History
The Northern Hawks joined the Thunder Bay Junior B/Juvenile/AAA league in the fall of 1999 playing out of Norwest Arena. The team lost in the league Juvenile AAA final to the Thunder Bay Wolves that first season. The 2000/01 season saw the Northern Hawks win the Juvenile AAA Championship and move onto the Ontario Hockey Federation Juvenile AAA championship in Newmarket, Ontario. The Northern Hawks would capture a silver medal at the OHF event, this was one of Thunder Bay's strongest showings ever at the Juvenile AAA event. With the creation of the Superior International Junior Hockey League (SIJHL), the Northern Hawks moved up to Junior B for the 2001/02 season. The Northern Hawks are one-time Western Canadian Brewers Cup champions. They won the Junior C tournament in 2003 against comparable teams from across Western Canada.
In 2004 and 2005, the Hawks stepped up and won the Thunder Bay Junior B Hockey League championship and the Northern Ontario Regional Junior B Hockey Championship.
In 2004, the Northern Hawks played in the Western Canadian Keystone Cup Bronze Medal game. The Northern Hawks missed the Gold Medal Game by taking a tie to the Richmond Sockeyes in their final round robin game.
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