Although the official story is that the Hurricanes got their start in the late 1980s as the Newmarket 87's, the franchise that spawned this team existed long before it.

The OHA Junior "A" league was on rocky footing in the late 1980s and was no longer cost efficient for most member teams.

The league folded in 1987, their last champions happened to be the longtime Junior "B" team: Owen Sound Greys.

The 87's never did very well as a member of the Central "B", but no team exactly stacked up well to the powerhouse Barrie Colts who most notably pulled off an undefeated season in 1992-93.

At the inaugural Royal Bank Cup in 1996 at Melfort, Saskatchewan, the 87's finished off in the round robin in second place with a 2-2 record.

[1] Newmarket hosted the 2008 Dudley Hewitt Cup, losing to the OJHL Champion Oakville Blades in the Final.

[3] Franchise sold - see Milton Menace Original OPJHL OJHL Years The Newmarket Redmen and Newmarket Smoke Rings were different names of a Canadian junior hockey franchise that won four Clarence Schmalz Cups as Ontario Hockey Association Junior C champions.

Based in Newmarket, Ontario, alongside rival Aurora Tigers, the (Smoke Rings or Smokies) spent their time in the Suburban Junior C Group.

They changed their name to the Redmen in 1960 when the team accepted promotion to the Metro Junior B Hockey League.

In 1970, after winning a fourth provincial title, the team became a founding member of the Mid-Ontario Junior B Hockey League.