Niagara Falls Canucks | |
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City | Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada |
League | Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League |
Division | Golden Horseshoe |
Founded | c. 1971 |
Home arena | Gale Centre |
Colors |
Black, Red, and White |
Owner(s) | Frank Pietrangelo(June 2014) |
General manager | Jim Davidson |
Head coach | Frank Pietrangelo (2014-15) |
Franchise history | |
1971–1992 | Niagara Falls Canucks |
1992–1994 | Niagara Falls Devils |
1994-Present | Niagara Falls Canucks |
The Niagara Falls Canucks are a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. They play in the Golden Horseshoe division of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League.
The Canucks moved up from Intercounty Junior C in 1971 to the Niagara District Junior B Hockey League. They stayed with the league until 1979 when the league folded.
The Canucks have been a charter member of the Golden Horseshoe "B" since 1979. For a short time in the 1990s, the teams was known as the Devils.
During the 2006 Playoffs, the Canucks won the GHJHL Championship, but ended up falling to the Midwestern Junior B Hockey League's Cambridge Winterhawks 4-games-to-1 in the Sutherland Cup final. The current captain of the Canucks is Niagara Falls native Cam McLean.
The Niagara Falls Canucks relocated from Niagara Falls Memorial Arena to the Gale Centre prior to the 2011 season. Niagara Falls native Cam McLean was named captain during the grand opening of the new facility.