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52-651: The expansion of the Windsor Royals started to circulate in the Windsor Star around July 1970. The Border Cities League had decided to no longer incorporate American teams and was looking to change its name. It also wanted to operate at a Junior B level. The team was based in St. Clair Beach in Tecumseh, Ontario . The team's first ever coach was Cliff Stevens. The Royals played their first ever game as members of

104-834: A junior ice hockey team based in Leamington , Ontario , Canada. They play in the Ontario Junior Hockey League . Prior to 2023 they played in the Western division of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League . They are an affiliate of the Ontario Hockey League's Flint Firebirds . Bill Burgess, coach and general manager of the local Intermediate Flyers, formed the Junior Flyers in 1954. They were

156-528: A 12–8–1–2 record. Following a shocking trade of their top two scorers Maddux Rychel and Griffin Robinson, Leamington went on to finish the regular season 21–4–1–1 and claim the Western Conference regular season title. Leamington played Strathroy in the first round and clinched the series 4–1. Moving on to the conference semifinals Leamington played a tightly contested playoff series coming back from

208-550: A 1–3 deficit defeating the Komoka Kings on home ice to clinch the series 4–3. In the Western Conference finals the young Flyers team were out matched by a veteran London Nationals team, and were swept 0–4. Although the season ended in disappointment, Leamington had a very successful season having multiple award winners. Adam Jeffrey Top Rookie Scorer, Ryan Gagnier Rookie of the year, Levi Tetrault Defenceman of year, Zach Borgiel Goalie of year, and Cam Crowder being named coach of

260-710: A 7–5 win to tie the series. The series remained unresolved, as the Flyers were required to carry on their playoffs by the OHA, while the Royals still waited on their next opponent. The Royals ended up playing the Western Ontario Junior B Hockey League Champion Sarnia Bees in the Sutherland Cup quarter-final. The Bees swept the Royals with scores of 6–5, 6–5, 4–3, and 7–3 to move on to the next round. In

312-659: A Junior B team in the Southwestern League until 1958 when they quit the league. The Flyers were a part of the BCJBHL 1958 until 1964. When the OHA allowed the Border Cities League to fail in 1964, the town mothballed the junior team and operated a top-notch juvenile team in its stead. In 1966, the team operated as an independent team, playing only in OHA playdowns and exhibition against local all-star, juvenile, and intermediate teams. In 1967, they joined

364-659: A Monday edition effective March 4, 2019. On January 31, 2023, the Windsor Star had announced that effective on March 3, its plant in south-central Windsor will be shut down, and printing will be done in London and at Islington (by sister papers London Free Press and Toronto Sun , respectively). The Windsor Star has seen, like most Canadian daily newspapers , a decline in circulation . Its total circulation dropped by 22 percent to 49,613 copies daily from 2009 to 2015. Leamington Flyers The Leamington Flyers are

416-708: A goal by DJ Turner. The LaSalle Vipers were invited by Hockey Canada and the Ontario Hockey Association to represent Canada in a pair of exhibition games in Mexico City , Mexico against the Mexico Under-20 World Junior Team. The first game, on December 16, 2010, saw the Vipers win 9–2. Billed as "Canada Night" by Mexico's Ice Hockey Federation, the Vipers' win was nationally televised across Mexico. A second game

468-617: A move to LaSalle, Ontario due to a lack of fan support. The Chiefs entered the 2008 Sutherland Cup against the Thorold Blackhawks and the Elmira Sugar Kings . They finished the round robin in first place with 3 wins and 1 loss. They then faced the Sugar Kings in a best-of-seven series to determine the champion, defeating them in 4 straight games to win their first ever provincial title. After 13 seasons in

520-669: A move to the Western Ontario Junior B Hockey League , a more skillful league than the GLJHL, but were denied. In the spring of 1974, both the Royals and Southern Ontario Junior A Hockey League 's Windsor Spitfires put in rival bids in an attempt to promote one of the two teams to the Major Junior A level. Both bids were rejected due to lack of a suitable arena. A year later, the Ontario Major Junior Hockey League (OHL as of 1980) granted expansion to

572-522: A printing facility in south-central Windsor. In 2013, the Windsor Star moved to a new facility at 300 Ouellette Avenue, formerly occupied by the CTV Two owned-and-operated station CHWI-DT . The former 167 Ferry Street building was sold to the University of Windsor , which opened a new downtown campus at the facility in 2015. In February 2019, the paper announced that it will no longer publish

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624-593: A shutout victory by defeating the Aylmer Aces by a score of 16–0. [1] On Tuesday March 16, 2010, the Leamington Flyers hired Head Coach Tony Piroski . Previously, as coach of the Essex 73's , Piroski won seven Great Lakes Junior C Hockey League championships and three Clarence Schmalz Cups in nine seasons. In Piroski's first season the team went from 7 wins to 26 wins, losing Game 7 in overtime to

676-573: A variety of committee executive positions at the organization over the years. McKay eventually agreed to subscribe to the full wire service and sold the Windsor Record to W. F. Herman for an inflated price. Many viewed that as a flaw of the Canadian Press Limited. The wire service, which was subsidized by government funds, was run mainly by a group of publishers that could use it as a way of limiting competition and increasing

728-540: Is not proud of our mighty country has no right or title to its citizenship." They identified two other goals: the revision of tariffs and to "uphold the English language as the only proper language and method of instruction in the primary grades of the public schools." That was a somewhat-controversial stand because of the ongoing conflict between Anglophones and Francophones over educational rights in Ontario. Initially,

780-542: The Border Cities Star in 1918, when it was bought by W. F. Herman. The Border Cities Star was a daily newspaper published from September 3, 1918, until June 28, 1935. The founders W. F. Herman and Hugh Graybiel purchased the existing daily newspaper, the Windsor Record (known as the Evening Record from 1890 to November 1917), from John A. McKay on August 6, 1918. There was some conflict before

832-548: The Border Cities Star changed its name to the Windsor Daily Star . Although Herman died in 1938, the paper continued under the direction of his wife, Adie Knox Herman , along with Hugh Graybiel and W. L. (Lum) Clark. In 1959, it became simply the Windsor Star . The paper was sold to Southam Press in 1971 and then to Canwest , which bought Southam Press, in 2000. In November 1996, the paper opened

884-516: The Border Cities Star was published from the Record Printing Company offices at 36 Sandwich Street West, on the north side of Sandwich Street, just west of Ferry Street. In 1923, it moved to a building on Ferry Street, and in 1927, it expanded into adjacent new larger premises, at the corner of Ferry Street and Pitt Street. When the city of Windsor annexed Walkerville , East Windsor ( Ford City ), Sandwich, and Ojibway in 1935,

936-616: The Great Lakes Junior Hockey League at home in St. Clair Beach Arena against the Blenheim Golden Blades on October 11, 1970. The Royals were victorious, crushing the Blades 13-5. Bill Salzer scored the first goal in team history 1:29 into the first period. Salzer added one more goal and three assists, while teammate Rich Bissonnette aided with five assists. At the end of the 1970-71 season,

988-727: The Leamington Flyers defeated the Bulldogs by a score of 30-3. On February 20, 2008, the Chiefs remembered their former "rookie of the year" Mickey Renaud . Renaud, alumnus and captain of the Windsor Spitfires , died two days earlier after collapsing in his parents home in Tecumseh. After a memorial, the Chiefs announced that Renaud's number, 44, would be retired at the end of the season. The 2007–08 season marked

1040-776: The Western Junior B League . They entered the new Border Cities league in 1968. When the league became the Great Lakes Junior C Hockey League in 1970, the Flyers stayed on board. The Flyers were promoted to the Western Junior "B" league in 1992. After winning the Sutherland Cup in 2023, the Flyers announced they were moving up to Junior A and playing in the Ontario Junior Hockey League On January 3, 1993,

1092-443: The Western Ontario Junior B Hockey League , clearing the Royals of their biggest hurdle in the league Junior B playoffs. The Royals would feature future NHL goaltender Rick Heinz during the 1972-73 season. The Royals finished the season in first place with a record of 34 wins, 6 losses, and 2 ties. In the 1973 league semi-final, the Royals faced the last place Sandwich West Thunderbirds of present-day LaSalle . In game one, at

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1144-600: The Windsor Arena , the Royals beat the Thunderbirds 8-2. The Royals would take the series in a three-game sweep. In the finals against the Blenheim Golden Blades , the Blades would draw first blood, beating the Royals at home 3-1. At home, the Royals would gain some revenge in game two, beating the Blades 10-2. At home again, the Royals would defeat the Blades 6-3 in game three. Back in Blenheim for game four,

1196-663: The 2019–2020 season. In the 2022–23 season the Flyers finished the regular season with a record of 35–11–4 for a total of 72 points finishing first in the Western Conference. In the playoffs the Flyers swept the Sarnia Legionnaires and the LaSalle Vipers before defeating the St. Marys Lincolns 4–1 in the Western Conference finals. The Flyers went 2–2 in the Sutherland Cup Round Robin which

1248-428: The 5th seed of the conference with 30 wins. In the Western quarter-final, the Vipers defeated the fourth seeded St. Marys Lincolns 4-games-to-1. In the semi-final, the Vipers drew third seed and rival Chatham Maroons . A hard fought battle occurred, with the Vipers winning 4-games-to-2. In an upset, the seventh seeded St. Thomas Stars defeated the first place London Nationals , setting up an unlikely final between

1300-499: The Chiefs' best season since moving to Tecumseh. The Chiefs, members of the newly formed Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League became their first league regular season champions finishing first overall in their conference with 34 wins, 12 losses, and 2 losses in overtime. After defeating the London Nationals to win their first Western Ontario crown since 1980, the Chiefs made it known to the press that they are considering

1352-616: The Lasalle Vipers. In spring 2011 the Flyers brought aboard OHL scout Mike Sadler as the club's general manager. On May 11, 2015, General Manager Mike Sadler stepped down from the organization. Kevin Hopper takes over as the team General Manager. April 2, 2018, owner Abe Fehr announced that he had sold the team to five local businessman, Jason Melo, Dan Jancevski, Cam Crowder, David Halliwill & Craig Mahon. Eight-year Head Coach Tony Piroski also announced he would not be returning to

1404-605: The Leamington Flyers helped set a record for the highest scoring tie in the history of the Western Ontario Hockey League by tying the London Nationals 11–11. The Flyers hold the record for the most lopsided game in the history of the WOHL. On January 20, 1995, the Flyers defeated the Windsor Bulldogs by a score of 30–3. On January 26, 2002, the Flyers set the WOHL record for largest margin in

1456-530: The Royals finished in third place with a record of 23 wins, 13 losses, and 4 ties. As the league had included a pair of Junior C teams in their loop, the Royals acquired the second seed in the league playoffs. In the league semi-final, the Royals drew the winless, last place Tilbury Bluebirds (0-40-0). Things did not improve for the Bluebirds. On February 23, at St. Clair Beach, the Glen Urquhart led

1508-489: The Royals kept the momentum going with a 9–2 win. On March 10, 1973, the Royals defeated the Blades 4-3 to win the series 4-games-to-1 and win their first ever league championship. Fred Gagnon scored the winner for the Royals with only 38 seconds to go in the game. The Leamington Flyers won the Great Lakes Junior C championship and challenged the Royals to a best-of-5 Grand Championship. The two teams finished

1560-465: The Spitfires. The Royals in 1986 were renamed the Bulldogs and moved up to Junior "B". The team was sold in 1995 and moved out of Windsor, Ontario into the Tecumseh area, and became known as the Chiefs. In one the franchise's last games in the city of Windsor, the Bulldogs set a league record for futility by suffering the worst loss in Western Ontario Hockey League history. On January 20, 1995,

1612-415: The Sutherland Cup finals in the previous two seasons. LaSalle took the round robin with a 3–1 record, second was Brantford with a 2–2 record, and third was Stoney Creek, 1-3 and eliminated. The final was the battle of the 2008 and 2009 Sutherland Cup champions. The Vipers took an early 3-games-to-none lead in the series. Brantford took Game 4. LaSalle played Game 5 at home and took it in double overtime on

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1664-730: The University of Windsor Lancers. Paliani was named GOJHL Western Conference Rookie of the Year, while Mark Manchurek earned Top Rookie Scorer honours. Battisti (February) and Zanussi (October) each won Goaltender of the Month honours, while defenceman Brett Langlois (October) won Defenceman of the Month. Denomme was nominated for league MVP and was named to the All-Star team. Andrew Burns was named Most Outstanding First Year Defenceman. The Vipers bench, led by Bill Bowler, also won coaching staff of

1716-589: The Vipers played their first game in LaSalle, losing 4–2 to the Leamington Flyers . After a bit of a rebuilding year in 2008–09 to readjust after moving, the LaSalle Vipers showed themselves to be one of the top teams in the GOJHL during the first half of 2009-10. A mid-season slump put the Vipers near the basement of the Western Conference, but by the end of the season the Vipers had come together and reached

1768-439: The community the otherwise largely inarticulate striving for the attainment of the largest self-development." The other goal was "to be worthy of Canada." They appealed to Canadian pride and nationalism, in particular with regards to Canadians' contributions to the ongoing war, and stated their intention "to be broad, to be faithful, to be progressive and forward-looking, to be free and independent and unprejudiced. The Canadian who

1820-667: The fifth and seventh seeds of the conference. The Vipers would defeat the Stars 4-games-to-2 to take their second Western Championship in three years. The Vipers then moved on to the Sutherland Cup round robin semi-final with the first seed of the Mid-Western Conference Brantford Eagles and the second seed of the Golden Horseshoe Conference Stoney Creek Warriors . All three teams had appeared in

1872-464: The league final, the Royals would meet the first place Petrolia Jets (31-8-1). The Royals took game one at home 6-3, but went on the road in Petrolia and dropped game two 4-0. The walls caved in on the Royals in games three and four, losing 12–3 and 9–1 on back-to-back nights to fall behind in the series 3-games-to-1. On March 17, the Royals traveled to Petrolia and again were crushed, 13-2, to end

1924-463: The league in first with identical records, but the Flyers were awarded first on a better head-to-head record, despite the Royals having a much better Goals For/Against ratio. In Leamington, the Flyers would take game one 7-6. Back at the Windsor Arena , Vince Mullins scored a hat-trick , for the Royals, in game two to even the series with a 6–3 win. At home again for game three, the Royals defeated Leamington 6-2. Leamington came back in game four with

1976-409: The men purchased the newspaper. The Windsor Record had only partial wire service, and some felt that the national and international news was not sufficiently covered. Originally, the Border Cities Star was intended to be a rival daily newspaper to the Windsor Record . However, Herman's application to Canadian Press Limited for full wire service was denied because of opposition by McKay. . He had held

2028-654: The night). Game two in Petrolia did not go much better, as Greg Cecile made 31 saves for the Royals in a 7–4 loss. The Royals were never given the chance to redeem themselves, as the Jets swept them in four games to end their season. The 1971-72 also included future NHLer Ted Bulley In 1972, the Royals moved, this time to the Windsor Arena in Downtown Windsor. Their rival, the Petrolia Jets , jumped to

2080-612: The season in second place and drew a first round matchup with the St. Thomas Stars, who they defeated in five games. They were swept in the second round of the playoffs by the Chatham Maroons. Rookie Devon Paliani led the team in playoff scoring with 11 goals and 15 points in nine games. Following the season, Paliani would be signed by the OHL's Sudbury Wolves. Also signed to an OHL contracts was defenceman Austin Hall, while Denomme joined

2132-408: The season with a 14–0–1 stretch that kept them in first place until the season's final month, before ultimately being passed by the Leamington Flyers. Dylan Denomme led the team in scoring with 72 points in 39 games. Paolo Battisti and Cameron Zanussi each started 26 games, winning 15 and 17 games respectively. Taylor Speed won two games before joining the University of Windsor Lancers. They finished

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2184-576: The series and their playoffs. In their second season, the Royals relocated to the Riverside Arena and finished in third place in the GLJHL (2nd amongst Junior B teams). In the playoffs, the Royals drew the Blenheim Golden Blades in the semi-final and beat them 3-games-to-1 to again meet the Petrolia Jets in the final. Game one in Riverside saw the Royals lose 7–2 to the Jets, despite starting future pro goaltender Tony Piroski (35 saves on

2236-435: The summer of 1973, the Royals and their Tier II Junior A affiliate, the Windsor Spitfires , broke off their affiliation agreement over each other's wishes to apply for expansion into the Ontario Major Junior Hockey League - a deadline that was upcoming to make the move for the start of the 1974-75 season. The Spitfires chose to affiliated with the ill-fated Belle River Bulldogs for 1973-74 instead. The Royals also requested

2288-430: The surrounding communities. On page 4 of its inaugural issue, the new owners state that in their "Aims and Endeavors" that they intend to make it "a worth-while newspaper for worth-while people." They proposed two main goals: one was to work with and build up local institutions and organizations. The newspaper "must endeavor to become one with its community, to enter closely into its daily life and being, and to voice for

2340-400: The team. In eight seasons under Piroski the Flyers had a record of 262–108–31 (a .692 winning percentage) in 401 regular-season games with the Flyers and took the team to the conference final four-straight years with two titles. April 10, 2018, Cam Crowder was named head coach of the Leamington Flyers. Starting the season with only 10 returning players, Leamington stumbled out of the gate with

2392-432: The town of Tecumseh and winning the 2008 Sutherland Cup Provincial Championship, the town of Tecumseh announced that the franchise elected not to return to their arena. The team relocated to LaSalle. This marks the third Greater Windsor Area location that the team has called home in 38 seasons. On July 9, the ownership of the team held a press conference to unveil the LaSalle Vipers and their new logo. On September 10,

2444-668: The value of their own newspapers (Border Cities Era: October 18, 1918, page 7) Herman had previous experience in the newspaper industry since he had owned the Prince Albert Daily Herald , the Saskatoon Capital , and the Regina Leader-Post . Herman became the paper's president, and Graybiel assumed the role of business manager. They changed the name of the Windsor Record to the Border Cities Star to reflect not only Windsor but also all

2496-428: The way for the Royals with three goals and two assists in a 14–1 romp of Tilbury. This gave Windsor the first playoff win in their history. Ted Pruyn picked up the win in net. Game two was a different story in Tilbury , as the Bluebirds kept it close but the Royals prevailed 4-3. The Royals ended the Best-of-5 series in game three with a 7–3 win. The victory gave the Royals their first ever playoff series victory. In

2548-404: The year. The Vipers signed rookie forwards Manny Silverio and Brett Primeau July 17 after impressive performances in the team's rookie camp. Windsor Star The Windsor Star is a daily newspaper based in Windsor, Ontario , Canada. Owned by Postmedia Network , it is published Tuesdays through Saturdays. The paper began as the weekly Windsor Record in 1888, changing its name to

2600-500: The year. The current version of the Leamington Flyers led by Cam Crowder and General Manager Justin Solcz, take great pride in competing for the Sutherland cup while developing players for higher levels of hockey. The 2018–19 team moved on two players to major junior ( Ryan Gagnier Oshawa Generals and Colton O'Brien Quebec Remparts), and four players to tier II. The Leamington Flyers and the Ontario Hockey League's Flint Firebirds announced an affiliation agreement in June 2019 prior to

2652-429: Was enough to advance to the Sutherland Cup Championship Series against the Stratford Warriors . The series went the full seven games and in the seventh and final game on May 9, the Flyers defeated the Warriors 4–0 to capture the franchises first Sutherland Cup . Following the victory, on May 17 the Flyers announce they would be leaving the GOJHL and would be joining the Junior A level Ontario Junior Hockey League for

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2704-728: Was to be played, but was cancelled due to poor ice conditions. On December 12, 2011, the Lasalle Vipers fired head coach John Nelson after a 13–15–2 8th-place start to the season. Nelson had a 92–70–21 record in 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 seasons behind the Lasalle bench. The LaSalle Vipers hired Ryan Donally as the team's head coach in April. They finished third in the Western Conference behind the Chatham Maroons and Leamington Flyers with 29 wins and 62 points. They were led offensively by Dylan Denommé's 34 goals and 76 points. Taylor Speed recorded 22 wins. The LaSalle Vipers hired former NHLer and Windsor Spitfires all-time leading scorer Bill Bowler to be their head coach and general manager. The Vipers started

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