Oshawa Generals

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Oshawa Generals
Logo of the Oshawa Generals
founding 1937
history Oshawa Generals
1937–1953
since 1962
Stadion General Motors Center
Location Oshawa ( Canada )
Team colors red, white & blue
league Ontario Hockey League
Conference Eastern Conference
division East Division
Head coach CanadaCanada DJ Smith
Team captain Lucas Willings
General manager CanadaCanada Roger Hunt
owner Rocco Tullio
Cooperations Lindsay Muskies
Collingwood Blues
Memorial Cups 1939 , 1940 , 1944 , 1990 , 2015
J. Ross Robertson Cups 1937/38, 1938/39, 1939/40,
1940/41, 1941/42, 1942/43,
1943/44, 1965/66, 1982/83 ,
1986/87 , 1989/90 , 1996/97 , 2014 / 15th

The Oshawa Generals are a Canadian ice hockey team from Oshawa . The team was founded in 1956 as a youth team and plays in one of the three highest Canadian junior ice hockey leagues, the Ontario Hockey League (OHL).

history

The first generals (1937–1953)

Ice hockey had been played in Oshawa since shortly after 1900. In 1937 the Oshawa Generals were founded as a junior team. The name can be traced back to General Motors , the city's main employer and sponsor at the time. Matt Leyden was the manager at the time . By 1946 the team was one of the strongest junior teams in Canada. Around 20 players from the ranks of the Generals made it into the NHL during this time . From 1950 one was part of the organization of the Detroit Red Wings . A fire in the Hambly Arena in September 1953 ended the history of the Generals for the time being. Without a stadium in the city, the team could not continue to exist.

Established in 1962

As early as 1960, Wren Blair began talks with the President of the Boston Bruins , Weston Adams , about a future collaboration and the construction of a new hall in Oshawa. An agreement was reached and plans were made to build the Oshawa Civic Auditorium , which was completed in 1964.

As early as the 1962/63 season, the Generals played again in the Metro Junior A League . The games were played in Toronto at Maple Leaf Gardens . The team played in red, white and blue. After the league was dissolved in 1963, the Generals rejoined the Ontario Hockey Association . The Toronto Marlboros ousted the Generals from the Maple Leaf Garden and they played temporarily in Bowmanville . From 1965, the team took over the colors of the Boston Bruins with black and gold. During those years, Bobby Orr was one of the best ice hockey defenders in NHL history in the Generals' squad. The coach at the time was Bep Guidolin .

After a few years of success, the generals returned to the road to success in the early 1980s. The death of Bruce Melanson , who had been drafted by the New York Islanders the previous year, was tragic . He left training and died shortly after of Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome .

In 1987 they hosted the Memorial Cup tournament. From 1989 on, Eric Lindros was again a superstar in the ranks. Actually, for the Sault Ste. Marie was supposed to play greyhounds but refused to go there. After 56 years, Lindros won the Memorial Cup again in 1990.

In 1997 you could again win the final tournament for the Memorial Cup. This time Marc Savard was in the squad .

In 2004 John Davies bought the Generals. With John Tavares from 2005 to 2009 one of the most promising talents was in the general's squad. In 2015 they won the J. Ross Robertson Cup for the first time since 1997 and a little later the first Memorial Cup since 1990.

Logos

  • Logo from 1937 to 1949

  • Logo from 1949 to 1951

  • Logo from 1951 to 1953

  • Logo from 1962 to 1965

  • Logo from 1965 to 1967

  • Logo from 1967 to 1974

  • Logo from 1974 to 1977

  • Logo from 1977 to 1980

  • Logo from 1980 to 1984

  • Logo from 1984 to 2006

  • Current logo since 2006

successes

Memorial Cups
J. Ross Robertson Cup
Hamilton Spectator Trophy
  • 1986–1987 101 points
  • 1989–1990 88 points
  • 1990-1991 100 points
Division Trophies
  • 1986–1987 Leyden Trophy , Eastern Division
  • 1989–1990 Leyden Trophy, Eastern Division
  • 1990-1991 Leyden Trophy, Eastern Division
  • 2013-2014 Leyden Trophy, East Division
  • 2014–2015 Leyden Trophy, East Division
George Richardson Memorial Trophy

player

First-round draft picks

Draft year player position team
1969 Ivan Boldirev 11. Boston Bruins
1970 Bob Stewart 13. Boston Bruins
1971 Terry O'Reilly 14th Boston Bruins
1973 Rick Middleton 14th New York Rangers
1974 Bill Lochead 9. Detroit Red Wings
1974 Lee Fogolin 11. Buffalo Sabers
1976 Paul Gardner 11. Kansas City Scouts
1979 Tom McCarthy 10. Minnesota North Stars
1980 Rick Lanz 4th Vancouver Canucks
1981 Joe Cirella 5. Colorado Rockies
1981 Tony Tanti 12. Chicago Blackhawks
1982 Dave Andreychuk 16. Buffalo Sabers
1983 John MacLean 6th New Jersey Devils
1985 Dan Gratton 10. Los Angeles Kings
1991 Eric Lindros 1. Nordiques de Québec
1993 Jason Arnott 7th Edmonton Oilers
1995 Jeff Ware 15th Toronto Maple Leafs
1998 Bryan Allen 4th Vancouver Canucks
2002 Ben Eager 23. Phoenix Coyotes
2003 Nathan Horton 3. Florida panthers
2008 Michael Del Zotto 20th New York Rangers
2009 Calvin de Haan 12. New York Islanders
2011 Nicklas Jensen 29 Vancouver Canucks
2012 Scott Laughton 20th Philadelphia Flyers
2014 Michael Dal Colle 5. New York Islanders

Other former players

Blocked jersey numbers

The following players have done a lot for the club, so that their shirt numbers are no longer given in their honor:

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