The Galt Rockets, who were playing without a NHL parent team, were taken over by the Chicago Black Hawks in 1949. The team was renamed the Galt Black Hawks. The team played six seasons in the OHA Junior A, winning only one playoff series in 1952-53. In 1954-55 they were jointly sponsored by the Chicago Black Hawks and the Boston Bruins. In that season they lost $6,000. Boston and Chicago both switched their sponsorships to other junior teams. This combination of financial losses and lack of NHL sponsorship caused the team to fold.