Kitchener Dutchmen

Ice hockey team in Ontario, Canada

Kitchener Dutchmen

City| Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
League| Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League
Division| Mid-Western
Founded| 1956
Folded| 2020
Home arena| Kitchener Memorial Auditorium Complex
Colours| Blue, red, and white

General manager| Jeff Grimwood
Head coach| Greg Bignell (2015)
Affiliate| Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
Franchise history
1956–1969| Kitchener Greenshirts
1969–1988| Kitchener Ranger B's
1988–2020| Kitchener Dutchmen

The Kitchener Dutchmen were a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. They played in the Mid-Western division of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League. The Dutchmen turned into the Ayr Centennials.

## History

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The Kitchener Dutchmen franchise was founded in 1956 when the Junior A Kitchener Canucks were moved to become the Peterborough Petes. With the Canucks gone, the new Kitchener Greenshirts were founded as members of the Central Junior B Hockey League to fill the void left by their Junior A counterparts.

The Greenshirts changed their name to the "Ranger B's" in 1969 to better reflect their relationship with their parent club, the Kitchener Rangers who entered the market in 1963. The team started in the Central Junior B league, but as part of the 1971 geographic realignment, moved to the Western Junior B league. In 1973, the team joined the "Southwestern Junior "B" Hockey League", which became the "Waterloo-Wellington Junior "B" Hockey League" and then the Midwestern "B" in 1977. The team was a long-standing member of the league but relocated to Ayr in 2020.

An original charter member team, in 1992 the franchise became the first team in Mid-Western "B" history, other than the Waterloo Siskins and the Stratford Cullitons, to win the league and the Sutherland Cup. They won a second consecutive league title in 1993, but failed to come away with another Ontario Hockey Association title. The team did not miss the playoffs from 1979 until they relocated. The Dutchmen were a long time farm team for the Kitchener Rangers of the Ontario Hockey League.

On April 26, 2020, it was announced that the OHA had given approval for the Ayr Centennials to purchase the Dutchmen and move them to Ayr in order to promote the Centennials from Junior C to Junior B, effective starting in the 2020-21 season. This thus brought an end to the 63 years of Dutchmen hockey in Kitchener.[1]

## Season-by-season record

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

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1956–57 | 27 | 11 | 14 | 2 | — | 77 | 97 | 24 | 4th CJBHL |
1957–58 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 0 | — | 148 | 109 | 40 | 2nd CJBHL |
1958–59 | 30 | 7 | 23 | 0 | — | 83 | 175 | 14 | 6th CJBHL |
1959–60 | 30 | 4 | 25 | 1 | — | — | — | 9 | 5th CJBHL |
1960–61 | 30 | 15 | 15 | 0 | — | 168 | 175 | 30 | 3rd CJBHL |
1961–62 | 30 | 25 | 4 | 1 | — | 231 | 121 | 51 | 1st CJBHL |
1962–63 | 36 | 14 | 22 | 0 | — | 144 | 184 | 28 | 4th CJBHL |
1963–64 | 34 | 13 | 20 | 1 | — | 146 | 170 | 27 | 4th CJBHL |
1964–65 | 42 | 31 | 11 | 0 | — | 236 | 138 | 62 | 1st CJBHL | Won League, won Sutherland Cup
1965–66 | 38 | 30 | 8 | 0 | — | 281 | 149 | 60 | 1st CJBHL | Won League
1966–67 | 32 | 26 | 5 | 1 | — | 230 | 114 | 53 | 1st CJBHL | Won League, won Sutherland Cup
1967–68 | 40 | 19 | 17 | 4 | — | 197 | 186 | 42 | 3rd CJBHL | Won League
1968–69 | 36 | 24 | 7 | 5 | — | 246 | 130 | 53 | 1st CJBHL |
1969–70 | 40 | 23 | 13 | 4 | — | 243 | 191 | 50 | 2nd CJBHL |
1970–71 | 42 | 20 | 18 | 4 | — | 229 | 184 | 44 | 3rd CJBHL |
1971–72 | 40 | 28 | 8 | 4 | — | 242 | 158 | 60 | 1st WOJHL |
1972–73 | 41 | 12 | 22 | 7 | — | 191 | 235 | 31 | 7th WOJHL |
1973–74 | 40 | 23 | 13 | 4 | — | 242 | 172 | 50 | 2nd SWJBHL |
1974–75 | 40 | 25 | 11 | 4 | — | 264 | 176 | 54 | 2nd WWJHL |
1975–76 | 42 | 17 | 20 | 5 | — | 252 | 233 | 39 | 4th WWJHL | Lost semi-final
1976–77 | 40 | 20 | 17 | 3 | — | 216 | 207 | 43 | 3rd WWJHL |
1977–78 | 40 | 9 | 28 | 3 | — | 159 | 251 | 21 | 5th MWJBHL | Did not qualify
1978–79 | 42 | 12 | 23 | 7 | — | 167 | 229 | 31 | 6th MWJBHL | Did not qualify
1979–80 | 42 | 15 | 20 | 7 | — | 186 | 219 | 37 | 3rd MWJBHL | Lost semi-final
1980–81 | 42 | 21 | 20 | 1 | — | 217 | 206 | 43 | 4th MWJBHL | Lost final
1981–82 | 42 | 29 | 13 | 0 | — | 266 | 177 | 58 | 3rd MWJBHL | Lost final
1982–83 | 42 | 23 | 19 | 0 | — | 257 | 228 | 46 | 4th MWJBHL | Lost semi-final
1983–84 | 42 | 18 | 25 | 0 | — | 200 | 223 | 36 | 5th MWJBHL | Lost quarter-final
1984–85 | 42 | 22 | 18 | 2 | — | 202 | 192 | 44 | 5th MWJBHL | Lost quarter-final
1985–86 | 40 | 18 | 20 | 2 | — | 229 | 206 | 38 | 4th MWJBHL | Lost semi-final
1986–87 | 41 | 22 | 18 | 1 | — | 222 | 206 | 45 | 4th MWJBHL | Lost semi-final
1987–88 | 48 | 23 | 24 | 1 | — | 236 | 249 | 47 | 5th MWJBHL | Lost quarter-final
1988–89 | 48 | 11 | 35 | 2 | — | 184 | 290 | 24 | 8th MWJBHL | Lost quarter-final
1989–90 | 48 | 21 | 26 | 1 | — | 225 | 224 | 43 | 6th MWJBHL | Lost quarter-final
1990–91 | 48 | 24 | 23 | 1 | — | 190 | 200 | 49 | 6th MWJBHL | Lost quarter-final
1991–92 | 48 | 39 | 6 | 3 | — | 270 | 134 | 81 | 1st MWJBHL | Won League, won Sutherland Cup
1992–93 | 48 | 41 | 7 | 0 | — | 339 | 168 | 82 | 1st MWJBHL | Won League
1993–94 | 48 | 17 | 29 | 2 | — | 178 | 220 | 36 | 7th MWJBHL | Lost quarter-final
1994–95 | 48 | 17 | 27 | 4 | — | 203 | 229 | 38 | 8th MWJBHL | Lost semi-final
1995–96 | 48 | 28 | 16 | 4 | — | 269 | 178 | 60 | 5th MWJBHL | Lost semi-final
1996–97 | 48 | 30 | 13 | 5 | — | 256 | 165 | 65 | 3rd MWJBHL | Lost semi-final
1997–98 | 48 | 30 | 15 | 3 | — | 259 | 128 | 63 | 4th MWJBHL | Lost quarter-final
1998–99 | 48 | 20 | 22 | 6 | — | 216 | 219 | 46 | 6th MWJBHL | Lost quarter-final
1999–00 | 48 | 27 | 20 | 1 | — | 218 | 185 | 55 | 5th MWJBHL | Lost quarter-final
2000–01 | 48 | 26 | 19 | 3 | — | 235 | 179 | 55 | 6th MWJBHL | Lost quarter-final
2001–02 | 48 | 17 | 28 | 3 | — | 160 | 178 | 37 | 7th MWJBHL |
2002–03 | 48 | 29 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 231 | 148 | 65 | 2nd MWJBHL | Lost final
2003–04 | 48 | 31 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 188 | 153 | 67 | 2nd MWJBHL | Lost final
2004–05 | 48 | 31 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 178 | 118 | 66 | 1st MWJBHL |
2005–06 | 48 | 24 | 24 | 0 | — | 169 | 161 | 48 | 7th MWJBHL | Lost quarter-final
2006–07 | 48 | 21 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 158 | 162 | 46 | 5th MWJBHL | Lost quarter-final
2007–08 | 48 | 21 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 167 | 163 | 48 | 6th GOJHL-MW | Lost Conf. Quarter-final
2008–09 | 52 | 34 | 14 | — | 4 | 240 | 172 | 72 | 2nd GOJHL-MW | Lost Conf. Final
2009–10 | 51 | 16 | 34 | — | 1 | 153 | 231 | 33 | 8th GOJHL-MW | Lost Conf. Quarter-final
2010–11 | 51 | 25 | 24 | — | 2 | 179 | 164 | 52 | 6th GOJHL-MW |
2011–12 | 51 | 10 | 33 | — | 8 | 148 | 223 | 28 | 8th GOJHL-MW | Lost Conf. Quarter-final
2012–13 | 51 | 28 | 19 | — | 4 | 175 | 172 | 60 | 3rd GOJHL-MW | Lost Conf. Semi-final
2013–14 | 49 | 36 | 8 | — | 5 | 180 | 103 | 77 | 1st GOJHL-MW | Lost Conf. Semi-final
2014–15 | 49 | 34 | 11 | — | 4 | 201 | 157 | 72 | 2nd GOJHL-MW | Won Conf. Quarters, 4–1 (Cyclones)
Lost Conf. Semis, 1–4 (Cullitons)
2015–16 | 50 | 44 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 244 | 123 | 90 | 1st of 9-MW
1st of 26-GOJHL | Won Conf. Quarters, 4–1 (99ers)
Lost Conf. Semis, 1–4 (Siskins)
2016–17 | 50 | 30 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 196 | 155 | 65 | 3rd of 9-MW
9th of 27-GOJHL | Won Conf. Quarters, 4–1 (Cullitons)
Lost Conf. Semis, 2–4 (Sugar Kings)
2017–18 | 50 | 24 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 160 | 163 | 51 | 5th of 8-MW
15th of 26 GOJHL | Lost Conf. Quarters, 3-4 (Siskins)

## Sutherland Cup appearances

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Dutchmen goalie 2013-14 season.

1965: Kitchener Greenshirts defeated Etobicoke Indians 4-games-to-2
1967: Kitchener Greenshirts defeated Dixie Beehives 4-games-to-2
1992: Kitchener Dutchmen defeated Milton Merchants 4-games-to-1
1993: Barrie Colts defeated Kitchener Dutchmen 4-games-to-none

## George S. Dudley Trophy Super "C" appearances

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1971: Woodstock Navy-Vets defeated Kitchener Ranger B's 4-games-to-2
1973: Woodstock Navy-Vets defeated Kitchener Ranger B's 4-games-to-3 with 1 tie

## Notable alumni

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Dutchmen player 2013-14 season. Dutchmen Logo until 2009.

* Chris Ahrens
* Jerry Byers
* Jonathan Cheechoo
* Dave Cressman
* Jack Egers
* Mike Hoffman
* Jim Krulicki
* Gary Kurt
* Don Maloney
* Joe McDonnell
* Rich Peverley
* Mike Robitaille
* Mark Scheifele
* Dan Seguin
* Scott Stevens
* Walt Tkaczuk
* Scott Walker
* Bennett Wolf

## References

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1. ^ Adams, Blair. "Kitchener Dutchmen moving to Ayr". CityNews Kitchener. Rogers Sports & Media. Archived from the original on 30 November 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2020.

## External links

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* Dutchmen Webpage

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