Kingston Raiders

Kingston Raiders

City	Kingston, Ontario
League	Ontario Hockey League
Conference	Leyden
Division	East
Founded	1988 (1988)–89
Home arena	Kingston Memorial Centre
Colours	Black, white and silver
Head coach	Larry Mavety
Franchise history
1972–73	Kingston Frontenacs Jr.A.
1973–88	Kingston Canadians
1988–89	Kingston Raiders
1989–present	Kingston Frontenacs

The Kingston Raiders was a short-lived name used by a Kingston, Ontario, Canada-based major junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League for the 1988-1989 season only. The team played out of the Kingston Memorial Centre.

Team history

When the Kingston Canadians were sold in 1988, the club's name was changed to Kingston Raiders for the 1988–89 season by the new owner, Lou Kazowski. After a dismal season in 1987–88, he hoped that the team could acquire the "tough" image of the Los Angeles Raiders football team by adopting their name and new black and silver uniforms, similar to those recently adopted by the NHL's Los Angeles Kings. In their only season of existence, the Raiders finished 7th in the Leyden division and did not qualify for the playoffs.

The team's coach was Larry Mavety. It was his first year in Kingston after many years coaching the Belleville Bulls. Larry would also go on to coach the Frontenacs in two different stints.

Kazoswki was extremely unpopular locally, and after a number of disputes with the OHL and an unsuccessful season, he was encouraged to sell the team and was effectively barred from future ownership. The new owners included Wren Blair and Bob Attersley, who renamed the team Kingston Frontenacs after the EPHL team of which they had both been members.

Players

The Kingston Raiders had the first overall pick in the draft that year and chose Drake Berehowsky. Berehowsky would win the Jack Ferguson Award for being the first overall draft pick.

Jeff Wilson won the F.W. "Dinty" Moore Trophy, for the best goals against average for a rookie goaltender (1988–89).

From this team, six players made the NHL.

NHL alumni

Source

Season stats 1988–1989

Season	Games	Won	Lost	Tied	Points	Pct %	Goals for	Goals against	Standing
1988–89	66	25	36	5	55	0.417	278	313	7th in Leyden

1988–89 Out of playoffs.

View Kingston Raiders 1988-1989 stats

Arena

Kingston Memorial Centre The OHL Arena & Travel Guide

Ontario Hockey League

East Division	Hamilton Bulldogs Kingston Frontenacs Oshawa Generals Ottawa 67's Peterborough Petes

Central Division	Barrie Colts Mississauga Steelheads Niagara IceDogs North Bay Battalion Sudbury Wolves

Midwest Division	Erie Otters Guelph Storm Kitchener Rangers London Knights Owen Sound Attack

West Division	Flint Firebirds Saginaw Spirit Sarnia Sting Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds Windsor Spitfires

Defunct teams	Belleville Bulls Brampton Battalion Brantford Alexanders Cornwall Royals Detroit Compuware Ambassadors Detroit Junior Red Wings Detroit Whalers Guelph Platers Hamilton Dukes Hamilton Steelhawks Kingston Canadians Kingston Raiders Mississauga IceDogs Newmarket Royals Niagara Falls Thunder North Bay Centennials Owen Sound Platers Plymouth Whalers Toronto Marlboros Toronto St. Michael's Majors

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