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Niagara Falls became home to its third OHL franchise in 1988 upon the relocation of the Hamilton Steelhawks. The new team was named the Niagara Falls Thunder. The team filled the void left behind when the Niagara Falls Flyers departed for North Bay in 1982. The Thunder picked up on the winning note of the Steelhawks' last season in Hamilton.
The Niagara Falls Flyers were two junior ice hockey franchises that played in the top tier in the Ontario Hockey Association. The first, a Junior "A" team existed from 1960 until 1972, and the second in Tier I Junior "A" from 1976 until 1982.
The club was renamed as the Niagara Falls Thunder and would play out of the Niagara Falls Memorial Arena. The Thunder would remain in the Emms Division. The Thunder would remain in the Emms Division. This would be the first club since the Niagara Falls Flyers , who relocated to North Bay in 1982, to be based out of the city.
Dave Siciliano served as head coach of the Flyers from 1986 to 1993. [1] He led the team to 35 wins and a second-place finish during the 1986–87 season. [2] After defeating the Sioux City Musketeers in the first round of the playoffs, [3] the Flyers lost three games to two versus the Madison Capitols in the second round.
The plan at the start was to have stores opened in London, St. Catharines, Niagara Falls, Fort William (part of modern-day Thunder Bay) and Saint John, New Brunswick as part of an effort to establish a Canada-wide chain of department stores. The London store had a street frontage of 53 feet (16 m) and a depth of 137 feet (42 m).
The Niagara Falls Memorial Arena was an ice arena located in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. Built in 1950, it served as the home of several junior ice hockey teams, including the Niagara Falls Flyers, Niagara Falls Thunder, and Niagara Falls Canucks. It was later purchased and converted into a museum, known as the Sand Sculpture Exibition. The ...
The folding of the Thunder Bay Flyers led to the rebirth of junior A hockey in the Thunder Bay region. The league started under the "Superior International" label in 2001 with five teams, including the Dryden Ice Dogs , First Nation Featherman Hawks , Fort Frances Borderland Thunder , Thunder Bay Bulldogs , and the Thunder Bay Wolves .
Toronto defeated the defending OHA champions Niagara Falls Flyers and the Montreal Jr. Canadiens to win the J. Ross Robertson Cup. The Marlboros swept the NOHA champion North Bay Trappers to play the Quebec champion Notre-Dame-de-Grace Monarchs, who were coached by Scotty Bowman. Toronto prevailed to return to the Memorial Cup after an eight ...