Galt Red Wings

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team = Galt Red Wings

logosize = 125px
city = Galt, Ontario
league = Ontario Hockey Association
operated = 1944-47
arena = Galt Arena Gardens
parentclub = Detroit Red Wings
name1 = Galt Canadians
dates1 = 1943-44
name2 = Galt Red Wings
dates2 = 1944-47
name3 = Galt Rockets | dates3 = 1947-49
name4 = Galt Black Hawks
dates4 = 1949-55
|The Galt Red Wings 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 from 1944 to 1947 and were operated as an affiliate of the Detroit Red Wings. Their home arena was the Galt Arena Gardens.

The team was previously the Galt Canadians during the 1943-44 season. The team gained NHL sponsorship, becoming the Galt Red Wings. The sponsorship lasted for three seasons, with Galt finishing near the top of the league each year. New ownership renamed the team the Galt Rockets in 1947.

During the 1944-45 season, Galt was led on ice by future Hockey Hall of Famer Gordie Howe. The Galt Red Wings reached the league finals for the J. Ross Robertson Cup in 1945, but lost to Toronto St. Michael's Majors in four games. The Red Wings returned to the finals again in 1946-47, led by future Hall of Fame goaltender, Terry Sawchuk, but lost the finals again in four games to the Majors.

NHL Alumni

From the Galt Red Wings, fourteen players graduated to play in the National Hockey League.

* Pete Babando * Pete Conacher * Lee Fogolin * Fred Glover

* Warren Godfrey * Bronco Horvath * Gordie Howe * Tom McGrattan

* Marty Pavelich * Nels Podolsky * Jack Price

* Terry Sawchuk * Barry Sullivan * Bill Wylie

Yearly Results

External links

* [http://www.cambridgehockey.com/ www.cambridgehockey.com] - "The History of Cambridge Hockey" by Todd Jones
* [http://www.ohlarenaguide.com/galt.htm Galt Arena Gardens] - OHL Arena & Travel Guide
* [http://www.ontariohockeyleague.com/ Ontario Hockey League] Official web site
* [http://www.chl.ca/ Canadian Hockey League] Official web site