Hanover Barons

Canadian junior ice hockey team

Hanover Barons

City| Hanover, Ontario
League| Provincial Junior Hockey League[1]
Conference| North
Division| Pollock
Founded| Circa 1964[2]
Home arena| P&H Centre
Colours| Red, Yellow, and White[3]
General manager| Pete Irwin
Head coach| Brady Anderson
Franchise history
1964[2]-1972:[4] Hanover Hurricanes[4]
1972-Present:[5] Hanover Barons[5]
Championships
League champions| 1971, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 2001, 2003, 2024, 2025
Clarence Schmalz Cups| 1991, 2025

The Hanover Barons are a junior ice hockey team based in Hanover, Ontario, Canada.[5] They play out of the Provincial Junior Hockey League - Pollock Division.[1] The Barons spent the 2009–10 season in the neighbouring town of Durham, Ontario while their new arena was being built in Hanover.

## History

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The Hanover Hurricanes originated in the Western Junior C Hockey League in the mid-1960s.[2] In 1968, they made the jump to the Western Junior D Hockey League,[4] 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.[6] 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.[7]

In the 1980s, the league became the Grey-Bruce Junior "C" Hockey League.[5] 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.[5]

In 1989, the Barons made it to the All-Ontario Final and lost to the Bradford Bulls 4-games-to-2.[8] In 1991, the Barons won their first and only Clarence Schmalz Cup as All-Ontario Champions, defeating the Orangeville Crushers 4-games-to-3.[8] In 1993, the Barons made it to the Final again and lost out to the Napanee Raiders 4-games-to-2.[8]

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 the 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.[9]

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.[9]

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.[9]

For the 2009–10 season, the Barons played in neighbouring Durham, Ontario while awaiting the building of their new arena in Hanover.

## Season-by-season standings

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Season | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | P | Results | Playoffs

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1964-65 | 30 | 7 | 23 | 0 | - | 110 | 195 | 14 | 10th CJCHL |
1965-66 | 32 | 18 | 11 | 3 | - | 164 | 145 | 39 | 4th CJCHL |
1966-67 | 24 | 12 | 9 | 3 | - | 141 | 107 | 27 | 3rd WJCHL |
1967-70 | Statistics Not Available
1970-71 | 32 | 21 | 9 | 2 | - | \-- | \-- | 44 | 2nd WJCHL | Won League, lost CSC SF
1971-72 | Statistics Not Available
1972-73 | 30 | 12 | 17 | 1 | - | \-- | \-- | 25 | 7th CJCHL |
1973-74 | 33 | 9 | 19 | 5 | - | 140 | 185 | 23 | 6th CJCHL |
1974-75 | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | - | 162 | 139 | 39 | 2nd CJCHL II |
1975-76 | 31 | 2 | 27 | 2 | - | 117 | 252 | 6 | 5th CJCHL II |
1976-77 | 36 | 0 | 35 | 1 | - | 70 | 529 | 1 | 7th CJCHL |
1977-78 | 34 | 7 | 26 | 1 | - | 114 | 255 | 15 | 5th CJCHL |
1978-79 | 30 | 5 | 22 | 3 | - | 112 | 199 | 13 | 7th CJCHL |
1979-80 | 28 | 8 | 18 | 2 | - | 121 | 168 | 18 | 6th CJCHL |
1980-81 | 30 | 9 | 17 | 4 | - | 157 | 209 | 22 | 7th GBJCHL |
1981-82 | 30 | 3 | 26 | 1 | - | 80 | 178 | 7 | 7th GBJCHL |
1982-83 | 30 | 14 | 14 | 2 | - | 130 | 134 | 30 | 3rd GBJCHL |
1983-84 | 30 | 15 | 12 | 3 | - | 168 | 138 | 34 | 4th GBJCHL |
1984-85 | 30 | 28 | 0 | 2 | - | 207 | 106 | 58 | 1st GBJCHL | Won League, lost CSC QF
1985-86 | 30 | 24 | 2 | 4 | - | 226 | 96 | 52 | 1st GBJCHL | Won League, lost CSC QF
1986-87 | 25 | 23 | 2 | 0 | - | 262 | 75 | 46 | 1st GBJCHL | Won League, lost CSC SF
1987-88 | 30 | 25 | 2 | 3 | - | 204 | 111 | 53 | 1st GBJCHL | Won League, lost CSC SF
1988-89 | 30 | 21 | 6 | 3 | - | 190 | 122 | 45 | 1st WJCHL | Won League, lost CSC Final
1989-90 | 30 | 22 | 6 | 2 | - | 209 | 100 | 46 | 1st WJCHL | Won League, lost CSC QF
1990-91 | 30 | 24 | 4 | 2 | - | 205 | 89 | 50 | 1st WJCHL | Won League
Won CSC Final
Schmalz Cup Champions (1st)
1991-92 | 30 | 25 | 2 | 3 | - | 202 | 71 | 53 | 1st WJCHL | Won League, lost CSC QF
1992-93 | 29 | 26 | 1 | 2 | - | 240 | 78 | 54 | 1st WJCHL | Won League, lost CSC Final
1993-94 | 32 | 13 | 12 | 7 | - | \-- | \-- | 33 | 3rd WJCHL |
1994-95 | 30 | 18 | 8 | 4 | - | 148 | 127 | 40 | 2nd WJCHL |
1995-96 | 30 | 22 | 5 | 3 | - | 163 | 113 | 47 | 1st WJCHL |
1996-97 | 29 | 14 | 9 | 6 | - | 142 | 116 | 34 | 4th WJCHL |
1997-98 | 36 | 20 | 14 | 2 | - | 164 | 113 | 42 | 3rd WJCHL | Won quarter-final (Blackhawks)
Won semi-final (Patriots)
Lost final (Bulldogs)
1998-99 | 36 | 22 | 11 | 3 | - | 152 | 94 | 47 | 3rd WJCHL | Lost quarter-final 2-3 (Blackhawks)
1999-00* | 33 | 18 | 14 | 1 | - | 134 | 102 | 37 | 3rd WJCHL | Lost semi-final 3-4 (Ironmen)
2000-01 | 39 | 34 | 3 | 2 | - | 257 | 84 | 70 | 1st WJCHL | Won semi-final 4-0 (Hawks)
Won League4-1 (Bulldogs)
Won CSC quarter-final 4-1 (Devils)
Lost CSC SF 0-4 (Canadiens)
2001-02 | 35 | 26 | 7 | 2 | - | 171 | 96 | 54 | 2nd WJCHL | Won semi-final 4-1 (Ironmen)
Lost final 1-4 (Bulldogs)
2002-03 | 35 | 22 | 11 | - | 2 | 142 | 103 | 48 | 3rd WJCHL | Won quarter-final 3-0 (Wolves)
Won semi-final 4-1 (Hawks)
Won League 4-1 (Bulldogs)
Won CSC quarter-final 4-0 (Cougars)
Lost CSC SF 1-4 (Ice)
2003-04 | 34 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 112 | 124 | 34 | 3rd WJCHL | Won quarter-final 3-0 (Sailors)
Lost semi-final 2-4 (Bulldogs)
2004-05 | 40 | 15 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 164 | 181 | 33 | 3rd WJCHL | Lost semi-final 1-4 (Bulldogs)
2005-06 | 39 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 163 | 148 | 41 | 3rd WJCHL | Won quarter-final 2-0 (Patriots)
Lost semi-final 0-4 (Bulldogs)
2006-07 | 40 | 20 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 160 | 157 | 42 | 4th WJCHL | Won quarter-final 3-1 (Patriots)
Lost semi-final 1-4 (Hawks)
2007-08 | 39 | 23 | 12 | - | 4 | 210 | 155 | 50 | 3rd WJCHL | Won quarter-final 3-0 (Patriots)
Lost semi-final 0-4 (Hawks)
2008-09 | 36 | 23 | 11 | - | 2 | 178 | 116 | 48 | 3rd WJCHL | Won quarter-final 3-0 (Sailors)
Won semi-final 4-2 (Bulldogs)
Lost final 2-4 (Hawks)
2009-10 | 36 | 23 | 7 | - | 6 | 155 | 97 | 52 | 2nd WJCHL | Won quarter-final 3-0 (Sailors)
Won semi-final 4-2 (Hawks)
Lost final 3-4 (Hawks)
2010-11 | 36 | 17 | 16 | - | 3 | 178 | 165 | 37 | 5th WJCHL | Won quarter-final 3-1 (Bulldogs)
Lost semi-final 2-4 (Hawks)
2011-12 | 36 | 21 | 10 | - | 5 | 148 | 128 | 47 | 3rd WJCHL | Won quarter-final 4-0 (Patriots)
Lost semi-final 2-4 (Hawks)
2012-13 | 36 | 12 | 22 | - | 2 | 147 | 176 | 26 | 6th WJCHL | Lost quarter-final 2-4 (Hawks)
2013-14 | 35 | 7 | 25 | - | 3 | 105 | 194 | 17 | 6th WJCHL | Won quarter-final 4-3 (Patriots)
Lost semi-final 0-4 (Ironmen)
2014-15 | 36 | 19 | 16 | 1 | - | 144 | 131 | 39 | 3rd WJCHL | Won quarter-final 4-0 - (Flyers)
Lost semi-final 1-4 - (Hawks)
2015-16 | 36 | 14 | 22 | 0 | - | 138 | 143 | 28 | 6th of 7 WJCHL | Lost quarter-final 3-4 (Patriots)
2016-17 | 36 | 17 | 19 | 0 | - | 121 | 147 | 34 | 5th of 7
Pollock Div-PJHL | Won Div quarter-final 4-2 (Bulldogs)
Lost div semi-final 0-4 (Hawks)
2017-18 | 40 | 6 | 31 | 3 | - | 77 | 190 | 15 | 7th of 7
Pollock Div-PJHL | Lost Div quarter-final 1-4 (Hawks)
2018-19 | 42 | 15 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 127 | 135 | 36 | 4th of 7
Pollock Div-PJHL | Lost Div quarter-final 2-4 (Hawks)
2019-20 | 42 | 23 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 156 | 135 | 49 | 4th of 7
Pollock Div-PJHL | Lost Div Quarter-final 0-4 (Hawks)
2020-21 | Season Lost due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021-22 | 32 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 154 | 60 | 53 | 1st of 7
Pollock Div-PJHL | Won Div semi-final 4-0 (Ironmen)
Lost Div Final 3-4 (Hawks)
2022-23 | 42 | 26 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 151 | 105 | 56 | 3rd of 7
Pollock Div-PJHL | Won Div quarter-final 4-0 (Capitals)
Won Div semi-final - 4-1 (Hawks)
Lost division final 1-4 (Patriots)
2023-24 | 42 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 208 | 94 | 74 | 1st of 8
Pollock Div-PJHL | Won Div quarter-final 4-0 (Flyers)
Won Div semi-final 4-2 (Whalers)
Won Div. Final 4-3 (Patriots)
Won North Conference Final 4-1 (Hornets)
Lost CSC semi final 2-4 (Eagles)
2024-25 | 42 | 36 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 193 | 97 | 75 | 1st of 8 Pollock Div
2nd of 16 North Conf
3rd of 35 -PJHL | Won Div quarter-final 4-0 (Flyers)
Won Div semi-final 4-0 (Capitals)
Won Div. Final 4- 1 (Whalers)
Won North Conference 4-1 (Terriers)
Won CSC semi-final 4-3 (Raiders)
Won CSC Final 4-0 (73's)
Schmalz Cup Champions (2nd)

(*) The 1999–00 Season was altered drastically due to the folding of the Lakeshore Pirates. As a disproportionate number of games had been played by each team against Lakeshore, all history of these games were erased.[10]

* 1974–1981 & 1982–1996[11]
* 1981–1982[12]
* 1996–2004[13][14]
* 2004–present[15]

## Clarence Schmalz Cup appearances

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1989: Bradford Bulls defeated Hanover Barons 4-games-to-2[8]
1991: Hanover Barons defeated Orangeville Crushers 4-games-to-3[8]
1993: Napanee Raiders defeated Hanover Barons 4-games-to-2[8]
2025: Hanover Barons defeated Essex 73's 4-games-to-0[8]

## Notable alumni

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* Jeff MacMillan[16]
* Jordan Willis[17]
* Kevin Pollock[18] (NHL referee)
* Rob Hellyer (NLL Player)
* Kyle Maloney[19] (Professional poker player)

## References

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1. ^ a b Western C Teams | Western Junior C Hockey League | Junior C | Leagues | Ontario Hockey Association Archived 2008-05-09 at the Wayback Machine
2. ^ a b c London Free Press Sports Section, February 1965
3. ^ Welcome To The Home of the Hanover Barons
4. ^ a b c HanoverHurricanes
5. ^ a b c d e , Durham, Ontario (2009-10 Only)Hanover Barons
6. ^ Owen Sound Sun Times Sports section final standings
7. ^ Owen Sound Sun Times Sports section, February 1977
8. ^ a b c d e f g Ontario Hockey Association 2006-2007 Constitution, Regulations and Rules of Competition by The Ontario Hockey Association (2006)
9. ^ a b c Home | Ontario Hockey Association[permanent dead link]
10. ^ Owen Sound Sun Times Sports Section, November 1999.
11. ^ Owen Sound Sun Times Sports Section final standings
12. ^ London Free Press Sports Section final standings
13. ^ Mount Forest Confederate Sports Section final standings
14. ^ Owen Sound Sun Times Sports Section for Goal totals
15. ^ Home | Ontario Hockey Association[permanent dead link]
16. ^ Legends of Hockey – NHL Player Search – Player – Jeff MacMillan
17. ^ Legends of Hockey – NHL Player Search – Player – Jordan Willis
18. ^ "National Hockey League Officials Association – Members". Archived from the original on 2007-10-12. Retrieved 2008-04-05.
19. ^ "Kyle Maloney - Stats, Contract, Salary & More". www.eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 2025-06-17.

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