Amherstview Jets

Amherstview Jets
City	Amherstview, Ontario
League	Provincial Junior Hockey League
Conference	East
Division	Tod
Founded	1989
Home arena	Henderson Recreation Centre
Colours	Green, Black, Yellow, and White
General manager	Denis Duchesne
Head coach	Denis Duchesne
Franchise history
1989–99: Ernestown Jets 1999–pres: Amherstview Jets
Previous franchise history
1970s–82: Ernestown Jets 1982–84: Ernestown Dynamiters
Championships
League champions	1992, 2005, 2007 and 2009

The Amherstview Jets are a Canadian Junior ice hockey team based in Amherstview, Ontario, Canada. As of the 2016–17 hockey season they play in the Provincial Junior Hockey League of the Ontario Hockey Association. Prior to that they were members of the Empire B Junior C Hockey League. This league became the Tod Division (East Conference) of the Provincial Junior Hockey League.

History

The Amherstview Jets originated in the 1970s as the Ernestown Jets, in the Township of Ernestown, Ontario, now known as the Township of Loyalist, Ontario. Amherstview is a community within Loyalist Township. The Jets originated as a member of the Quinte-St. Lawrence Junior C Hockey League.

In 1982, the Ernestown Jets changed their names to the Ernestown Dynamiters. In 1984, as the Quinte-St. Lawrence league was in decline, the Ernestown franchise went on hiatus. The Quinte-St. Lawrence league fell apart in 1986 and merged with the Central Ontario Junior C Hockey League to the West and left the franchise without a local league to join.

In 1989, the Eastern Ontario Junior C Hockey League was founded. The Ernestown Jets were resurrected and joined the upstart league that season.

The first two seasons for the Jets were both losing seasons, but the 1991-92 season saw Ernestown finish the season in second place with seventeen wins in a thirty-game season. The Jets went on to win the league championship under the guidance of Coach Randy Stewart.

In 1995, the Eastern Ontario Junior C Hockey League became the Empire B Junior C Hockey League to avoid further confusion with Ottawa District Hockey Association's Eastern Ontario Junior C Hockey League.

In 1999, after ten seasons as the Ernestown Jets, the Jets changed their name to become the Amherstview Jets.

The 2004-05 season ended with the Amherstview Jets in third place, in the end they were league champions. They moved on to the Clarence Schmalz Cup provincial quarter-final. Their opponent in the quarter-final was the Central Ontario Junior C Hockey League's Uxbridge Bruins. The Bruins swept the Jets 4-games-to-none.

In 2005-06, the Jets finished the regular season in second place. In the league quarter-final, the Jets were put up against the winless Frontenac Flyers, whom they swept 3-games-to-none. In the league semi-final, the Jets drew the Campbellford Rebels. In the end, the Jets were victorious winning the series 4-games-to-1. In the league final, the Jets came up against the top seeded Napanee Raiders. After a long, hard-fought series, the Raiders won game 7 to win the series and the league championship 4-games-to-3.

In 2006-07, the Jets again finished in second place. With no quarter-final round this year, the Jets were automatically placed in the semi-final. The Jets drew the Napanee Raiders and gained some measure of revenge over them for the result of the previous years final with a 4-games-to-2 series win. In the Final, the Jets drew the Colborne Cobras, that season's top rated team. The series went the distance with the Jets coming out victorious in the end with a 4-games-to-3 series victory (The Jets rallied from a 3-games-to-0 deficit). In the provincial quarter-final, the Jets came up against the Central Ontario Junior C Hockey League's Lakefield Chiefs. The Chiefs proved to be too much as the Jets lost the series 4-games-to-2.

Season-by-season results

Season	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	P	Results	Playoffs
1989-90	30	9	18	3	-	128	165	21	4th EOJCHL
1990-91	30	11	18	1	-	137	177	23	5th EOJCHL
1991-92	30	17	11	2	-	163	121	36	2nd EOJCHL	Won League
1992-93	36	23	8	5	-	218	135	51	2nd EOJCHL
1993-94	36	19	14	3	-	164	148	41	3rd EOJCHL
1994-95	40	27	10	-	3	232	175	57	2nd EOJCHL
1995-96	42	24	10	5	3	226	165	56	2nd EBJCHL
1996-97	42	19	20	3	-	187	178	41	5th EBJCHL
1997-98	36	17	17	2	-	174	160	36	3rd EBJCHL
1998-99	36	10	21	4	1	116	152	25	5th EBJCHL
1999-00	36	12	21	2	1	145	153	27	5th EBJCHL
2000-01	34	11	19	3	1	129	158	26	4th EBJCHL
2001-02	36	17	17	1	1	146	162	36	5th EBJCHL
2002-03	34	20	12	1	1	147	127	42	1st EBJCHL
2003-04	34	17	13	2	2	135	120	38	3rd EBJCHL
2004-05	34	18	14	1	1	144	137	38	3rd EBJCHL	Won League
2005-06	34	22	8	3	1	211	126	48	2nd EBJCHL	Lost final
2006-07	39	29	9	1	0	234	138	59	2nd EBJCHL	Won League, lost CSC QF
2007-08	40	34	5	-	1	285	137	69	1st EBJCHL	Lost final
2008-09	40	29	8	-	3	283	153	61	2nd EBJCHL	Won League, Lost CSC SF
2009-10	40	27	12	-	1	256	139	55	2nd EBJCHL	Lost semi-final
2010-11	40	22	17	-	1	163	160	45	2nd EOJCHL	Lost semi-final
2011-12	40	19	19	-	2	136	183	40	3rd EBJCHL	Lost semi-final
2012-13	40	22	14	-	2	174	142	46	4th EBJCHL
2013-14	40	21	16	-	3	145	134	45	2nd EBJCHL	Lost final
2014-15	40	21	19	0	-	158	140	42	5th EBJCHL	DNQ
2015-16	40	22	14	4	-	203	170	48	3rd of 6 EBJCHL	Lost semi-finals 1-4 (Raiders)
2016-17	38	12	25	1	-	116	182	25	5th of 6 Tod Div-PJHL	Did not qualify
2017-18	38	18	19	1	-	184	158	37	5th of 6 Tod Div-PJHL	Won Div Semifinal, 4-3 (Raiders) Lost Div Finals, 1-4 (Panthers)
2018-19	44	23	19	2	0	174	174	48	3rd of 6 Tod Div-PJHL	Lost div semi-final, 4-3 (Pirates)
2019-20	44	24	16	2	2	185	127	52	3rd of 6 Tod Div-PJHL	Lost div semi-final, 0-4 (Pirates)
2020-21	Season Lost due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021-22	30	24	4	1	1	151	71	52	3rd of 6 Tod Div-PJHL	Won Div Semifinal, 4-0 (Panthers) Lost Div. Finals 3-4 (Raiders)
2022-23	42	26	13	3	0	166	144	55	2nd of 6 Tod Div-PJHL	Quarterfinal, bye Lost div semi-final, 2-4 (Pirates)
2023-24	42	27	14	1	0	215	147	55	2nd of 6 Tod Div-PJHL	Quarterfinal, bye Lost div semi-final, 2-4 (Panthers)

Notable alumni

• Bryan Allen
• Jay McKee

External links

• Amherstview Jets