Paul investors during the season and changed their names to the Thunder Bay Centennials. The newly renamed St. Paul Jr. Stars, later to be called St. Paul Vulcans, went on to win the league and compete in the 1973 Centennial Cup playdowns. The Centennials made it clear at the end of the season that they would not play another year in the increasingly American league. The Thunder Bay Junior A League was resurrected in 1973 and the team took on the traditional name Thunder Bay Beavers after the Fort William Beavers of senior hockey fame. The St. Paul Vulcans went on to form a new league called the Midwest Junior Hockey League. The later merger between the MWJHL and the USHL would revolutionize American junior hockey. In 1978 the Beavers and all other Thunder Bay-area teams were forced to downsize and most of them ceased to exist. The last known season of the Beavers ended in 1978. Season-by-Season Standings Playoffs 1972 Won League, Lost Dudley Hewitt Cup semi-final Thunder Bay Vulcans defeated Minnesota Jr. Stars 4-games-to-none TBMJHL CHAMPIONS Thunder Bay Vulcans defeated Smiths Falls Bears (CJHL) 4-games-to-1 Guelph CMC's (SOJHL) defeated Thunder Bay Vulcans 4-games-to-2 1973 Lost Final/TBAHA Jack Adams Trophy final Thunder Bay Centennials defeated Westfort Hurricanes 4-games-to-2 Thunder Bay Centennials defeated Fort William Canadians (TBJHL) 2-games-to-none St. Paul Jr. Stars defeated Thunder Bay Centennials 4-games-to-none 1974 Lost TBJHL final/Lost TBAHA semi-final Fort William Canadians defeated Thunder Bay Beavers 3-games-to-2 1975 Lost Semi-final Thunder Bay Hurricanes defeated Thunder Bay Beavers 4-games-to-2 1976 Lost Final Thunder Bay Beavers defeated Thunder Bay Hurricanes 4-games-to-2 Thunder Bay Eagles defeated Thunder Bay Beavers 4-games-to-none 1977 Lost Semi-final Degagne Hurricanes defeated Thunder Bay Beavers 3-games-to-none and 1 tie 1978 Lost Semi-final Degagne Hurricanes defeated Thunder Bay Beavers 3-games-to-none Championships TBJHL Champions: 1972 Notable alumni Danny Gruen References Sport in Thunder Bay