Whitewater Kings
CityCobden, Ontario
LeagueEastern Ontario Junior Hockey League
Founded1971
Home arenaCobden Astrolab
ColoursRed, white
   
Owner(s)Dale McTavish
General managerKevin Ready (2018–19)
Head coachDaryl Faught (2017–18)
Franchise history
1971–1982Cardinal Broncos
1983–2013South Grenville Rangers
2013–2017Prescott Flyers
2017–presentWhitewater Kings

The Whitewater Kings are a Canadian junior ice hockey team from Cobden, Ontario. The Kings play in the Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League. Between 2014-15 and the end of the 2019-2020 seasons, the EOJHL and the CCHL set a new agreement in an attempt to create a better player development model. This resulted in the league re-branding itself as the Central Canada Hockey League Tier 2 (CCHL2), and shrinking to 16 teams and two divisions. The league reverted to the Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League for 2021. Prior to the 2017–18 season, the Whitewater Kings were known as the Prescott Flyers that started as a member of the Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League.

History

The franchise was formed in 1971 as the Cardinal Broncos from Cardinal, Ontario. In the early 1980s, future National Hockey League player Todd Gill started his junior hockey career with the Broncos.

In 1983, the Broncos moved to Grenville County, Ontario and formed the South Grenville Rangers. Finding themselves in the tight Rideau Division of the Eastern Ontario Junior B Hockey League, the Rangers were never able to gain a division title. Very often, in the 2000s, the Rangers were locked out of a playoff berth by their division opponents. In 2005, the Rangers finished 1st in their division with 70 points just to bail out in the first round of the playoffs. In 2006, the Rangers finished 2nd in the Rideau Division with 66 points and made it to the divisional final only to lose.

In the summer of 2013, the Rangers were renamed the Prescott Flyers.

For the 2015–16 season the EOJHL became affiliated with the Central Canada Hockey League with a goal to establish a more linear advancement for players. The EOJHL became the Central Canada Hockey League Tier 2 (CCHL2).

During the 2017 off-season the Flyers franchise was purchased by Dale McTavish and relocated to Cobden, Ontario, to serve as part of the development system for the Pembroke Lumber Kings of the CCHL.

Season-by-season results

SeasonGPWLTOTLGFGAPResultsPlayoffs
1999-004211292-139209264th EO RideauLost Division S-final
2000-01447334-108233185th EO RideauDNQ
2001-02449332-130232215th EO RideauDNQ
2002-0344182321162209395th EO RideauDNQ
2003-0444211931189172464th EO RideauLost Division S-final
2004-054432660231124701st EO RideauLost Division S-final
2005-064232811264132662nd EO RideauLost Division Final
2006-074483321148287195th EO RideauDNQ
2007-0842202110154184414th EO RideauLost Preliminary
2008-0942112713114201265th EO Rideau
2009-1044103040151230245th EO RideauDNQ
2010-1146133102156244285th EO RideauDNQ
2011-1246162703154223354th EO Rideau
2012-1346142903146208315th EO RideauDNQ
SeasonGPWLOTLSOLGFGAPResultsPlayoffs
2013-1445261900159172522nd EO RideauLost Division Final
2014-154533704164111701st EO RideauWon Div. Semi-Final, 4-2 (Rideaus)
Won Div. Final, 4-2 (Tikis)
Lost Conf. Final, 0-4 (Vikings)
2015-1644102833132206267th of 8 Richardson
15th of 16 CCHL2 		Did not qualify
2016-1748122961150270317th of 8 Richardson
14th of 16 CCHL2 		Did not qualify
Whitewater Kings
2017-1852262600193211526th of 8 Richardson
11th of 16 CCHL2		Did not qualify
2018-1944142343166293357th of 8 Richardson
11th of 16 CCHL2		Did not qualify
2019-2044102932166293257th of 8 Richardson
14th of 16 CCHL2		Did not qualify
2020-21Season lost due to covid-19 pandemic
2021-2241161942166293386th of 8 Richardson
10th of 16 CCHL2		Won Div. Semi-Quarter, 1-2 (Packers)
2022-234553601101312117th of 8 Richardson
15th of 16 CCHL2		Did not qualify

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ "Legends of Hockey -- NHL Player Search -- Player -- Todd Gill". www.legendsofhockey.net. Archived from the original on 2012-01-27.
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