Retired Jersey Numbers

[TheBlueMonster]

Good afternoon!


I am working on a little project. I am trying to get every OHL teams list of retired jersey numbers and who its retired for.

If you could help me out that would be great.

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[HockeyPops]

Soo Greyhounds

soogreyhounds.com

 

[StormWatcher]

For Guelph, the only true "retired" number is for Paul Fendley, #18, who died after hitting his head on the ice.
Other "honoured" numbers are 24 (Ryan Callahan), 44 (Todd Bertuzzi), and 92 (Jeff O'Neill).

 

[OMG67]

Ottawa 67s:
7 - Denis Potvin and Doug Wilson
14 - Peter Lee
15 - Bobby Smith
44 - Brian Campbell

 

[leafs4life94]

Fronts have 10 honoured #s, no full-on retired #s:

Canadians
#5 - Mike O'Connell
#7 - Tony McKegney
#10 - Brad Rhiness
#14 - Ken Linseman
#29 - Chris Clifford

Frontenacs
#17 - David Ling
#7 - Mike Zigomanis
#88 - Keli Corpse
#13 - Anthony Stewart
#24 - Chris Stewart

 

[Ferda11]

Save room for Sarnia on that list guys........

91 - Steven Stamkos

 

[TheGremlin]

Retired numbers # 4 – Taylor Hall # 6 – Ryan Ellis # 9 – Adam Graves, Bill Bowler # 15 – Ernie Godden # 14 - Steve Ott, Adam Henrique, Ed Jovanovski # 18 – Mickey Renaud # 23 – Scott Miller

Honoured numbers # 4 – Marcel Pronovost # 6 – Joel Quenneville # 11 – Gordon Haidy

Glenn Hall’s #1 was just retired last winter also. Not sure how accurate the list is with retired and honoured

 

[MJ5]

Firebirds have a super long list.

 

[Hammer9001]

Hamilton does not have any retired numbers. The team hasn't been around long enough to produce one, other then the general unofficial understanding that 99 is off limits, which probably goes without saying across the league.

 

[Kingpin794]

Saginaw only has Trocheck’s 89 but with the 25th anniversary season coming up, I’d guess we might see one or two more added. Maybe someone like Pyatt, Brodie, or Saad? Idk. I’d love to see someone like Shalla get his number up there as he’s still the teams most prolific goal scorer.

 

[NOA]

Erie has two

#16 Brad Boyes, franchise leader in points until Strome broke the record, captain of their first championship, great community presence

#18 Vince Scott, who passed away at 23 in a car accident

Obviously McDavid is just a matter of when. Debrincat/Strome also should be in contention. Strome now all time point leader, Debrincat has the goal record and is one of the best US born CHL players of all time. Interestingly, Erie has not had a player wear 12 or 19 since Debrincat/Strome left. Both seem like common numbers. I would like to think they are already preparing for that day, but a little too soon right now. I think McDavid should be first. Then you can do Strome/Debrincat together

 

[RangerNation]

Kitchener has one and it's stuuuupid

#1 - tHE fAns

 

[AttackSound]

Owen Sound only has one number but it's not really retired but more in memorial to the late Platers captain Dan Snyder # 14.

As for retiring jersey numbers I don't think Owen Sound will necessarily retire any numbers anytime soon.

 

[Ward Cornell]

Kitchener has one and it's stuuuupid

#1 - tHE fAns

and embarrassing!

Isnt #22 retired?..it hasnt been worn since Jim McGeachie died 43 yrs ago.

 

[EvenSteven]

In a league with such a high turnover of players, I have a hard time retiring numbers unless in cases such as Mickey Renaud and Paul Fendlay.

Also, does a number get retired because of career excellence or excellence only at the OHL level? Up for debate. Varies from team to team.

I’d be much more in favour of honouring a player with the number worn being secondary.

That being said, in Kitchener, there are two retired numbers, sort of, I think.

#21 - Gary Crosby.
#22 - Jim McGeachie.

Both lost their lives. McGeachie as a member of the Rangers and Crosby two or three years after having played here. Crosby was traded to the Marlboros and then played a couple years at Michigan Tech. But once a Ranger, always a Ranger.

I said “sort of, I think” above because even though these numbers have been retired, players have worn #21 here and there. Ben Shutron comes to mind. I have no recollection if #22 has been worn since.

But if they are both retired (or remembered as an article on Crosby mentions, or raised as another article on McGeachie mentions), why has #21 been worn?

Also, about the banners we’ve raised honouring former Rangers who’ve been elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame. They have on the banners the numbers those players wore when they played here …… except for Larry Robinson. Instead, they have his #19 that he wore in the NHL. Why? Who knows? I can only suspect that the brass at the time had no idea the number he wore here, could find no pictures with him in uniform where the number was visible, and were too embarrassed to ask him what his number was as a Ranger.

And yes, the idiocy and embarrassment of the “fans” #1 being retired. When it is evident most often that fan consideration comes last.

 

[AttackSound]

In a league with such a high turnover of players, I have a hard time retiring numbers unless in cases such as Mickey Renaud and Paul Fendlay.

Also, does a number get retired because of career excellence or excellence only at the OHL level? Up for debate. Varies from team to team.

I’d be much more in favour of honouring a player with the number worn being secondary.

That being said, in Kitchener, there are two retired numbers, sort of, I think.

#21 - Gary Crosby.
#22 - Jim McGeachie.

Both lost their lives. McGeachie as a member of the Rangers and Crosby two or three years after having played here. Crosby was traded to the Marlboros and then played a couple years at Michigan Tech. But once a Ranger, always a Ranger.

I said “sort of, I think” above because even though these numbers have been retired, players have worn #21 here and there. Ben Shutron comes to mind. I have no recollection if #22 has been worn since.

But if they are both retired (or remembered as an article on Crosby mentions, or raised as another article on McGeachie mentions), why has #21 been worn?

Also, about the banners we’ve raised honouring former Rangers who’ve been elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame. They have on the banners the numbers those players wore when they played here …… except for Larry Robinson. Instead, they have his #19 that he wore in the NHL. Why? Who knows? I can only suspect that the brass at the time had no idea the number he wore here, could find no pictures with him in uniform where the number was visible, and were too embarrassed to ask him what his number was as a Ranger.

And yes, the idiocy and embarrassment of the “fans” #1 being retired. When it is evident most often that fan consideration comes last.

But once again in the situation in Windsor is not really a jersey number retirement, but instead a honoring memorial to their captain who has passed away unexpectedly do to an underlying health condition. If fans have ever been to the WFCU Centre there is a clear display on the main concourse that is dedicated to their captain Mickey Renaud.

To further that I do believe the Spits still honor his memory with the shoulder patches and the trapezoid boxes behind each net still with his memory "18" painted on the ice.

 

[Ward Cornell]

In a league with such a high turnover of players, I have a hard time retiring numbers unless in cases such as Mickey Renaud and Paul Fendlay.

Also, does a number get retired because of career excellence or excellence only at the OHL level? Up for debate. Varies from team to team.

I’d be much more in favour of honouring a player with the number worn being secondary.

That being said, in Kitchener, there are two retired numbers, sort of, I think.

#21 - Gary Crosby.
#22 - Jim McGeachie.

Both lost their lives. McGeachie as a member of the Rangers and Crosby two or three years after having played here. Crosby was traded to the Marlboros and then played a couple years at Michigan Tech. But once a Ranger, always a Ranger.

I said “sort of, I think” above because even though these numbers have been retired, players have worn #21 here and there. Ben Shutron comes to mind. I have no recollection if #22 has been worn since.

But if they are both retired (or remembered as an article on Crosby mentions, or raised as another article on McGeachie mentions), why has #21 been worn?

Also, about the banners we’ve raised honouring former Rangers who’ve been elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame. They have on the banners the numbers those players wore when they played here …… except for Larry Robinson. Instead, they have his #19 that he wore in the NHL. Why? Who knows? I can only suspect that the brass at the time had no idea the number he wore here, could find no pictures with him in uniform where the number was visible, and were too embarrassed to ask him what his number was as a Ranger.

And yes, the idiocy and embarrassment of the “fans” #1 being retired. When it is evident most often that fan consideration comes last.

Robinson wore #2....and yes, I remember!
and yes, thank-you on Crosby, forgot about him.

 

[EvenSteven]

Robinson wore #2....and yes, I remember!
and yes, thank-you on Crosby, forgot about him.

Gary Crosby career profile at HockeyDraftCentral.com

Player page on HockeyDraftCentral.com for Gary Crosby, the No. 62 pick in the 1971 NHL Amateur Draft

www.hockeydraftcentral.com

 

[Millpond]

Owen Sound only has one number but it's not really retired but more in memorial to the late Platers captain Dan Snyder # 14.

As for retiring jersey numbers I don't think Owen Sound will necessarily retire any numbers anytime soon.

No one can wear #14 in Owen Sound . So it's retired.