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24-705: Founded in 1960 as the Hespeler Shamrocks, the team became the Cambridge Shamrocks in 1979 due to a town amalgamation. In 1982, the Shamrocks were purchased by Joe Holody and moved to Guelph to become the farm team to the Guelph Platers (OHL). The team kept the "Platers" moniker until 1996, despite their parent club moving and stranding them to become the Owen Sound Platers in 1989. The team became known as

48-827: The CMC's until 1972, the Biltmore Mad Hatters until 1975, and then took on the name Platers. The Platers were promoted to the Ontario Hockey League in 1982 and moved to Owen Sound in 1989. The franchise played in the Guelph Memorial Gardens . The CMC's were founded as members of the Central Junior B Hockey League, now the Ontario Junior Hockey League , in 1968. In 1970, the CMC's merged with and took

72-662: The Canadian Hockey League . In 1986, the Guelph Platers caught the entire Canadian Hockey League off-guard. Led by coach Jacques Martin , the team reached the playoffs for the first time in franchise history by finishing second in the Emms Division (Western Conference). The Platers continued their hard work through the playoffs, winning the J. Ross Robertson Cup by defeating the Belleville Bulls 8 points to 4 in

96-568: The Portland Winter Hawks (hosts), Kamloops Blazers (WHL Champs) and the Hull Olympiques (QMJHL Champs. Guelph finished first in the round-robin and took a bye to the finals, where they would play the Hull Olympiques of the QMJHL for the championship. The surprise season ended with two pairs of surprise goals 11 and 13 seconds apart respectively. The Platers won the game 5–2 to capture

120-709: The 1971–72 season. In the Ontario Championship, they took on the Thunder Bay Vulcans of the now defunct Thunder Bay Junior Hockey League . The CMC's were leading 3-games-to-2 (5-4, 5–4, 3–7, 0–7, 6-2) when they won the series by default after the Vulcans discontinued. Moving onto the Eastern Canadian Final, the CMC's faced Charlottetown from the Island Junior Hockey League . The result of

144-754: The Beef King's place. Billy Taylor (ice hockey b. 1942) William Gordon Taylor (October 14, 1942 – September 8, 1979) was a professional ice hockey centre . He played two games in the National Hockey League with the New York Rangers during the 1964–65 season . The rest of his career, which lasted from 1960 to 1968, was spent in the minor leagues. He is the son of the former NHL hockey player, Billy Taylor Sr. Taylor spent most of his playing career in various minor leagues on various teams from 1960 to 1968. He managed to play only two games in

168-581: The Centennial Cup. Platers CMC's/Mad Hatters SOJHL Years OPJHL Years The Guelph Platers played at the Guelph Memorial Gardens located in downtown Guelph. The team and the arena played host to the OHL All-Star game in 1984. Demolition of the Gardens began in 2006. The City of Guelph was unhappy with the fact that their Junior A team had been moved to Kitchener in 1963. Left with only

192-688: The Fire in 1996 for four seasons before rebranding once again as the Dominators until 2009. The team first played in the Central Junior C Hockey League , a league now known as the Western Junior C Hockey League . In 1970, they joined the Mid-Ontario Junior B Hockey League , and in 1971 joined the new Central Junior B Hockey League , the precursor to the Ontario Junior Hockey League . In 1974 they moved to

216-843: The Guelph Biltmore Mad Hatters. The Biltmores won the SOJHL championship again in 1975, then defeated the Smiths Falls Bears of the Central Junior A Hockey League in 6 games (8-3, 3–4, 7–2, 6–4, 3–6, 5-2) to reach the Centennial Cup finals a second time. The Biltmores were defeated 4-games-to-2 (3-4, 2–3, 4–1, 5–2, 6–3, 6-5 OT) by the Spruce Grove Mets of the Alberta Junior Hockey League . The 1975 Biltmores were bolsterted on defence by late season pick-up Craig Hartsburg of Minnesota North Stars fame. Following

240-654: The Guelph CMC's at the OHA Junior B level, the City jumped at the 1968 offer of the newly-renegade Western Ontario Junior A Hockey League to give the city a new Junior A team. After a pair of losing seasons and a name change to the Beef Kings, the league was reincorporated into the OHA as a Tier II Junior A league and the franchise being bought out by the CMC's. From that point on, the CMC's took

264-629: The Guelph Holody Platers. The team remained in the SOJHL for the next two years, finishing first both times. The SOJHL folded in 1977. Two of its four teams, Guelph and the Hamilton Mountain A's , became part of the Ontario Hockey Association Junior "A" League . The Platers, featuring future Montreal Canadiens goaltender Brian Hayward , won the 1977–78 Manitoba Centennial Trophy as national Junior 'A' champions. It

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288-758: The Memorial Cup. Fame was short-lived for the Platers however. The team suffered through more losing seasons with poor attendance. After the 1988–89 season, the Holodys moved the team to Owen Sound , Ontario , retaining the name "Platers". Alec Campagnaro was given the Bill Long Award for distinguished service to the OHL in 1989. Jacques Martin was a former NCAA goalie turned coach. In his one year in Guelph, he completely turned around

312-618: The Waterloo-Wellington Junior B League, which, in 1977, became the Midwestern Junior Hockey League and have been there ever since. During the mid to late 90s the Guelph Platers operated as the "farm team" for the Guelph Storm . They would wear the same colour scheme as the original team (with the classic lightning bolt theme) and played out of Guelph Memorial Gardens. While the team generally did not fare well on

336-524: The final. Guelph travelled to the Memorial Cup that year, bringing home the national championship to complete their Cinderella season. The Memorial Cup championship of 1986 was hosted by the Western Hockey League , with games originally scheduled for New Westminster, British Columbia , but were switched to Portland, Oregon due to a hotel shortage caused by Expo '86 . Their opponents would be

360-621: The franchise making them into national champions. He was awarded the Matt Leyden Trophy as OHL Coach of the year in 1986. The following year he was hired as the head coach of the NHL St. Louis Blues . 18 - Paul Fendley , a member of the SOJAHL 's Guelph CMC's who died in an on-ice accident at Guelph Memorial Gardens in 1972. His number has not been issued to a player since, by the Guelph CMC's, Guelph Platers, or Guelph Storm. Paul Fendley's number

384-407: The game. He tried to catch his balance while still handling the puck and lost his helmet in the process, falling and striking the bare back of his head on the ice. Fendley was the 1972 SOJHL Leading Scorer with 20 goals and 24 assists in 43 games. He also scored 14 goals and 18 assists in 26 playoff games before his accident. The game in which he was fatally injured was the final and clinching game of

408-627: The ice during most of this period, they had several players drafted into the OHL, receive walk-on tryouts to Major Junior teams, and US college scholarships. Eventually the Platers would become the Guelph Fire. This lasted just four seasons before the team was purchased by a local pizza shop owner who rebranded the team as the Guelph Dominators. In 2009, the Dominators became the Guelph Hurricanes, calling Sleeman Centre home. In May 2018, it

432-657: The last season for the Platers in the OHA-A. As they won their second Dudley Hewitt Cup, they were announced as the latest expansion team of the Ontario Hockey League. After being turned down as an OHL expansion team in 1981, Guelph was approved the next year for the 1982–83 season. Guelph's first season in the OHL was dismal. The team set OHL records at the time for losing 63 of their 70 games, for most home and away losses, and most goals against in one season with 555. All of these records have since been surpassed by other teams in

456-829: The place of the Guelph Beef Kings of the Western Junior "A" Hockey League (formerly the Western Division of the Big 10). The league was reincorporated into the Ontario Hockey Association and changed its name to the Southern Ontario Junior A Hockey League for the 1970–71 season. CMC was an acronym for Central Mechanical Contractors. After two years playing in the SOJHL, the CMC's won the Junior 'A' league title, in

480-500: The season, the Biltmores were bought by the Holody family, the owners of a local electroplating company. The Holodys changed the team name to the Guelph Holody Platers. In 1975, the Biltmores of the Southern Ontario Junior A Hockey League (SOJHL) were bought by Guelph , Ontario 's wealthy Holody family, the owners of a local electroplating company. The Holodys changed the team name to

504-578: The series was a four-game sweep (5-2, 6–3, 5–2, 5-2), in favour of Guelph. Guelph travelled to the Centennial Cup versus the Red Deer Rustlers of the Alberta Junior Hockey League . The CMC's swept the Rustlers (4-2, 3–2, 3–1, 3-0), taking the National title. The team was coached by Bill Taylor and starred Paul Fendley, Doug Risebrough , and John Van Boxmeer . In 1972 the CMC's changed their names to

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528-606: Was announced the Hurricanes were relocating back to Cambridge , taking over the market recently occupied by the Cambridge Winter Hawks who left the league in 2017. Guelph Platers The Guelph Platers were a junior ice hockey team based in Guelph , Ontario, Canada. The team played in the Ontario Hockey League , Ontario Junior Hockey League , and Southern Ontario Junior A Hockey League . They were originally known as

552-446: Was officially retired on Nov 15, 2008. Paul Fendley of Georgetown, Ontario was a member of the 1971-72 Guelph CMC's who died as a result of an on ice accident at Guelph Memorial Gardens during Guelph's Centennial Cup 1972 victory. The 19-year-old player died at Kitchener-Waterloo General Hospital on May 8, 1972, seventy-three hours after striking his head on the arena ice. Fendley was checked by an opponent with 11 minutes to play in

576-514: Was the second national title for the franchise, which had also won the Centennial Cup in 1972 as the CMC's. In 1978–79, the Platers became the first team to win the Dudley Hewitt Cup as provincial champions. In the 1980–81 season, the Platers reached the Tier II championship for southern Ontario, but were defeated by another future OHL team, the Belleville Bulls . The 1981–82 season proved to be

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