Ottawa 67's

thumb|The Ottawa 67's celebrate a playoff victory

The Ottawa 67's are a major junior ice hockey team based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, that plays in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL). Established during Canada's centennial year of 1967 and named in honour of this, the 67's currently play their home games at TD Place Arena. The 67's are three-time OHL champions, and have played in the Memorial Cup five times, winning in 1984 and as host team in 1999.

History

The Ontario Hockey Association granted the city of Ottawa an expansion franchise on February 16, 1967. Four months later, the team was given the nickname 67's, in honour of Canada's centennial year. Three local businessmen—Bill Cowley, Howard Darwin and Bill Touhey as well as Alderman Howard Henry—helped bring junior hockey back to Canada's capital. The 67's filled the hockey void left by the departure of the junior Hull–Ottawa Canadiens and the semi-professional Hull-Ottawa Canadiens. However, before the team played a game Touhey left the ownership group and Jack Kinsella became one of the owners in his stead. They played their first game at their own arena, the Ottawa Civic Centre, on December 29, losing to the Montreal Junior Canadiens 4–2. The first season for the 67's was terrible at best, with the team posting a final record of six wins, 45 losses and three ties. They made the playoffs in their second season, but lost in the quarter-finals to the Niagara Falls Flyers. The 67's reached the OHA finals during the following season in 1971–72. They lost to the Peterborough Petes 3–0, with two ties. The 67's came close to playing at home in the Memorial Cup, as the Ottawa Civic Centre hosted the tournament that year.

Brian Kilrea joins the 67's

Darwin announced in May 1972 that he would resign as team president in June 1972 and this was quickly followed by Bill Long's departure as general manager and head coach in June as well. Howard Henry was announced as the team's new president. Leo Boivin was named as Long's successor as head coach of the 67's and Ross Tyrell as general manager on June 18. After a rebuilding season in 1973–74, after which both Boivin and Tyrell were let go by the team after a surprise loss to the Peterborough Petes in the playoffs the 67's hired a young up-and-coming coach named Brian Kilrea as both coach and general manager. Kilrea coached the team to three successive improved winning records, culminating in a victory in the J. Ross Robertson Cup finals in 1977, versus the London Knights, who were coached by former 67's bench boss Bill Long. During the late 1970s, Ottawa was led by scoring champions Peter Lee, Bobby Smith and Jim Fox and future Hockey Hall of Fame defenceman Doug Wilson.

The 67's moved on to compete for the 1977 Memorial Cup versus the champions of the other Canadian major junior leagues, the New Westminster Bruins of the Western Canada Hockey League, and the Sherbrooke Castors of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). The 1977 Memorial Cup tournament was the first to be held in British Columbia and the first to use a double round-robin format. Ottawa lost the first game 7–6 to the Bruins, then won three in a row, 6–1 over the Castors, 4–3 in overtime versus the Bruins, and then 5–2 against Sherbrooke. However, Ottawa lost to the host Bruins 6–5 in the championship game. Bobby Smith and goaltender Pat Riggin were named to the tournament's all-star team.

Ottawa finished first in their division the following season, and were tipped to go all the way to the Memorial Cup tournament again, but struggled to finish off the Wayne Gretzky-led Soo Greyhounds in the first round The 67's rebuilt during the 1978–79 season, and returned to play for a second J. Ross Robertson Cup versus the Kitchener Rangers at the end of the 1981–82 season. They were swept by the Rangers, but that season marked the first of three consecutive division titles from 1982 to 1984.

First Memorial Cup victory

In 1984, the 67's reached the OHL championship series in a rematch from the 1982 OHL finals, against the Kitchener Rangers. As the team with the most points in the league, Kitchener had been chosen to host the 1984 Memorial Cup tournament. In the OHL itself, however, Ottawa had unfinished business, having lost to Kitchener two years earlier. The 67's, who finished second overall to Kitchener in the OHL, defeated the Rangers and won their second J. Ross Robertson Cup and earned a place in the Memorial Cup tournament. Stewart lasted until November, replacing him with Bob Ellett. The rebuilding team suffered through two dismal seasons after winning the cup, finishing third-last in the OHL in 1985 and second-last in 1986. The second Kilrea era was not as superb as his first coaching stint. The 67's finished as high as second place in their division two times, and reached the league's playoff semi-finals three times. The highlight of this era was Andrew Cassels, the rookie of the year in 1986–87, and scoring champion in 1987–88. Kilrea went into coaching retirement after the 1993–94 season, remaining as the general manager. For the 1994–95 season, the 67's were coached by former scoring champion Peter Lee.

The third Kilrea era

Brian Kilrea came out of coaching retirement in 1995 and replaced Lee. On June 10, 1998, Jeff Hunt purchased the team from Howard Darwin and Earl Montagano. Kilrea was asked by Hunt to remain as coach for three more years, but would remain as coach until the end of the 2008–09 season, The Kilrea-coached 67's resurged to the top of the OHL, winning five consecutive east division titles from 1996 to 2000. In 1996–97, Ottawa finished with the most points in the league with 104, however, lost in the finals 4–2 to their division rivals, the Oshawa Generals.

Memorial Cup, 2001

After winning their fifth division title, the 67's were bounced in the second round of the playoffs by the Belleville Bulls in 2000. However, it was not long before the 67's went to the Memorial Cup again. Ottawa defeated the Plymouth Whalers in the league championship capturing their second J. Ross Robertson Cup. The 2001 Memorial Cup was played in Regina, Saskatchewan. Ottawa had tougher luck in this tournament, winning just one game in the round robin versus the hometown Regina Pats, then ultimately losing to Regina 5–0 in the tie-breaker game. In the 2002–03 season, the 67's reached the OHL finals again, but fell to the eventual Memorial Cup champions Kitchener Rangers in five games. Ottawa, which won the division in 2003–04, suffered a surprise first round defeat in the playoffs to the Brampton Battalion. On September 3, 2008, Kilrea announced that at the end of the 2008–09, he would step down from his head coaching position. Tourigny won a second consecutive OHL Coach of the Year award in 2019–20 going 50–11–1 in a shortened season and earning the CHL Coach of the Year in the process. Dave Cameron is the 67's most recent recipient of the award, taking home the honours after leading the club to their record setting 51-win season in 2022–23. He also won CHL Coach of the Year in that same season.

List of coaches with multiple seasons in parentheses.

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1967–1972 – Bill Long (5)
1972–1974 – Leo Boivin (2)
1974–1984 – Brian Kilrea (10, 31 total)
1984–1985 – Cliff Stewart & Bob Ellett
1985–1986 – Bob Ellett (2)

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1986–1994 – Brian Kilrea (8, 31 total)
1994–1995 – Peter Lee
1995–2009 – Brian Kilrea (14, 32 total)
2009–2013 – Chris Byrne
2014–2017 – Jeff Brown
2017–2021 – Andre Tourigny
2021–present – Dave Cameron

Players

Denis Potvin and Doug Wilson are the only Ottawa 67's alumni to be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame as players.

Award winners

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CHL Player of the Year

1975–76 - Peter Lee
1977–78 - Bobby Smith
1996–97 - Alyn McCauley
1998–99 - Brian Campbell
2002–03 - Corey Locke

CHL Defenceman of the Year

1996–97 - Sean Blanchard
2002–03 - Brendan Bell
2019–20 - Noel Hoefenmayer

CHL Top Scorer Award

2002–03 - Corey Locke
2019–20 - Marco Rossi

Red Tilson Trophy Most Outstanding Player

1975–76 - Peter Lee
1977–78 - Bobby Smith
1979–80 - Jim Fox
1987–88 - Andrew Cassels
1995–96 - Alyn McCauley
1996–97 - Alyn McCauley
1998–99 - Brian Campbell
2002–03 - Corey Locke
2003–04 - Corey Locke
2019–20 - Marco Rossi

Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy Scoring Champion

1972–73 - Blake Dunlop
1977–78 - Bobby Smith
1979–80 - Jim Fox
1987–88 - Andrew Cassels
2002–03 - Corey Locke
2003–04 - Corey Locke
2010–11 - Tyler Toffoli
2019–20 - Marco Rossi

Jim Mahon Memorial Trophy Top Scoring Right Winger

1975–76 - Peter Lee
1979–80 - Jim Fox
2002–03 - Matt Foy
2010–11 - Tyler Toffoli

Max Kaminsky Trophy Most Outstanding Defenceman

1971–72 - Denis Potvin
1972–73 - Denis Potvin
1980–81 - Randy Boyd
1983–84 - Brad Shaw
1990–91 - Chris Snell
1996–97 - Sean Blanchard
1998–99 - Brian Campbell
2002–03 - Brendan Bell
2019–20 - Noel Hoefenmayer
2022–23 - Pavel Mintyukov

OHL Goaltender of the Year

1995–96 - Craig Hillier

Jack Ferguson Award First Overall Draft Pick

1993 - Alyn McCauley
2013 - Travis Konecny

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Dave Pinkney Trophy Lowest Team GAA

1983–84 - Darren Pang & Greg Coram
1996–97 - Tim Keyes & Craig Hillier
1997–98 - Craig Hillier & Seamus Kotyk
2018–19 - Cedrick Andree & Michael DiPietro
2019–20 - Cedrick Andree & Will Cranley
2022–23 - Max Donoso & Collin MacKenzie

Emms Family Award Rookie of the Year

1982–83 - Bruce Cassidy
1986–87 - Andrew Cassels
2013–14 - Travis Konecny

F.W. "Dinty" Moore Trophy Best Rookie GAA

1979–80 - Mike Vezina
1997–98 - Seamus Kotyk
1998–99 - Levente Szuper
2009–10 - Petr Mrazek

Dan Snyder Memorial Trophy Humanitarian of the Year

1999–2000 - Dan Tessier

William Hanley Trophy Most Sportsmanlike Player

1978–79 - Sean Simpson
1979–80 - Sean Simpson
1987–88 - Andrew Cassels
1996–97 - Alyn McCauley
1998–99 - Brian Campbell

Leo Lalonde Memorial Trophy Overage Player of the Year

1983–84 - Don McLaren
1999–2000 - Dan Tessier
2019–20 - Austen Keating

Bobby Smith Trophy Scholastic Player of the Year

1980–81 - Doug Smith
1989–90 - Ryan Kuwabara
2005–06 - Danny Battochio
2016–17 - Sasha Chmelevski

Ivan Tennant Memorial Award Top Academic High School Player

2005–06 - Joe Pleckaitis
2013–14 - Adam Craievich with the Guelph Storm
2016–17 - Sasha Chmelevski

Roger Neilson Memorial Award Top Academic College/University Player

2004–05 - Danny Battochio
2005–06 - Danny Battochio

Wayne Gretzky 99 Award Playoffs MVP

2001 - Seamus Kotyk

Retired numbers

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Peter Lee (#14)
Doug Wilson (#7) (Hockey Hall of Fame)

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Denis Potvin (#7) (Hockey Hall of Fame)
Bobby Smith (#15)
Brian Campbell (#44)

NHL alumni

The following players have played at least one game in the National Hockey League;

Season-by-season results

Regular season and playoffs results:

Legend: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime losses, SL = Shoot-out losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

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|bgcolor="#B3FFB3"|OHL champions

|bgcolor="#D0E7FF"|OHL finalists

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! rowspan="2"|Season !! colspan="11"|Regular season !! rowspan="2"|Playoffs

! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! Finish

|1967–68||54|| 6||45|| 3||–||–|| 15||0.139||105||329||10th OHA||Did not qualify

|1968–69||54||20||28|| 6||–||–|| 46||0.426||214||253||8th OHA||Lost quarterfinal (Niagara Falls Flyers) 9–5

|1969–70||54||21||23||10||–||–|| 52||0.481||213||206||5th OHA||Lost quarterfinal (Montreal Junior Canadiens) 8–2

|1970–71||62||38||18|| 6||–||–|| 82||0.645||296||218||3rd OHA||Won quarterfinal (Hamilton Red Wings) 9–5 Lost semifinal (Toronto Marlboros) 8–0

|1971–72||63||33||25|| 5||–||–|| 71||0.563||251||216||4th OHA||bgcolor="#D0E7FF"|Won quarterfinal (London Knights) 8–6 Won semifinal (Oshawa Generals) 9–3 Lost OHA final (Peterborough Petes) 8–0

|1972–73||63||41||15|| 7||–||–|| 89||0.706||391||243||3rd OHA||Won quarterfinal (Sudbury Wolves) 8–0 Lost semifinal (Toronto Marlboros) 8–0

|1973–74||70||30||31|| 9||–||–|| 69||0.493||293||276||7th OHA||Lost quarterfinal (Peterborough Petes) 9–5

|1974–75||70||33||30|| 7||–||–|| 73||0.521||379||382||4th OMJHL||Lost quarterfinal (Sudbury Wolves) 8–6

|1975–76||66||34||23|| 9||–||–|| 77||0.583||331||291||2nd Leyden||Won quarterfinal (Kingston Canadians) 9–5 Lost semifinal (Sudbury Wolves) 8–2

|1976–77||66||38||23|| 5||–||–|| 81||0.614||348||288||1st Leyden||bgcolor="#B3FFB3"|Won quarterfinal (Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds) 4–0–1 Won semifinal (Kingston Canadians) 4–3–1 Won OMJHL final (London Knights) 4–2 Lost 1977 Memorial Cup final (New Westminster Bruins) 6–5

|1977–78||68||43||18|| 7||–||–|| 93||0.684||405||308||1st Leyden||Won quarterfinal (Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds) 9–7 Lost semifinal (Peterborough Petes) 9–7

|1978–79||68||30||38|| 0||–||–|| 60||0.441||319||344||4th Leyden||Lost preliminary round (Kingston Canadians) 6–2

|1979–80||68||45||20|| 3||–||–|| 93||0.684||402||288||2nd Leyden||Won division semifinal (Oshawa Generals) 4–3 Lost division final (Peterborough Petes) 4–0

|1980–81||68||45||20|| 3||–||–|| 93||0.684||360||264||2nd Leyden||Bye through division quarterfinal Lost division semifinal (Kingston Canadians) 9–5

|1981–82||68||47||19|| 2||–||–|| 96||0.706||353||248||1st Leyden||bgcolor="#D0E7FF"|Bye through division quarterfinal Won division semifinal (Toronto Marlboros) 8–2 Won division final (Oshawa Generals) 8–6 Lost OHL final (Kitchener Rangers) 9–1

|1982–83||70||46||21|| 3||–||–|| 95||0.679||395||278||1st Leyden||Bye through division quarterfinal Won division semifinal (Cornwall Royals) 8–0 Lost division final (Oshawa Generals) 8–2

|1983–84||70||50||18|| 2||–||–||102||0.729||347||223||1st Leyden||bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|Bye through division quarterfinal Won division semifinal (Oshawa Generals) 8–0 Won division final (Toronto Marlboros) 8–0 Won OHL final (Kitchener Rangers) 8–2 Won 1984 Memorial Cup final (Kitchener Rangers) 7–2

|1984–85||66||20||43|| 3||–||–|| 43||0.326||263||376||6th Leyden||Lost division quarterfinal (Peterborough Petes) 9–1

|1985–86||66||18||46|| 2||–||–|| 38||0.288||274||352||7th Leyden||Did not qualify

|1986–87||66||33||28|| 5||–||–|| 71||0.538||310||280||3rd Leyden||Won division quarterfinal (Cornwall Royals) 4–1 Lost division semifinal (Peterborough Petes) 4–2

|1987–88||66||38||26|| 2||–||–|| 78||0.591||341||294||2nd Leyden||Won division quarterfinal (Oshawa Generals) 4–3 Won division semifinal (Cornwall Royals) 4–1 Lost division final (Peterborough Petes) 4–0

|1988–89||66||30||32|| 4||–||–|| 64||0.485||295||301||5th Leyden||Won division quarterfinal (Oshawa Generals) 4–2 Lost division semifinal (Cornwall Royals) 4–2

|1989–90||66||38||26|| 2||–||–|| 78||0.591||320||265||4th Leyden||Lost division quarterfinal (Peterborough Petes) 4–0

|1990–91||66||39||25|| 2||–||–|| 80||0.606||301||280||4th Leyden||Won division quarterfinal (Belleville Bulls) 4–2 Won division semifinal (North Bay Centennials) 4–2 Lost division final (Oshawa Generals) 4–1

|1991–92||66||32||30|| 4||–||–|| 68||0.515||280||251||6th Leyden||Won division quarterfinal (Cornwall Royals) 4–2 Lost division semifinal (Peterborough Petes) 4–1

|1992–93||66||16||42|| 8||–||–|| 40||0.303||220||310||8th Leyden||Did not qualify

|1993–94||66||33||22||11||–||–|| 77||0.583||274||229||2nd Leyden||Won division quarterfinal (Peterborough Petes) 4–3 Won division semifinal (Sudbury Wolves) 4–2 Lost division final (North Bay Centennials) 4–1

|1994–95||66||22||38|| 6||–||–|| 50||0.379||232||276||6th Eastern||Did not qualify

|1995–96||66||39||22|| 5||–||–|| 83||0.629||258||200||1st Eastern||Bye through division quarterfinal Lost quarterfinal (Belleville Bulls) 4–0

|1996–97||66||49||11|| 6||–||–||104||0.788||320||177||1st Eastern||bgcolor="#D0E7FF"|Won division quarterfinal (Belleville Bulls) 4–2 Won quarterfinal (Barrie Colts) 4–1 Won semifinal (Guelph Storm) 4–3 Lost OHL final (Oshawa Generals) 4–2

|1997–98||66||40||17|| 9||–||–|| 89||0.674||286||172||1st Eastern||bgcolor="#D0E7FF"|Bye through division quarterfinal Won quarterfinal (Owen Sound Platers) 4–1 Won semifinal (London Knights) 4–0 Lost OHL final (Guelph Storm) 4–1

|1998–99||68||48||13|| 7||–||–||103||0.757||305||164||1st East||bgcolor="#FFBBBB"|Won conference quarterfinal (North Bay Centennials) 4–0 Lost conference semifinal (Belleville Bulls) 4–1 Won 1999 Memorial Cup final (Calgary Hitmen) 7–6 (OT)

|1999–2000||68||43||20|| 4|| 1||–|| 91||0.662||269||189||1st East||Won conference quarterfinal (Oshawa Generals) 4–1 Lost conference semifinal (Belleville Bulls) 4–2

|2000–01||68||33||21||10|| 4||–|| 80||0.559||249||201||2nd East||bgcolor="#B3FFB3"|Won conference quarterfinal (North Bay Centennials) 4–0 Won conference semifinal (Belleville Bulls) 4–2 Won conference final (Toronto St. Michael's Majors) 4–0 Won OHL final (Plymouth Whalers) 4–2 Lost 2001 Memorial Cup tie-breaker (Regina Pats) 5–0

|2001–02||68||36||20||10|| 2||–|| 84||0.603||262||218||2nd East||Won conference quarterfinal (Peterborough Petes) 4–2 Lost conference semifinal (Toronto St. Michael's Majors) 4–3

|2002–03||68||44||14|| 7|| 3||–|| 98||0.699||318||210||1st East||bgcolor="#D0E7FF"|Won conference quarterfinal (Mississauga IceDogs) 4–1 Won conference semifinal (Oshawa Generals) 4–2 Won conference final (Toronto St. Michael's Majors) 4–3 Lost OHL final (Kitchener Rangers) 4–1

|2003–04||68||29||26|| 9|| 4||–|| 71||0.522||238||220||1st East||Lost conference quarterfinal (Brampton Battalion) 4–3

|2004–05||68||34||26|| 7|| 1||–|| 76||0.551||244||210||2nd East||bgcolor="#D0E7FF"|Won conference quarterfinal (Barrie Colts) 4–2 Won conference semifinal (Sudbury Wolves) 4–2 Won conference final (Peterborough Petes) 4–0 Lost OHL final (London Knights) 4–1 Lost 2005 Memorial Cup semifinal (Rimouski Océanic) 7–4

|2005–06||68||29||31||–|| 5||3|| 66||0.485||240||244||4th East||Lost conference quarterfinal (Peterborough Petes) 4–2

|2006–07||68||30||34||–|| 0||4|| 64||0.471||242||263||4th East||Lost conference quarterfinal (Belleville Bulls) 4–1

|2007–08||68||29||34||–||2||3||63||0.463||201||237||3rd East||Lost conference quarterfinal (Oshawa Generals) 4–0

|2008–09||68||40||21||–||5||2||87||0.640||272||231||2nd East||Lost conference quarterfinal (Niagara IceDogs) 4–3

|2009–10||68||37||23||–||5||3||82||0.603||246||219||1st East||Won conference quarterfinal (Niagara IceDogs) 4–1 Lost conference semifinal (Mississauga St. Michael's Majors) 4–3

|2010–11||68||44||19||–||3||2||93||0.684||278||199||1st East||Lost conference quarterfinal (Sudbury Wolves) 4–0

|2011–12||68||40||20||–||5||3||88||0.647||268||216||1st East||Won conference quarterfinal (Belleville Bulls) 4–2 Won conference semifinal (Barrie Colts) 4–3 Lost conference final (Niagara IceDogs) 4–1

|2012–13||68||16||46||–||0||6||38||0.279||208||323||5th East||Did not qualify

|2013–14||68||23||39||–||3||3||52||0.382||222||308||5th East||Did not qualify

|2014–15||68||38||25||–||4||1||81||0.596||239||220||2nd East||Lost conference quarterfinal (Niagara IceDogs) 4–2

|2015–16||68||36||29||–||2||1||75||0.551||234||219||2nd East||Lost conference quarterfinal (Niagara IceDogs) 4–1

|2016–17||68||26||34||–||7||1||60||0.441||221||271||5th East||Lost conference quarterfinal (Mississauga Steelheads) 4–2

|2017–18||68||30||29||–||7||2||69||0.507||225||260||4th East||Lost conference quarterfinal (Hamilton Bulldogs) 4–1

|2018–19||68||50||12||–||4||2||106||0.779||296||183||1st East||bgcolor="#D0E7FF"|Won conference quarterfinal (Hamilton Bulldogs) 4–0 Won conference semifinal (Sudbury Wolves) 4–0 Won conference final (Oshawa Generals) 4–0 Lost OHL final (Guelph Storm) 4–2

|2019–20||62||50||11||–||0||1||101||0.815||296||165||1st East|| bgcolor="#CCCCCC"|Playoffs cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic

|2020–21 || colspan="12" bgcolor="#CCCCCC"|Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic

|2021–22||68||28||31||–||2||7||65||0.478||199||250||4th East||Lost conference quarterfinal (North Bay Battalion) 4–0

|2022–23||68||51||12||–||3||2||107||0.787||286||171||1st East||Won conference quarterfinal (Oshawa Generals) 4–1 Lost conference semifinal (Peterborough Petes) 4–2

|2023–24||68||36||24||–||6||2||80||0.588||253||228||3rd East||Won conference quarterfinal (Brantford Bulldogs) 4–2 Lost conference semifinal (Oshawa Generals) 4–0

|2024–25||68||24||34||–||4||6||58||0.426||203||270||4th East||Did not qualify

|2025–26||68||47||15||–||3||3||100||0.735||265||160||2nd East||Won conference quarterfinal (Kingston Frontenacs) 4–0 Lost conference semifinal (Barrie Colts) 4–1

Uniforms and logos

The 67's colours and original uniforms are based on those of the Ottawa Senators from the 1920s and 1930s. The team colours are red, white & black. The 67's dark jerseys, only slightly altered from the original design, have horizontal "barber-pole" stripes with the rectangular 67's logo. The 67's have also used a white background jersey with barber-pole stripes on the shoulders and sleeves.

left|120px An alternate jersey was unveiled in 2001. In keeping with their new "Hockey With Bite" slogan, it featured a logo with an angry puck, and a white background body with jagged red and black trim lines along the bottom and arms. It also had an opposite black background style with white & red trim. This third jersey was discontinued in 2012, but the "Angry Puck" motif still features on some 67's merchandise.

:Mascots: Riley Raccoon, The Killer Puck

Arenas

thumb|TD Place Arena interior

thumb|Ottawa TD Place Arena exterior

The Ottawa 67's played the first half of their 1967–68 inaugural season at the Robert Guertin Arena in Hull, Quebec, until completion of the new arena at Lansdowne Park. However, the guest capacity reached as high as 10,449 for Ottawa Senators games, when the NHL team played in the arena while awaiting the construction of their own rink. TD Place Arena is built into the side of a football stadium and the seating in TD Place Arena is almost all on the north side and ends of the arena, with very few seats on the south side towards the football stadium.

Over the years, the team has hosted events in other local arenas, such as the Corel Centre (now named the Canadian Tire Centre), where in 2004, they played a game against the Kingston Frontenacs that was viewed by an CHL-record crowd of 20,081. In early February 2012, it was announced that the 67's would move to the Canadian Tire Centre for two seasons while renovations were finished at TD Place Arena. This came as a result of delays in construction originally planned to allow the 67's to stay at TD Place through the rebuild but a closed site was needed to meet deadlines for NASL and CFL expansion. The team returned to TD Place Arena in August 2014 ahead of the 2014–15 season.

History

Brian Kilrea joins the 67's

First Memorial Cup victory

The third Kilrea era

Memorial Cup, 2001

Players

Award winners

Retired numbers

NHL alumni

Season-by-season results

Uniforms and logos

Arenas

See also

Notes

References

Bibliography

External links