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Wikipedia / Frontenac Flyers

The Frontenac Flyers were a junior ice hockey team based in Verona, Ontario, Canada. They played in the Empire B Junior C Hockey League of the Ontario Hockey Association.

History

The Frontenac Flyers were founded in 1989 as members of the Eastern Ontario Junior C Hockey League. They get their name from the county in which Verona is located, Frontenac County, Ontario.

The Flyers' first season proved to be an excellent one. In thirty regular season games, the Flyers finished in second place overall, with a record of twenty-three wins and only seven losses. In just their second season in the league, the Frontenac Flyers won their league title.

In 1993, the Frontenac Flyers renamed themselves the North Frontenac Flyers. The reason for the name change is not clear. Two seasons later, the Eastern Ontario Junior C Hockey League changed its name to the Empire B Junior C Hockey League to avoid confusion with the Ottawa District Hockey Association's Eastern Ontario Junior C Hockey League.

In 2002, the Flyers won their second ever league title. From that point on, the Flyers suffered in the Empire B league.

In 2004, the team changed their name back to just the "Frontenac Flyers".

The 2005–06 season proved to be a low point in the Flyers' history. The team finished the regular season in dead-last place and posted a winless record of no wins, 34 losses, and no ties. This marked the worst season in team history, just two years after their 2004 league championship. Due to the rules of the season, the Flyers still made the playoffs. In the league quarter-final, they drew the Amherstview Jets, who squashed them 3-0.

The 2006–07 season showed minor improvement, but the Flyers still finished in last place. They rebuilt the club with 15 rookies and added new staff to the front office. With only three wins in the season, the Flyers failed to make the league playoffs. As of 2007, the team had yet to win the regular season top seed, but had won two playoff championships.

In July 2010, the Flyers executives folded the club.

Season-by-season results

Season

GP

W

L

T

OTL

GF

GA

P

Results

Playoffs

1989-90

30

23

7

0

-

230

138

46

2nd EOJCHL

1990-91

30

16

11

3

-

195

170

35

3rd EOJCHL

Won League

1991-92

30

13

12

5

-

142

116

31

3rd EOJCHL

1992-93

36

11

20

5

-

182

204

27

6th EOJCHL

1993-94

36

12

20

4

-

145

148

28

6th EOJCHL

1994-95

40

13

27

-

0

151

254

26

5th EOJCHL

1995-96

42

22

16

2

2

216

186

48

5th EBJCHL

1996-97

42

24

13

5

-

219

182

53

3rd EBJCHL

1997-98

36

12

21

3

-

136

167

27

5th EBJCHL

1998-99

36

13

22

0

1

146

184

27

4th EBJCHL

1999-00

36

14

19

2

1

137

180

31

4th EBJCHL

2000-01

34

11

19

2

2

116

148

26

5th EBJCHL

2001-02

36

19

13

1

3

181

157

42

2nd EBJCHL

Won League

2002-03

34

10

22

0

2

131

193

22

4th EBJCHL

2003-04

34

5

27

2

0

112

207

12

5th EBJCHL

2004-05

34

4

27

1

2

82

208

11

5th EBJCHL

2005-06

34

0

34

0

0

64

346

0

6th EBJCHL

Lost quarter-final

2006-07

40

3

36

1

0

141

289

7

6th EBJCHL

DNQ

2007-08

40

4

32

-

4

145

324

12

6th EBJCHL

2008-09

40

19

21

-

0

126

165

38

3rd EBJCHL

2009-10

40

0

40

-

0

66

388

0

6th EBJCHL

DNQ

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