St. Catharines Black Hawks
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The St. Catharines Black Hawks were a junior ice hockey
team in the Ontario Hockey Association
from 1962 to 1976. The team was based in St. Catharines, Ontario
, Canada
.
sponsored the financially troubled St. Catharines Teepees
, and renamed the team St. Catharines Black Hawks. Chicago continued to do so until NHL sponsorship ended in 1968. From 1968 until 1972, the Hawks were owned by Fred Muller and Ken Campbell.
St. Catharines made it to the OHA finals in 1969, 1971 and 1974. They were beaten in the 1969 OHA finals by the Montreal Junior Canadiens 4 wins to 0 with 2 ties. The Black Hawks won the J. Ross Robertson Cup
in 1971 versus the Toronto Marlboros
& 1974 versus the Peterborough Petes
.
The 1971 Richardson Trophy series between St. Catharines and the Quebec Remparts
is one of the most storied ever, featuring riots and two future Hall of Famers, Guy Lafleur
and Marcel Dionne
. In the 1974 Memorial Cup
tournament the Black Hawks would square up against the Regina Pats
and a rematch versus the Quebec Remparts.
Hap Emms
bought the Black Hawks in 1972 and for the next four years attendance declined to the point that Emms refused to suffer any more losses and moved the club to Niagara Falls in 1976, rejuvenating the name of the previous Niagara Falls Flyers
team which Emms had also owned.
Many blamed the poor support for the clubs on Emms’ failure to promote the team, but there were extenuating factors such as the attraction of the nearby Buffalo Sabres, expanded TV coverage of hockey and Tier II hockey in the area.
tournament began in 1972.
The series that featured future NHL stars Guy Lafleur
and Marcel Dionne
, never lived up to the potential on ice brilliance that could have been. Disputes off the ice and erupting violence abruped the series before it was finished.
The Black Hawks and Remparts series was intense on many levels. Besides the strong rivalry between Anglophone
and Francophone
hockey teams and Canadian citizens in general, there was unfinished business between Marcel Dionne and the Remparts coach Maurice Filion
. Dionne had been coached by Filion in 1968 as a member of the Drummondville Rangers
of the Quebec Junior Hockey League. When the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League formed in 1969, Dionne departed to play in the OHA, which was seen as a higher-calibre level of competition, to hone his skills. Filion vowed revenge against his OHA team. This rivalry was further fueled by the desire of Francophone nationalists to have a Canadian champion from a Quebec team in a Quebec-based league.
The Remparts won the first game 4-2 played in St. Catharines and televised by closed circuit to over 8,000 spectators in Quebec arenas. Despite the win, Filion complained about the referee bias against his players, calling it anti-Francophone. The Black Hawks won game 2 by a score of 8-3, to tie the series at 1 game each.
Game 3 was played in the Colisée de Québec to an overflow crowd, seeing the Remparts win 3-1. There were a total of 102 penalty minutes called, 77 of those were against the Black Hawks. Brian MacKenize of St. Catharines would be suspended for one game after confronting a linesman.
The next game of the series was uglier than the last game. Another overflow crowd saw the Remparts win game 4 by a score of 6-1. As the game wore on, more and more fights broke out on the ice, involving players leaving the penalty box to join the fray. The St. Catharines players were escorted off the ice by police amidst the hurling of debris from Quebec fans. After the game an angry mob surrounded the St. Catharines team bus on its way to the motel, and was given a police escort to safety. The mob circled the motel until the early hours of the morning.
Game 5 was played on neutral ice at Maple Leaf Gardens
in Toronto, which the Black Hawks won 6-3 to narrow the series 3 games to 2 for Quebec. That was the last game played.
The parents of the St. Catharines players refused to send their children back to Quebec City for fear of the violence that occurred after game four. The Remparts refused to play anywhere else but their home rink, including any neutral ice in the province of Quebec. The problem was further confounded with threats surfacing from the FLQ (Front de libération du Québec)
against St. Catharines players.
CAHA president Dawson declared the series to be over when no further compromise could be reached, and he had received official notice from St. Catharines that the team would not return to the Colisée. As a result, the Remparts went on to compete for the Memorial Cup
by default, which they won, defeating the Edmonton Oil Kings.
tournament the Black Hawks would square up against the Regina Pats and a rematch versus the Quebec Remparts. St. Catharines was undefeated through the OHA playoffs to reach the Memorial Cup, eliminating the Oshawa Generals
, Toronto Marlboros
and Peterborough Petes
in the process, with a tie against Peterborough in the finals being the only blemish on their record.
The entire cup series would be played in Calgary, Alberta at the Stampede Corral
. This venue was much to the liking of St. Catharines players, who were not wanting to relive the Quebec City
experience from 3 years ago. St. Catharines played a strong defensive game to open the tournament, getting some vengeance from three years ago. However, the Remparts scored 5 power play goals in the semi-final game and trounced the Black Hawks 11-3.
Game 1 St. Catharines 4 vs. Quebec Remparts 1
Game 2 Regina Pats 4 vs. St. Catharines 0
Game 3 Quebec Remparts 5 vs. Regina Pats 3
Semi-final Quebec Remparts 11 vs. St. Catharines 3
Final Regina Pats 7 vs. Quebec Remparts 4
The Black Hawks played two more seasons in the city, but uprooted and moved to nearby Niagara Falls
at the end of the 1975-76 season, becoming the second incarnation of the Niagara Falls Flyers
.
(1968–71) and Mike Gartner
in his rookie year (1975–76) before the team moved to Niagara Falls. In total 61 St. Catharines Black Hawks Alumni graduated to the NHL.
Playoffs
Junior ice hockey
Junior hockey is a catch-all term used to describe various levels of ice hockey competition for players generally between 16 and 20 years of age...
team in the Ontario Hockey Association
Ontario Hockey League
The Ontario Hockey League is one of the three Major Junior ice hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League. The league is for players aged 15-20.The OHL also operates under the Ontario Hockey Federation of Hockey Canada....
from 1962 to 1976. The team was based in St. Catharines, Ontario
St. Catharines, Ontario
St. Catharines is the largest city in Canada's Niagara Region and the sixth largest urban area in Ontario, Canada, with 97.11 square kilometres of land...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
.
History
In 1962 the Chicago Black HawksChicago Blackhawks
The Chicago Blackhawks are a professional ice hockey team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . They have won four Stanley Cup championships since their founding in 1926, most recently coming in 2009-10...
sponsored the financially troubled St. Catharines Teepees
St. Catharines Teepees
The St. Catharines Teepees were a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey Association from 1947 to 1962. The team was based in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.-History:...
, and renamed the team St. Catharines Black Hawks. Chicago continued to do so until NHL sponsorship ended in 1968. From 1968 until 1972, the Hawks were owned by Fred Muller and Ken Campbell.
St. Catharines made it to the OHA finals in 1969, 1971 and 1974. They were beaten in the 1969 OHA finals by the Montreal Junior Canadiens 4 wins to 0 with 2 ties. The Black Hawks won the J. Ross Robertson Cup
J. Ross Robertson Cup
The J. Ross Robertson Cup is an ice hockey trophy awarded annually to the winner of the Ontario Hockey League playoff championship. It was presented by and named for John Ross Robertson, the president of the Ontario Hockey Association who served from 1899 to 1905.Originally it was awarded to the...
in 1971 versus the Toronto Marlboros
Toronto Marlboros
The Toronto Marlborough Athletic Club, commonly known as the Toronto Marlboros, was founded in 1903. It operated a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey Association and Ontario Hockey League from 1904 to 1989...
& 1974 versus the Peterborough Petes
Peterborough Petes
The Peterborough Petes are a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League. The team has played in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, since 1956, and is the oldest continuously operating team in the league.-History:...
.
The 1971 Richardson Trophy series between St. Catharines and the Quebec Remparts
Québec Remparts
There have been two junior ice hockey franchises known as the Quebec Remparts that played in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. The first franchise played from 1969 to 1985; the current franchise has played since 1997. Both franchises were based out of Quebec City, Quebec...
is one of the most storied ever, featuring riots and two future Hall of Famers, Guy Lafleur
Guy Lafleur
Guy Damien "The Flower" / "Le Démon Blond" Lafleur, OC, CQ is a former Canadian professional ice hockey player who is widely regarded as one of the most naturally gifted and popular players ever to play professional ice hockey...
and Marcel Dionne
Marcel Dionne
Marcel Elphege "Little Beaver" Dionne is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey centre who played 18 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Detroit Red Wings, Los Angeles Kings and New York Rangers...
. In the 1974 Memorial Cup
Memorial Cup
The Memorial Cup is a junior ice hockey club championship trophy awarded annually to the Canadian Hockey League champion. It is awarded following a four-team, round robin tournament between a host team and the champions of the CHL's three member leagues: the Ontario Hockey League , Quebec Major...
tournament the Black Hawks would square up against the Regina Pats
Regina Pats
The Regina Pats are a junior ice hockey team that plays in the Western Hockey League. The Pats are based out of Regina, Saskatchewan and the Brandt Centre is their home arena.-History:...
and a rematch versus the Quebec Remparts.
Hap Emms
Hap Emms
Leighton A. "Hap" Emms was a Canadian ice hockey player, coach, owner, general manager and pioneer of the game. Emms was as controversial as he was successful during close to 60 years in hockey...
bought the Black Hawks in 1972 and for the next four years attendance declined to the point that Emms refused to suffer any more losses and moved the club to Niagara Falls in 1976, rejuvenating the name of the previous Niagara Falls Flyers
Niagara Falls Flyers
----The Niagara Falls Flyers were two junior ice hockey franchises that played in the top tier in the Ontario Hockey Association. The first, a Junior "A" team existed from 1960 until 1972, and the second in Tier I Junior "A" from 1976 until 1982....
team which Emms had also owned.
Many blamed the poor support for the clubs on Emms’ failure to promote the team, but there were extenuating factors such as the attraction of the nearby Buffalo Sabres, expanded TV coverage of hockey and Tier II hockey in the area.
Richardson Cup 1971
The Eastern Canadian championship of 1971 was the most controversial of the series ever played for the Richardson Cup. It was also the last Eastern Canadian championship to be played before the Memorial CupMemorial Cup
The Memorial Cup is a junior ice hockey club championship trophy awarded annually to the Canadian Hockey League champion. It is awarded following a four-team, round robin tournament between a host team and the champions of the CHL's three member leagues: the Ontario Hockey League , Quebec Major...
tournament began in 1972.
The series that featured future NHL stars Guy Lafleur
Guy Lafleur
Guy Damien "The Flower" / "Le Démon Blond" Lafleur, OC, CQ is a former Canadian professional ice hockey player who is widely regarded as one of the most naturally gifted and popular players ever to play professional ice hockey...
and Marcel Dionne
Marcel Dionne
Marcel Elphege "Little Beaver" Dionne is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey centre who played 18 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Detroit Red Wings, Los Angeles Kings and New York Rangers...
, never lived up to the potential on ice brilliance that could have been. Disputes off the ice and erupting violence abruped the series before it was finished.
The Black Hawks and Remparts series was intense on many levels. Besides the strong rivalry between Anglophone
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
and Francophone
Francophone
The adjective francophone means French-speaking, typically as primary language, whether referring to individuals, groups, or places. Often, the word is used as a noun to describe a natively French-speaking person....
hockey teams and Canadian citizens in general, there was unfinished business between Marcel Dionne and the Remparts coach Maurice Filion
Maurice Filion
Maurice Filion is a former Canadian ice hockey coach. He was head coach of the Quebec Nordiques in 1981 as well as two other occasions when the franchise was in the World Hockey Association.-Coaching record:...
. Dionne had been coached by Filion in 1968 as a member of the Drummondville Rangers
Drummondville Rangers
The Drummondville Rangers were a junior ice hockey team that played in Drummondville, Quebec. They originally played in the Quebec Junior Hockey League, but became a founding member of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League in 1969. They were originally affiliated with the New York Rangers. They...
of the Quebec Junior Hockey League. When the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League formed in 1969, Dionne departed to play in the OHA, which was seen as a higher-calibre level of competition, to hone his skills. Filion vowed revenge against his OHA team. This rivalry was further fueled by the desire of Francophone nationalists to have a Canadian champion from a Quebec team in a Quebec-based league.
The Remparts won the first game 4-2 played in St. Catharines and televised by closed circuit to over 8,000 spectators in Quebec arenas. Despite the win, Filion complained about the referee bias against his players, calling it anti-Francophone. The Black Hawks won game 2 by a score of 8-3, to tie the series at 1 game each.
Game 3 was played in the Colisée de Québec to an overflow crowd, seeing the Remparts win 3-1. There were a total of 102 penalty minutes called, 77 of those were against the Black Hawks. Brian MacKenize of St. Catharines would be suspended for one game after confronting a linesman.
The next game of the series was uglier than the last game. Another overflow crowd saw the Remparts win game 4 by a score of 6-1. As the game wore on, more and more fights broke out on the ice, involving players leaving the penalty box to join the fray. The St. Catharines players were escorted off the ice by police amidst the hurling of debris from Quebec fans. After the game an angry mob surrounded the St. Catharines team bus on its way to the motel, and was given a police escort to safety. The mob circled the motel until the early hours of the morning.
Game 5 was played on neutral ice at Maple Leaf Gardens
Maple Leaf Gardens
Maple Leaf Gardens is an indoor arena that was converted into a Loblawssupermarket and Ryerson University athletic centre in Toronto, on the northwest corner of Carlton Street and Church Street in Toronto's Garden District.One of the temples of hockey, it was home to the Toronto Maple Leafs of the...
in Toronto, which the Black Hawks won 6-3 to narrow the series 3 games to 2 for Quebec. That was the last game played.
The parents of the St. Catharines players refused to send their children back to Quebec City for fear of the violence that occurred after game four. The Remparts refused to play anywhere else but their home rink, including any neutral ice in the province of Quebec. The problem was further confounded with threats surfacing from the FLQ (Front de libération du Québec)
Front de libération du Québec
The Front de libération du Québec was a left-wing Quebecois nationalist and Marxist-Leninist paramilitary group in Quebec, Canada. It was active between 1963 and 1970, and was regarded as a terrorist organization for its violent methods of action...
against St. Catharines players.
CAHA president Dawson declared the series to be over when no further compromise could be reached, and he had received official notice from St. Catharines that the team would not return to the Colisée. As a result, the Remparts went on to compete for the Memorial Cup
Memorial Cup
The Memorial Cup is a junior ice hockey club championship trophy awarded annually to the Canadian Hockey League champion. It is awarded following a four-team, round robin tournament between a host team and the champions of the CHL's three member leagues: the Ontario Hockey League , Quebec Major...
by default, which they won, defeating the Edmonton Oil Kings.
Memorial Cup 1974
In the 1974 Memorial CupMemorial Cup
The Memorial Cup is a junior ice hockey club championship trophy awarded annually to the Canadian Hockey League champion. It is awarded following a four-team, round robin tournament between a host team and the champions of the CHL's three member leagues: the Ontario Hockey League , Quebec Major...
tournament the Black Hawks would square up against the Regina Pats and a rematch versus the Quebec Remparts. St. Catharines was undefeated through the OHA playoffs to reach the Memorial Cup, eliminating the Oshawa Generals
Oshawa Generals
The Oshawa Generals are a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League. They are based in Oshawa, Ontario. The team is named for General Motors, an early sponsor which has its Canadian headquarters in Oshawa. The Generals are one of the most successful franchises in Canadian Hockey League...
, Toronto Marlboros
Toronto Marlboros
The Toronto Marlborough Athletic Club, commonly known as the Toronto Marlboros, was founded in 1903. It operated a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey Association and Ontario Hockey League from 1904 to 1989...
and Peterborough Petes
Peterborough Petes
The Peterborough Petes are a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League. The team has played in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, since 1956, and is the oldest continuously operating team in the league.-History:...
in the process, with a tie against Peterborough in the finals being the only blemish on their record.
The entire cup series would be played in Calgary, Alberta at the Stampede Corral
Stampede Corral
The Stampede Corral is an ice hockey, rodeo, and Davis Cup tennis arena venue in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The arena was completed in 1950 at a cost of C$1.25 million to replace Victoria Arena as the home of the Calgary Stampeders Hockey Club...
. This venue was much to the liking of St. Catharines players, who were not wanting to relive the Quebec City
Quebec City
Quebec , also Québec, Quebec City or Québec City is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in Quebec after Montreal, which is about to the southwest...
experience from 3 years ago. St. Catharines played a strong defensive game to open the tournament, getting some vengeance from three years ago. However, the Remparts scored 5 power play goals in the semi-final game and trounced the Black Hawks 11-3.
Game 1 St. Catharines 4 vs. Quebec Remparts 1
Game 2 Regina Pats 4 vs. St. Catharines 0
Game 3 Quebec Remparts 5 vs. Regina Pats 3
Semi-final Quebec Remparts 11 vs. St. Catharines 3
Final Regina Pats 7 vs. Quebec Remparts 4
The Black Hawks played two more seasons in the city, but uprooted and moved to nearby Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls, Ontario
Niagara Falls is a Canadian city on the Niagara River in the Golden Horseshoe region of Southern Ontario. The municipality was incorporated on June 12, 1903...
at the end of the 1975-76 season, becoming the second incarnation of the Niagara Falls Flyers
Niagara Falls Flyers
----The Niagara Falls Flyers were two junior ice hockey franchises that played in the top tier in the Ontario Hockey Association. The first, a Junior "A" team existed from 1960 until 1972, and the second in Tier I Junior "A" from 1976 until 1982....
.
Players
Two future Hockey Hall of Famers played for the St. Catharines Black Hawks. They are: two time OHA scoring champion Marcel DionneMarcel Dionne
Marcel Elphege "Little Beaver" Dionne is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey centre who played 18 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Detroit Red Wings, Los Angeles Kings and New York Rangers...
(1968–71) and Mike Gartner
Mike Gartner
Michael Alfred Gartner is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who played 19 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Washington Capitals, Minnesota North Stars, New York Rangers, Toronto Maple Leafs and Phoenix Coyotes...
in his rookie year (1975–76) before the team moved to Niagara Falls. In total 61 St. Catharines Black Hawks Alumni graduated to the NHL.
Award winners
- 1963–64 - Fred Stanfield, William Hanley TrophyWilliam Hanley TrophyThe William Hanley Trophy is awarded to the Ontario Hockey League's Most Sportsmanlike Player. It is named for William Hanley, a former secretary-manager of the Ontario Hockey Association who served in that capacity for twenty-five years...
(Humanitarian of the Year) - 1964–65 - Ken Hodge, Eddie Powers Memorial TrophyEddie Powers Memorial TrophyThe Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy is awarded annually to the top scorer in the Ontario Hockey League. The trophy was donated by the Toronto Marlboro Athletic Club in memory of Edward Powers, and was first awarded to Tod Sloan of St...
(Scoring Champion) - 1966–67 - Peter McDuffe, Dave Pinkney TrophyDave Pinkney TrophyThe Dave Pinkney Trophy is awarded to the goaltenders of the team that has the best team goals-against-average in the Ontario Hockey League.-Winners:*2009–10 J.P. Anderson & Mickael Audette, Mississauga St. Michael's Majors...
(Lowest Team GAA) - 1969–70 - Marcel Dionne, Eddie Powers Memorial TrophyEddie Powers Memorial TrophyThe Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy is awarded annually to the top scorer in the Ontario Hockey League. The trophy was donated by the Toronto Marlboro Athletic Club in memory of Edward Powers, and was first awarded to Tod Sloan of St...
(Scoring Champion) - 1970–71 - Marcel Dionne, Eddie Powers Memorial TrophyEddie Powers Memorial TrophyThe Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy is awarded annually to the top scorer in the Ontario Hockey League. The trophy was donated by the Toronto Marlboro Athletic Club in memory of Edward Powers, and was first awarded to Tod Sloan of St...
(Scoring Champion) - 1973–74 - Dave Gorman, Jim Mahon Memorial TrophyJim Mahon Memorial TrophyThe Jim Mahon Memorial Trophy is named in honor of Jim Mahon and given to the Ontario Hockey League right winger with the most points in the regular season. Mahon was a very gifted athlete even as a young child. He played minor league ice hockey in Essex, Ontario...
(Top Scoring Right Winger)
NHL alumni
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Yearly results
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Games | Won | Lost | Tied | Points | Pct % | Goals for |
Goals against |
Standing |
| 1962–63 | 50 | 15 | 24 | 11 | 41 | 0.410 | 172 | 224 | 5th OHA |
| 1963–64 | 56 | 29 | 20 | 7 | 65 | 0.580 | 244 | 215 | 3rd OHA |
| 1964–65 | 56 | 19 | 28 | 9 | 41 | 0.420 | 236 | 253 | 7th OHA |
| 1965–66 | 48 | 15 | 26 | 7 | 37 | 0.385 | 182 | 231 | 8th OHA |
| 1966–67 | 48 | 19 | 20 | 9 | 47 | 0.490 | 175 | 155 | 5th OHA |
| 1967–68 | 54 | 21 | 30 | 3 | 45 | 0.417 | 200 | 211 | 6th OHA |
| 1968–69 | 54 | 31 | 11 | 12 | 74 | 0.685 | 296 | 206 | 2nd OHA |
| 1969–70 | 54 | 30 | 18 | 6 | 66 | 0.611 | 268 | 210 | 3rd OHA |
| 1970–71 | 62 | 40 | 17 | 5 | 85 | 0.685 | 343 | 236 | 2nd OHA |
| 1971–72 | 63 | 25 | 31 | 7 | 57 | 0.452 | 258 | 311 | 7th OHA |
| 1972–73 | 63 | 24 | 28 | 11 | 59 | 0.468 | 280 | 318 | 5th OHA |
| 1973–74 | 70 | 41 | 23 | 6 | 88 | 0.629 | 358 | 278 | 2nd OHA |
| 1974–75 | 70 | 30 | 33 | 7 | 67 | 0.479 | 284 | 300 | 6th OHA |
| 1975–76 | 66 | 16 | 40 | 10 | 42 | 0.318 | 283 | 366 | 5th Emms |
Playoffs
- 1962–63 Out of playoffs.
- 1963–64 Defeated Oshawa Generals 8 points to 4 in quarter-finals.
Lost to Montreal Junior Canadiens 9 points to 5 in semi-finals. - 1964–65 Lost to Peterborough Petes 8 points to 2 in quarter-finals.
- 1965–66 Lost to Oshawa Generals 8 points to 6 in quarter-finals.
- 1966–67 Lost to Kitchener Rangers 9 points to 3 in quarter-finals.
- 1967–68 Lost to Montreal Junior Canadiens 9 points to 1 in quarter-finals.
- 1968–69 Defeated Toronto Marlboros 8 points to 4 in quarter-finals.
Defeated Niagara Falls Flyers 8 points to 6 in semi-finals.
Lost to Montreal Junior Canadiens 9 points to 1 in finals. - 1969–70 Defeated Kitchener Rangers 8 points to 4 in quarter-finals.
Lost to Montreal Junior Canadiens 8 points to 0 in semi-finals. - 1970–71 Defeated Kitchener Rangers 8 point to 0 in quarter-finals.
Defeated Montreal Junior Canadiens 9 points to 5 in semi-finals.
Defeated Toronto Marlboros 8 points to 0 in finals. OHA CHAMPIONS
Lost to Quebec Remparts by forfeit in Richardson Trophy playoff series. - 1971–72 Lost to Peterborough Petes 8 points to 2 in quarter-finals.
- 1972–73 Lost to Toronto Marlboros 8 points to 0 in quarter-finals.
- 1973–74 Defeated Oshawa Generals 9 points to 1 in quarter-finals.
Defeated Toronto Marlboros 8 points to 0 in semi-finals.
Defeated Peterborough Petes 9 points to 1 in finals. OHA CHAMPIONS
Lost in Memorial Cup semi-final to Quebec Remparts. - 1974–75 Lost to Hamilton Fincups 8 points to 0 in quarter-finals.
- 1975–76 Lost to Kitchener Rangers 6 points to 2 in first round.
Arena
The St. Catharines Black Hawks played in the Garden City Arena in downtown St. Catharines, Ontario from 1962–1976.- Garden City Arena - OHL Arena & Travel Guide