Kitchener Dutchmen
| Kitchener Dutchmen | |
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| City | Kitchener, Ontario, Canada |
| League | Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League |
| Division | Mid-Western |
| Founded | 1956 |
| Home arena | Kitchener Memorial Auditorium Complex |
| Colors |
Blue, Red, and White |
| General manager | Brad Lund |
| Head coach | Greg Bignell (2015) |
| Affiliates | Kitchener Rangers (OHL) |
| Franchise history | |
| 1956-1969 | Kitchener Greenshirts |
| 1969-1988 | Kitchener Ranger B's |
| 1988-Present | Kitchener Dutchmen |
The Kitchener Dutchmen are a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. They play in the Mid-Western division of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League.
The Kitchener Dutchmen franchise was founded in 1956 when the Junior A Kitchener Canucks were moved to become the Peterborough Petes. With the Canucks gone, the new Kitchener Greenshirts were founded as members of the Central Junior B Hockey League to fill the void left by their Junior A counterparts.
The Greenshirts changed their name to the "Ranger B's" in 1969 to better reflect their relationship with their parent club, the Kitchener Rangers who entered the market in 1963. The team started in the Central Junior B league, but as part of the 1971 geographic realignment, moved to the Western Junior B league. In 1973, the team joined the "Southwestern Junior "B" Hockey League", which became the "Waterloo-Wellington Junior "B" Hockey League" and then the Midwestern "B" in 1977. The team is a long-standing member of the league and remains there to this day as the Kitchener Dutchmen.
An original charter member team, in 1992 this franchise became the first team in Mid-Western "B" history, other than the Waterloo Siskins and the Stratford Cullitons, to win the league and the Sutherland Cup. They won a second consecutive league title in 1993, but failed to come away with another Ontario Hockey Association title. The team has not missed the playoffs since 1979, a streak only surpassed by the Siskins and Cullitons. The Dutchmen are a long time farm team for the Kitchener Rangers of the Ontario Hockey League.
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