NBL Canada announced that the SkyHawks would not participate in the 2014–15 season when the team failed to comply with the terms of the loan.

[2] At a news conference on November 21, 2012, Gus Takkale, President of Bytown Sports & Entertainment and the person heading up the ownership group, confirmed the franchise would put a team on the court in the fall of 2013.

[3] However, just hours after the announcement, social media erupted with people upset over what they felt to be a culturally insensitive nickname.

[6] The SkyHawks finished in fourth (of five) place in the Central Division in the 2013–14 season, and failed to make the playoffs after losing a wildcard game against the Mississauga Power.

[1] Originally opened in 1996, the Canadian Tire Centre is a multi-purpose arena, located in the western suburb of Kanata, in Ottawa, Ontario.