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	Hamilton Red Wings
	Central Canadian Hockey League
City	Hamilton, Ontario
Founded	1973
Division	West
Franchise history	1973-1975: Hamilton Finochio Cupido Red Wings; 1975-1976: Hamilton Fincups; 1977-2002: Hamilton Kiltys; 2003-Pres: Hamilton Red Wings
Head Coach	Robert Turnbull
General Manager	Robert Turnbull
Arena	Dave Andreychuk Mountain Arena
Team Colors	Red and White
Affiliate Team(s)	Wheatfield Jr. Blades
Royal Bank Cups	none
Dudley Hewitt Cups	none
Buckland Trophies	none
Sutherland Cups	1974

The Hamilton Red Wings are a Junior "A" ice hockey team from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. They are a part of the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League. Prior to joining the OPJHL, the Wings played in Central Division Hockey.

[edit] History

The Red Wings were founded in 1973 as the second Hamilton-based team in the Niagara District Junior B Hockey League.

After one season, the league divided into two leagues and the Red Wings went the way of the Golden Horseshoe Junior Hockey League. In 1975-76, the other Hamilton team joined the Southern Ontario Junior A Hockey League and became the Hamilton Mountain A's. The draw of a local Junior A club weakened the team and they took a one year leave a season later.

In 1977, under new ownership the team came back as the Kiltys. Although a very competitive team, it took the Kiltys until 1992-93 to win a Golden Horseshoe championship. With that win, the Kiltys were promoted to the newly formed Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League with a variety of other Junior B squads.

Outside of some brief troubles in the late 1990s, the Hamilton franchise has been very successful in regular season play in the OPJHL. The team was renamed the Hamilton Red Wings in 2002. They have yet to win a league championship.

[edit] Season-by-Season Results

Season	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	P	Results	Playoffs
1974-75	40	24	11	5	-	223	161	53	2nd GHJHL
1975-76	40	19	12	9	-	212	186	47	2nd GHJHL
1976-77	Did Not Participate
1977-78	40	16	20	4	-	203	213	36	4th GHJHL
1978-79	42	25	12	5	-	235	171	55	3rd GHJHL
1979-80	44	33	6	5	-	285	150	71	1st GHJHL
1980-81	42	19	17	6	-	180	159	44	4th GHJHL
1981-82	35	17	13	5	-	-	-	39	4th GHJHL
1982-83	42	20	17	5	-	194	184	45	4th GHJHL
1983-84	42	25	10	7	-	206	144	57	2nd GHJHL
1984-85	42	16	18	8	-	190	198	40	6th GHJHL
1985-86	40	15	24	1	-	199	223	31	8th GHJHL
1986-87	42	14	22	6	-	208	233	34	6th GHJHL
1987-88	42	10	28	4	-	218	283	24	7th GHJHL
1988-89	42	15	16	11	-	185	201	41	5th GHJHL
1989-90	48	26	18	3	1	265	246	56	4th GHJHL
1990-91	42	20	16	5	1	221	200	46	5th GHJHL
1991-92	42	25	15	0	2	218	175	52	4th GHJHL
1992-93	42	32	8	1	1	294	159	66	1st GHJHL	Won League
1993-94	42	32	8	2	-	265	172	66	2nd OPJHL
1994-95	49	28	16	5	-	249	195	62	7th OPJHL
1995-96	50	25	17	8	-	241	206	60	8th OPJHL
1996-97	51	32	14	5	-	286	218	70	6th OPJHL
1997-98	51	21	22	5	3	222	195	50	15th OPJHL
1998-99	51	19	26	6	0	191	231	44	25th OPJHL
1999-00	49	25	17	5	2	247	206	57	15th OPJHL
2000-01	49	21	22	4	2	174	204	48	24th OPJHL
2001-02	49	34	12	2	1	237	156	71	7th OPJHL
2002-03	49	38	8	2	1	286	157	79	5th OPJHL
2003-04	49	33	13	1	2	254	161	69	6th OPJHL
2004-05	49	31	13	2	3	194	149	67	9th OPJHL
2005-06	49	33	14	1	1	204	124	68	6th OPJHL	Lost Conf. Final
2006-07	49	37	8	2	2	270	129	78	6th OPJHL	Lost Semi-final
2007-08	49	31	16	-	2	255	183	64	14th OPJHL
2008-09	53	28	18	-	7	281	245	63	4th OJ-CDH