Michigan Amateur Hockey (1946-1969)

This page details amateur hockey in the American state of Michigan between 1946 and 1968. See Northern Michigan Hockey League for information on that competition, which in this time-frame played from 1946-1957.

Results

1945-46

Mack Park Hockey League

• 1/29: Vics Soda Bar - Silver Six 11:0
• 1/29: Angels - Maple Leafs 7:0
• 1/29: Northwest Eagles - Fides AC 6:2
• 2/26: Maple Leafs - Vics Soda Bar 2:1
• 2/26: Angels - Northwest Eagles 2:2
• 2/26: Fides AC - Silver Six 7:2

1946-47

Michigan AAU Senior League @ Detroit

• 12/26: Garlings - Flamingos 9:2
• 12/26: Maple Leafs - Teamsters 7:2
• 12/26: Marcus - Red Bobbins 9:2
• 12/30: Maple Leafs - Brightmoor 3:0
• 12/30: Local 600 - Vics Soda Bar 4:1
• 1/8: Vics Soda Bar - Maple Leafs 9:1
• 1/8: Hell Cats - Marcus 4:0
• 1/8: Local 600 - Red Bobbins 15:0
• 2/5: DeSantis - Olympics 2:0
• 2/5: Hell Cats - Flamingos 6:1
• 2/5: Local 600 - Brightmoor 6:1
• 2/9: Marcus - Olympics 5:0
• 2/9: Flamingos - Teamsters 3:0
• 2/9: Garlings - Red Bobbins 6:2
• 2/12: Local 600 - Teamsters 5:3 @ Windsor
• 2/12: Marcus - DeSantis 3:1 @ Windsor
• 2/21: Marcus - Brightmoor 1:1
• 2/21: Vics Soda Bar - Garlings 5:3
• 2/21: Olympics - Flamingos 5:1
• 2/23: Vics Soda Bar - Red Bobbins 5:1
• 2/23: Brightmoor - DeSantis 8:1
• 2/23: Local 600 - Hell Cats 0:0
• 2/25: Brightmoor - Red Bobbins 17:0
• 2/25: Marcus - Garlings 3:2
• 2/25: Hell Cats - Maple Leafs 2:2

1947-48

Inter-City Hockey League

1. Windsor S.W.& A. 9-10-18 58:30
2. Detroit Teamsters 5-4-1-11 36:22
3. Detroit Local 600 5-5-0-10 38:27
4. Detroit Vics Soda Bar 4-5-1-9 31:31
5. Hamtramck Rangers 4-5-1-9 29:38
6. Detroit Ash and Co. 1-8-1-3 26:45

Semifinals

• Windsor S.W.& A. - Detroit Local 600 11 goals to 9 (7:5, 4:4)
• Detroit Teamsters - Detroit Vic's Soda Bar 7 goals to 6 (3:4, 4:2)

Final

• Windsor S.W.& A. - Detroit Teamsters 2 wins to none (7:4, 11:8)

Michigan AAU Senior League

• 1/19: Brightmoor - Hot Rock 10:5
• 1/19: Ash - Ford 6:1
• 1/19: Detroit Rangers - Melvindale 6:2
• 1/21: Detroit Rangers - Detroit Local 600 2:2
• 1/21: Detroit Hornets - ABC 10:0
• 1/21: Detroit Vics Soda Bar - Olympics 3:2
• 1/28: Detroit Local 600 - Ash 5:2
• 1/28: Olympics - ABC 5:4
• 1/28: Detroit Rangers - Rockets 13:0
• 2/12: Detroit Rangers - Detroit Local 600 4:0 - final, both teams were 10-0-1 in regular season play

Vics Soda Bar and Rangers went on to play for the 1947-48 US AAU title.

1948-49

Michigan AAU League @ Detroit

• 1/2: Demons - Americans 8:0
• 1/2: Showbar - Polish Eagles 9:3
• 1/2: Nationals - Local 154 8:1
• 2/1: Brightmoor - Auto Inventory 6:0
• 2/1: Demons - Lions 5:1
• 2/1: Local 600 - Woodmere 10:2

Metropolitan Hockey League (Windsor, ON)

Group A

1. Detroit Local 600 6-3-0-12 27:22
2. Windsor Royals 4-3-2-10 33:23
3. Windsor Boystown 4-3-2-10 32:23
4. Hamtramck Rangers 1-6-2-4 12:35

Group B

1. Canadian Bridge 8-1-0-16 78:28
2. Windsor Hiram Walkers 6-3-0-12 53:35
3. Gelatin Products 2-6-1-5 28:58
4. Harrow Pirates 1-7-1-3 21:58

Semifinals

• 2/3: Boystown - Windsor Royals 1:0 Forfeit - was 3:5 for Royals, but Larry Schiller and Joe Schisler had both appeared in one game for the Windsor Ryan Cretes in the International Hockey League, which was forbidden
• 2/3: Windsor Hiram Walkers - Gelatin Products 9:2

Finals

• Detroit Local 600 - Boystown 5 goals to 4 (1:1, 4:3)
• Canadian Bridge - Windsor Hiram Walkers 11 goals to 8 (6:4, 5:4)

Windsor Junior League

1. Riverside Boosters 6-1-0-12 32:25
2. Windsor AKO Juniors 6-2-0-12 52:24
3. Detroit Local 600 Juniors 2-3-1-5 27:24
4. Windsor Young Spitfires 2-4-1-5 32:34
5. Windsor Bulldogs 0-6-0-0 12:50

Semifinals

• Riverside Boosters - Detroit Local 600 Juniors 6 goals to 5 (2:4, 4:1)
• Windsor AKO Juniors - Windsor Young Spitfires 10 goals to 9 (8:5, 2:4)

Final

• 3/31: Riverside Boosters - Windsor AKO Juniors 8:2

1949-50

Metropolitan Hockey League (Windsor, ON)

Group A

1. Windsor Sam's Department 7-1-1-15 56:24
2. Detroit Local 154 5-4-0-10 38:39
3. Detroit Local 600 4-5-0-8 36:37
4. Tecumseh 1-7-1-3 22:52

Group B

1. Windsor Hiram Walkers 6-3-0-12 51:30
2. Labadie-Burrough 4-4-1-9 32:39
3. Canadian Bridge 4-5-0-8 32:43
4. Steam Plant 3-5-1-7 31:34

Semifinals

• 2/2: Detroit Local 154 - Detroit Local 600 10:2
• 2/2: Labadie-Burrough - Canadian Bridge 5:3

Finals

• Windsor Sam's Department - Detroit Local 154 9 goals to 6 (7:2, 2:4)
• Windsor Hiram Walkers - Labadie-Burrough 16 goals to 7 (9:1, 7:6)

1950-51

Metropolitan Hockey League (Windsor, ON)

Group A

1. Detroit Local 154 7-0-1-15 58:19
2. Plaza Tavern 4-2-2-10 28:19
3. Toledo Rovers 2-5-1-5 31:32
4. Steam Plant 1-7-0-2 22:63

Group B

1. Windsor Hiram Walkers 7-1-0-14 48:18
2. Grand-Dale 5-2-1-11 32:23
3. Amherstburg 2-5-1-5 20:36
4. Tecumseh 1-7-0-2 18:31

Semifinals

• Plaza Tavern - Toledo Rovers 6 goals to 5 (3:1, 3:4)
• Amherstburg - Grand-Dale 8 goals to 7 (5:4, 3:3)

Finals

• Plaza Tavern - Detroit Local 154 2:1 on series (5:2, 3:4, 5:3)
• Windsor Hiram Walkers - Amherstburg 2:0 on series (4:1, 4:3)

1951-52

Windsor City League

1. Windsor Steam Plant 9-1-0-18 45:18
2. Windsor Sam's 7-3-1-15 58:35
3. Leamington Meteors 6-4-0-12 47:35
4. Windsor Hiram Walkers 5-4-1-11 58:39
5. Detroit Fides 2-6-0-4 24:49
6. Detroit Steiners 2-7-0-4 19:45
7. Amherstburg Aces 2-0-4 28:58

Semifinals

• Windsor Steam Plant - Leamington Meteors 15 goals to 9 (8:6, 7:3)
• Windsor Sam's - Windsor Hiram Walkers 10 goals to 7 (6:6, 4:1)

Final

• Windsor Steam Plant - Windsor Sam's 12 goals to 7 (4:4, 8:3)

Michigan State Championship

• 3/21: Pontiac Precision Products - Dearborn Hanses 11:3 - first round
• 3/21: Flint All Sports - Detroit Police Department 8:1 - "
• 3/22: Bay City - Cadillac 4:0 - "
• 3/22: Bay City - Traverse City 10:1 - semifinal
• 3/22: Pontiac Precision Products - Flint All Sports 6:1 - "
• 3/23: Pontiac Precision Products - Bay City 6:4 - final

1952-53

Sault-Algoma Hockey League

1. Canadian Soo Open Hearth 14-0-0-28 136:41
2. Canadian Soo Jr. Canucks 6-7-1-13 88:68
3. Soo Mohawks 6-7-1-13 95:90
4. Blind River Athletics 3-8-3-9 41:78
5. Thessalon Eagles 3-10-1-7 51:134

• 2/22: Soo Mohawks - Canadian Soo Canucks 4:2 - 3rd place tiebreaker

Windsor City League

1. Windsor Hiram Walkers 9-1-0-18 65:21
2. Windsor Sam's 6-3-1-13 48:28
3. Leamington 5-3-2-12 63:36
4. Sandwich East 4-6-0-8 49:28
5. Dearborn 3-6-1-7 33:62
6. Detroit S&C 1-9-0-2 12:95

Semifinals

• Windsor Hiram Walkers - Sandwich East 9 goals to 4 (4:1, 5:3)
• Windsor Sam's - Leamington 9 goals to 7 (3:2, 6:5)

Final

• Windsor Hiram Walkers - Windsor Sam's 13 goals to 5 (5:5, 8:0)

Hiram Walkers went on to play for the 1952-53 US Intermediate title.

Michigan State Championship

• 3/14: Bay City Americans - Flint 3:0 Forfeit - quarterfinal
• 3/15: Soo Mohawks - Muskegon Shamrocks 14:2 - semifinal
• 3/15: Detroit Four Dukes - Bay City Americans 9:2 - "
• 3/15: Soo Mohawks - Detroit Four Dukes - final

1953-54

Soo Mohawks

Sault-Algoma Hockey League

Standings as of 2/24

1. Canadian Soo Contractors 16-2-0-32 135:39
2. Blind River Athletics 11-10-1-23 114:112
3. Soo Mohawks 10-11-1-21 102:113
4. Canadian Soo Jr. Canucks 5-10-2-12 96:104
5. Thessalon Eagles 6-15-0-12 71:148

• 2/24: Canadian Soo Contractors - Soo Mohawks 9:2
• 2/27: Canadian Soo Contractors - Soo Mohawks 9:1
• 3/1: Thessalon - Blind River 5:2

Windsor District League

1. Essex Hotel 9-1-0-18 61:18
2. Windsor Hiram Walkers 8-1-1-17 95:14
3. Dearborn Hanse's 5-3-2-12 44:41
4. Essex Merchants 3-7-0-6 31:53
5. Inkster 2-8-0-4 13:61
6. West End Rockets 1-8-1-3 11:68

Semifinals

• Windsor Hiram Walkers - Essex Merchants (4:3, ?)
• Essex Hotel - Dearborn (8:1, ?)

Final

• Essex Hotel - Windsor Hiram Walkers 2:1 on series (6:0, 4:5, 9:6)

Michigan State Championship

• 3/14: Soo Mohawks - Dearborn Hanse's 7:0 - final

1954-55

• 1/13: Detroit Skating Club - Detroit Bessy Awning 2:0 - Detroit Senior League
• 1/18: Detroit Bessy Awning - Detroit Hornets 5:0 - "
• 1/23: Thessalon Eagles - Soo Mohawks 10:7
• 2/6: Blind River Athletics (ON) - Soo Mohawks 11:8

Windsor City League (ON)

1. Windsor Hiram Walkers 7-0-1-15 62:25
2. Ottawa Street Merchants 5-2-1-11 58:24
3. Detroit Bessy Awning 3-5-0-6 32:39
4. Dearborn 0-8-0-0 13:77

Semifinal

• 1/31: Ottawa Street Merchants - Detroit Bessy Awning 11:2
• 2/7: Detroit Bessy Awning - Ottawa Street Merchants 7:3
• 2/21: Detroit Bessy Awning - Ottawa Street Merchants 5:3

Final

• 3/7: Windsor Hiram Walkers - Detroit Bessy Awning 7:1
• 3/11: Windsor Hiram Walkers - Detroit Bessy Awning 12:0

Michigan State Championship

• 3/5: Detroit Bessy Awning - Redford Teamsters 5:1 - Lower Peninsula final
• 3/6: Detroit Bessy Awning - Soo Mohawks 4:1 - State final

Bessy went on to play for the 1954-55 US Senior title.

1955-56

• 11/13: Detroit Bessy Awning - Golden Mile 11:2
• 11/20: Detroit Bessy Awning - Windsor Duplate 5:5
• 11/27: Detroit Bessy Awning - Oldcastle 8:4
• 12/4: Detroit Bessy Awning - Windsor Rockets 3:3
• 12/11: Windsor Sheet Metal - Detroit Bessy Awning 6:2
• 12/18: Detroit Bessy Awning - River Canard 8:2
• 1/15: Detroit Bessy Awning - Remington Park 3:2
• 1/22: Detroit Bessy Awning - Windsor Duplate 3:1
• 2/12: Detroit Bessy Awning - Windsor Rockets 2:0
• 2/19: Johnston Flyers - Detroit Bessy Awning 5:3

Bessy Awning played in the Windsor Industrial League with the above teams through December 11. After that, they played exhibition games against them and others.

Detroit Recreation Senior League

As of 2/4: Hanse Hardware 9-2-1, Harper 9-3, Buds 6-5-1, Bessy Awning 11-1, Gage Olds 10-0-1, Teamsters 6-5-1, O'Donnell-Blatz 11-1, East Side 8-4.

• 10/31: O'Donnell Blatz - Thunderbirds 3:0
• 10/31: Detroit Teamsters - Flyers 2:0
• 10/31: East Side Sports - Dearborn Hanse Hardware 4:1
• 10/31: Buds - Rogers 4:1
• 11/7: Detroit Bessy Awning - Northernaires 3:1
• 11/7: Harper Sports - Grandale AC 8:0
• 11/7: Maple Leafs - Ramblers 4:3
• 11/21: Detroit Bessy Awning - Ramblers 6:0
• 11/21: Harper Sports Shop - Maple Leafs 7:1
• 11/21: Detroit Gage Olds - O'Donnell Blatz 3:2
• 11/21: Wyandotte - Northernaires 3:2
• 11/28: Detroit Gage Olds - East Side Sports 7:0
• 11/28: Flyers - Rogers 3:2
• 11/28: Dearborn Hanse Hardware - Thunders 5:1
• 11/28: Detroit Teamsters - Grandale AC 6:2
• 1/23: Detroit Gage Olds - Detroit Teamsters 5:1
• 1/23: East Side Sports - Maple Leafs 9:1
• 1/23: Dearborn Hanse Hardware - Grandale AC 6:1
• 1/23: Rogers - Thunderbirds 3:2
• 1/31: Detroit Gage Olds - Rogers 11:0
• 1/31: Dearborn Hanse Hardware - Maple Leafs 8:2
• 1/31: Detroit Teamsters - Northernaires 3:0
• 1/31: Thunderbirds - Grandale AC 2:0
• 2/7: Detroit Gage Olds - Harper Sports 5:1
• 2/7: Detroit Bessy Awning - O'Donnell Blatz 3:1
• 2/7: Northernaires - Grandale AC 6:1
• 2/7: Rogers - Thunderbirds 3:2
• 2/13: East Side Sports - O'Donnell Blatz 4:3
• 2/13: Buds - Flyers 5:2
• 2/13: 'Detroit Teamsters - Harper Sports 3:2
• 2/13: Dearborn Hanse Hardware - Wyandotte 4:1
• 2/14: Detroit Gage Olds - Maple Leafs 13:1
• 2/14: Northernaires - Grandale AC 7:3
• 2/14: Detroit Bessy Awning - Thunderbirds 5:0
• 2/14: Earl Equipment - Rogers Forfeit
• 2/16: Detroit Bessy Awning - Detroit Gage Olds 3:2 2OT
• 3/4: Detroit Gage Olds - Detroit Bessy Awning 4:1 - final

Bessy Awning played in the State Amateur Championship at Houghton on February 25, and advanced to play for the 1955-56 US Senior title, as did the Portage Lake Pioneers.

• 2/25: Portage Lake Pioneers - Detroit Bessy Awning 12:6 - state championship

1956-57

Detroit Recreation Senior League

• 2/17: Detroit Gage Olds - Berkley 4:2 - semifinal
• 2/17: Detroit Bessy Awning - Harper Sports 3:2 OT - "
• 2/18: Detroit Gage Olds - Detroit Bessy Awning 5:4 - final

Michigan State Championship

• 2/22: Detroit Gage Olds - Midland 10:3 - semifinal
• 2/23: Detroit Gage Olds - Grand Rapids Rockets 9:0 - final

Gage Olds advanced to play for the 1956-57 US Senior title.

1957-58

• 12/14: Bay City Americans - Alma Independents 5:3
• 12/15: Alma Independents - Bay City Americans 7:6
• 1/4: Detroit Thompson Caines - Bay City Americans 8:2
• 1/5: Detroit Thompson Caines - Bay City Americans 9:3
• 1/11: Alpena - Bay City Americans 3:2
• 1/12: Alpena - Bay City Americans 10:4
• 1/18: Detroit Garavaglia Builders - Bay City Americans 24:4
• 1/19: Detroit Garavaglia Builders - Bay City Americans 10:4
• 1/25: Bay City Americans - Muskegon 7:4
• 1/25: Grand Rapids Rockets - Detroit Teamsters 5:4
• 1/26: Bay City Americans - Muskegon 4:3
• 2/1: Detroit Standard Forge - Bay City Americans 5:4
• 2/1: Grand Rapids Rockets - Alpena 7:4
• 2/2: Grand Rapids Rockets - Alpena 7:5
• 2/2: Bay City Americans - Detroit Standard Forge 4:4
• 2/8: Amherstburg Hiram Walkers (ON) - Bay City Americans 11:8
• 2/8: Grand Rapids Rockets - Detroit East Sides 9:2
• 2/9: Grand Rapids Rockets - Detroit East Sides 11:9
• 2/9: Amherstburg Hiram Walkers (ON) - Bay City Americans 14:5
• 2/12: Detroit Teamsters - Wallaceburg Electric Hurricanes 7:7 - Southwestern Ontario Hockey Association, Teamsters filled in for disbanded Leamington Flyers
• 2/15: Grand Rapids Rockets - Detroit Kanes 6:2
• 2/16: Grand Rapids Rockets - Detroit Kanes 9:3
• 2/16: Bay City Americans - Midland 5:4
• 2/22: Bay City Americans - Grand Rapids Rockets 6:4
• 2/23: Bay City Americans - Grand Rapids Rockets 13:5

International Utilities League

1. Michigan Bell Bears 8-3-4-20 47:30
2. Windsor Bell 8-4-3-19 47:39
3. Windsor Customs 9-6-0-18 39:30
4. Ann Arbor Hessenaur's 7-4-4-18 44:31
5. Detroit Edison 3-10-2-8 38:61
6. Michigan Bell Gratiot 3-11-1-7 30:54

Semifinals

• 3/6: Windsor Customs - Michigan Bell Bears 6:1
• 3/6: Ann Arbor Hessenaur's - Windsor Bell 3:2

Final

• 3/13: Windsor Customs - Ann Arbor Hessenaur's 8:0

Detroit Recreation Senior League

12/19

• Blanchard - Wyandotte 7:1
• Centerline - Maple Leafs 7:0
• Standard Forge - Fort Park 1:0
• Book Travel - Beaver Tavern 5:0
• Bruins - Berkley 1:0
• Detroit Teamsters - Harper Klett 3:1
• All Americans - East Side Sports 3:0
• Garavaglia - Northernaires 8:0
• Navarre - Jokers 3:1
• J.J. Gunn - Hispano 3:0
• St. Clair - Ferndale 2:1
• York - Fort Park 4:1

Michigan State Championship

• 3/2: Grand Rapids Rockets - Detroit Teamsters 4:2 - semifinal
• 3/15: Marquette Sentinels - Grand Rapids Rockets 8:0 - final

Marquette did not get the chance to play for the national title as the tournament, originally scheduled for March 22/23, was moved up a week. The Detroit Teamsters played for the US title.

1958-59

• 1/3: Bay City Americans - Detroit Navarre Die & Tool Co. 7:1
• 1/4: Bay City Americans - Detroit Navarre Die & Tool Co. 13:2
• 1/10: Bay City Americans - Detroit Standard Forge 12:2
• 1/11: Bay City Americans - Detroit Standard Forge 7:6
• 1/17: Bay City Americans - Detroit Chrysler Belvederes 12:6
• 1/18: Bay City Americans - Detroit Chrysler Belvederes 12:1
• 1/24: Detroit Teamsters - Bay City Americans 11:4
• 1/25: Detroit Teamsters - Bay City Americans 14:7
• 1/31: Bay City Americans - Detroit Bell Telephone 11:7
• 2/1: Bay City Americans - Detroit Bell Telephone 9:4
• 2/7: Bay City Americans - Detroit Monarchs 2:2
• 2/8: Bay City Americans - Detroit Monarchs 8:4

Windsor Industrial League

1. Detroit Teamsters Local 247 8-2-2-18 55:30
2. Windsor Merchants 8-3-1-17 57:33
3. Johnstels 7-3-2-16 50:33
4. Tecumseh 5-7-0-10 38:38
5. Detroit Harper-Klett 4-7-1-9 45:48
6. N&B Builders 4-8-0-8 39:60
7. Ann Arbor Hessenaur's 3-9-0-6 40:70

Semifinals

• Detroit Teamsters - Johnstels 7 goals to 4 (5:3, 2:1)
• Windsor Merchants - Tecumsehs 12 goals to 5 (10:1, 2:4)

Final

• Windsor Merchants - Detroit Teamsters 9 goals to 7 (4:1, 5:6)

3rd place

• Johnstels - Tecumsehs 3:2

Consolation

• Hessenaur's - N&B Builders 12 goals to 9 (7:3, 5:6)
• Hessenaur's - Detroit Harper-Klett 7:3

Michigan State Championship

• 2/21: Grand Rapids - Bay City Americans 8:3 - semifinal, game was annulled
• 2/27: Detroit Teamsters Local 247 - Bay City Americans 8:4 - semifinal
• 3/8: Detroit Teamsters Local 247 - Detroit Monarchs 9:2 - final

Detroit Teamsters went on to play for the 1958-59 US Senior title.

Sources

• Detroit Free Press
• Sault Star
• Windsor Star