The Kitchener Greenshirts name has been used by five separate

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teams playing in

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, Canada. These include one 'Senior A' level hockey team, two 'Junior A' level teams, and two 'Junior B' level teams. The name has also been used for a team in the

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(OMHA).

Senior A (c.1917 to c.1938)

The Kitchener Hockey Club, commonly known as the Kitchener Greenshirts were a

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team. Kitchener won the

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in 1918 and 1928, as the senior champion of the

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(OHA). Kitchener also won the 1918 Allan Cup as the national champions of Canada.

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goaltender

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played senior hockey for the Greenshirts from 1917 to 1923. Another Hall of Famer, Earl Seibert played one game with the team in 1928. List of

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(NHL) alumni:

Junior A (c.1922 to c.1938)

The first

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Greenshirts team played in the OHA the early 1920s to the start of

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. This Junior A program operated in affiliation to the Senior A team of the same name. The team was known as the Kitchener Colts when they won the

as the OHA junior champions in 1923. The Colts eventually advanced to play the

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. List of

(NHL) alumni:

Junior B (c.1939 to c.1949)

With many high calibre Junior A and NHL players involved in military service, Kitchener was left with a Junior B team to fill the void. Future NHLers

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played for the Junior B Greenshirts during the 1940s. Howie Meeker would be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame as a broadcaster.

Junior A (1951 to 1954)

The second Junior A team in the Ontario Hockey Association known as the Kitchener Greenshirts played from 1951 to 1954 at the

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. The Greenshirts were granted as an expansion team for the 1951–52 season. The first Junior A season in Kitchener since

was successful in gaining local fan support, and beating out rivals

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to be the best team in the twin cities. Bill Harrington won the

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as the OHA's Most Outstanding Player while goaltending for the 1951–52 season with the Greenshirts. The team played three years in total from 1951 to 1954, then were renamed the Kitchener Canucks. The Kitchener Canucks later became the Peterborough TPT Petes.

NHL alumni

List of

(NHL) alumni:

Yearly results

List of season-by-season results:

Junior B (c.1963 to c.1978)

Ontario Minor Hockey

There has also been a

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team in the

with the name Kitchener Greenshirts. Its NHL alumni include,

Kevin Miehm Kevin Miehm (born September 10, 1969) is a Canadian former ice hockey player in the National Hockey League (NHL) who played two seasons with the St. Louis Blues from 1992 to 1994. Miehm was born in Kitchener, Ontario Ontario ( ; ) is one of ...

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Brad Schlegel Bradley Wilfred Schlegel (born July 22, 1968) is a Canadian former ice hockey defenceman. Schlegel was born in Kitchener, Ontario. Drafted in 1988 by the Washington Capitals, he also played briefly for the Calgary Flames. Schlegel also ...

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, Brad Shaw and Nick Stajduhar.

References

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