)
• Allan Cup
  Allan Cup
  The Allan Cup is the trophy awarded annually to the national senior amateur men’s ice hockey champions of Canada. It has been competed for since 1909. The current champion is the Clarenville Caribous hockey club of Newfoundland and Labrador.-History:...