Guelph Royals (ice hockey)

Guelph Royals
CityGuelph, Ontario
LeagueOntario Professional Hockey League
Ontario Hockey Association
Operated1908 (1908)-1909 (OPHL team)
1960 (1960)-1963 (OHA team)
Home arenaGuelph Memorial Gardens
(OHA team)
Parent club(s)New York Rangers
(OHA team)
Franchise history
1908–1909Guelph Royals (OPHL team)
c. 1920sGuelph Royals (OHA Sr. team)
1947–1960Guelph Biltmore Mad Hatters (OHA Jr. team)
1960–1963Guelph Royals
1963–presentKitchener Rangers

The Guelph Royals name has been used for several hockey teams based in Guelph, Ontario. The most prominent was a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey Association from 1960 to 1963, that played home games at the Guelph Memorial Gardens. The junior Royals were affiliated with the NHL's New York Rangers.

Other Guelph Royals teams played from 1908, and briefly in 1909 (6 games) in the Ontario Professional Hockey League, and also circa 1920s as Ontario Hockey Association senior teams. The Royals namesake is the City of Guelph's nickname as the "Royal City."