The Markham Royals are a Junior "A" ice hockey team from Markham, Ontario, Canada. They are a part of the Ontario Junior Hockey League. From 1973 until 2015, the team operated in Hamilton, Ontario as the Kilty's and the Red Wings.

History

Hamilton Red Wings/Kilty B's (1973–2015) The Red Wings were founded in 1973 as the second Hamilton-based team in the Niagara District Junior B Hockey League. After one season, the league divided into two leagues and the Red Wings went the way of the Golden Horseshoe Junior Hockey League. In 1975–76, the other Hamilton team joined the Southern Ontario Junior A Hockey League and became the Hamilton Mountain A's. The draw of a local Junior A club weakened the team and they took a one-year leave a season later.

In 1977, under new ownership the team came back as the Kiltys. Although a very competitive team, it took the Kiltys until 1992–93 to win a Golden Horseshoe championship. With that win, the Kiltys were promoted to the newly formed Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League with a variety of other Junior B squads. Outside of some brief troubles in the late 1990s, the Hamilton franchise has been very successful in regular season play in the OJHL. The team was renamed the Hamilton Red Wings in 2002 and continued to field highly competitive teams season after season.

Markham Royals (2015–present) In early 2015, the Red Wings moved to Markham, Ontario and became the Markham Royals. Markham had been without an OJHL franchise since 2012. The club also acquired the rights for Waxers Junior A, and has chosen to play as the Markham Royals.

Season-by-season results 1974 – 2015 History – (Hamilton) is hidden click to Season GP W L T OTL GF GA P Results Playoffs1974–75 40 24 11 5 - 223 161 53 2nd GHJHL1975–76 40 19 12 9 - 212 186 47 2nd GHJHL1976–77Did Not Participate1977–78 40 16 20 4 - 203 213 36 4th GHJHL1978–79 42 25 12 5 - 235 171 55 3rd GHJHL1979–80 44 33 6 5 - 285 150 71 1st GHJHL1980–81 42 19 17 6 - 180 159 44 4th GHJHL1981–82 35 17 13 5 - - - 39 4th GHJHL1982–83 42 20 17 5 - 194 184 45 4th GHJHL1983–84 42 25 10 7 - 206 144 57 2nd GHJHL1984–85 42 16 18 8 - 190 198 40 6th GHJHL1985–86 40 15 24 1 - 199 223 31 8th GHJHL1986–87 42 14 22 6 - 208 233 34 6th GHJHL1987–88 42 10 28 4 - 218 283 24 7th GHJHL1988–89 42 15 16 11 - 185 201 41 5th GHJHL1989–90 48 26 18 3 1 265 246 56 4th GHJHL1990–91 42 20 16 5 1 221 200 46 5th GHJHL1991–92 42 25 15 0 2 218 175 52 4th GHJHL1992–93 42 32 8 1 1 294 159 66 1st GHJHL Won League1993–94 42 32 8 2 - 265 172 66 1st OPJHL-W1994–95 49 28 16 5 - 249 195 62 3rd OPJHL-W1995–96 50 25 17 8 - 241 206 60 2nd OPJHL-Mi1996–97 51 32 14 5 - 286 218 70 2nd OPJHL-Mi1997–98 51 21 22 5 3 222 195 50 4th OPJHL-Mi1998–99 51 19 26 6 0 191 231 44 8th OPJHL-W1999-00 49 25 17 5 2 247 206 57 5th OPJHL-W2000–01 49 21 22 4 2 174 204 48 7th OPJHL-W2001–02 49 34 12 2 1 237 156 71 2nd OPJHL-W2002–03 49 38 8 2 1 286 157 79 3rd OPJHL-W2003–04 49 33 13 1 2 254 161 69 2nd OPJHL-W2004–05 49 31 13 2 3 194 149 67 3rd OPJHL-W2005–06 49 33 14 1 1 204 124 68 2nd OPJHL-W Lost Conf. Final2006–07 49 37 8 2 2 270 129 78 3rd OPJHL-W Lost semi-final2007–08 49 31 16 - 2 255 183 64 3rd OPJHL-W 2008–09 53 28 18 - 7 281 245 63 4th OJHL-C2009–10 50 31 16 - 3 204 163 65 3rd CCHL-W Lost quarter-final2010–11 50 29 18 - 3 236 175 61 4th OJHL-W Lost Round of 162011–12 49 17 27 - 5 176 241 39 6th OJHL-W Lost Division QF2012–13 55 5 49 - 1 162 394 11 6th OJHL-W DNQ2013–14 53 18 31 - 4 156 227 40 4th OJHL-W DNQ2014–15 - - - - - - - - - - 2020 – current History2015–16 54 31 17 3 3 197 149 68 1st of 6 Nor Div3rd of 11 NE Conf7th of 22 OJHL Won Conf. Quarters 4–1 (Fury)Lost Conf. Semifinals 0–4 (Voyageurs)2016–17 54 30 20 1 3 187 170 64 1st of 6 Nor Div6th of 11 NE Conf9th of 22 OJHL Lost Conf. Quarters 2–4 (Spirit)2017–18 54 26 22 1 5 199 195 58 3rd of 6 Nor Div6th of 11 NE Conf11th of 22 OJHL Lost Conf. Quarters 2–4 (Hurricanes)2018–19 54 28 19 2 5 208 174 65 1st of 5 Nor Div2nd of 11 NW Conf6th of 22 OJHL Won Conf. Quarters 4–2 (Raiders)Won Conf. Semifinals 4–3 (Hurricanes)Lost Conf. Finals 1–4 (Blades)2019–20 55 24 25 0 6 194 205 55 4th of 5 Nor Div9th of 11 NW Conf14th of 22 OJHL Did Not Qualify for Post Season2020–21 Season Lost to Covid-19 pandemic2021–22 54 8 40 3 3 123 241 22 5th of 5 Nor Div10th of 10 NW Conf19th of 21 OJHL Did Not Qualify for Post Season2022–23 54 24 22 0 7 217 248 55 6th of 10 N/W Conf12th of 21 OJHL Lost Conf. Quarters 0–4 (Cougars)2023–24 56 30 20 3 3 191 159 66 7th of 12 EAST Conf12th of 24 OJHL Lost Conf. Quarters 0–4 (Buzzers)2024–25 56 14 36 3 3 164 258 34 10th of 12 EAST Conf21st of 24 OJHL Did Not Qualify for Post Season

Sutherland Cup appearances 1974: Hamilton Red Wings defeated Bramalea Blues by forfeit

Notable alumni

Marty McSorley Keith Primeau Pat Quinn Jeff Reese Zac Rinaldo Gary Roberts Steve Staios Cam Talbot Zach Hyman Chris Tanev Brandon Tanev

References

External links Royals Webpage