Hamilton Tiger Cubs

The Hamilton Tiger Cubs were a Canadian junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey Association from 1953 to 1960. The team was based in Hamilton, Ontario.

History
The Hamilton juniors which they were called initially in the early part of 1953. At the time Hamilton had the historic senior OHA team still called the "tigers" in the city but the popularity of the team was fading

The best season for the Tiger Cubs was 1958. The team reached the OHA finals for the J. Ross Robertson Cup. They were defeated by the Toronto Marlboros 4 wins to 1, with 1 tie game.

There were also previous OHA Jr. teams in Hamilton. The Hamilton Szabos played from the early 1940s to 1947. In the 1930s Hamilton had an OHA Jr. team known as the Bengal Cubs. In the 1920s there was a Junior Tigers team at the same time as the NHL Tigers team.

The Tiger Cubs played home games at the Barton Street Arena, then known as the Hamilton Forum.

Award winners

 * 1957-1958 - Murray Oliver, Red Tilson Trophy, Most valuable player
 * 1953-1954 - Dennis Riggin, Dave Pinkney Trophy, Lowest team goals against average.

NHL alumni
Alumnus Brian Kilrea became one of the most notable names ever in Canadian junior hockey, and was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame as a coach. Fellow alumnus Pat Quinn coached in the NHL, most recently with the Toronto Maple Leafs, as well as the Canadian national men's hockey team. • Dave Amadio

• Don Blackburn

• Cummy Burton

• Bob Dillabough

• Lloyd Haddon

• Jack Hendrickson

• Larry Hillman

• Larry Jeffrey

• Brian Kilrea

• Lowell MacDonald

• Pit Martin

• Billy McNeill

• Stu McNeill

• Hillary Menard

• John Miszuk

• Dan Olesevich

• Murray Oliver

• Pat Quinn

• George Ranieri

• Dennis Riggin

• Wayne Rivers

• Len Ronson

• Brian Smith

• Bob Wall

• Carl Wetzel

• Howie Young