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, which played in the Great Lakes Jr C Hockey League.
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 joined, 1994-95, until the 2012-13 season, the Flyers finished as high as second place in the league standings (2003-04, 25-13-1-1), but were not able to have any real success in the league playoffs. From the 2007 playoffs until the 2013 playoffs, the Flyers were eliminated in the quarter-finals 6 times and did not qualify in 2009.
In February 2016, Flyers management submitted a proposal to relocate the team to Petrolia starting the 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.
In June 2022, the Flyers moved from the Stobbs division to the Yeck division. In the 2024-25 playoffs, the Flyers defeated the Exeter Hawks in 6 games to win their first division title. They would be swept by the Essex 73's in the West Conference Final. Season-by-season record Season GP W L T OTL GF GA P Results Playoffs1988-89 35 2 33 0 - 91 296 4 19th WJDHL1989-90 35 6 23 6 - 130 227 18 15th WJDHL1990-91 40 9 29 2 0 122 230 20 17th WJDHL1991-92 40 14 19 5 2 164 177 35 11th OHAJDL1992-93 38 22 15 1 0 183 161 45 7th OHAJDL1993-94 40 13 26 1 - 146 207 27 15th OHAJDLLost quarter-finalSouthern Ontario Junior Hockey League - Jr "C"1994-95 40 18 18 3 1 139 138 40 6th GLJHLLost quarter-final 0-4 (Blenheim)1995-96 41 14 24 3 0 150 160 31 9th GLJHLLost quarter-final 0-4 (Walpole Island)1996-97 40 15 18 4 3 133 145 37 8th GLJHLLost quarter-final 0-4 (Mooretown)1997-98 44 24 14 3 3 168 142 54 4th GLJHLLost quarter-final 0-4 (Wallaceburg)1998-99 40 6 31 1 2 109 217 15 10th GLJHLDNQ1999-00 40 7 28 4 1 118 198 19 9th GLJHLDNQ2000-01 39 15 20 1 3 160 169 34 7th GLJHLLost quarter-final 1-4 (Kingsville)2001-02 40 19 18 3 0 159 160 41 6th GLJHLLost quarter-final 0-4 (Kingsville)2002-03 40 26 12 1 1 166 118 54 3rd GLJHLWon quarter-final 4-1 (Blenheim)Lost semi-final 3-4 (Wheatley-Southpoint)2003-04 40 25 13 1 1 166 120 52 2nd GLJHLLost quarter-final 2-4 (Wheatley)2004-05 40 22 10 4 4 172 136 52 3rd GLJHLWon quarter-final 4-3 (Mooretown)Lost semi-final 2-4 (Dresden)2005-06 40 17 19 3 1 148 157 38 7th GLJHLWon quarter-final 4-2 (Mooretown)Lost semi-final 2-4 (Wheatley-Southpoint)2006-07 40 13 23 2 2 144 195 30 7th GLJHLLost quarter-final 1-4 (Belle River)2007-08 40 16 18 1 5 119 152 38 4th GLJHLLost quarter-final 3-4 (Mooretown)2008-09 40 12 25 - 3 144 218 27 9th GLJHLDNQ2009-10 40 12 27 - 1 156 262 25 8th GLJHL Lost quarter-final 0-4 (Wallaceburg)2010-11 40 16 21 - 3 149 171 35 6th GLJHL Lost quarter-final 1-4 (Mooretown)2011-12 40 19 17 - 4 167 169 42 6th GLJHL Lost quarter-final 0-4 (Mooretown)2012-13 40 20 17 1 2 153 146 43 6th GLJHL Lost quarter-final 0-4 (Wheatley)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 Flyers2016-17 40 7 33 0 - 108 212 14 8th Stobbs Lost Div. Quarters 0-4 (Lakeshore)2017-18 40 19 18 0 3 147 140 41 6th Stobbs Lost Div. Quarters 0-4 (73's)2018-19 40 10 25 0 5 92 168 25 8th of 9 Stobbs Lost Div. Quarters 0-4 (73's)2019-20 40 14 22 1 3 95 146 32 6th of 9 Stobbs Lost Div. Quarters 3-4 (Admirals)2020-21 Season Lost due to COVID-19 pandemic2021-22 32 6 21 2 3 82 153 17 7th of 9 Stobbs Lost Div. Quarters, 0-4 (73's)2022-23 40 10 26 1 3 82 158 24 8th of 9 Yeck Lost Div. Quarters 0-4 (Bulldogs)2023-24 40 15 20 2 3 122 148 35 6th of 8 Yeck Lost Div. Quarters 0-4 (Stars)2024-25 42 28 11 3 1 190 139 59 1st of 8 Yeck3rd of 16 West Conf17th of 63 - PJHL Won Div. Quarters 4-0 (Irish)Won Div. Semis 4-2 (Bulldogs)Won Div Final 4-2 (Hawks)Lost West Conference final 0-4 (73's)2025-26 42 24 131 4 1 206 159 53 4 of 8 Yeck7th of 16 West Conf26th of 61 - PJHL Lost Div. Quarters 1-4 (Bulldogs)
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