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 The Maroons
originated in the Border Cities Junior B Hockey League in
1959. The team later moved to the stronger Western Junior
"B" league in 1964 and continued with the
league, even when it became the renegade Southern Ontario
Junior A Hockey League in 1970. The Maroons left the
league in 1976, became the Maple City Fords and rejoined
the current Western Junior "B" league. The
Maroons became the MicMacs in 1988, but switched back to
their traditional "Maroons" moniker in 1995.
At the 2004 NHL Entry Draft, Ryan Jones was drafted as
a Maroon in the fourth round by the Minnesota Wild, 111th
overall. He is currently attending and playing for Miami
University in Ohio.
The Maroons participated in the 2006 Sutherland Cup
round robin, but lost out to the Niagara Falls Canucks and
the Cambridge Winterhawks with a 1-3 record
In 1996 the Torrie family purchased the Junior Maroons
after the team had suffered through a 6-win season. Their
goal was to rebuild the once proud team and turn it into a
championship team. In 2 years the JR. Maroons won the
Western JR. “B” Championship and the following year
they won the Sutherland Cup, emblematic of the Ontario
Hockey Association JR. “B” Championship. The Torrie
family, headed by Coach and General Manager Dave Torrie,
had achieved their goal.
The road to the Cup went through Petrolia, Leamington,
St. Thomas, St. Catharines, and Stratford. In the league
semi-finals, the Maroons overcame being down 3 games to
none against Leamington by winning the last 4 games. After
losing game 1 of the league finals to St. Thomas, the
Maroons came back to win the next 4 games and claim their
second straight Western Jr. B Championship. In the
Sutherland Cup round-robin with St. Catharines and
Stratford, Chatham again faced elimination when they fell
behind 2 games to none but came back to win the next 2
games to go to the finals against the Stratford Cullitons.
After splitting the first 6 games of the final series,
Chatham captured their first ever Sutherland Cup with a
6-3 win in game 7 in Stratford.
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From: Chatham, Ontario