Dryden Ice Dogs


The Dryden Ice Dogs are a junior ice hockey team in the Superior International Junior Hockey League based in Dryden, Ontario. It is one of the charter teams of the SIJHL.

Arena

The team plays its home games at Dryden Memorial Arena, which was built in 1978–79. The building underwent major renovations between 2020 and 2023.

History

The Ice Dogs were one of the original five SIJHL teams and have the distinction of being the first club to win the championship Bill Salonen Cup, under the management of Bill Salonen, in the inaugural season. They went on to win subsequent league championships in 2008, 2017, and 2018.
In 2023, the Ice Dogs hired an historian to curate the history of the club in a book that was expected to be completed during the 2023–24 season.
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Playoffs

  • 2002 Won League, lost Dudley Hewitt Cup
  • 2003 Lost semi-final
  • 2004 Lost final
  • 2005 Lost semi-final
  • 2006 Lost final, lost Dudley Hewitt Cup semi-final
  • 2007 Lost semi-final
  • 2008 Won League, lost Dudley Hewitt Cup semi-final
  • 2009 Lost quarter-final
  • 2010 Lost final
  • 2011 Lost final
  • 2012 Lost semi-final
  • 2013 ''Lost semi-final''

    Dudley Hewitt Cup

The Dudley Hewitt Cup was awarded annually from 1971–2019 to the championship Junior 'A' ice hockey team for the Central/East region of Canada. That region initially extended east from Ontario to The Maritimes. Later, the field of competition was limited to the championship teams from the Ontario Junior Hockey League, Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League and Superior International Junior Hockey League, and a preselected host team. The tournament format began with a round-robin to determine seeding, followed by a semifinal elimination round played between the second and third seeds, followed by a final best-of-3 elimination round played between the first-place team and the winner of the semifinal. The winners of the Dudley Hewitt Cup went on to compete for the national championship Centennial Cup.
The Dudley Hewitt Cup was named after George Dudley and W. A. Hewitt, who served as administrators for the Ontario Hockey Association and are inductees of the Hockey Hall of Fame.

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