The Stratford Kroehlers were a junior ice hockey

Junior ice hockey

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 team that played in the Ontario Hockey Association

Ontario Hockey League

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. The Kroehlers were named for the Kroehler Furniture Company, a local manufacturer and team sponsor. The team played at the Stratford Arena, now known as the William Allman Memorial Arena

William Allman Memorial Arena

The William Allman Memorial Arena, originally Stratford Arena, is an ice hockey arena in Stratford, Ontario. It was built in 1924. It was used by the Stratford Kroehlers of the Ontario Hockey League up until 1951, and is currently home to the Stratford Cullitons.The arena is widely considered one...

, in Stratford, Ontario

Stratford, Ontario

Stratford is a city on the Avon River in Perth County in southwestern Ontario, Canada with a population of 32,000.When the area was first settled by Europeans in 1832, the townsite and the river were named after Stratford-upon-Avon, England. It is the seat of Perth County. Stratford was...

.

Before 1942, the team was known as the Stratford Midgets

Stratford Midgets

The Stratford Midgets were a junior ice hockey team that played in the Ontario Hockey Association. The team played at the Stratford Arena, now known as the William Allman Memorial Arena, in Stratford, Ontario....

, and briefly as the Stratford Kist. The Kroehlers entered the OHA in 1942 and played until the team folded in 1951. There was a brief hiatus for two seasons near the end of World War II

World War II

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. In the 1947-48 season, George Armstrong won the Red Tilson Trophy

Red Tilson Trophy

The Red Tilson Trophy is an annual award given to the most outstanding player in the Ontario Hockey League. The award is voted on by OHL writers and broadcasters, and is named for Red Tilson, a former played for the Oshawa Generals who was killed in service in the Second World War...

 as the OHA's most outstanding player, and the Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy

Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy

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 as the league's top scorer.

NHL alumni

Two former Kroehlers have been inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame

Hockey Hall of Fame

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: George Armstrong as a player and Howie Meeker

Howie Meeker

Howard William Meeker, C.M. is a former right winger in the National Hockey League, youth coach and educator in ice hockey and television sports announcer as well as a former Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament...

as a broadcaster.

1942-1944		1946-1951
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Yearly Results

Season	Games	Won	Lost	Tied	Points	Pct %	Goals For	Goals Against	Standing
1942-43	25	7	9	9	24	0.438	75	78	4th OHA
1943-44	25	7	16	2	16	0.304	99	154	5th Group 2
1946-47	36	22	14	0	44	0.611	164	108	4th OHA
1947-48	36	21	13	2	44	0.618	151	134	4th OHA
1948-49	48	25	21	2	52	0.543	190	200	5th OHA
1949-50	48	14	31	3	31	0.311	165	218	7th OHA
1950-51	54	20	28	6	46	0.417	200	230	8th OHA

External links

• William Allman Memorial Arena - The OHL Arena & Travel Guide
• Photo Album - William Allman Memorial Arena