Trenton Golden Hawks
The Trenton Golden Hawks are a Junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Junior Hockey League based in Trenton, Ontario. The franchise relocated to Trenton from Port Hope, Ontario in 2009. It had previously been known as the Port Hope Predators and the Port Hope Buzzards of the Metro [Junior A Hockey League].
History
Previous to Junior A coming to Port Hope, and subsequently leaving it, the town has operated a series of Junior C teams by the name Port Hope Panthers.Port Hope (1996–2009)
In 1996, the Port Hope Buzzards were founded in the Metro Junior A Hockey League. The league only lasted until 1998, when the Metro was absorbed by the larger and healthier Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League.In November 2005, coach Bret Meyers was suspended for one season and the team was fined $4000 after the Ontario Hockey Association investigated the Predators over allegations of hazing and irresponsible public behaviour by the players of the team. In January 2006, the Predators were fined $1000 and their director of operations Tim Clayden was suspended for one month for signing a player to a Junior C card without his knowledge. In June 2007, the Ontario Hockey Association found Clayden guilty of tampering with players from the Cobourg Cougars' roster. He was suspended for one year and the team was fined $5000. In September 2007, Port Hope coach Brian Drumm was suspended for 20 games for striking a Lindsay Muskies player in the face during a game. The team was also fined $3500.
Trenton (2009–present)
In early 2009, the Trenton Hercs announced that they were folding mid-season and leaving the Ontario Junior Hockey League. In March, rumblings of team moving into the Trenton market came afloat. It turned out to be the Port Hope Predators. According to OJHL commissioner Bob Hooper: "The league never really wanted a team in Port Hope in the first place." In the 2008–09 season, Port Hope was second in league attendance, while Trenton was ninth.The Trenton Golden Hawks won their first Frank L Buckland Cup Trophy as OJHL playoff champions in 2016, by defeating the Georgetown Raiders in 7 games. From there, the Golden Hawks traveled north to Kirkland Lake to compete for the Dudley Hewitt Cup, where they went 3–0 in round-robin play and defeated the defending champions Soo Thunderbirds in the final. The Golden Hawks went on to compete in the 2016 [Royal Bank Cup] national championship tournament in Lloydminster where they were eliminated by the Lloydminster Bobcats of the Alberta Junior Hockey League in the semifinal.
Regional championships
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 award's namesakes were George Dudley and W. A. Hewitt, who served as administrators for the Ontario Hockey Association and are inductees of the Hockey Hall of Fame.
| Year | Round Robin | Record | Standing | Semifinal | Gold Medal Game |
| 2016 | W, Soo Thunderbirds 4–2 W, Kirkland Lake Gold Miners 5–1 W, Fort Frances Lakers 3–0 | 3–0–0 | 1st of 4 | bye to finals | W, Soo Thunderbirds 4–0 DHC Champions to Royal Bank Cup |
| 2017 HOST | W, Powassan Voodoos 5–1 SOL, Georgetown Raiders 0–1 W, Dryden Ice Dogs 10–4 | 2–0–1 | 1st of 4 | bye to finals | W, Georgetown Raiders 2–1 DHC Champions to Royal Bank Cup |
National championships
| Year | Round-robin | Record | Standing | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Championship |
| 2025 | OTW, Northern Manitoba Blizzard, 5–4 OTL Kam River Fighting Walleye, 1–2 W, Greater Sudbury Cubs, 5–2 W, Grande Prairie Storm, 6–2 | 2–1–0–1 | 1st of 5 Pool A | Earned bye | Lost, 3–4 Melfort Mustangs | Did not qualify |