French River Rapids

French River Rapids

City	Noelville, Ontario
League	Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League
Founded	2015
Home arena	Noelville Arena
Colours	Blue, Red, White, and Red
Owner(s)	Allan Donnan
General manager	Moe Mantha, Jr.
Head coach	Moe Mantha, Jr.

The French River Rapids are a Canadian Junior "A" ice hockey team based out of Noelville, Ontario. They are members of the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League and play their home games at Noelville Arena.

History

The Rapids were one of two expansion teams that entered the league prior to the start of the 2015-16 season. The team hired former NHL defenseman Moe Mantha, Jr. as its first general manager and head coach.^[1] The team played its first game on September 11, 2015, losing at home 6-5 to the Powassan Voodoos before a crowd of 450.^[2] After losing the first 13 games in franchise history, the team picked up its first victory with a 3-2 overtime win against the Espanola Express, a fellow expansion team.^[3] Moe Mantha left the club near the end of the season to take over as head coach of the Saginaw Spirit. His record as head coach of the club was 1-41-1-1.

Season-by-season records

Season	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts	Result	Playoffs
2015–16	54	2	49	1	2	124	347	7	6th of 6, East 12th of 12, NOJHL	Did not qualify

References

↑ "French River Rapids Make It "10" for the NOJHL in Noelville". Juniorhockeynetwork.com. 2015-06-17. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
↑ "Official statistics powered by". Leaguestat.com. 2015-09-11. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
↑ "Official statistics powered by". Leaguestat.com. 2015-10-23. Retrieved 2015-12-29.

External links

French River Rapids Webpage

Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League

Current Teams

Former Teams

History

IJBHL
NOJHA

NOHA Junior A
Seasons

NOJHA	1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72

NOJHL	1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

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