The Hamilton Kilty B's are a Canadian

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team based in Hamilton,

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. They play in the Golden Horseshoe Conference of the

Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League The Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League (GOJHL) is a Canadian junior ice hockey league based in Southern Ontario, Canada. The league is sanctioned by the Ontario Hockey Association, Ontario Hockey Federation, and Hockey Canada. The league is c ...

. The team was known as the

Stoney Creek Warriors The Stoney Creek Warriors were a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada. They play in the Golden Horseshoe division of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League as well as the Golden Horseshoe Junior B Hockey Leag ...

prior to 2013 and the Ancaster Avalanche until 2018.

History

The Stoney Creek Warriors were formed in 1974 as a member of the

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. As a Junior C team, the Warriors would win four league titles. The Warriors moved up to the

Golden Horseshoe Junior B Hockey League The Golden Horseshoe Junior Hockey League (GHL) was a junior ice hockey league in Ontario, Canada, sanctioned by the Ontario Hockey Association from 1974 until 2007. In 2007, the league became a division of the newly formed Greater Ontario Junio ...

in 1994 under the name Spirit. In the Summer of 2013, the team was relocated to

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and renamed the Avalanche. On September 7, 2013, hockey officially returned to Ancaster, as the Avalanche hosted the

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in their season opener and defeated them 10–3. In 2016 the Avalanche became an affiliate of the OHL

Hamilton Bulldogs The Hamilton Bulldogs were a Canadian major junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) that began to play in the 2015–16 season. Based in Hamilton, Ontario, the Bulldogs played home games at FirstOntario Centre. They were purc ...

. In April 2018, the team announced they were moving to Hamilton, taking over the Kilty B's moniker, purchased from the ownership of the

Markham Royals 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 Ham ...

who were previously located in Hamilton as the Red Wings and Kilty B's.

Season-by-season results

Sutherland Cup appearances

:''2009'': Brantford Eagles defeated Stoney Creek Warriors ''4-games-to-1''

References

External links

Kilty B's Webpage
{{GOJHL Kilty Western Junior B Hockey League teams Ice hockey clubs established in 2018 2018 establishments in Ontario