The Ottawa Valley Lightning were a junior C ice hockey team in the National Capital Junior Hockey League of Hockey Eastern Ontario. As of the 2018–19 season, the team is inactive.
History The Maxville Mustangs were founded in 1998. In 2010, the Mustangs were sold to investors in Papineauville, Quebec, and became the Vikings. In 2016, the Vikings won their second consecutive NCJHL championship with a seventh game victory over the Embrun Panthers for the second consecutive year. After the 2016–17 season, the team announced that they were moving to St-André-Avellin, Quebec and play out of that local arena. As part of the relocation, the team also changed their name to Papineau Vikings. In 2018, the Vikings won their third championship in four years by defeating the North Dundas Rockets in seven games.
The franchise was sold in May 2018 and planned to relocated to Stittsville, Ontario, and rebranded as the Valley Golden Kings. However, they subsequently announced the team would be the Ottawa Valley Lightning and but did not name a home location. On 25 July 2018, the NCJHL announced the franchise would sit out the 2018–19 season entirely.
Season-by-season record Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points Season GP W L T OTL GF GA Pts Finish Playoffs 2004–05 36 5 30 0 1 82 246 11 7th EOJCHL Lost quarter-final 2005–06 36 10 22 — 4 151 211 24 6th EOJCHL Lost quarter-final 2006–07 34 18 12 — 4 170 151 40 4th EOJCHL Lost Division Semi-final 2007–08 36 11 23 — 2 120 185 24 6th EOJCHL Lost quarter-final 2008–09 34 14 19 — 1 160 191 29 6th EOJCHL Lost Division Semi-final 2009–10 34 13 17 — 4 142 171 30 6th EOJCHL Lost quarter-final 2010–11 34 11 20 — 3 104 148 25 7th NCJHL Lost quarter-final 2011–12 32 8 24 — 0 95 149 16 9th NCJHL Folded 2012–13 34 17 15 — 2 132 122 36 4th NCJHL Lost quarter-final 2013–14 32 26 5 — 1 173 106 53 1st NCJHL Lost semi-final 2014–15 32 23 6 — 3 191 116 49 2nd NCJHL Won quarter-finals, 4–1 (Rockets)Won semi-finals, 4–1 (Eagles)Won finals, 4–3 (Panthers) 2015–16 34 25 7 — 2 180 104 52 1st of 5, North2nd of 10, NCJHL Won Div. Semi-finals, 4–1 (Bandits)Won Div. Finals, 4–0 (Volants)Won finals, 4–3 (Panthers) 2016–17 32 20 12 0 — 163 105 40 2nd of 9, NCJHL Lost quarter-finals, 3–4 (Volants) 2017–18 33 25 8 —— 203 85 50 1st of 12, NCJHL Won quarter-finals, 4–0 (Rangers)Won Div. Semi-finals, 4–2 (Castors)Won League Finals, 4–3 (Rockets)
Individual player awards Season Name Award 2017-18 Jacob Osborne Top Scorer2012-13 Benoit Lavigne Rookie of the Year Kevin Mallette Best Goaltender Maxime Roussel Best Defensive Forward2008-09 Adam Larivière Best Defensive Forward2007-08 Adam Larivière Most Improved Player2006-07 Shane O’Brien Top Scorer Shane O’Brien Regular Season MVP Trevor Jacquard Coach of the Year Ian Henderson Executive of the Year2005-06 Steven Stewart Most Improved Player Ian Henderson Executive of the Year2003-04 Shane O’Brien Rookie of the Year2001-02 Nick Adam Rookie of the Year
Mustangs individual records
Regular season
Players Most Goals - Game 5 - Steven Knapp (Feb 13/09 vs. East Ottawa Thunder) Most Goals – Season 35 - Shane O'Brien(2006–2007) Most Goals - Career 87 - Shawn Borris (2005–2009) Most Assists - Game 8 - Shane O'Brien (Feb 6/06) Most Assists - Season 51 - Shane O'Brien (2006–2007) Most Assists - Career 129 - Shane O'Brien (2004–2007) Most Games - Career 161 - Jonathan Bray (2001–2004) Most Penalty Minutes – Season 229 - Ted Lachance( 2002–2003) Most Penalty Minutes - Career 575 - Andrew Michaud (2004–2007) Most Points – Season 86 - Shane O'Brien (2006–07) Most Points - Career 199 - Shane O'Brien (2004–2007)
Goalies Most Assists by a goalie - Season 2 - Dan Desnoyer (2002–2003) Most Games played by a goalie - Season 32 - Joel Morrissey(2006–2007) Most Games played by a goalie - Career 66 - Joel Morrissey (2005–2008)
Playoffs
Players Most Goals - Career 11 - Shawn Borris (2005–2009) Most Goals - Season 4 - Grant Mitchell (2008–2009) 4 - Richard Mulligan (2008–2009) Most Assists - Career 10 - Adam Lariviere (2005–2009) 10 - Shane O'Brien (2004–2007) Most Assists - Season 6 - Adam Lariviere (2008–2009) 6 - Ryan Brady-Gratton (2008–2009) 6 - Steven Knapp (2008–2009) Most Career Games 21 - Jonathan Bray (2001–2004) Most Career Points 17 - Shawn Borris (2005–2009)
Goalies Most Career Games 12 - Dan Desnoyer
Leading scorer in a season by year 2008 - Shawn Borris(71) 2007 - Shawn Borris(40) 2006 - Shane O'Brien(86) 2005 - Shane O'Brien(50) 2004 - Jonathan Bray(30) 2003 - Jonathan Bray & Shane O'Brien(36) 2002 - Jonathan Bray(34) 2001 - Nick Adam(41) 2000 - Pat Berlinguette(28) 1999 - Brad McMillan(38)
References
External links Valley Golden Knights website