Undefeated Frontenac Flyers Novice Rep Team advances to Ontario finals

Mar 09, 2016

On Friday, March 4, the new Frontenac Flyers Novice Rep team won a close, hard fought game and series against Bancroft! The Flyers won all three games against the Bancroft Jets in the Ontario semis with scores of 14-6, 7-2, and 5-4, and as a result of their win, they will now advance to the all-Ontario Novice CC Finals against Sturgeon Lake next weekend.

This is the first time in over 20 years that a Frontenac Flyers rep team will be heading to the finals. The team will face off against Sturgeon Lake Thunder in two away games in Fenelon Falls, on Saturday, March 12 at 12:30 pm and Sunday, March 13 at 1:30 pm.

Their third game will take place on the Flyers’ home turf at the Frontenac Community Arena in Piccadilly on Friday, March 18 at 7:30 pm.

The team is comprised of 12 players: 10 skaters and two goalies aged 7 and 8. They won all 12 games in round robin play before heading into the all-Ontario semi-finals. Coach Jason Quesnel, along with team manager Rob Edmunds and trainer Travis Young, are pleased with the team’s hard work. Al Pixley, president of the Frontenac Minor Hockey Association, is equally thrilled with the team’s success, which he said has been two years in the making.

“This has been a two-year plan and last year we started a tyke select program, which was the building block to get these players ready for the novice rep team", Pixley said.

This is the first time the association has had a novice rep team in five or six years and Pixley credited everyone involved for the team’s success. “It's a result of a lot of practice and hard work of the players, parents, coaches, trainers and managers that has really paid off and contributed to the team’s success”.

Fans are encouraged to come out to the Frontenac Arena in Piccadilly to support the team in game three of the finals on Friday, March 18 at 7:30 pm; fans are also encouraged to wear orange. If a fourth game is necessary, it will take place at the arena on Sat. March 19.