Stratford Midgets
{{Short description|Canadian junior ice hockey team}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=February 2021}}
{{Infobox hockey team
| team = Stratford Midgets
| city = Stratford, Ontario, Canada
| league = Ontario Hockey Association
| operated = 1910s to 1930s
| arena = Stratford Arena
}}
The Stratford Midgets were a Canadian junior ice hockey team that played in the Ontario Hockey Association. The team played at the Stratford Arena, now known as the William Allman Memorial Arena in Stratford, Ontario.
History
File:Frank Rankin, Stratford Hockey Club.jpg around 1909]]
The Stratford Midgets trace their roots to the Stratford Hockey Club which existed in the early 1900s. The team featured Hockey Hall of Fame inductee Frank Rankin.{{cite web|url=https://www.hhof.com/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/LegendsMember.jsp?mem=p196107&type=Player&page=bio&list=|title=Rankin, Frank — Biography — Honoured Player|website=Legends of Hockey|publisher=Hockey Hall of Fame|access-date=February 7, 2021}}
Stratford won the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA) junior championship in three successive seasons in 1907, 1908 and 1909, then won the J. Ross Robertson Cup as OHA junior champions in 1921.{{cite book|title=Annual Report: Constitution, Regulations and Rules of Competition|publisher=Ontario Hockey Association|date=2006|location=Cambridge, Ontario|page=W-13}} The Midgets were the Eastern Canada junior champions in 1921, and finalists at the 1921 Memorial Cup.{{cite book|last1=Lapp|first1=Richard M.|last2=Macaulay|first2=Alec|title=The Memorial Cup: Canada's National Junior Hockey Championship|publisher=Harbour Publishing|date=1997|location=Madeira Park, British Columbia|isbn=1-55017-170-4|pages=17–18}}
Stratford were finalists for the J. Ross Robertson Cup in 1920, 1933, 1934 and 1937. At the end of the 1930s, the team was renamed the Stratford Kist, and subsequently became the Stratford Kroehlers.{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}
National Hockey League alumni
List of Stratford Midgets' alumni who played in the National Hockey League:{{cite web|url=https://www.hhof.com/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayersByTeam.jsp?team=Stratford+Midgets|title=NHL Player Search: Stratford Midgets|website=Legends of Hockey|publisher=Hockey Hall of Fame|access-date=February 7, 2021}}
{{columns-list|colwidth=20em|
- Frank Carson
- Hank D'Amore
- Joffre Desilets
- Ray Getliffe
- Jud McAtee
- Norm McAtee
- Bob McCulley
- Howie Morenz
- Al Murray
- Joe Turner
}}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Defunct OHL}}
Category:Defunct Ontario Hockey League teams
Category:Sport in Stratford, Ontario
Category:Defunct ice hockey teams in Ontario
Category:Ice hockey clubs established in the 1910s
Category:Sports clubs and teams disestablished in the 1930s