The Midland Flyers are a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in Midland, Ontario. They play in the Provincial Junior Hockey League and are former members of the Georgian Mid-Ontario Junior C Hockey League.GBMOJHL Teams | Georgian Bay Mid-Ontario Junior Hockey League | Junior C | Leagues | Ontario Hockey Association
History In 1985, the Centennials won the Georgian Bay championship and went through to the Clarence Schmalz Cup final, where they ran into the Great Lakes Junior C Hockey League's Belle River Canadiens. The Canadiens took the All-Ontario final 4-games-to-1.Ontario Hockey Association 2006–2007 Constitution, Regulations and Rules of Competition by the Ontario Hockey Association (2006)
In 1994, the Georgian Bay Junior C Hockey League merged with the Mid-Ontario Junior C Hockey League to create the Georgian Mid-Ontario Junior C Hockey League. That same year, the Midland Centennials decided to change their name to the Midland Flyers.
In 1999, the team chose to change its name to the Midland Thunder. The team was very competitive. Despite not winning any league championships, the Thunder maintained a winning record and kept near the top of the league.
In 2002, the Midland Thunder again became the Midland Flyers. 2002 was also when the franchise's winning ways seemed to disappear. In the five seasons since Midland became the Flyers, the team has not won ten games in one season.
The 2005–06 season saw the team bottom out with a completely winless season. The eighth seeded Flyers drew the wrath of the first seed Penetang Kings, who swept the Flyers in their first of six rounds of playoffs to win the Clarence Schmalz Cup as All-Ontario Champions.Home | Ontario Hockey Association
The 2006–07 season was a mild improvement. For the second year in a row, the Flyers drew the Penetang Kings in the first round of the playoffs, where Kings beat the Flyers 4-games-to-none to win the league quarter-final. The Kings went on to win the league and another Clarence Schmalz Cup.
2012–13 season In the 2013 GMOJHL playoffs, the Flyers defeated the Caledon Golden Hawks in five games and the Stayner Siskins in five games, to reach their first league final since 1986. Midland faced the five-time consecutive champion Alliston Hornets in the final.
The Flyers lost their team president, general manager and head coach when Dave Gillespie died following the 2024–25 season. He was only 56.
Season-by-season standings Season GP W L T OTL GF GA P Results Playoffs1973-74 40 15 19 6 - 171 189 36 4th MOJBHL Lost final1974-75 40 21 11 8 - 193 161 50 3rd MOJBHL Lost semi-final1975-76 36 16 14 6 - 149 162 38 4th MOJBHL 1976-77 40 10 24 6 - 158 231 26 6th MOJBHL DNQ1977-78 Did not participate1978-79 36 6 25 5 - 168 248 17 7th GBJCHL DNQ1979-80 30 0 29 1 - -- -- 1 7th GBJCHL DNQ1980-81 34 14 18 2 - 191 211 30 5th GBJCHL Lost semi-final1981-82 40 13 24 3 - -- -- 29 7th GBJCHL DNQ1982-83 34 17 15 2 - -- -- 36 6th GBJCHL Lost quarter-final1983-84 32 14 10 8 - -- -- 36 3rd GBJCHL Lost semi-final1984-85 32 19 11 2 - 215 164 40 3rd GBJCHL Won league, lost CSC Final1985-86 32 25 5 2 0 265 144 52 1st GBJCHL Won league, lost CSC QF1986-87 32 19 9 3 1 186 168 42 2nd GBJCHL Lost semi-final1987-88 30 10 18 0 2 142 194 22 5th GBJCHL Lost quarter-final 0-3 (Blair McCann)1988-89 36 25 9 0 2 221 137 52 2nd GBJCHL Won quarter-final 4-0 (Bruins)Lost semi-final 0-4 (Siskins)1989-90 36 24 10 1 1 181 121 50 3rd GBJCHL Won quarter-final 4-0 (Huskies)Lost semi-final 2-4 (77's)1990-91 30 4 24 1 1 100 188 10 6th GBJCHL Lost quarter-final 1-4 (77's)1991-92 36 14 18 2 2 -- -- 32 5th GBJCHL Lost quarter-final 1-4 (77's)1992-93 35 13 17 2 3 -- -- 31 4th GBJCHL Lost quarter-final 1-3 (Kings)1993-94 38 17 19 0 2 -- -- 36 4th GBJCHL Lost semi-final 0-4 (Siskins)1994-95 36 21 15 0 - -- -- 42 5th GMOHL Won preliminary round 2-0 (Cubs)Lost quarter-final 2-4 (Kings)1995-96 43 15 26 2 - 164 209 32 8th GMOHL DNQ1996-97 36 19 16 1 - 172 195 39 5th GMOHL Lost quarter-final 0-3 (Cubs)1997-98 36 18 15 3 - 185 177 39 4th GMOHL Lost quarter-final 0-3 (Kings)1998-99 36 26 10 0 - 216 151 52 1st GMOHL Won quarter-final 4-0 (Cubs)Won semi-final 4-0 (Bulls)Lost final 2-4 (Devils)1999-00 36 20 14 2 - 201 160 42 4th GMOHL Lost quarter-final 1-4 (Cubs)2000-01 36 20 12 3 1 174 119 43 3rd GMOHLWon quarter-final 4-0 (Cougars)Lost semi-final 3-4 (Devils)2001-02 36 19 12 4 1 149 125 43 4th GMOHLLost quarter-final 2-4 (Shamrocks)2002-03 36 7 27 1 1 146 230 16 8th GMOHL Lost quarter-final 1-4 (Siskins)2003-04 36 4 27 3 2 107 245 13 8th GMOHLLost quarter-final 0-4 (Shamrocks)2004-05 40 6 31 1 2 102 212 15 8th GMOHLLost quarter-final 0-4 (Hornets)2005-06 42 0 37 1 4 93 269 5 8th GMOHL Lost quarter-final 0-4 (Kings)2006-07 41 3 35 1 2 91 237 9 7th GMOHL Lost quarter-final 0-4 (Kings)2007-08 42 15 21 3 3 121 179 36 5th GMOHL Lost quarter-final 1-4 (Shamrocks)2008-09 42 6 31 - 5 96 215 17 7th GMOHLLost quarter-final 0-4 (Kings)2009-10 42 10 27 - 5 102 201 25 6th GMOHLLost quarter-final 0-4 (Siskins)2010-11 40 15 22 - 3 132 187 33 5th GMOHL Lost quarter-final 2-4 (Kings)2011-12 40 16 22 - 2 144 167 34 6th GMOHL Won quarter-final 4-0 (Shamrocks)Lost semi-final 0-4 (Siskins)2012-13 40 25 14 - 1 203 146 51 3rd GMOHL Won quarter-final 4-1 (Hawks)Won semi-final 4-1 (Siskins)Lost final 1-4 (Hornets)2013-14 39 5 29 - 5 111 233 15 10th GMOHL Won preliminary round 2-0 (Terriers)Lost quarter-final 0-4 (Kings)2014-15 40 11 24 - 5 131 194 27 10th GMOHL DNQ2015-16 40 19 16 5 - 152 148 43 3rd of 9 GMOHL Lost quarter-final 1-4 (Kings)2016-17 42 17 25 0 - 154 205 34 4th of 8-PJHLCarruthers Div Won quarter-final 4-2 (Otters) Lost semi-final, 0-4 (Siskins)2017-18 42 17 23 2 - 173 227 36 5th of 8-PJHLCarruthers Div Lost quarter-final 2-4 (Kings)2018-19 42 17 20 2 3 141 184 39 7th of 8-PJHLCarruthers Div Lost quarter-final 2-4 (Golden Hawks)2019-20 42 14 25 0 3 129 180 31 7th of 8-PJHLCarruthers Div Lost quarter-final 1-4 (Stayner Siskins)2020-21 Season lost due to COVID-19 pandemic2021-22 30 8 21 0 1 74 195 17 7th of 8-PJHLCarruthers Div Lost quarter-final 0-4 (Terriers)2022-23 40 8 27 4 1 122 195 21 9th of 9-PJHLCarruthers Div Lost quarter-final 1-4 (Hornets)2023-24 42 3 37 2 0 68 264 8 9th of 9-PJHLCarruthers Div DNQ2024-25 42 9 31 2 0 92 227 20 7th of 8 Carruthers 14th of 16 North Conf 54th of 63-PJHLLost quarter-final 0-4 (Terriers)2025-26 42 17 22 2 1 92 153 37 5th of 8 Carruthers 11th of 15 North Conf 39th of 61-PJHLWon quarter-final 4-3 (Terriers)Lost 0-4 div. semi-final (Stayner Siskins) 1973–1977Owen Sound Sun Times sports section, final standings 2000–2004http://www.ohahockey.org/ Provided by GMO League statistician 2004–present
2013 offseason Midland Flyers announced that head coach Ed Garinger had resigned his current position with the Midland Flyers and had joined the Alliston Hornets as head coach. Midland Flyers hired Luke Dubbin as head coach along with Kyle Horzempa as assistant coach. Gerry Asselin returned as general manager and team president.
2014 offseason Midland Flyers announced that head coach Luke Dubbin was stepping down and that they had hired Dave Steele as their new head coach. Steele was an assistant coach with the Waterloo Siskins of the Greater Ontario Junior (B) Hockey League the previous season. Waterloo had won their Midwestern Conference Championship (their first in 20 years). Gerry Asselin remained as general manager and president.
Clarence Schmalz Cup appearances 1985: Belle River Canadiens defeated Midland Centennials 4-games-to-1.
Notable alumni Sandy McCarthyLegends of Hockey – NHL Player Search – Player – Sandy McCarthy
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