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team. The team played in the City of

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, Canada and participated in the International Hockey League and the

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prior to the IHL.

History

The creation of the Windsor Bulldogs in 1953 coincided with the folding of the

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's Junior "A"

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. Although no Spitfires made the direct jump to the Bulldogs, eventually five members of the team did eventually play for the Bulldogs. In 1955, the Windsor Bulldogs made it to the OHA Senior league's final, but were put down by the Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen in five games. The Bulldogs were showing their worth by only their second season. The 1959–60 season saw the Bulldogs make the final again. Windsor ran into their local rivals, the Chatham Maroons and were defeated in six games. The Maroons went on to win the

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as Canadian National Senior A Champions. The next season, the Bulldogs made it back to the finals to fall to a different opponent. The other finalist was the Galt Terriers and Galt took no prisoners sweeping the series in four games. Again, their opponents went on to win the

. The 1961–62 season was a different story. In the final, the Bulldogs drew the Chatham Maroons. The series went the distance, but the Bulldogs pulled out game seven and won the series in seven games to win their first

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as league champions. In the

Eastern final, the Bulldogs could not make it past the

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. In 1962–63, the Windsor Bulldogs repeated as Robertson Cup champions as they swept the Chatham Maroons in four games. Everything went right for the Bulldogs and they found themselves in the

Finals against the

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. In a low scoring series, the Bulldogs defeated the Maroons in five games to clinch their first and only Allan Cup as National Champions. Riding the wave of success, the

champions committed to join the International Hockey League along with the Chatham Maroons for the 1963–64 season. After a mediocre losing season, the Bulldogs ceased operations.

Season-by-season results

References

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