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The Leamington Flyers are a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in Leamington, Ontario, Canada. They play in the Western division of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League. ==History== Bill Burgess, coach and general manager of the local Intermediate Flyers, formed the Junior Flyers in 1954. They were a Junior B team in the Southwestern League until 1958 when they quit the league. The Flyers were a part of the BCJBHL 1958 until 1964. When the OHA allowed the Border Cities League to fail in 1964, the town mothballed the Junior team and operated a top notch Juvenile team in its stead. In 1966, the team operated as an independent team, playing only in OHA playdowns and exhibition against local all-star, juvenile, and intermediate teams. In 1967, they joined the Western Junior B League. They entered the new Border Cities league in 1968. When the league became the Great Lakes Junior C Hockey League in 1970, the Flyers stayed on board. The Flyers were promoted to the Western Junior "B" league in 1992 and are still a charter member. On January 3, 1993, the Leamington Flyers helped set a record for the highest scoring tie in the history of the Western Ontario Hockey League by tying the London Nationals 11-11. The Flyers hold the record for the most lopsided game in the history of the WOHL. On January 20, 1995, the Flyers defeated the Windsor Bulldogs by a score of 30-3. On January 26, 2002, the Flyers set the WOHL record for largest margin in a shutout victory by defeating the Aylmer Aces by a score of 16-0.() At the beginning of the 2006-07 season, it was announced that the Flyers have officially affiliated with the Ontario Hockey League's Saginaw Spirit. Tuesday March 16, 2010 The Leamington Flyers hired Head Coach Tony Piroski, Piroski dominated when he was with the Essex 73's Junior C Hockey Club, winning 7 League Titles and 3 Provincial Titles in 9 seasons. In Piroski's first season the team went from 7 wins to 26 wins, losing a heart breaking Game 7 overtime to the Lasalle Vipers. The Spring of 2011 the Flyers brought aboard OHL Scout Mike Sadler as the clubs General Manager. The 2013-2014 has been a memorable season for the Flyers organization, the Flyers won the regular season championship with a record of 37 wins 10 losses and 2 OTL for 76 points finishing 3 points ahead of the rival Lasalle Vipers. The Flyers would eliminated St.Mary's 4-0 then would face the defending Sutherland Cup Champion London Nationals. The Flyers would need a couple double overtime games but would defeat London 4 games to 1. The Flyers would face the Chatham Maroons in the Finals. A maroons team that had added many pieces at the deadline and were the favourites. The Flyers would show a lot of heart and in front of a record crowd 2,057 at the Heinz Arena for Game 5, on a goal from Mitch Amante in the final minutes would win Game 5 by a score of 1-0 to clinch there first ever Western Conference Championship. The 2014-2015 edition of the Leamington Flyers would be another successful team. The Flyers finished the season with 38 wins 9 losses and 2 OTL good enough for the Regular Season Championship. The Flyers would face the number 8 seed Lambton Shores Predators in the first round, the Flyers would sweep the preds outscoring them 22-1 in the 4 games. Next up would be the London Nationals who finished 7th but were coming off a huge upset of the Chatham Maroons. The Nationals would win the first 2 games on the strong goaltending from Justin Tugwell. The Flyers would find a way to solve the London netminder and win the next 4 to take the series in 6 games. Leamington would make there 2nd straight Western Conference Finals and take on there county Rival Lasalle Vipers. The Flyers would take home there 2nd straight Western Conference Title in 6 games against the Vipers in a classic series. Both the Vipers and Flyers would advance to the Sutherland Cup Playoffs. The eventual Sutherland Cup Champion Caledonia Covairs would eliminate the Flyers in 5 games in the Sutherland Cup Semi-Finals. On May 11th 2015 General Manager Mike Sadler stepped down from the organization. Kevin Hopper takes over as the team General Manager. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Leamington Flyers」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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