Petrolia Flyers

Petrolia Flyers
City Petrolia, Ontario
League Provincial Junior Hockey League
Division Bill Stobbs
Founded 1988
Home arena Greenwood Recreation Centre
Colors Blue, Red, and White
General manager Dennis Meston
Head coach Todd Annet
Franchise history
1988-2016: Alvinston Flyers
2016-Present: Petrolia Flyers

The Petrolia Flyers are a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in Petrolia, Ontario. They play in the Provincial Junior Hockey League of the Ontario Hockey Association and Hockey Canada. From 1988 until 2016, the team was known as the Alvinston Flyers, and played in the Great Lakes Jr C Hockey League, which amalgamated into the PJHL in the summer of 2016.

History

Flyers goaltender setting up for an out-of-zone face-off in Belle River, Ontario during the 2013-14 season.
Flyers lining up for a face-off in the defensive zone at the Belle River Canadiens' 2013 home opener.

The Flyers were founded in 1988 as members of the Western Junior D Hockey League. The Flyers only managed two wins during the 1988-89 season and six in the 1989-90 season. In 1992-93, the Flyers finally showed some promise in the (then) OHA Junior Development League with a record of 22-15-1-0. Unfortunately for the Flyers, the OHAJDL had swelled up to 18 teams by then and despite a good record, with so many teams, the Flyers only managed to place sixth. After six seasons with the WJDHL/OHAJDL, the Flyers were promoted to the Great Lakes Junior C Hockey League.

From the year the Flyers join, 1994-95, until the 2012-13 season, the Flyers have finished as high as second place in the league standings (2003-04, 25-13-1-1), but have yet to have any real success in the league playoffs. From the 2007 playoffs until the 2013 playoffs, the Flyers have bailed out of the quarter-finals six times and did not qualify in 2009.

In February 2016, Flyers management submitted a proposal to relocate the team to Petrolia starting next season. The proposal was accepted and the team moved to Petrolia. During the summer of 2016 the Great Lakes Junior C Hockey League was amalgamated into the Provincial Junior Hockey League.

Season-by-season record

Season GP W L T OTL GF GA P Results Playoffs
1988-89 35 2 33 0 - 91 296 4 19th WJDHL
1989-90 35 6 23 6 - 130 227 18 15th WJDHL
1990-91 40 9 29 2 0 122 230 20 17th WJDHL
1991-92 40 14 19 5 2 164 177 35 11th OHAJDL
1992-93 38 22 15 1 0 183 161 45 7th OHAJDL
1993-94 40 13 26 1 - 146 207 27 15th OHAJDLLost Quarter-final
1994-95 40 18 18 3 1 139 138 40 6th GLJHL
1995-96 41 14 24 3 0 150 160 31 9th GLJHL
1996-97 40 15 18 4 3 133 145 37 8th GLJHL
1997-98 44 24 14 3 3 168 142 54 4th GLJHL
1998-99 40 6 31 1 2 109 217 15 10th GLJHL
1999-00 40 7 28 4 1 118 198 19 9th GLJHL
2000-01 39 15 20 1 3 160 169 34 7th GLJHL
2001-02 40 19 18 3 0 159 160 41 6th GLJHL
2002-03 40 26 12 1 1 166 118 54 3rd GLJHL
2003-04 40 25 13 1 1 166 120 52 2nd GLJHL
2004-05 40 22 10 4 4 172 136 52 3rd GLJHL
2005-06 40 17 19 3 1 148 157 38 7th GLJHLLost Semi-final
2006-07 40 13 23 2 2 144 195 30 7th GLJHLLost Quarter-final
2007-08 40 16 18 1 5 119 152 38 4th GLJHLLost Quarter-final
2008-09 40 12 25 - 3 144 218 27 9th GLJHLDNQ
2009-10 40 12 27 - 1 156 262 25 8th GLJHL Lost Quarter-final
2010-11 40 16 21 - 3 149 171 35 6th GLJHL Lost Quarter-final
2011-12 40 19 17 - 4 167 169 42 6th GLJHL Lost Quarter-final
2012-13 40 20 17 1 2 153 146 43 6th GLJHL Lost Quarter-final
2013-14 40 22 17 - 1 169 157 45 5th GLJHL Lost Quarter-final - 3-4 - (Wheatley)
2014-15 40 19 17 - 4 142 145 42 5th GLJHL Lost Quarter-final - 2-4 - (Blenheim)
2015-16 40 12 22 1 5 136 196 30 8th GLJHL Lost Quarters - 0-4 - (Essex)
Petrolia Flyers
2016-17 40 7 33 0 - 108 212 14 8th Stobbs Lost Div. Quarters - 0-4 - (Lakeshore)

2016-2017 Team Staff


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