Galt Rockets
Canadian junior ice hockey team (1947-1949)
The Galt Rockets were a junior ice hockey team based in Galt, Ontario, now a part of the city of Cambridge. They played in the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA) from 1947 to 1949. Their home arena was the Galt Arena Gardens.
The team originated as the Galt Canadians, then became Galt Red Wings when affiliated as a farm team for the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League. When the affiliation with the Detroit Red Wings was cancelled, Galt affiliated with the Philadelphia Rockets of the American Hockey League as of the 1947-48 OHA season.
The Rockets won only 11 games during the 1948-49 OHA season, and did not qualify for the playoffs. After the ast-place finish in a nine-team league, the Chicago Black Hawks became the sponsors as of the 1949-40 OHA season, with the junior team playing as the Galt Black Hawks.
01National Hockey League alumni
From the Rockets, four players graduated to play in the National Hockey League:
02Season-by-season results
Regular season and playoffs results:
Legend: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
| Season | Regular season | Playoffs | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | Pts | Pct | GF | GA | Finish | ||
| 1947-48 | 36 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 41 | 0.581 | 168 | 129 | 5th OHA | Won quarterfinal (St. Catharines Teepees) 2-1 Lost semifinal (Barrie Flyers) 3-2 |
| 1948-49 | 48 | 11 | 34 | 3 | 25 | 0.244 | 154 | 252 | 9th OHA | Did not qualify |
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