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 Season GP W L T OTL GF GA P Results Playoffs1999-00 42 11 29 2 - 139 209 26 4th EO Rideau Lost Division S-final2000-01 44 7 33 4 - 108 233 18 5th EO Rideau DNQ2001-02 44 9 33 2 - 130 232 21 5th EO Rideau DNQ2002-03 44 18 23 2 1 162 209 39 5th EO Rideau DNQ2003-04 44 21 19 3 1 189 172 46 4th EO Rideau Lost Division S-final2004-05 44 32 6 6 0 231 124 70 1st EO Rideau Lost Division S-final2005-06 42 32 8 1 1 264 132 66 2nd EO Rideau Lost Division Final2006-07 44 8 33 2 1 148 287 19 5th EO Rideau DNQ2007-08 42 20 21 1 0 154 184 41 4th EO Rideau Lost Preliminary2008-09 42 11 27 1 3 114 201 26 5th EO Rideau2009-10 44 10 30 4 0 151 230 24 5th EO Rideau DNQ2010-11 46 13 31 0 2 156 244 28 5th EO Rideau DNQ2011-12 46 16 27 0 3 154 223 35 4th EO Rideau 2012-13 46 14 29 0 3 146 208 31 5th EO Rideau DNQSeason GP W L OTL SOL GF GA P Results Playoffs2013-14 45 26 19 0 0 159 172 52 2nd EO Rideau Lost Division Final2014-15 45 33 7 0 4 164 111 70 1st EO Rideau Won Div. Semi-Final, 4-2 (Rideaus)Won Div. Final, 4-2 (Tikis)Lost Conf. Final, 0-4 (Vikings)2015-16 44 10 28 3 3 132 206 26 7th of 8 Richardson15th of 16 CCHL2 Did not qualify2016-17 48 12 29 6 1 150 270 31 7th of 8 Richardson14th of 16 CCHL2 Did not qualifyWhitewater Kings2017-18 52 26 26 0 0 193 211 52 6th of 8 Richardson11th of 16 CCHL2 Did not qualify2018-19 44 14 23 4 3 166 293 35 7th of 8 Richardson11th of 16 CCHL2 Did not qualify2019-20 44 10 29 3 2 166 293 25 7th of 8 Richardson14th of 16 CCHL2 Did not qualify2020-21 Season lost due to covid-19 pandemic2021-22 41 16 19 4 2 166 293 38 6th of 8 Richardson10th of 16 CCHL2 Won Div. Semi-Quarter, 1-2 (Packers)2022-23 45 5 36 0 1 101 312 11 7th of 8 Richardson15th of 16 CCHL2 Did not qualify2023-24 Whitewater Kings took a Leave of Absence
Notable alumni Todd Gill
References
External links http://whitewaterkings.pointstreaksites.com/view/whitewaterkings/home-page