Former Red Wings Player on Verge of Hockey History

Tyler Bertuzzi isn’t the only former Detroit Red Wings player from his family enjoying a big season with a team called the Hawks. The junior team coached by his uncle, Todd Bertuzzi, is shattering records all over the place.

Todd Bertuzzi’s Cambridge Redhawks are an unbeaten 23-0 on the Greater Ontario Hockey League (GOHL) season. The GOHL is a developmental feeder league for the OHL.

Todd Bertuzzi's 23-0 Cambridge Winter Hawks can tie a GOHL record this weekend if they win both games and go 25-0. Record owned by 2013 Kitchener Dutchmen.

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This is Bertuzzi’s first season in charge of the club, so he’s yet to taste defeat as a junior hockey coach. The Redhawks have already obliterated the club’s previous mark for a winning streak of 12 games.

Cambridge plays two games on the weekend. If the Redhawks are successful in defeating St. Mary’s on Friday and Port Colborne on Saturday, they will tie the best start in league history. The 2013-14 Kitchener Dutchmen began that season 25-0.

Bertuzzi’s team isn’t just winning games; his squad is wiping out most opponents. There was a 15-2 rout of Welland, as well as 10-2 and 10-2 verdicts over Caledon.

Only three of the 23 victories by the Redhawks have been by one-goal margins, and none since October 16. They’ve won by two, three, and four-goal margins five times each. Two other victories were achieved by five-goal verdicts.

Bertuzzi Spent Six Seasons With The Red Wings

As an NHL player, Bertuzzi would serve two separate tours with the Red Wings. He was originally picked up as a trade-deadline acquisition during the 2006-07 season. Bertuzzi signed with Detroit as a free agent in 2009. He would spend his final five NHL seasons playing for the Red Wings.

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Bertuzzi’s most recent playing experience was with the AHL Belleville Senators in 2015. However, in the summer, the 50-year-old winger signed with the senior Cambridge Hornets. Although listed on the team’s roster as No. 44, Bertuzzi has yet to play a game for the Hornets this season.

That’s not uncommon in senior hockey. Teams often sign former NHL players who don’t suit up until the New Year, as clubs prepare to make a run at the Allan Cup, the senior hockey version of the Stanley Cup.