returned in the 1945–46 season, continuing operation until the merger of the cities of Port Arthur and Fort William, with the Fort William Beavers joining the Bearcats to form the Thunder Bay Twins for the 1970–71 season. This new iteration would appear in six more Allan Cup finals, including five Allan Cup wins. This team folded after finishing as runnerup in the 1991 Allan Cup. The Bearcats and the successor Twins combined for 13 Allan Cup competitions, winning a combined 9 championships. The 1936 Olympic silver medalist Bearcats team was inducted into the Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in 1987. In the winter of 1961–62, the Bearcats represented Canada in a European exhibition game tour, facilitated by Fred Page. Notable players 1936 Olympic team roster Gus Saxberg Maxwell Deacon Hugh Farguharson Kenneth Farmer-Horn James Haggarty Walter Kitchen Raymond Milton Francis Moore Herman Murray Arthur Nash David Neville Alexander Sinclair Ralph St. Germain Bill Thomson NHL alumni Thirty-one alumni from the Port Arthur Bearcats/Ports/Hockey Club/Seniors/Bear Cats played in the National Hockey League: Cliff Barton, Bart Bradley, Bill Brydge, Marty Burke, Harry Cameron, Eddie Carpenter, Lorne Chabot, Art Chapman, Bob Connors, Danny Cox, Jimmy Creighton, Gus Forslund, Gord Fraser, Alex Gray, Jim Haggarty, Steve Hrymnak, James Jarvis, Dick Kotanen, Edgar Laprade, Norm Larson, Jim McLeod, Rudy Migay, Frank Nighbor, Bud Poile, Albert Pudas, Charlie Sands, Red Spooner, Butch Stahan, Bill Thomson, Jack Walker, Alex Wellington, Gord Wilson, Steve Wojciechowski, Benny Woit Season-by-season standings See also Canada men's national ice hockey team Ice hockey at the 1936 Winter Olympics References Notes Hockey Northwestern Ontario Senior ice hockey teams Defunct ice hockey teams in Canada Olympic silver medalists for Canada Ice hockey teams representing Canada internationally