Kingston Canadians
Kingston Canadians | |
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founding | 1973 |
resolution | 1988 |
history |
Kingston Canadians 1973–1988 Kingston Raiders 1988–1989 Kingston Frontenacs since 1989 |
Stadion | Kingston Memorial Center |
Location | Kingston , Ontario |
Team colors | red, white, blue |
league | Ontario Hockey League |
Memorial Cups | no |
J. Ross Robertson Cups | no |
The Kingston Canadians were a Canadian ice hockey team from Kingston , Ontario . The team played from 1980 to 1988 in one of the top three Canadian junior ice hockey leagues, the Ontario Hockey League (OHL).
history
The Kingston Canadians were formed as a franchise of the Ontario Hockey Association in 1973 after Canadien junior de Montréal transferred to the QMJHL a year earlier . As a result, the QMJHL threatened the OHA with a lawsuit so that the league change would not be reversed. As a solution to the problem, Canadien junior de Montréal received a one-year suspension from the OHA. During this time, the team's franchise from Montreal changed its name to Bleu-Blanc-Rouge de Montréal .
The franchise released by this league change was reactivated by the OHA as Kingston Canadians after 1973 and received a new owner. From the previous team of Canadien junior de Montréal, only the name component "Canadians", as well as logo and jersey colors were borrowed, but there was no longer any legal or sporting connection between the two franchises. In 1980, when the Ontario Hockey League was formed, the Kingston Canadians were also admitted to the new league.
The Canadians were only moderately successful on a sporting level, so their greatest success in the OHL was reaching the playoff quarter-finals. After a streak of 28 defeats in a row in the 1987/88 season and only 14 wins from 66 games (28 pts), the franchise was sold in the summer of 1988 and renamed Kingston Raiders .
Former players
The following players who played for the Kingston Canadians played in the National Hockey League during their career :
Team records
Career records
- Games: 257 Bob Parent
- Goals: 160 Mike Crombeen
- Assists: 230 Tony McKegney
- Points: 382 Tony McKegney
- Penalty minutes: 686 Marc Laforge