Toronto Young Rangers

The Toronto Young Rangers were a Canadian junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey Association from 1937–38 until the conclusion of the 1947–48 season. While most teams in the league had an affiliation with a National Hockey League club, the Young Rangers did not. They were owned, operated and coached by Ed Wildey (November 22, 1875 – July 19, 1964), a Toronto sportsman who worked out an arrangement with Conn Smythe that saw the team practise early mornings at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto. During the 1940–41 season, Wildey was able to secure sponsorship and the team was known as the "Bowles Rangers." The team took a one-year hiatus for the 1942–43 season. For his contributions to junior hockey, in 1962, Ed Wildey was awarded the Gold Stick, an order of merit in hockey awarded by the OHA for outstanding service to the game other than as a player. Such outstanding service must have been for a period of not less than 10 years continuous duration.

Toronto Young Rangers
City	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
League	Ontario Hockey Association
Operated	>1937–1948
Home arena	Maple Leaf Gardens

Notable players

Two former Young Rangers have been inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame: Gordie Drillon as a player and Punch Imlach as a builder.

List of National Hockey League alumni:

• Vern Ayres
• Hugh Bolton
• Herb Carnegie
• Jim Conacher
• Al Dewsbury
• Gordie Drillon
• Jimmy Fowler
• Jack Gelineau
• George Grigor
• Red Hamill
• Jack Hamilton
• Murray Henderson
• Ron Hurst
• Punch Imlach
• Jack McLean
• George Parsons
• Charlie Phillips
• Harry Pidhirny
• Bill Shill
• Cliff Simpson
• Don Smillie
• Stan Smrke
• Rhys Thomson

Season-by-season results

Results prior to the 1937–38 season are incomplete.

Season	Games	Won	Lost	Tied	Points	Pct %	Goals For	Goals Against	Standing
1937–38	12	6	6	0	12	0.500	41	54	4th OHA
1938–39	14	9	4	1	19	0.692	50	41	2nd Group 2
1939–40	20	12	8	0	24	0.600	67	93	3rd OHA
1940–41	15	4	10	1	9	0.286	73	84	4th OHA
1941–42	24	11	11	2	24	0.500	87	89	5th OHA
1943–44	25	1	23	1	3	0.042	48	156	5th Group 1
1944–45	19	6	13	0	12	0.316	56	90	5th OHA
1945–46	28	8	17	3	19	0.320	78	110	6th OHA
1946–47	36	6	30	0	12	0.167	62	117	10th OHA
1947–48	31	1	30	0	2	0.032	63	259	10th OHA