The Notre Dame Hounds are a Junior "A" ice hockey team based in Wilcox, Saskatchewan, Canada. They are members of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL). The Hounds also had a junior B team that played in the South Saskatchewan Junior B Hockey League, but the team folded after the 2005–06 Season. The team plays its homes games in Duncan McNeill Arena, which has a seating capacity of 1200. The team colours are red and white.
Notre Dame Hounds | |
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City | Wilcox, Saskatchewan |
League | SJHL |
Division | Sherwood |
Founded | 1987 (Rejoined SJHL) |
Home arena | Duncan McNeill Arena |
Colours | Red and white |
General manager | Brett Pilkington |
Head coach | Brett Pilkington |
The Notre Dame Hounds joined the SJHL in 1970 and stayed until 1976 when they left after a poor season. The franchise operated as a Midget "AAA" minor hockey team until 1987 and made it to the final of the Canadian Midget Championship, the Air Canada Cup, where they lost to the Quebec seed. The AAA team is affiliated with Athol Murray College of Notre Dame.[citation needed]
In 1987, the Hounds moved up to Tier II Junior "A" from minor hockey and had a successful season, winning the SJHL Championship with only the Yorkton Terriers taking them to six games before being eliminated.[citation needed] The team then won the ANAVET Cup against the Winnipeg South Blues of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League. The Hounds swept the series in four games and moved on to face the Calgary Canucks of the Alberta Junior Hockey League for the Abbott Cup. The Hounds initially trailed in the series 3-games-to-1 before coming back in games five and six. In game seven with a 3-2 lead, future National Hockey League (NHL) goaltender Curtis Joseph led the team to a victory and a berth into the Centennial Cup. In the first game, the Hounds played the Halifax Lions of the Metro Valley Junior Hockey League, defeating them 6–5. In the second game, they played the Thunder Bay Flyers of the United States Hockey League, resulting in a 9–7 win. The Hounds then played the Pembroke Lumber Kings of the Central Junior A Hockey League and lost in triple overtime by a score of 4–3. The semi-final re-matched them against the Lumber Kings, and avenged the previous loss with a 7–3 win, setting up a final between the Hounds and the Lions. The Hounds trailed 2–1 after two periods of play. The score was evened in the third period until future NHL player Rod Brind'Amour assisted on Dwayne Norris' game-winning goal for the Hounds.[citation needed] Brind'Amour won awards for being the Top Scorer, Most Valuable Player, and Top Centre, while another future NHL player, Joby Messier, won Top Defenseman.[citation needed]
Perhaps the team's best-known contribution to the NHL is the Toronto Maple Leafs Hound Line of the 1985–86 season,[citation needed] when Gary Leeman, Wendel Clark, and Russ Courtnall played on the same forward line. Although those individuals played for the AA midget team were not on the same line; Wendel Clark was a defenceman until he played with the world junior team[citation needed]. Gord Kluzak 1st overall, Brian Curran, Lyndon Byers 2nd round picks all to the Boston Bruins in the 1982 draft! From the 1987–88 championship team, 19 players graduated to the National Collegiate Athletic Association hockey teams,[citation needed] and some, like Rod Brind'Amour, Curtis Joseph, Joby Messier, Dwayne Norris, Jason Herter, and Scott Pellerin, made it to the National Hockey League.[citation needed]
Between 1995 and 2018, the Hounds failed to make the SJHL playoffs only three times, but have yet to win their second league title.[citation needed]
GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Lose, T = Tie, OTL = Overtime Lose, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, P = Points
Season | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | P | Results | Playoffs |
1970-71 | 35 | 3 | 32 | 0 | - | 102 | 251 | 6 | 7th SJHL | |
1971-72 | 38 | 16 | 22 | 0 | - | 162 | 223 | 28 | 8th SJHL | |
1972-73 | 48 | 18 | 30 | 0 | - | 255 | 327 | 16 | 5th SJHL South | |
1973-74 | 50 | 19 | 29 | 2 | - | 207 | 244 | 40 | 5th SJHL South | |
1974-75 | 57 | 20 | 36 | 1 | - | 256 | 332 | 41 | 5th SJHL South | |
1975-76 | 58 | 7 | 50 | 1 | - | 131 | 390 | 15 | 6th SJHL South | |
1987-88 | 60 | 53 | 5 | 2 | - | 321 | 160 | 108 | 1st SJHL | Won League, won AC, won CC |
1988-89 | 64 | 44 | 16 | 4 | - | 338 | 223 | 92 | 1st SJHL | |
1989-90 | 68 | 24 | 43 | 1 | - | 253 | 331 | 49 | 6th SJHL South | DNQ |
1990-91 | 68 | 31 | 34 | 3 | - | 265 | 266 | 65 | 4th SJHL North | Lost quarter-final |
1991-92 | 64 | 32 | 24 | 8 | - | 259 | 251 | 72 | 5th SJHL South | DNQ |
1992-93 | 64 | 25 | 31 | 8 | - | 266 | 259 | 58 | 5th SJHL South | DNQ |
1993-94 | 68 | 25 | 36 | 7 | - | 277 | 280 | 57 | 5th SJHL South | Lost quarter-final |
1994-95 | 64 | 24 | 36 | 4 | - | 270 | 275 | 52 | 7th SJHL South | DNQ |
1995-96 | 64 | 18 | 37 | 9 | - | 215 | 264 | 45 | 5th SJHL South | Lost quarter-final |
1996-97 | 64 | 29 | 35 | 0 | - | 223 | 264 | 58 | 3rd SJHL South | Lost quarter-final |
1997-98 | 64 | 27 | 31 | 6 | - | 205 | 203 | 60 | 4th SJHL South | Lost quarter-final |
1998-99 | 66 | 40 | 20 | 6 | - | 228 | 179 | 86 | 3rd SJHL South | Lost semi-final |
1999-00 | 60 | 23 | 28 | 9 | - | 150 | 181 | 55 | 4th SJHL South | Lost quarter-final |
2000-01 | 62 | 23 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 173 | 228 | 51 | 4th SJHL Sherwood | Lost quarter-final |
2001-02 | 64 | 38 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 245 | 166 | 86 | 1st SJHL | Lost semi-final |
2002-03 | 60 | 31 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 203 | 186 | 72 | 1st SJHL Sherwood | Lost quarter-final |
2003-04 | 60 | 25 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 202 | 193 | 59 | 2nd SJHL Sherwood | Lost quarter-final |
2004-05 | 55 | 31 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 185 | 138 | 69 | 3rd SJHL Sherwood | Lost quarter-final |
2005-06 | 55 | 31 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 192 | 162 | 69 | 2nd SJHL Sherwood | Lost semi-final |
2006-07 | 58 | 24 | 23 | 0 | 11 | 202 | 234 | 59 | 4th SJHL Sherwood | TBA |
2007-08 | 58 | 20 | 35 | - | 3 | 176 | 258 | 43 | 11th SJHL | |
2008-09 | 56 | 23 | 33 | - | 0 | 192 | 239 | 46 | 10th SJHL | |
2009-10 | 58 | 32 | 20 | - | 6 | 178 | 180 | 70 | 4th SJHL | Lost quarter-final |
2010-11 | 58 | 21 | 30 | - | 7 | 158 | 196 | 49 | 11th SJHL | DNQ |
2011-12 | 58 | 22 | 33 | - | 3 | 172 | 233 | 47 | 5th Sherwood Div 10th SJHL |
Lost Preliminary round |
2012-13 | 54 | 21 | 27 | - | 6 | 164 | 173 | 48 | 3rd Sherwood Div 6th SJHL |
Lost quarter-finals |
2013-14 | 56 | 22 | 27 | - | 7 | 136 | 175 | 51 | 4th Kramer Div 9th SJHL |
Lost quarter-finals |
2014-15 | 56 | 37 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 165 | 133 | 79 | 2nd of 4 Kramer Div 3rd of 12 SJHL |
Won quarter-finals, 4-3 (Bombers) Won semi-finals, 4-2 (Klippers) Lost League Finals, 0-4 (Mustangs) |
2015-16 | 58 | 22 | 29 | 4 | 3 | 163 | 218 | 51 | 3rd of 4 Finning Div 9th of 12 SJHL |
Lost Wildcard, 1-3 (Klippers) |
2016-17 | 58 | 26 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 174 | 167 | 51 | 3rd of 4 Finning Div 7th of 12 SJHL |
Won Wildcard, 3-1 (Mustangs) Lost quarters, 1-4 (Bombers) |
2017-18 | 58 | 29 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 192 | 174 | 63 | 4th of 4 Global Ag Div 8th of 12 SJHL |
Lost Wildcard, 1-2 (Bombers) |
2018-19 | 58 | 25 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 182 | 186 | 60 | 4th of 4 Nutrien Div 9th of 12 SJHL |
Lost Wildcard, 1-2 (Terriers) |
2019-20 | 58 | 18 | 32 | 5 | 3 | 135 | 192 | 44 | 4th of 4 Nutrien Div 10th of 12 SJHL |
DNQ |
2020–21 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 22 | 3 | SJHL season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | |
2021-22 | 58 | 26 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 193 | 229 | 44 | 3rd of 4 Nutrien Div 8th of 12 SJHL |
Lost quarter-finals, 1-4 (Bruins) |
2022-23 | 58 | 22 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 176 | 219 | 50 | 3rd of 4 Nutrien Div 9th of 12 SJHL |
DNQ |
2023-24 | 56 | 15 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 152 | 262 | 32 | 4tn of 4 Nutrien Div 12th of 12 SJHL |
DNQ |
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