The Fort William Canadians were a

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team based in

Fort William, Ontario Fort William was a city in Ontario, Canada, located on the Kaministiquia River, at its entrance to Lake Superior. Incorporated as a town in 1892 and as a city in 1907, it was amalgamated with Port Arthur and the townships of Neebing and McIntyre ...

, Canada. The Canadians were members of the Thunder Bay Junior A Hockey League and were

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finalists three times. For a while, the ''Fort William Canadiens'' were a development club for the

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Season-by-season standings

Playoffs

*1971 ''Lost semi-final'' :

Westfort Hurricanes The Westfort Hurricanes were a Canadian Junior ice hockey club from Fort William, Ontario. The Herks were members of the Thunder Bay Junior A Hockey League and were Abbott Cup finalists once. History In 1972, the Hurricanes broke away from the ...

defeated Fort William Canadians ''3-games-to-2'' *1972 ''DNQ'' *1973 ''Won League Jr. A Crown, lost TBAHA Canadian Final'' :Fort William Canadians defeated Thunder Bay Eagles ''3-games-to-none'' TBJHL JR. A CHAMPIONS : Thunder Bay Centennials (CAJHL) defeated Fort William Canadians ''2-games-to-none'' *1974 ''Won League, lost TBAHA Jack Adams Trophy final'' :Fort William Canadians defeated Thunder Bay Beavers ''3-games-to-2'' TBJHL CHAMPIONS : Thunder Bay Hurricanes ( MWJHL) defeated Fort William Canadians ''4-games-to-none'' *1975 ''Lost semi-final'' : Thunder Bay Eagles defeated Fort William Canadians ''4-games-to-2'' *1976 ''Lost semi-final'' : Thunder Bay Eagles defeated Fort William Canadians ''4-games-to-none'' *1977 ''Lost semi-final'' : Thunder Bay Eagles defeated Fort William Canadians ''3-games-to-none'' *1978 ''DNQ''

Championships

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Champions'': :1939, 1947, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1966 ''

Finalists'': :1952, 1954, 1957

Notable players

''Columbus Club Canadians'' *

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''Canadiens'' *

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* Mike Busniuk * Ron Busniuk *

Jean Gauthier Joseph Jean-Philippe Gauthier (April 29, 1937 – February 20, 2013) was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played 166 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Montreal Canadiens, Boston Bruins and Philadelphia Flyers and ...

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* Dennis Olson *

Mel Pearson Melvin Kim Pearson (born February 8, 1959) is a former college ice hockey player and the former head coach of the Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey team. Pearson played for Michigan Tech Huskies men's ice hockey, Michigan Tech from 1977 to 1 ...

John Schella John Edward Schella (May 9, 1947 – August 3, 2018) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played 385 games in the World Hockey Association and 115 games in the National Hockey League. After three seasons in the minor leagues, Sch ...

Dave Siciliano David John Siciliano (born July 7, 1946) is a Canadian former ice hockey coach and player. He played university hockey for the Lakehead Thunderwolves, Lakehead Nor'Westers, and led them to the International Collegiate Hockey Association champio ...

* Ralph Stewart * Joe Szura * Ted Tucker * Gary Veneruzzo * Murray Wing

References

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