The Stratford Indians were a
senior ice hockey team based in
Stratford, Ontario
Stratford is a city on the Avon River within Perth County in southwestern Ontario, Canada, with a 2016 population of 31,465 in a land area of . Stratford is the seat of Perth County, which was settled by English, Irish, Scottish and German im ...
. They played home games at the
Classic City Arena.
The team was a member of the
Ontario Hockey Association
The Ontario Hockey Association (OHA) is the governing body for the majority of junior and senior level ice hockey teams in the Province of Ontario. The OHA is sanctioned by the Ontario Hockey Federation along with the Northern Ontario Hockey As ...
(OHA) and played in the
OHA Senior A League. They won the
J. Ross Robertson Cup as the league champions during the 1951–52 season.
The team continued into the national playoffs and won the Eastern Canada championship. In the
1952 Allan Cup
The 1952 Allan Cup was the Canadian senior ice hockey championship for the 1951–52 senior "A" season. The event was hosted by the Fort Frances Canadians and Fort Frances, Ontario. The 1952 playoff marked the 44th time that the Allan Cu ...
for the national championship, they were defeated 4-games-to-2 by the
Fort Frances Canadians
The Fort Frances Canadians were a Canadian senior ice hockey team in the Northern Amateur League, from Fort Frances, Ontario. The team was organized following World War II, and led by player-coach Pat Wilson. Local radio station CKFI-AM broadc ...
.
References
Ice hockey teams in Ontario
Sport in Stratford, Ontario
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