The Galt Rockets were a junior ice hockey team based in Galt, Ontario, now a part of the city of Cambridge. They played in the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA) from 1947 to 1949. Their home arena was the Galt Arena Gardens.
The team originated as the Galt Canadians, then became Galt Red Wings when affiliated as a farm team for the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League. When the affiliation with the Detroit Red Wings was cancelled, Galt affiliated with the Philadelphia Rockets of the American Hockey League as of the 1947–48 OHA season.
The Rockets won only 11 games during the 1948–49 OHA season, and did not qualify for the playoffs. After the ast-place finish in a nine-team league, the Chicago Black Hawks became the sponsors as of the 1949–40 OHA season, with the junior team playing as the Galt Black Hawks.
National Hockey League alumni From the Rockets, four players graduated to play in the National Hockey League:
Bronco Horvath Harry Pidhirny Don Simmons Bill Wylie
Season-by-season results Regular season and playoffs results:
Legend: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Season Regular season Playoffs Finish1947–483618135410.5811681295th OHAWon quarterfinal (St. Catharines Teepees) 2–1Lost semifinal (Barrie Flyers) 3–21948–494811343250.2441542529th OHADid not qualify
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