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The 'Cornwall Royals' were a junior ice hockey team in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League from 1969 to 1981 & the Ontario Hockey League from 1981 to 1992. This team should not be confused with other Cornwall Royals teams that played in the QSHL, MMJHL, or OHA-B.

Contents

History

Championships

Memorial Cup

Coaches

List of Coaches

Players

C.H.L. Awards

Q.M.J.H.L. Awards

O.H.L. Awards

Hockey Hall of Fame members

NHL Alumni

Yearly Results

Regular Season

Playoffs

Uniforms & Logos

Arenas

History

From 1961 until 1969, the Cornwall Royals were successful members of the Central Junior A Hockey League. After an application to join the OHL was rejected, the franchise became one of the inaugural teams of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League in 1969. The Cornwall Royals were one of the league's premier teams during its tenure in the QMJHL, winning 3 Memorial Cup titles. For the 1981 - 1982 season, the team transferred into the Ontario Hockey League.
The Royals suffered through many tough seasons and poor attendance after moving to the OHL. The switch in leagues alienated many die-hard fans from across the Quebec border. Seeking better fortunes, the franchise moved to Newmarket, Ontario to play as the 'Newmarket Royals' in 1992. In 1994 the team was bought by the Ciccarelli brothers and moved to Sarnia, Ontario as the Sarnia Sting.

Championships

The Cornwall Royals are one of only 7 clubs to win consecutive Memorial Cup championships. They did so in 1980 and 1981. In total, the Royals won 3 Memorial Cups, 3 President's Cups, and 5 division titles while in the QMJHL. The Royals did not win any OHL championships.
'CJHL Bogart Cup Championships:' 1966, 1967, 1968

'President's Cup' Playoff Champions in the QMJHL. ★ '1972' QMJHL Champions vs. Quebec Remparts ★ '1980' QMJHL Champions vs. Sherbrooke Castors ★ '1981' QMJHL Champions vs. Trois-Rivieres Draveurs 'Jean Rougeau Trophy' Regular season Champions in the QMJHL. ★ '1971-1972' 96 points ★ '1980-1981' 90 points

'West Division Trophy' First overall in the West Division. ★ '1973-1974' 94 points 'Lebel Division Trophy' First overall in the Lebel Division. ★ '1977-1978' 100 points ★ '1979-1980' 88 points ★ '1980-1981' 90 points

Memorial Cup

★ '1972' CHL Champions vs. Peterborough Petes

★ '1980' CHL Champions vs. Peterborough Petes

★ '1981' CHL Champions vs. Kitchener Rangers

Coaches

Orval Tessier guided the Cornwall Royals to the Memorial Cup championship in 1972. Doug Carpenter coached the 1980 Royals, and Bob Kilger in 1981.
Marc Crawford was a former Cornwall Royals player who come back to coach. He would win the Stanley Cup coaching the Colorado Avalanche. He also coached the Vancouver Canucks and now is the head coach of the Los Angeles Kings.

List of Coaches

''(Multiple years in parentheses)''

★ 1981-82 Bob Kilger ★ 1982-83 '' ★ multiple coaches'' ★ 1983-84 Jocelyn Guevremont ★ 1984-85 Floyd Crawford

★ 1985-86 Tony Zappia ★ 1986-89 Orval Tessier (3) ★ 1989-91 Marc Crawford (2) ★ 1991-92 John Lovell

★ ''1982-83 coaches Bob Kilger, Bill Murphy, Gord Woods, Jocelyn Guevremont''

Players

The Cornwall Royals graduated 55 players to the National Hockey League. From these alumni, 31 played for the Royals in the QMJHL, and 29 played for the Royals in the OHL, and 5 played for the Royals in both leagues.

C.H.L. Awards

'CHL Player of the Year' ★ ''1980-1981'' Dale Hawerchuk 'CHL Defenceman of the Year' ★ ''1989-1990'' John Slaney

'CHL Scholastic Player of the Year' ★ ''1991-1992'' Nathan LaFayette

Q.M.J.H.L. Awards

'Michel Brière Commemorative Trophy' (Most Valuable Player) ★ ''1973-74'' Gary MacGregor ★ ''1974-75'' Mario Viens ★ ''1980-81'' Dale Hawerchuk 'Guy Lafleur Trophy' (Playoffs MVP) ★ ''1979-80'' Dale Hawerchuk 'Jean Béliveau Trophy' (Top Scorer) ★ ''1980-81'' Dale Hawerchuk 'Instructors Trophy' (Rookie of the Year) ★ ''1970-71'' Bob Murphy ★ ''1971-72'' Bob Murray ★ ''1979-80'' Dale Hawerchuk

'Emile Bouchard Trophy' (Defenseman of the Year) ★ ''1980-81'' Fred Boimistruck 'Jacques Plante Commemorative Trophy' (Best Goals Against Average) ★ ''1971-72'' Richard Brodeur ★ ''1975-76'' Tim Bernhardt ★ ''1976-77'' Tim Bernhardt ★ ''1977-78'' Tim Bernhardt 'Mike Bossy Trophy' (Best Professional Prospect) ★ ''1980-81'' Dale Hawerchuk 'Frank J. Selke Commemorative Trophy' (Most Sportsmanlike Player) ★ ''1971-72'' Gerry Teeple ★ ''1973-74'' Gary MacGregor

O.H.L. Awards

'Red Tilson Trophy' OHL Most valuable player. ★ ''1982-1983'' Doug Gilmour ★ ''1985-1986'' Ray Sheppard 'Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy' OHL Top Point Scorer. ★ ''1982-1983'' Doug Gilmour ★ ''1985-1986'' Ray Sheppard 'Jim Mahon Memorial Trophy' OHL Top Scoring Right Winger. ★ ''1982-1983'' Ian MacInnis ★ ''1985-1986'' Ray Sheppard ★ ''1989-1990'' Owen Nolan

'Max Kaminsky Trophy' Most Outstanding Defenceman. ★ ''1989-1990'' John Slaney 'OHL Goaltender of the Year' Voted best goaltender in the OHL. ★ ''1987-1988'' Rick Tabaracci 'Emms Family Award' Rookie of the year. ★ ''1989-1989'' Owen Nolan 'Bobby Smith Trophy' Scholastic player of the year. ★ ''1990-1991'' Nathan LaFayette ★ ''1991-1992'' Nathan LaFayette

Hockey Hall of Fame members

Two alumni of the Cornwall Royals have been enshrined in the Hockey Hall of Fame.
The first was New York Islanders goalie Billy Smith. Smith was the inaugural goalie for the Royals in the QMJHL during the 1969-70 season. After this season he was drafted by the L.A. Kings.
Dale Hawerchuk is the second inductee. He led the Royals to two Memorial Cup championships in 1980 and 1981. He was drafted first overall by the Winnipeg Jets in the 1981 NHL Entry Draft

NHL Alumni

:'QMJHL (1969-1981)'

★ Jeff Allan ★ Dave Allison ★ Scott Arniel ★ Fred Arthur ★ Reid Bailey ★ Tim Bernhardt ★ Fred Boimistruck ★ Richard Brodeur

★ Eric Calder ★ Alain Chevrier ★ Bob Crawford ★ Lou Crawford ★ Marc Crawford ★ Dan Daoust ★ Jeff Eatough ★ Dan Frawley

★ Danny Geoffrion ★ Doug Gilmour ★ 'Dale Hawerchuk' ★ Blair MacDonald ★ John Markell ★ Corrado Micalef ★ Bob Murray ★ Graeme Nicolson

★ Rick Paterson ★ Ron Scott ★ Al Sims ★ 'Billy Smith' ★ Ron Smith ★ John Wensink ★ Rod Willard

:'OHL (1981-1992)'

★ Scott Arniel ★ Bobby Babcock ★ Eric Calder ★ Jason Cirone ★ Larry Courville ★ Craig Duncanson ★ Jeff Eatough ★ Dan Frawley

★ Doug Gilmour ★ Jim Kyte ★ Nathan LaFayette ★ Alan Letang ★ Guy Leveque ★ Steve Maltais ★ Owen Nolan

★ Mike Prokopec ★ Rob Ray ★ Joe Reekie ★ Ken Sabourin ★ Mathieu Schneider ★ Ray Sheppard ★ John Slaney

★ Mike Stapleton ★ Jeremy Stevenson ★ Rick Tabaracci ★ Tom Thornbury ★ Mike Tomlak ★ Ryan Vandenbussche ★ Michael Ware

Yearly Results

Regular Season

Season	League	Games	Won	Lost	Tied	Points	Pct %	Goals For	Goals Against	Standing
1969-70	QMJHL	56	24	31	1	49	0.438	223	255	2nd West
1970-71	QMJHL	62	22	40	0	44	0.355	260	326	10th QMJHL
1971-72	QMJHL	62	47	13	2	96	0.774	361	182	'1st QMJHL'
1972-73	QMJHL	64	43	19	2	88	0.688	365	253	2nd QMJHL
1973-74	QMJHL	70	46	22	2	94	0.671	438	328	'1st West'
1974-75	QMJHL	72	36	24	12	84	0.583	322	296	3rd West
1975-76	QMJHL	72	39	24	9	87	0.604	349	270	2nd West
1976-77	QMJHL	72	38	24	10	86	0.597	345	281	2nd Lebel
1977-78	QMJHL	72	46	18	8	100	0.694	404	258	'1st Lebel'
1978-79	QMJHL	72	29	36	7	65	0.451	361	397	3rd Lebel
1979-80	QMJHL	72	41	25	6	88	0.611	388	333	'1st Lebel'
1980-81	QMJHL	72	44	26	2	90	0.625	403	311	'1st Lebel'
1981-82	OHL	68	28	35	5	61	0.449	303	327	6th Leyden
1982-83	OHL	70	36	33	1	73	0.521	370	335	5th Leyden
1983-84	OHL	70	33	37	0	66	0.471	348	375	6th Leyden
1984-85	OHL	66	34	30	2	70	0.530	355	344	4th Leyden
1985-86	OHL	66	28	36	2	58	0.439	307	356	5th Leyden
1986-87	OHL	66	23	40	3	49	0.371	261	369	6th Leyden
1987-88	OHL	66	35	24	7	77	0.583	333	255	3rd Leyden
1988-89	OHL	66	31	30	5	67	0.508	350	308	4th Leyden
1989-90	OHL	66	24	38	4	52	0.394	309	361	6th Leyden
1990-91	OHL	66	23	42	1	47	0.356	281	335	7th Leyden
1991-92	OHL	66	38	22	6	82	0.621	328	289	3rd Leyden

Playoffs

:'QMJHL (1969-1981)'

★ '1969-1970' Lost to Verdun Maple Leafs 4 games to 2 in quarter-finals.

★ '1970-1971' Out of playoffs.

★ '1971-1972' Defeated Verdun Maple Leafs 8 points to 0 in quarter-finals.
Defeated Shawinigan Bruins 8 points to 2 in semi-finals.
Defeated Quebec Remparts 9 points to 5 in finals. 'QMJHL CHAMPIONS'
Defeated Peterborough Petes 2-1 in Memorial Cup final. '''MEMORIAL CUP CHAMPIONS'''

★ '1972-1973' Defeated Montreal Bleu-Blanc-Rouge 4 games to 0 in quarter-finals.
Defeated Sorel Eperviers 4 games to 1 in semi-finals.
Lost to Quebec Remparts 4 games to 3 in finals.

★ '1973-1974' Lost to Laval National 4 games to 1 in quarter-finals.

★ '1974-1975' Lost to Montreal Bleu-Blanc-Rouge 4 games to 0 in quarter-finals.

★ '1975-1976' Defeated Montreal Juniors 4 games to 2 in quarter-finals.
Lost to Quebec Remparts 4 games to 0 in semi-finals.

★ '1976-1977' Defeated Trois-Rivières Draveurs 8 points to 4 in quarter-finals.
Lost to Sherbrooke Castors 9 points to 0 in semi-finals.

★ '1977-1978' Defeated Hull Olympiques 8 points to 0 in quarter-finals.
Lost to Montreal Juniors 8 points to 2 in semi-finals.

★ '1978-1979' Lost to Verdun Eperviers 8 points to 6 in quarter-finals.

★ '1979-1980' Defeated in Shawinigan Cataractes 4 games to 3 in quarter-finals.
Defeated Chicoutimi Saguenéens 4 games to 1 in semi-finals.
Defeated Sherbrooke Castors 4 games to 2 in finals. 'QMJHL CHAMPIONS'
Defeated Peterborough Petes 3-2 in Memorial Cup final. '''MEMORIAL CUP CHAMPIONS'''

★ '1980-1981' Defeated Quebec Remparts 4 games to 3 in quarter-finals.
Defeated Sherbrooke Castors 4 games to 3 in semi-finals.
Defeated Trois-Rivières Draveurs 4 games to 1 in finals. 'QMJHL CHAMPIONS'
Defeated Kitchener Rangers 5-2 in Memorial Cup final. '''MEMORIAL CUP CHAMPIONS'''
:'OHL (1981-1992)'

★ '1981-1982' Lost to Toronto Marlboros 6 points to 4 in first round.

★ '1982-1983' Defeated Toronto Marlboros 7 points to 1 in first round.
Lost to Ottawa 67's 8 points to 0 in quarter-finals.

★ '1983-1984' Lost to Peterborough Petes 6 points to 0 in first round.

★ '1984-1985' Defeated Toronto Marlboros 8 points to 2 in first round.
Lost to Belleville Bulls 6 points to 2 in quarter-finals.

★ '1985-1986' Lost to Belleville Bulls 9 points to 3 in first round.

★ '1986-1987' Lost to Ottawa 67's 4 games to 1 in first round.

★ '1987-1988' Defeated Belleville Bulls 4 games to 2 in first round.
Lost to Ottawa 67's 4 games to 1 in quarter-finals.

★ '1988-1989' Defeated Toronto Marlboros 4 games to 2 in first round.
Defeated Ottawa 67's 4 games to 2 in quarter-finals.
Lost to Peterborough Petes 4 games to 2 in semi-finals.

★ '1989-1990' Lost to Oshawa Generals 4 games to 2 in first round.

★ '1990-1991' Out of playoffs.

★ '1991-1992' Lost to Ottawa 67's 4 games to 2 in first round.

Uniforms & Logos

The Cornwall Royals used similar red, white and blue uniforms for their entire 24 year existence. Their unusual logo was the winning entry in a contest, hand drawn by a local child.

Arenas

The Cornwall Royals played out of the 'Water Street Arena' from 1969 to 1976 while in the QMJHL. The Arena has seen been renamed the Si Miller Arena, in honour of the City of Cornwall Director of Parks and Recreation, from 1963 until his retirement on December 31, 1994.

★ 'Water Street Arena' The OHL Arena & Travel Guide
From 1976 to 1992 the Royals played out for the 'Cornwall Civic Complex', located across the road from their previous arena. The arena hosted the 1990 Chrysler Challenge Cup, the annual All-Star game between the OHL and the QMJHL, which the OHL won by a score of 3 to 0.

★ 'Cornwall Civic Complex' The OHL Arena & Travel Guide