Alvinston Flyers
Coordinates: 42°49′31.6″N 81°51′56.9″W / 42.825444°N 81.865806°W
| Alvinston Flyers | |
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| Great Lakes Junior C Hockey League | |
| City | Alvinston, Ontario |
| Founded | 1988 |
| Division | North |
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| Head Coach | Ted Archer |
| General Manager | Dennis Meston |
| Arena | Brooke, Alvinston, Inwood Community Centre |
| Team Colors | Blue, Red, and White |
The Alvinston Flyers are a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in Alvinston, Ontario. They play in the Great Lakes Junior C Hockey League of the Ontario Hockey Association and Hockey Canada.
Notable Alumni; Braden Basso
History
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.
February 2016, Flyers management submitted a proposal to relocate the team to Petrolia starting next season.
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 OHAJDL | Lost 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 GLJHL | Lost Semi-final |
| 2006-07 | 40 | 13 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 144 | 195 | 30 | 7th GLJHL | Lost Quarter-final |
| 2007-08 | 40 | 16 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 119 | 152 | 38 | 4th GLJHL | Lost Quarter-final |
| 2008-09 | 40 | 12 | 25 | - | 3 | 144 | 218 | 27 | 9th GLJHL | DNQ |
| 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 Quarter-final - 0-4 - (Essex) |
2014-2015 Coaching Staff
- General Manager - Dennis Meston
- Head Coach - Ted Archer
- Assistant Coach - Joe Triest
- Assistant Coach - Chris McLean
- Trainer - Bob Bressette
- Equipment Manager - Owen Bray