The Maroons dedicated their Championship in honour of their longtime equipment manager and team volunteer, Randy DeWael, who died suddenly during the playoffs.

The Maroons participated in the 2006 Sutherland Cup round robin, but lost out to the Niagara Falls Canucks and the Cambridge Winterhawks with a 1-3 record.

The Maroons began the 2013-14 season slowly and resorted to trading for four of their territorial rival's, the Lambton Shores Predators, top players (Kyle Brothers, Adam Arsenault, Tanner Ferguson, and Connor Annett) in a series of high-profile trades for players and cash.

[3] Right before the trade deadline, the Maroons picked up forward Charlie Izaguirre from the fizzling Port Colborne Pirates for cash and prospects.

[4] On January 28, 2014, the Ontario Hockey Association ruled against the Maroons for exceeding their limit on import players.

In the off-season the Maroons made many moves to attempt to once again rain supreme over the West acquiring many veterans of various junior leagues highlighted by the acquisition of Nolan Gardiner, a former Ottawa 67, from the Caledonia Corvairs.

The Maroons began the Western Conference playoffs on a strong note beating 6th seed Komoka Kings in 5 games.

[8] In the second round, they faced frequent rivals, London Nationals without home ice advantage in the series.

[9] For the first time since 2014, the Maroons appeared in the Western Conference Championship Final against first seed rival Leamington Flyers.