Sutherland Cup

SUTHERLAND CUP – HISTORY 

 

  

First awarded in 1934, the Sutherland Cup is emblematic of Junior ‘B’ supremacy in the Ontario Hockey Association.

The 23 teams in the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League now compete for this trophy. 

The Waterloo Siskins have won the most Sutherland Cup championships with 12, with their first coming in 1940 and their most recent in 2019. 

In 2016, the Caledonia Corvairs became the first team to win the Sutherland Cup in three consecutive years.
JAMES T. SUTHERLAND

The Sutherland Cup is named after Captain James T. Sutherland. He was a hockey pioneer who was instrumental in the promotion of the Ontario Hockey Association at every opportunity. He became President of the OHA in 1915 and, one year later, first held the same office for the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association. He was known as the main source for hockey information, as a coach, and as a referee.

  
He introduced preseason conditioning exercises and a coaching system. In 1919 on his discharge from the army, one of his first accomplishments was to recommend a trophy as a memorial to the young men who died in the European conflict. From this came the creation of the Memorial Cup, emblematic of the Canadian Junior Championship, first awarded to the University of Toronto in 1919.

He dedicated his life to helping Canadians recognize and preserve the heritage of their winter sport. To his death on September 15th, 1955, he insisted that events in the town of Kingston in 1888 made that location the actual birth place of organized hockey.

James Thomas Sutherland is known simply as the father of hockey in Ontario.

 

Chatham Maroons, 2025 Sutherland Cup Champions

SUTHERLAND CUP CHAMPIONS

YEAR   CHAMPIONS FINALISTS SERIES
2025 Chatham Maroons St. Catharines Falcons 4-2
2024 Listowel Cyclones St. Marys Lincolns 4-1
2023 Leamington Flyers Stratford Warriors 4-3
2022 St. Catharines Falcons Chatham Maroons 2-0
2021    Cancelled (COVID-19)
2020    Cancelled (COVID-19)
2019 Waterloo Siskins London Nationals 4-3
2018 Listowel Cyclones Caledonia Corvairs 4-0
2017 Elmira Sugar Kings London Nationals 4-1
2016 Caledonia Corvairs London Nationals 4-0
2015 Caledonia Corvairs LaSalle Vipers 4-2
2014 Caledonia Corvairs St. Catharines Falcons 4-3
2013 London Nationals Cambridge Winterhawks 4-2
2012 St. Catharines Falcons Brantford Golden Eagles 4-2
2011 Elmira Sugar Kings Niagara Falls Canucks 4-1
2010 LaSalle Vipers Brantford Golden Eagles 4-1
2009 Brantford Golden Eagles Stoney Creek Warriors 4-1
2008 Tecumseh Chiefs Elmira Sugar Kings 4-0
2007   Cambridge Winterhawks Strathroy Rockets 4-0
2006   Cambridge Winterhawks Niagara Falls Canucks 4-1
2005   Thorold Blackhawks Chatham Maroons 4-1
2004   Stratford Cullitons Thorold Blackhawks 4-0
2003   Stratford Cullitons Thorold Blackhawks 4-3
2002   Sarnia Blast Elmira Sugar Kings 4-3
2001   Elmira Sugar Kings Thorold Blackhawks 4-2
2000   Cambridge Winterhawks St. Catharines Falcons 4-0
1999   Chatham Maroons Stratford Cullitons 4-3
1998   Niagara Falls Canucks Elmira Sugar Kings 4-3
1997   Elmira Sugar Kings St. Catharines Falcons 4-3
1996   Niagara Falls Canucks St. Thomas Stars 4-2
1995   Stratford Cullitons St. Thomas Stars 4-0
1994   Waterloo Siskins St. Catharines Falcons 4-2
1993   Barrie Colts Kitchener Dutchmen 4-0
1992   Kitchener Dutchmen Milton Merchants 4-1
1991   Waterloo Siskins Oakville Blades 4-0
1990   Stratford Cullitons St. Catharines Falcons 4-0
1989   St. Michael’s College Buzzers Niagara Falls Canucks 4-1
1988   Waterloo Siskins Bramalea Blues 4-1
1987   St. Thomas Stars Niagara Falls Canucks 4-0
1986   Stratford Cullitons Streetsville Derbys 4-0
1985   Waterloo Siskins Bramalea Blues 4-1
1984   Waterloo Siskins Streetsville Derbys 4-3
1983   Henry Carr HS Crusaders Stratford Cullitons 4-0
1982   St. Michael’s College Buzzers Sarnia Glis Bees 4-3
1981   Burlington Courgars Stratford Cullitons 8-4 (Pts)
1980   Belleville Bobcats Windsor Royals 4-0
1979   Streetsville Derbys St. Catharines Falcons 4-0
1978   Stratford Cullitons Streetsville Derbys 9-5 (Pts)
1977   Stratford Cullitons Streetsville Derbys 4-2
1976   St. Marys Lincolns Collingwood Blues 4-3
1975   Bramalea Blues Oakville Blades 4-3
1974   Hamilton Red Wings Bramalea Blues Forfeit
1973   Sarnia Bees Toronto Nationals 4-2
1972   Markham Waxers St. Marys Lincolns 4-2
1971   Dixie Beehives Hamilton Mountain Bees 4-1
1970   Dixie Beehives Hamilton Mountain Bees 4-1
1969   Markham Waxers Strathroy Rockets 4-2
1968   Sarnia Legionnaires Markham Waxers 4-0
1967   Kitchener Greenshirts Dixie Beehives 4-2
1966   Sarnia Legionnaires Toronto Westclair 4-2
1965   Kitchener Greenshirts St. Thomas Barons 4-3
1964   Waterloo Siskins Weston Dodgers 4-1
1963   St. Marys Lincolns Kington Frontenacs 4-2
1962   Waterloo Siskins St. Thomas Barons 4-1
1961   St. Michael’s College Buzzers Owen Sound Greys 4-0
1960   Waterloo Siskins Toronto Marlboros 4-2
1959   Sarnia Legionnaires Aurora Bears 4-2
1958   Sarnia Legionnaires Toronto Lakeshore Bruins 4-1
1957   Dixie Beehives Sarnia Legionnaires 4-2
1956   Waterloo Siskins Brampton Regents 4-1
1955   Woodstock Warriors Woodbridge Dodgers 4-2
1954   Waterloo Siskins Weston Dukes 4-3
1953   Weston Dukes Waterloo Siskins 4-3
1952   Weston Dukes Waterloo Hurricanes 4-1
1951   Sarnia Jr. Sailors Weston Dukes 4-1
1950   Barrie Flyers Guelph Bitmore Bees 4-1
1949   Kitchener Greenshirts Upper Canada Collegians 3-0
1948   Hamilton Aerovox St. Michael’s College Buzzers 3-0
1947   De La Salle Oaklands Hamilton Aerovox 3-2
1946   De La Salle Oaklands Kitchener Greenshirts 3-1
1945   St. Michael’s College Buzzers Stratford Kroehlers 2-1
1944   De La Salle Oaklands Barrie Colts 2-1
1943   Port Colborne Recreationists Milton Bombers 2-0
1942   Stratford Kist Canadians Hamilton Tigers 3-1
1941   Brantford Lions Oshawa Bees 3-0
1940   Waterloo Siskins Owen Sound Greys 3-1
1939   Niagara Falls Good Cheer Kitchener Greenshirts 2-0
1938   Kingston Red Indians Barrie Colts 3-0
1937   Toronto Northern Novacs Barrie Colts 16-9 (Goals)
1936   St. Michael’s College Buzzers Guelph Maple Leafs 2-1
1935   Barrie Colts St. Michael’s College Buzzers 3-1
1934   St. Michael’s College Buzzers Preston Riverside 2-0