The Nipissing Alouettes were a Canadian Junior ice hockey team based out of Sturgeon Falls, Ontario . They played in the Greater Metro Junior 'A' Hockey League .
29-791: The Alouettes follow in the town's hockey tradition of the Sturgeon Falls Lynx who played in the town from 1994 until 2002 when they became the North Bay Skyhawks . The first game in the Alouettes' history took place on September 9, 2006, against the Richmond Hill Rams . The result was a 5–1 loss. The first goal in Alouette history was scored by Matt Mascarin. Justin Longchamps took the loss in goal in
58-480: A 9-0 destruction of the struggling Toronto Canada Moose. In April 2008, the Alouettes announced that Lui Ricci as the club's new head coach. Ricci spent the last part of the season with the Alouettes. He also brought in assistants Kevin Gauthier, Patrick Geary and former North Bay Centennial and NHLer Steve McLaren. In 2009, after the team's strongest season to date, the Alouettes ceased operations. A year later,
87-679: A large of majority of the interest was going towards the North Bay Battalion . Owner David Beauchamp was still being bankrolled by former owner Tim Clayden to meet team expenses, after he sold the Trappers and owned the Espanola Rivermen . With the lack of financial means, community support and sponsors, the Trappers ended up leaving North Bay at the end of the season and played their final games in Mattawa. Beauchamp claims
116-800: A new Thunder Bay -area league, called the Superior International Junior Hockey League , was founded. Late in the 2001–02 season the CJAHL informed all three leagues that instead of a series, the Dudley would be contested through a round-robin format. Initially, both the OPJHL and NOJHL threatened to boycott the DHC. The CJAHL announced that if the OPJHL and NOJHL did not send a champion, the SIJHL champion would move on by default to
145-671: A selection process with teams and centres bidding for the rights to host. Copeland-NcNamara Trophy champions of the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League , Salonen Cup champion from the Superior International Junior Hockey League and Buckland Cup winners of the Ontario Junior Hockey League compete in a round robin hosted by a predetermined host team and city to determine the Central Canadian champion. The winner of
174-590: Is a championship ice hockey trophy awarded to the Central Canadian Junior A champion. The trophy is currently decided by round robin tournament format, at the conclusion of the playoffs of the Ontario Junior Hockey League , Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League , and Superior International Junior Hockey League , to determine the central representative at the Centennial Cup , the national Junior A championship. The current format includes
203-832: The Charlottetown Islanders . In 1973, the St. Paul Vulcans of the Can-Am Junior Hockey League were mowed down by the Pembroke Lumber Kings in the Central semi-final. In 2007, the Soo Indians of the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League finished last in the round robin. At that point, no American team had made it to either the Centennial Cup or Royal Bank Cup round robin or final series. This changed on May 4, 2013 when
232-504: The Deseronto Thunder and Toronto Canada Moose . They drew the Richmond Hill Rams in the league quarter-final, but lost out 4-games-to-2. In their 2007–2008 season, the Alouettes welcomed an entirely new squad, having only 2 returning players, Mackenzie Charron and Kory Cashaback. The 1st ever shutout in Alouettes history was recorded on Friday, September 28 by Tristan Jones, making 30 saves and adding an assist on his way to
261-678: The Powassan Hawks , the team won two Dudley Hewitt Cups (1992 and 1993). In 2002, the year after the Ontario Hockey League 's North Bay Centennials moved to Saginaw, Michigan , North Bay bought the Sturgeon Falls Lynx. The team was known as the North Bay Skyhawks from 2002 to 2009. In the summer of 2009, the team was renamed the Trappers in the memory of the NOJHA 's North Bay Trappers (1962–1982) . The Powassan Hawks relocated to Sturgeon Falls, Ontario to be known as
290-750: The SIJHL 's Minnesota Wilderness defeated the OJHL 's St. Michael's Buzzers 4–3 in overtime to win the Dudley and gain entry into the 2013 Royal Bank Cup . Beforehand, the City of Sudbury and the Sudbury Cubs were slated to host the 2013 tournament, but was soon allocated to the City of North Bay and the North Bay Trappers because the Cubs owners backed out. The 2011 Dudley Hewitt Cup made history as for
319-565: The Sturgeon Falls Lumberjacks were founded to fill their void in the GMHL. This Ontario ice hockey team-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . North Bay Skyhawks The Hearst Lumberjacks are a Junior "A" ice hockey team from Hearst, Ontario , Canada, under new ownership for the 2017–18 season. They are a part of the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League (NOJHL). As
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#1732793797701348-818: The 2018 Dudley Hewitt Cup. The 2019 edition of the Dudley Hewitt Cup was hosted in Cochrane, Ontario , of the NOJHL, after the Cochrane Crunch and the Timmins Rock were the only teams to submit bids. In early January 2019, the Wellington Dukes were awarded the 2020 Dudley-Hewitt Cup tournament, but shortly afterwards, Hockey Canada levied sanctions against the OJHL for trades made after
377-476: The City of North Bay expelled the Trappers, but the city denied this. In March 2014, the team announced it was relocating to Mattawa, Ontario to become the Mattawa Blackhawks. Owner David Beauchamp was removed by the league in the fall over unpaid ice fees, and the team was in the hands of new ownership (TPA Sports) from Toronto to continue operations. Because of a small arena, the team's existence
406-594: The Eskis' franchise had been transferred to Hearst, Ontario . A new local ownership group led by Jonathan Blier acquired the team from Allan Donnan. The team began play out of the Claude Larose Recreation Centre in the 2017–18 season. Central Canada Jr. A Championships NOJHL – OJHL – SIJHL – Host Round-robin play with 2nd vs. 3rd in semifinal to advance against 1st in the finals. Dudley Hewitt Cup The Dudley-Hewitt Cup
435-689: The January 10 deadline. The OJHL was fined $ 50,000 and were banned from hosting the Dudley-Hewitt Cup and Royal Bank Cup tournaments for a period of five years. The 2020 tournament was then awarded to Fort Frances, Ontario , before it was cancelled entirely due to the coronavirus pandemic . In 1971, the Detroit Jr. Red Wings of the Southern Ontario Junior A Hockey League lost the inaugural championship in six games to
464-526: The Lynx were the considered the second-best team in the NOJHL after the departure of Parry Sound to the OPJHL. Despite the impressive 1999–00 second-place finish, the Lynx were no match for the unbeaten Rayside-Balfour Sabrecats in the league finals. In 2000–01 and 2001–02, the Sturgeon Falls Lynx finished fourth both seasons. Shortly after the North Bay Centennials moved to Saginaw, Michigan ,
493-625: The Sturgeon Falls Lynx for the 1994–95 season. The Lynx were sponsored and affiliated by the North Bay Centennials. This meant, most of their equipment was from the Centennials. The Lynx were the third-best team in the NOJHL, behind the Rayside-Balfour Sabrecats and Parry Sound Shamrocks . Sturgeon Falls managed to make the finals in 1996 and 1997, but lost out to Rayside-Balfour on both occasions. In 1999,
522-542: The Sturgeon Falls Lynx immediately left the Sturgeon Falls Arena and took up tenancy at the bigger North Bay Memorial Gardens in the summer of 2002 and became the North Bay Skyhawks. The Skyhawks became immediately dominant, and won three consecutive NOJHL championships from 2003 to 2005. The Skyhawks played host to the 2004 Dudley Hewitt Cup , finishing second. The Skyhawks franchise appeared in
551-656: The Sudbury Nickel Barons were awarded the 2016 Dudley-Hewitt Cup, but in the spring of 2015 the city withdrew as a result of the Sudbury Nickel Barons moving to Rayside-Balfour. The tournament was awarded to Kirkland Lake, Ontario , and the Kirkland Lake Gold Miners . The 2017 Dudley-Hewitt Cup was awarded to Trenton - the same year the Royal Bank Cup was being hosted by the OJHL's Cobourg Cougars . The Trenton Golden Hawks became
580-712: The champions of the OJHL , NOJHL , and SIJHL and a pre-selected host city, but in the past has included the champions of the Central Canada Hockey League , Quebec Junior Hockey League , and even the champion of the Callaghan Cup . The trophy is named after George Dudley and W. A. Hewitt , who served as administrators for the Ontario Hockey Association and are inductees of the Hockey Hall of Fame . The trophy
609-575: The first game in Alouettes history, but played well facing more than 50 shots. The first home game in the team's history was on September 22, 2006, against the Bradford Rattlers , a 6–3 loss. The Als celebrated their first victory on September 29, 2006. They defeated the Toronto Canada Moose by a score of 5–3. Nipissing finished their inaugural season in 6th place, losing out on a season-long battle for fourth place against
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#1732793797701638-534: The first time at the interleague level, more than one American team would be in direct contention for the Central Canadian crown. Wisconsin Wilderness represented the Superior International Junior Hockey League while the Soo Eagles represented the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League . Wellington Dukes defeated host Huntsville Otters in the final. Hosts from the OJHL , NOJHL and SIJHL go through
667-516: The league finals five times from 2003 to 2009. The North Bay Skyhawks re-branded to the North Bay Trappers for the 2009–10 season. The team's performance did not vary from the Skyhawks, but would not appear in the league finals again until 2012. A year later, the Trappers would win their first league title since 2009 and played host to the 2013 Dudley Hewitt Cup, finishing fourth. As a result of an Ontario Hockey League franchise returning to North Bay,
696-700: The national championship. The OPJHL did not budge, but the NOJHL gave in and in January announced that their champion would play the SIJHL champion for the DHC in a best-of-three series. The 2014 Dudley Hewitt Cup saw its fourth all-OJHL Dudley-Hewitt Cup final between the Wellington Dukes and the Toronto Lakeshore Patriots . Toronto won 2–1 advancing to the Royal Bank Cup in Vernon, British Columbia. The City of Sudbury and
725-530: The ninth different OJHL team to win the Dudley-Hewitt Cup since 2003. The Aurora Tigers (2004 and 2007), Oakville Blades (2008 and 2010), and the Wellington Dukes (2003 and 2011) won the tournament twice. As of 2016, the Soo Thunderbirds appeared in their sixth tournament since 2004. Dryden, Ontario , and the Dryden Ice Dogs of the Superior International Junior Hockey League were hosts of
754-553: The summer the team name was altered to the "Eskis" to pay homage to the Iroquois Falls Jr. Eskis , who were members of the league from 1999 to 2002. The new team did not adopt the former Jr. Eskis' colours of blue and white, and instead went with the Abitibi Eskimos colours of black, gold, and white. Despite having the third best attendance in the league the team was sold. In April 2017, the NOJHL announced that
783-548: The tournament was almost allocated a second time. The tournament was originally awarded to Sudbury, but backed out. A deal was reached with the city where the renovations would commence at the end of the Dudley Hewitt Cup final. The Trappers had moved across the city to the West Ferris Arena, which was smaller and had under 500 seating capacity. The 2013–14 season marked the last for an NOJHL franchise in North Bay, as
812-671: Was first awarded in 1971. From 1984 until 1995, the Thunder Bay Flyers of the United States Hockey League competed for the Dudley Hewitt Cup, winning four titles in 12 years. The 2002 Dudley-Hewitt Cup marked a new chapter in Ontario hockey history. Since the mid-1990s, the OPJHL and NOJHL had squared off in a head-to-head series to determine the Central Canadian seed in the Royal Bank Cup . In 2001,
841-682: Was questionable, despite tremendous fan support throughout the season. The Blackhawks finished second-to-last, and lost a best-of-three series to the Powassan Voodoos . In March 2015, the Abitibi Eskimos were relocating to Timmins and the Mattawa Blackhawks took advantage and relocated to Iroquois Falls to become the second-incarnation of the Eskimos, calling themselves the Iroquois Falls Eskimos. However, over
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