The Markham Royals are a Junior "A" ice hockey team from Markham, Ontario, Canada. They are a part of the Ontario Junior Hockey League. From 1973 until 2015, the team operated in Hamilton, Ontario as the Kilty's and the Red Wings.
The Red Wings were founded in 1973 as the second Hamilton-based team in the Niagara District Junior B Hockey League. After one season, the league divided into two leagues and the Red Wings went the way of the Golden Horseshoe Junior Hockey League. In 1975–76, the other Hamilton team joined the Southern Ontario Junior A Hockey League and became the Hamilton Mountain A's. The draw of a local Junior A club weakened the team and they took a one-year leave a season later.
In 1977, under new ownership the team came back as the Kiltys. Although a very competitive team, it took the Kiltys until 1992–93 to win a Golden Horseshoe championship. With that win, the Kiltys were promoted to the newly formed Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League with a variety of other Junior B squads. Outside of some brief troubles in the late 1990s, the Hamilton franchise has been very successful in regular season play in the OJHL. The team was renamed the Hamilton Red Wings in 2002 and continued to field highly competitive teams season after season.
In early 2015, the Red Wings moved to Markham, Ontario and became the Markham Royals. Markham had been without an OJHL franchise since 2012. The club also acquired the rights for Waxers Junior A, and has chosen to play as the Markham Royals.
| 1974 - 2015 History - (Hamilton) is hidden click to | |||||||||||
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| Season | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | P | Results | Playoffs | |
| 1974-75 | 40 | 24 | 11 | 5 | - | 223 | 161 | 53 | 2nd GHJHL | ||
| 1975-76 | 40 | 19 | 12 | 9 | - | 212 | 186 | 47 | 2nd GHJHL | ||
| 1976-77 | Did Not Participate | ||||||||||
| 1977-78 | 40 | 16 | 20 | 4 | - | 203 | 213 | 36 | 4th GHJHL | ||
| 1978-79 | 42 | 25 | 12 | 5 | - | 235 | 171 | 55 | 3rd GHJHL | ||
| 1979-80 | 44 | 33 | 6 | 5 | - | 285 | 150 | 71 | 1st GHJHL | ||
| 1980-81 | 42 | 19 | 17 | 6 | - | 180 | 159 | 44 | 4th GHJHL | ||
| 1981-82 | 35 | 17 | 13 | 5 | - | - | - | 39 | 4th GHJHL | ||
| 1982-83 | 42 | 20 | 17 | 5 | - | 194 | 184 | 45 | 4th GHJHL | ||
| 1983-84 | 42 | 25 | 10 | 7 | - | 206 | 144 | 57 | 2nd GHJHL | ||
| 1984-85 | 42 | 16 | 18 | 8 | - | 190 | 198 | 40 | 6th GHJHL | ||
| 1985-86 | 40 | 15 | 24 | 1 | - | 199 | 223 | 31 | 8th GHJHL | ||
| 1986-87 | 42 | 14 | 22 | 6 | - | 208 | 233 | 34 | 6th GHJHL | ||
| 1987-88 | 42 | 10 | 28 | 4 | - | 218 | 283 | 24 | 7th GHJHL | ||
| 1988-89 | 42 | 15 | 16 | 11 | - | 185 | 201 | 41 | 5th GHJHL | ||
| 1989-90 | 48 | 26 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 265 | 246 | 56 | 4th GHJHL | ||
| 1990-91 | 42 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 221 | 200 | 46 | 5th GHJHL | ||
| 1991-92 | 42 | 25 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 218 | 175 | 52 | 4th GHJHL | ||
| 1992-93 | 42 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 294 | 159 | 66 | 1st GHJHL | Won League | |
| 42 | 32 | 8 | 2 | - | 265 | 172 | 66 | 1st OPJHL-W | |||
| 49 | 28 | 16 | 5 | - | 249 | 195 | 62 | 3rd OPJHL-W | |||
| 50 | 25 | 17 | 8 | - | 241 | 206 | 60 | 2nd OPJHL-Mi | |||
| 51 | 32 | 14 | 5 | - | 286 | 218 | 70 | 2nd OPJHL-Mi | |||
| 51 | 21 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 222 | 195 | 50 | 4th OPJHL-Mi | |||
| 51 | 19 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 191 | 231 | 44 | 8th OPJHL-W | |||
| 49 | 25 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 247 | 206 | 57 | 5th OPJHL-W | |||
| 49 | 21 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 174 | 204 | 48 | 7th OPJHL-W | |||
| 49 | 34 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 237 | 156 | 71 | 2nd OPJHL-W | |||
| 49 | 38 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 286 | 157 | 79 | 3rd OPJHL-W | |||
| 49 | 33 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 254 | 161 | 69 | 2nd OPJHL-W | |||
| 49 | 31 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 194 | 149 | 67 | 3rd OPJHL-W | |||
| 49 | 33 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 204 | 124 | 68 | 2nd OPJHL-W | Lost Conf. Final | ||
| 49 | 37 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 270 | 129 | 78 | 3rd OPJHL-W | Lost semi-final | ||
| 2007-08 | 49 | 31 | 16 | - | 2 | 255 | 183 | 64 | 3rd OPJHL-W | ||
| 2008-09 | 53 | 28 | 18 | - | 7 | 281 | 245 | 63 | 4th OJHL-C | ||
| 2009-10 | 50 | 31 | 16 | - | 3 | 204 | 163 | 65 | 3rd CCHL-W | Lost quarter-final | |
| 2010-11 | 50 | 29 | 18 | - | 3 | 236 | 175 | 61 | 4th OJHL-W | Lost Round of 16 | |
| 2011-12 | 49 | 17 | 27 | - | 5 | 176 | 241 | 39 | 6th OJHL-W | Lost Division QF | |
| 2012-13 | 55 | 5 | 49 | - | 1 | 162 | 394 | 11 | 6th OJHL-W | DNQ | |
| 2013-14 | 53 | 18 | 31 | - | 4 | 156 | 227 | 40 | 4th OJHL-W | DNQ | |
| 2014-15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 2020 - current History | |||||||||||
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| 2015-16 | 54 | 31 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 197 | 149 | 68 | 1st of 6 Nor Div 3rd of 11 NE Conf 7th of 22 OJHL | Won Conf. Quarters 4-1 (Fury) Lost Conf. Semifinals 0-4 (Voyageurs) | |
| 2016-17 | 54 | 30 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 187 | 170 | 64 | 1st of 6 Nor Div 6th of 11 NE Conf 9th of 22 OJHL | Lost Conf. Quarters 2-4 (Spirit) | |
| 2017-18 | 54 | 26 | 22 | 1 | 5 | 199 | 195 | 58 | 3rd of 6 Nor Div 6th of 11 NE Conf 11th of 22 OJHL | Lost Conf. Quarters 2-4 (Hurricanes) | |
| 2018-19 | 54 | 28 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 208 | 174 | 65 | 1st of 5 Nor Div 2nd of 11 NW Conf 6th of 22 OJHL | Won Conf. Quarters 4-2 (Raiders) Won Conf. Semifinals 4-3 (Hurricanes) Lost Conf. Finals 1-4 (Blades) | |
| 2019-20 | 55 | 24 | 25 | 0 | 6 | 194 | 205 | 55 | 4th of 5 Nor Div 9th of 11 NW Conf 14th of 22 OJHL | Did Not Qualify for Post Season | |
| 2020–21 | Season Lost to Covid-19 pandemic | ||||||||||
| 2022-23 | 54 | 8 | 40 | 3 | 3 | 123 | 241 | 22 | 5th of 5 Nor Div 10th of 10 NW Conf 19th of 21 OJHL | Did Not Qualify for Post Season | |
| 2023-24 | 56 | 30 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 191 | 159 | 66 | 7th of 12 EAST Conf 12th of 24 OJHL | Lost Conf. Quarters 0-4 (Buzzers) | |
1974: Hamilton Red Wings defeated Bramalea Blues by forfeit