Toronto St. Michael's Majors

Toronto St. Michael's Majors
founding	1906
resolution	2007
history	Toronto St. Michael's Majors 1906–1962 1996–2007 Mississauga St. Michael's Majors 2007–2012 Mississauga Steelheads since 2012
Stadion	St. Michael's College School Arena
Location	Toronto
Team colors	sky blue, navy blue, white
league	Ontario Hockey League
Memorial Cups	1934 , 1945 , 1947 , 1961
J. Ross Robertson Cups	1933/34, 1936/37, 1944/45, 1945/46, 1946/47, 1960/61

The Toronto St. Michael's Majors were a Canadian ice hockey team from Toronto . The team played from 1996 to 2007 in one of the top three Canadian junior ice hockey leagues, the Ontario Hockey League (OHL).

history

The Toronto St. Michael's Majors were founded in 1906 as the junior team of the Ontario Hockey Association and played as a team of St. Michael's College until 1962 . The team achieved their first success in 1910 when they won the Allan Cup . In the 1930 and 1940s, the majors were among the best Canadian junior teams and won the J. Ross Robertson Cup five times (including three consecutive times from 1945 to 1947) and three times in the Memorial Cup , which is the highest title for the Canadian Junior teams is. Although the majors succeeded in 1961 again the double from J. Ross Robertson and Memorial Cup win, the college decided to stop the game operation, because one due to the increasing professionalism and an adjustment of the Ontario Hockey Association to the national Hockey League saw the school's interests no longer being safeguarded.

On August 15, 1996, St. Michael's College again received a franchise for the Ontario Hockey League . The team was initially owned by the school, but was later sold to Canadian businessman Eugene Melnyk , who first bought the Mississauga IceDogs in 2006 , but sold them again after just one year. He then moved the Toronto St. Michael's Majors to Mississauga , where they were active as Mississauga St. Michael's Majors until the end of the 2011/12 OHL season .

Former players

Justin Peters , former goalkeeper for the majors

The following players who were active for the Toronto St. Michael's Majors played in the National Hockey League during their career :

In bold: players from the majors who have inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame .

Majors (original) (1906–1962)

Lou Angotti John Arundel Larry Aurie Ray Barry Bobby Bauer David Bauer Frank Bennett Turk Broda Arnie Brown Stan Brown Mike Buchanan Jack Caffery Ed Chadwick Andre Champagne Gerry Cheevers Terry Clancy Wally Clune Eddie Convey Michael Corbett Norm Corcoran Les Costello Murray Costello D'arcy Coulson Jack Crawford

Bob Decourcy Bill Dineen Gary Dineen Bruce Draper Clarence Drouillard Dave Dryden Dick Duff Frank Dunlap Reg Fleming Léo Gravelle Reg Hamilton Gord Hannigan Pat Hannigan Ray Hannigan Ed Harrison Tim Horton Fred Hunt Kind Jackson Harold Jackson Don Keenan Larry Keenan Pep Kelly Red Kelly Dave Keon

Paul Knox Les Kozak Leo Labine Ted Lindsay Fleming Mackell Barry MacKenzie Bill MacMillan Frank Mahovlich Cesare Maniago Jean Marois Willie Marshall Jack Martin Dick Mattiussi John McCormack Bill McDonagh John McLellan Gerry McNamara Pat McReavy Don Metz Nick Metz Rudy Migay Gus Mortson Reg Noble Peanuts O'Flaherty

Tom O'Neill Gerry Odrowski Tom Polanic Noel Price Joe Primeau Frank Rankin Marc Réaume Bill Regan Bob Sabourin Phil Samis Ed Sandford Rod Seiling Death Sloan Darryl Sly Carl Smith Gary Smith Harvey Teno Jimmy Thomson Dave Trottier Gene Ubriaco Mike Walton Don Willson Benny Woit

Majors (OHL) (1996-2007)

Ryan Barnes Darryl Bootland Peter Budaj

Andy Chiodo Cal Clutterbuck Mike Danton

Matt Ellis Michael Haley Sheldon Keefe Nathan McIver

Shane O'Brien Mark Popovic Charlie Stephens

Team records

The Hershey Center , home of the majors

Career Records (OHL)

Games: 262 Darryl Boyce

Goals: 109 Darryl Bootland

Assists: 142 Tim Brent

Points: 234 Darryl Bootland

Penalty Minutes: 603 Scott Lehman

Web links

• The Internet Hockey Database - Statistics Toronto St. Michael's Majors (OHL)
• The Internet Hockey Database - Player List Toronto St. Michael's Majors (OHL)