Kingston Frontenacs GameDay December 11, 2015
The official GameDay program of the Kingston Frontenacs
The official GameDay program of the Kingston Frontenacs
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celebrate many achievements. They<br />
had scoring champions (Tim Salmon in<br />
1984) and the first OHL goalie to score a<br />
goal (Chris Clifford).<br />
An eight-game stint by a then 16 yearold<br />
Paul Coffey would even give the team<br />
a tenuous connection to the Hockey Hall<br />
of Fame when the Oilers and Penguins<br />
superstar was later inducted as part of<br />
the Hall’s 2004 class of players.<br />
Sadly, the Canadians would never<br />
reach a Memorial Cup and after a<br />
mid-year change in ownership during<br />
the 1987-1988 season–a season that<br />
finished with an ignominious OHLrecord<br />
losing streak of 28 games–the<br />
<strong>Kingston</strong> Canadians became a part of<br />
hockey history.<br />
The following year the team was<br />
renamed The Raiders but would only<br />
last only a single season before local<br />
hockey stalwart Wren Blair led another<br />
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