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The Orangeville Flyers are a Junior 'A' ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 team based in Orangeville
Orangeville
Orangeville is the name of several places:In Australia:* Orangeville, New South WalesIn Canada:* Orangeville, OntarioIn the United States:* Orangeville, Illinois* Orangeville, Indiana, hamlet in DeKalb County* Orangeville, New York...

, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

, Canada
Canada
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. They are a part of the Ontario Junior Hockey League.

Henry Carr

The Flyers lineage traces back to the Henry Carr Crusaders. Like the Toronto St. Michael's Majors
Toronto St. Michael's Majors
The Toronto St. Michael's Majors, was a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League, based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The hockey program was founded and operated by St. Michael's College School in 1906, and adopted the name "Majors" in 1934, and was commonly referred to as St. Mike's...

 and St. Michael's Buzzers
St. Michael's Buzzers
The St. Michael's Buzzers are a Junior "A" ice hockey team from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They are a part of Central Canadian Hockey League.-History:...

, the Crusaders were a secondary school based Junior hockey team. The team's affiliation was with the Father Henry Carr Secondary School
Father Henry Carr Secondary School
Father Henry Carr Catholic Secondary School is a Catholic high school administered by the Toronto Catholic District School Board in Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada....

 of the Toronto Catholic District School Board
Toronto Catholic District School Board
The Toronto Catholic District School Board is the publicly-funded Catholic school board for Toronto, Ontario, Canada, headquartered in North York. It is one of the two English boards of education in the City of Toronto, serving the former municipalities of Scarborough, North York, York, East York,...

. In 1980 they took their high school team and joined the Metro Junior "B" Hockey League, where they played until 1991, even after the league left the Ontario Hockey Association
Ontario Hockey Association
The Ontario Hockey Association is the governing body for the majority of Junior and Senior level ice hockey teams in the Province of Ontario. The OHA is sanctioned by the Ontario Hockey Federation along with the Northern Ontario Hockey Association. Other Ontario sanctioning bodies along with the...

 in 1989. The team was famous for its first undefeated Metro season in 1983 (34-0-2), when they won the All-Ontario Jr. B Championship, the Sutherland Cup
Sutherland Cup
The Sutherland Cup is the ice hockey Ontario Junior "B" Provincial Championship trophy. The Sutherland Cup is now the championship trophy of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League. Until 2007, the Cup served as an interleague provincial championship...

. After five rounds of playoffs, what it took to win the Sutherland Cup, the Crusaders had accumulated 54 wins, 2 losses, 2 ties, and 2 losses in overtime in 60 regulation games.

In 1991, when the Metro league declared itself Junior "A", they transferred the franchise to the Weston Dukes. Henry Carr still fields a team to this day, but again at the High School Hockey level.

Thornhill

In 1993 the Weston Dukes
Weston Dodgers
The Weston Dodgers are a defunct Tier II Junior "A" ice hockey team from Weston, Ontario, Canada. They were a part of the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League.-History:...

 folded and their franchise was moved to Thornhill and became the Thornhill Islanders. In 1997 they were renamed the Thornhill Rattlers until 2004, when they again assumed the Thunderbirds name.

After playing in multiple league, for many years, even competing for the 2001 Royal Bank Cup
Royal Bank Cup 2001
The Royal Bank Cup 2001 is the Junior "A" 2001 ice hockey National Championship for the Canadian Junior A Hockey League.The Royal Bank Cup was be competed for by the winners of the Doyle Cup, Anavet Cup, Dudley Hewitt Cup, the Fred Page Cup and a host city.The tournament was hosted by the Flin Flon...

. In Summer 2006, the players of the team started to get let go or traded for cash to any interested team. The team has been for sale for the better part of six months, but with no serious offers.

Villanova Knights

In 2007 local businessman David Arsenault (Governor/Owner) along with St. Thomas of Villanova College revived the team bringing it back into the OPJHL under the Villanova College name.

The Villanova Knights were announced officially on May 15, 2007 . The team was be playing their home games at York University
York University
York University is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's third-largest university, Ontario's second-largest graduate school, and Canada's leading interdisciplinary university....

's Canlan Ice Gardens
Beatrice Ice Gardens
Canlan Ice Sports - York is the main ice rink at York University and replaces the old York University Ice Palace. It opened in 1996 as the Beatrice Ice Gardens. The arena is one of the largest in the city of Toronto and features six ice pads including one of Olympic size. The arena has been used in...

.

Orangeville Jr. Flyers

The original Orangeville Flyers
Orangeville Crushers
The Orangeville Crushers were a Canadian Junior "A" ice hockey team from Orangeville, Ontario. They played in the Ontario Junior Hockey League, Midwestern Junior B Hockey League, and Mid-Ontario Junior C Hockey League.-History:...

 were disbanded by the league in Spring 2011. April 14, 2011, ten days after the Flyers folded, the OJHL and the Villanova Knights announced that they were moving to Orangeville under the name Orangeville Flyers.

Season-by-season standings

Season GP W L T OTL GF GA P Results Playoffs
Henry Carr Crusaders
1980-81 42 18 19 5
211 208 41 8th Metro B
1981-82 36 24 8 4
209 136 52 1st Metro B
1982-83 36 34 0 2
264 113 70 1st Metro B Won League, Won SC
Sutherland Cup
The Sutherland Cup is the ice hockey Ontario Junior "B" Provincial Championship trophy. The Sutherland Cup is now the championship trophy of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League. Until 2007, the Cup served as an interleague provincial championship...

1983-84 42 26 10 6
280 207 58 1st Metro B Won League
1984-85 36 25 7 4
184 126 54 1st Metro B
1985-86 37 22 10 5
229 164 49 4th Metro B Lost Semi-final
1986-87 37 28 4 5
256 162 61 1st Metro B Won League
1987-88 37 23 9 5
214 161 51 3rd Metro B Lost Semi-final
1988-89 39 16 18 5
184 180 37 7th Metro B
1989-90 44 27 9 8
237 137 62 2nd Metro B
1990-91 44 20 16 8
232 193 48 6th Metro B
Weston Dukes
1991-92 44 15 26 3
207 230 33 9th Metro A
1992-93 48 15 27 6
203 253 36 11th Metro A
Thornhill Islanders
1993-94 50 30 18 2
253 206 62 4th Metro A Lost Semi-final
1994-95 50 35 14 1
244 151 71 2nd Metro A
Thornhill Rattlers
1995-96 52 34 15 3
251 172 71 3rd Metro A Lost Final
1996-97 50 29 17 4
279 195 62 6th Metro A
1997-98 50 29 18 3
216 172 61 5th Metro A
1998-99
1998–99 OPJHL season
The 1998–99 OPJHL season is the 6th season of the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League . The thirty-seven teams of the Central, East, and West divisions competed in a 51-game schedule...

 
51 23 24 3 1 230 213 50 7th OPJHL-C
1999-00
1999–2000 OPJHL season
The 1999–2000 OPJHL season is the 7th season of the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League . The thirty-five teams of the North, South, East, and West divisions competed in a 49-game schedule....

 
49 33 9 4 3 264 170 73 2nd OPJHL-S
2000-01
2000–01 OPJHL season
The 2000–01 OPJHL season is the 8th season of the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League . The thirty-seven teams of the North, South, East, and West divisions competed in a 49-game schedule....

 
49 36 8 3 2 231 148 77 1st OPJHL-S Won League, Won DHC
Dudley Hewitt Cup
The Dudley Hewitt Cup is a championship ice hockey trophy, won by tournaments conducted by the Canadian Junior Hockey League. The trophy was first awarded in 1979. The winner of the Dudley Hewitt Cup competes at the 2011 Royal Bank Cup.-History:...

2001-02
2001–02 OPJHL season
The 2001–02 OPJHL season is the 9th season of the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League . The thirty-six teams of the North, South, East, and West divisions competed in a 49-game schedule....

 
49 20 21 6 2 165 183 48 4th OPJHL-S
2002-03
2002–03 OPJHL season
The 2002–03 OPJHL season is the 10th season of the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League . The thirty-five teams of the North, South, East, and West divisions competed in a 49-game schedule....

 
49 11 34 3 1 129 240 26 9th OPJHL-S
2003-04
2003–04 OPJHL season
The 2003–04 OPJHL season is the 11th season of the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League . The thirty-five teams of the North, South, East, and West divisions competed in a 49-game schedule....

 
49 18 26 4 1 184 219 41 6th OPJHL-S
Thornhill Thunderbirds
2004-05
2004–05 OPJHL season
The 2004–05 OPJHL season is the 12th season of the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League . The thirty-five teams of the North, South, East, and West divisions competed in a 49-game schedule....

 
49 16 30 1 2 143 207 35 7th OPJHL-S
2005-06
2005–06 OPJHL season
-East/South:-West/North:Note: E is East, S is South, W is West, N is North, WC is Wild Card.Playoff results are listed by Pointstreak on the official league website .-Dudley Hewitt Cup Championship:...

 
49 23 23 3 0 203 203 49 7th OPJHL-S Lost Conf. QF
2006-07 Did Not Participate
Villanova Knights
2007-08 49 6 42
1 124 311 13 9th OPJHL-N
2008-09 49 6 39
4 119 259 16 10th OJHL-P
2009-10 56 33 19
4 233 211 70 6th OJAHL Lost Quarter-final
2010-11 50 30 17
3 219 175 63 2nd OJHL-S Lost Quarter-final

Playoffs

MetJHL Years
  • 1990 Lost Semi-final
Henry Carr Crusaders defeated Mimico Monarchs
Mimico Monarchs
The Mimico Monarchs are a defunct Junior "B" ice hockey team from Mimico, Ontario, Canada.-History:The Monarchs were a part of the Central Junior B Hockey League. In 1989, they jumped to the Metro Junior "B" league and stayed with the league until one season after it became the Metro Junior A...

 4-games-to-none
Thornhill Thunderbirds
Thornhill Thunderbirds
The Thornhill Thunderbirds were a Canadian Junior "B" ice hockey team from Thornhill, Ontario. They played in the Central Junior B Hockey League.-History:...

defeated Henry Carr Crusaders 4-games-to-2
  • 1991 Lost Semi-final
Henry Carr Crusaders defeated St. Michael's Buzzers
St. Michael's Buzzers
The St. Michael's Buzzers are a Junior "A" ice hockey team from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They are a part of Central Canadian Hockey League.-History:...

 4-games-to-none
Bramalea Blues
Bramalea Blues
The Bramalea Blues were a Junior "A" ice hockey team from Bramalea, Ontario, Canada. Their final two seasons were played in Brampton, Ontario at the Powerade Centre. They were a part of the Ontario Junior A Hockey League but also used to be a part of the Metro Junior A Hockey League. They joined...

defeated Henry Carr Crusaders 4-games-to-2
  • 1992 Lost Preliminary
St. Michael's Buzzers
St. Michael's Buzzers
The St. Michael's Buzzers are a Junior "A" ice hockey team from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They are a part of Central Canadian Hockey League.-History:...

defeated Weston Dodgers 3-games-to-none
  • 1993 DNQ
  • 1994 Lost Semi-final
Thornhill Islanders defeated Wellington Dukes
Wellington Dukes
The Wellington Dukes are a Junior "A" ice hockey team from Wellington, Ontario, Canada. They are in the Eastern Conference of the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League and used to be a part of the Metro Junior A Hockey League.-History:...

 4-games-to-1
Wexford Raiders defeated Thornhill Islanders 4-games-to-none
  • 1995 Lost Semi-final
Thornhill Islanders defeated Kingston Voyageurs
Kingston Voyageurs
The Kingston Voyageurs are a Junior "A" ice hockey team from Kingston, Ontario, Canada. They are a part of the Ontario Junior A Hockey League.-History:The Voyageurs entered the Metro Junior B Hockey League in 1974...

 4-games-to-none
Wexford Raiders defeated Thornhill Islanders 4-games-to-3
  • 1996 Lost Final
Thornhill Islanders defeated Markham Waxers
Markham Waxers
The Markham Waxers are an Ontario Junior Hockey League Junior "A" ice hockey team. The Waxer organizations are from Markham, Ontario, Canada.-History:...

 4-games-to-1
Thornhill Islanders defeated Wexford Raiders 4-games-to-2
Caledon Canadians
Caledon Canadians
The Caledon Canadians are a defunct Junior "A" ice hockey team from Caledon, Ontario, Canada. They were a part of the Metro Junior A Hockey League and were the only team in the "Metro" to win an Ontario Hockey Association Junior "A" Championship.-History:...

defeated Thornhill Islanders 4-games-to-3
  • 1997 Lost Round Robin Quarter-final
Thornhill Islanders defeated Markham Waxers
Markham Waxers
The Markham Waxers are an Ontario Junior Hockey League Junior "A" ice hockey team. The Waxer organizations are from Markham, Ontario, Canada.-History:...

 4-games-to-3
Fifth in round robin quarter-final (2-4)
  • 1998 Lost Quarter-final
Thornhill Rattlers defeated Huntsville Wildcats 3-games-to-1
Syracuse Jr. Crunch
Syracuse Jr. Crunch
The Rochester Stars are a Tier III Junior A American junior ice hockey team from Rochester, New York. They play in the Eastern Junior Hockey League. Their affiliates are the Maksymum Junior Hockey Club of the Empire Junior B Hockey League, also in the EmpJHL is the Stars former affiliates the...

defeated Thornhill Rattlers 3-games-to-1

OJHL Years
  • 1999 Lost Division Quarter-final
Couchiching Terriers
Couchiching Terriers
The Couchiching Terriers were a Junior A ice hockey team from Rama, Ontario, Canada from Lake Couchiching. They originated in neighbouring Orillia, Ontario. They were a part of the Ontario Junior A Hockey League. They were 1985 Centennial Cup National Champions and three time Dudley Hewitt Cup...

defeated Thornhill Rattlers 3-games-to-2
  • 2000 Lost Conference Final
Thornhill Rattlers defeated Oshawa Legionaires 4-games-to-1
Thornhill Rattlers defeated Wexford Raiders 4-games-to-1
Thornhill Rattlers defeated Vaughan Vipers
Vaughan Vipers
----The Vaughan Vipers are a Junior "A" ice hockey team from Vaughan, Ontario, Canada. They are a part of the Ontario Junior A Hockey League.-History:...

 4-games-to-none
Lindsay Muskies
Lindsay Muskies
The Lindsay Muskies are a Junior "A" ice hockey team from Lindsay, Ontario, Canada. They are a part of Central Division Hockey.-History:The Muskies started out in the Central Junior C Hockey League...

defeated Thornhill Rattlers 4-games-to-1
  • 2001 Won League, Won OHF Ruddock Trophy, Won Dudley Hewitt Cup
    Dudley Hewitt Cup
    The Dudley Hewitt Cup is a championship ice hockey trophy, won by tournaments conducted by the Canadian Junior Hockey League. The trophy was first awarded in 1979. The winner of the Dudley Hewitt Cup competes at the 2011 Royal Bank Cup.-History:...

    , Lost 2001 Royal Bank Cup round robin
Thornhill Rattlers defeated Huntsville Wildcats 4-games-to-none
Thornhill Rattlers defeated St. Michael's Buzzers
St. Michael's Buzzers
The St. Michael's Buzzers are a Junior "A" ice hockey team from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They are a part of Central Canadian Hockey League.-History:...

 4-games-to-none
Thornhill Rattlers defeated Wexford Raiders 4-games-to-2
Thornhill Rattlers defeated Trenton Sting
Trenton Sting
The Trenton Sting were a Junior "A" ice hockey team from Trenton, Ontario, Canada. They were a part of the Ontario Junior Hockey League.-History:In 1981, the Belleville Bobcats of the Metro Junior B Hockey League moved to Trenton...

 4-games-to-1
Thornhill Rattlers defeated Couchiching Terriers
Couchiching Terriers
The Couchiching Terriers were a Junior A ice hockey team from Rama, Ontario, Canada from Lake Couchiching. They originated in neighbouring Orillia, Ontario. They were a part of the Ontario Junior A Hockey League. They were 1985 Centennial Cup National Champions and three time Dudley Hewitt Cup...

 4-games-to-1 OPJHL CHAMPIONS
Thornhill Rattlers defeated Rayside-Balfour Sabrecats
Rayside-Balfour Sabrecats
The Rayside-Balfour Sabrecats were a Junior "A" ice hockey team from Rayside-Balfour, Ontario, Canada. This defunct hockey team was a part of the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League.-History:...

 (NOJHL) 4-games-to-3 RUDDOCK TROPHY, DUDLEY HEWITT CUP CHAMPIONS
Fifth and eliminated in 2001 Royal Bank Cup round robin (0-4)
  • 2002 Lost Division Quarter-final
Pickering Panthers
Pickering Panthers
The Pickering Panthers are a Junior "A" ice hockey team from Pickering, Ontario, Canada. They are a part of Central Division Hockey but also used to be a part of the Metro Junior A Hockey League.-History:...

defeated Thornhill Rattlers 4-games-to-3
  • 2003 Lost Division Quarter-final
Markham Waxers
Markham Waxers
The Markham Waxers are an Ontario Junior Hockey League Junior "A" ice hockey team. The Waxer organizations are from Markham, Ontario, Canada.-History:...

defeated Thornhill Rattlers 4-games-to-none
  • 2004 Lost Division Quarter-final
Stouffville Spirit
Stouffville Spirit
The Stouffville Spirit are a Junior "A" ice hockey team from Stouffville, Ontario, Canada. The Stouffville Spirit are members of the Central Canadian Hockey League of the Ontario Hockey Association.-History:...

defeated Thornhill Rattlers 4-games-to-2
  • 2005 Lost Division Quarter-final
St. Michael's Buzzers
St. Michael's Buzzers
The St. Michael's Buzzers are a Junior "A" ice hockey team from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They are a part of Central Canadian Hockey League.-History:...

defeated Thornhill Thunderbirds 4-games-to-none
  • 2006 Lost Division Quarter-final
Markham Waxers
Markham Waxers
The Markham Waxers are an Ontario Junior Hockey League Junior "A" ice hockey team. The Waxer organizations are from Markham, Ontario, Canada.-History:...

defeated Toronto Thunderbirds 4-games-to-1
  • 2007 Did Not Participate
  • 2008 DNQ
  • 2009 DNQ
  • 2010 Lost OJAHL Quarter-final
Georgetown Raiders
Georgetown Raiders
----The Georgetown Raiders are a Junior "A" ice hockey team from Georgetown, Ontario, Canada. They are a part of the Ontario Junior A Hockey League. In Junior "B", the team was known as the "Georgetown Gemini" until 1989...

defeated Villanova Knights 4-games-to-2
  • 2011 Lost Quarter-final
Villanova Knights defeated Peterborough Stars
Peterborough Stars
The Peterborough Stars are a Junior "A" ice hockey team from Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. They play in Central Division Hockey.-History:The franchise started in the Ontario Hockey Association's Eastern Junior B Hockey League in 1965....

 4-games-to-1
Wellington Dukes
Wellington Dukes
The Wellington Dukes are a Junior "A" ice hockey team from Wellington, Ontario, Canada. They are in the Eastern Conference of the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League and used to be a part of the Metro Junior A Hockey League.-History:...

defeated Villanova Knights 4-games-to-1

Sutherland Cup
Sutherland Cup
The Sutherland Cup is the ice hockey Ontario Junior "B" Provincial Championship trophy. The Sutherland Cup is now the championship trophy of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League. Until 2007, the Cup served as an interleague provincial championship...

 appearances

1983: Henry Carr Crusaders defeated Stratford Cullitons
Stratford Cullitons
The Stratford Cullitons are a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in Stratford, Ontario, Canada. They play in the Mid-Western division of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League...

 4-games-to-none

Notable alumni

  • Bob Essensa
    Bob Essensa
    Robert Earle Essensa is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey goaltender who spent 12 seasons in the National Hockey League...

     
  • Patrick Flatley
    Patrick Flatley
    Patrick Flatley is a retired professional ice hockey forward who played in the NHL for 14 seasons between 1983 and 1997 for the New York Islanders and New York Rangers.-Playing career:...

  • Manny Legace
    Manny Legacé
    Emmanuel Legace, is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who is currently playing for the Springfield Falcons of the American Hockey League. He most recently played in the National Hockey League for the Carolina Hurricanes. He has also played in the National Hockey League for the Los...

  • Steve Moore
    Steve Moore
    Steven Dean Moore is a former Canadian professional ice hockey center, best known for receiving what turned out to be a career-ending injury as a result of an illegal hit by then Vancouver Canucks forward Todd Bertuzzi....

  • Dominic Moore
    Dominic Moore
    Dominic Michael Moore is an Canadian professional ice hockey centre who currently plays for the Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League. Moore attended both St. Michael Catholic Elementary School and St. Anthony's Catholic Elementary School in Thornhill, Ontario; St...

  • Jeff O'Neill
    Jeff O'Neill
    Jeffrey O'Neill is a Canadian former professional ice hockey winger in the National Hockey League . During his career, he played for the Hartford Whalers/Carolina Hurricanes and the Toronto Maple Leafs...

  • Raffi Torres
    Raffi Torres
    Raphael "Raffi" Torres is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who currently plays for the Phoenix Coyotes of the National Hockey League . He was drafted by the New York Islanders fifth overall in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft. He has additionally played in the NHL for the Edmonton Oilers,...

  • Mike York
    Mike York
    Michael York is an American professional ice hockey left winger currently playing for the Iserlohn Roosters of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga .-Playing career:...


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