Kitchener Canucks

{{Infobox hockey team

| team = Kitchener Canucks

| city = Kitchener, Ontario

| league = Ontario Hockey Association

| operated = 1954–1956

| arena = Kitchener Memorial Auditorium

| name1 = Kitchener Greenshirts

| dates1 = 1951–1954

| name2 = Kitchener Canucks

| dates2 = 1954–1956

| name3 = Peterborough Petes

| dates3 = 1956–present

}}

The Kitchener Canucks were a Canadian junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey Association from 1954 to 1956. The team was based in Kitchener, Ontario, and played home games at the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium.

History

The Kitchener Greenshirts changed names becoming the Kitchener Canucks for the 1954-55 season. The Canucks finished last place in the OHA their first year in operation.

Stan Baliuk helped the team finish second place in the league in 1955-56, winning the Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy as the top scorer that year, with 31 goals, 73 assists, totalling 104 points.

Canuck's defenceman Kent Douglas would go on to win the Calder Memorial Trophy as Rookie of the Year in the 1962-63 NHL season, when he played for the Toronto Maple Leafs. Willie O'Ree would become the first black player in the NHL, playing as a winger for the Boston Bruins.

Despite moving up in the standings their second year, they did not make enough money to recover from the financial woes of a very poor first season. In 1956 the team moved to Peterborough, Ontario becoming the Peterborough TPT Petes.

NHL alumni

List of team alumni who played in the National Hockey League (NHL):

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Season-by-season results

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Season	Games	Won	Lost	Tied	Points	Pct %	Goals For	Goals {{small\|Against}}	Standing
align="center" \|1954-55	49	8	39	2	18	0.184	140	248	8th OHA
align="center" \|1955-56	48	26	21	1	53	0.552	222	198	2nd OHA

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Season

Games

Won

Lost

Tied

Points

Pct %

Goals
For

Goals
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Standing

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