Thornhill Thunderbirds

Ice hockey team in Ontario, Canada

Toronto Flyers

City| Thornhill, Ontario
League| Mid-Ontario Jr. B/
Central Jr. B
Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League
Home arena| Paramount Thornhill Arena
Colours| Orange, Black, and White
General manager| Bill Lochhead
Head coach| Bill Lochhead
Franchise history
1975-1984| Thornhill Thunderbirds
2021-2023| Streetsville Flyers
2023-present| Toronto Flyers

The Toronto Flyers are a Canadian Junior ice hockey team from Thornhill, Ontario. They played in the Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League. They returned junior back to Thornhill when the Streetville Flyers re-located to play out of the Paramount Thornhill Arena.

## History

[edit]

The Thornhill Thunderbirds were a Canadian Junior "B" ice hockey team from Thornhill, Ontario. They played in the Central Junior B Hockey League.[1] The Thornhill Thunderbirds were a junior hockey team in Ontario. The team existed in two phases. The first was a Junior B team that started in the Mid-Ontario Junior B league. After the league folded in 1978, the team moved to the Central Junior B league, where it folded after the 1984 season.

A second Thornhill Thunderbirds team is now known as the Mississauga Chargers. Hockey returned to Thornhill in 1988, when the Metro Junior B Richmond Hill Dukes moved to Thornhill again assuming the Thunderbirds nickname. In 1990 that team merged with the Markham Connection (which had been known as the Markham Travelways from 1983 until 1989), and for one year were named the Markham Thunderbirds. In 1991 they returned to their Thornhill Thunderbirds name for one season. In 1992, they moved to Mississauga.

## Thornhill Thunderbirds Junior "B"

[edit]

Season | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | P | Results | Playoffs

|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|

1975-76 | 36 | 7 | 23 | 6 | - | 131 | 218 | 20 | 7th MOJBHL |
1976-77 | 40 | 20 | 17 | 3 | - | 207 | 198 | 43 | 2nd MOJBHL | Lost Final
1977-78 | 32 | 14 | 15 | 3 | - | 171 | 196 | 31 | 3rd MOJBHL |
1978-79 | 44 | 14 | 22 | 8 | - | \-- | \-- | 36 | 8th CJBHL |
1979-80 | 44 | 14 | 28 | 2 | - | 196 | 263 | 30 | 10th CJBHL |
1980-81 | 44 | 18 | 24 | 2 | - | 242 | 272 | 38 | 8th CJBHL |
1981-82 | 40 | 20 | 16 | 4 | - | 226 | 185 | 44 | 5th CJBHL |
1982-83 | 42 | 14 | 23 | 5 | - | 189 | 211 | 33 | 6th CJBHL |
1983-84 | 40 | 9 | 27 | 4 | - | 151 | 244 | 22 | 9th CJBHL |
Streetsville Flyers
2021-22 | 38 | 12 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 156 | 189 | 24 | 7th of 9 South DivL
19th of 26 GMJHL | Lost Div quarter-final 0-2 (North York Renegades)
2022-23 | 42 | 8 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 244 | 16 | 8th of 9 South DivL
21st of 26 GMJHL | Lost Div quarter-final 1-2 (North York Renegades)
Toronto Flyers
2023-24 | 42 | 6 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 98 | 242 | 13 | 8th of 8 South DivL
14th of 15 GMJHL | Lost Div quarter-final 0-2 (North York Renegades)
2024-25 | 42 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 175 | 184 | 43 | 4th of 8 South DivL
14th of 15 GMJHL | Lost Div quarter-final 0-2 (Tottenham Railers)

## References

[edit]