Bonnyville Pontiacs

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Bonnyville Pontiacs
City: Bonnyville, Alberta
League: Alberta Junior Hockey League
Division: North
Founded: 1991
Home Arena: R. J. Lalonde Arena
Colors: Black, silver and white

The Bonnyville Pontiacs are an ice hockey team in the Alberta Junior Hockey League. They play in Bonnyville, Alberta, Canada at the R. J. Lalonde Arena, capacity 2700.

Founded: 1991-92
Division titles won: None
Regular season titles won: None
League Championships won: None
Doyle Cup Titles: None
Royal Bank Cup Titles: None


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[edit] History

The Bonnyville Pontiacs entered the AJHL as the league's ninth active franchise in 1991-92, adopting the Pontiacs name and logo originally used by the Senior A team of the same name in the 1950's.

The Franchise was awarded, along with the 1991-92 All-star game on June 1, 1991, leaving just two months for the new organization to find staff and players before puck drop. Ultimately, the short timeframe seriously hampered the team on the ice, as it finished a distant last, missing the playoffs. The Pontiacs would remain in last for two more years before finally climbing out of the basement, however the franchise has never really managed to separate itself from the bottom half of the league or division standings. Only in the last few seasons have the Pontiacs become a consistent winning team.

[edit] Season-by-season Record

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T/OTL = Ties/Overtime losses, SOL = Shootout losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Season GP W L T/OTL SOL Points GF GA Finish Playoffs
1991-92 60 8 51 - 1 17 186 399 9th Overall Did not qualify
1992-93 56 13 42 - 1 27 192 324 9th Overall Did not qualify
1993-94 56 15 37 - 4 34 209 368 9th Overall Did not qualify
1994-95 56 24 29 - 3 51 219 278 7th Overall ---
1995-96 60 27 30 - 3 57 243 257 7th Overall ---
1996-97 60 27 30 - 3 57 242 270 8th Overall ---
1997-98 60 20 36 - 4 44 204 266 11th Overall Did not qualify
1998-99 62 33 29 - 0 66 282 261 5th North ---
1999-00 64 34 26 - 4 72 251 230 5th North Lost in second round
2000-01 64 17 38 9 - 43 194 307 8th North Did not qualify
2001-02 64 20 43 1 - 41 176 284 8th North Did not qualify
2002-03 64 27 29 8 - 62 207 243 6th North ---
2003-04 60 27 25 8 - 62 189 172 6th North ---
2004-05 64 36 17 11 - 83 218 189 4th North Lost in first round
2005-06 60 38 19 3 - 79 240 185 5th North Lost in second round
2006-07 60 24 29 7 - 55 173 208 6th North Lost in first round
2007-08 62 34 21 7 - 75 211 166 4th North In progress

[edit] NHL alumni

The following former Pontiacs have gone on to play in the NHL:

[edit] See also

[edit] References

Alberta Junior Hockey League website
Bonnyville Pontiacs website