Galt Black Hawks

History

The Galt Rockets, who were playing without a NHL parent team, were taken over by the Chicago Black Hawks in 1949. The team was renamed the Galt Black Hawks.

The team played six seasons in the OHA Junior A, winning only one playoff series in 1952-53.

In 1954-55 they were jointly sponsored by the Chicago Black Hawks and the Boston Bruins. In that season they lost $6,000. Boston and Chicago both switched their sponsorships to other junior teams.

This combination of financial losses and lack of NHL sponsorship caused the team to fold.

Season-by-Season Results

Ontario Hockey Association (Junior A) (1949-55)

Season	Games	Won	Lost	Tied	Points	Goals for	Goals against	Standing	Playoffs
1949-50	48	14	32	2	30	144	265	8th	Lost Semi Final
1950-51	54	21	29	4	46	181	223	8th	Lost Quarter Final
1951-52	54	35	17	2	72	307	213	3rd	Lost Quarter Final
1952-53	56	27	26	3	57	242	225	5th	Lost Semi Final
1953-54	59	21	37	1	43	204	287	8th	out of playoffs
1954-55	49	18	25	6	42	181	203	6th	Lost Quarter Final

Galt Black Hawks who played in the NHL

• Bob Beckett
• Les Binkley
• Mike Buchanan
• Chick Chalmers
• Dick Cherry
• Pete Conacher
• Murray Costello
• Bob Dawes
• Red Hamill
• Bronco Horvath
• Bobby Hull
• Hec Lalande
• Jim McBurney
• Hillary Menard
• Tony Poeta
• Jack Price
• Matt Ravlich
• Len Ronson
• Don Simmons
• John Sleaver
• Floyd Smith
• Kenny Wharram
• Bob Wilson