The Trappers were coached by
Bob Sabourin, and placed fifth of six
Eastern Professional Hockey League teams during the
1961–62 season, and did not qualify for the playoffs.
Joe Szura led the team in scoring with 62
points and 35
assists. The team also had 20-or-more goals each from George Gosselin,
Doug Senior,
John Sleaver, and Norman Waslawski.
Goaltender Claude Dufour played in 60 of the team's 70 games. The Trappers were sponsored by a combination of five
National Hockey League (NHL) teams, who covered only $30,500 of the nearly $44,000
deficit spending on the season. The team was folded following a meeting of NHL executives in July 1962. The
Detroit Red Wings and
Toronto Maple Leafs declined to support any EPHL team, and the
Chicago Black Hawks supported the
Syracuse Braves instead of North Bay as a
farm team. Equipment and jerseys of the Trappers were sold to
Pete Palangio to operate a
junior hockey team of the same name in the
Northern Ontario Hockey Association for the 1962–63 season. ==Results==