Orangeville Crushers The Orangeville Crushers were a Canadian Junior " A " ice hockey team from Orangeville , Ontario . They played in the Ontario Junior Hockey League , Midwestern Junior B Hockey League , and Mid - Ontario Junior C Hockey League . History . Founded in 1975 , the Stonecrushers sat out the 1978 - 79 season . The owners of the team opted to attempt to field a team in the Georgian Bay Intermediate A Hockey League by the name of the Orangeville Cougars . The Cougars only won twice in all of 1978 - 79 and the Stonecrushers were brought back for 1979 - 80 . The team originated in the Central Ontario Junior C Hockey League , after one season in the league it became the Mid - Ontario Junior C Hockey League . In the late 80 ' s and early 90 ' s , the Crushers played in the Mid - Ontario Junior C Hockey League and won two straight league championships . They won the Clarence Schmalz Cup in 1990 as All - Ontario Champions . In the Clarence Schmalz Cup Finals , the Crushers came back from a 3 - 0 deficit in games to defeat the Belle River Canadiens of the Great Lakes Junior C Hockey League 4 - 3 . The 1991 Clarence Schmalz Cup Final pitted the Crushers against a bound and determined Hanover Barons of the Western Junior C Hockey League . The Crushers again went down 3 - 0 in games and again forced a seventh and deciding contest but came out on the losing end , dropping the final game and the series 4 - 3 . In the mid - 90 ' s , the Crushers were accepted into the Midwestern Junior B Hockey League and stayed there until 2006 . Orangeville had been accepted to play in the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League for the start of the 2006 - 07 Season . A vote was concocted by the OPJHL teams , where the Crushers were voted in by a 33 - 3 vote . The Crushers would play out of the North Division . The team ' s head coach for the beginning of 2006 - 07 would be Steve Chelios , brother of National Hockey League great Chris Chelios . Chelios was let go in late October . The President of the team is another former NHLer , Dale Hawerchuk . Junior A . The Crushers ' first Junior " A " game took place on September 15 , 2006 against Vaughan Vipers in Orangeville . The game resulted in a 6 - 3 loss . The Crushers ' first ever Junior " A " goal was scored by Trevor Branning at 1 : 17 into the first period . Anthony Ferrante started the game in net . The Crushers ' first ever Junior " A " win was against the Stouffville Spirit on September 28 , 2006 in Stouffville , Ontario . The final score was 3 - 2 , with goaltender Michael Hutchinson picking up the win in net . Hutchinson stopped 35 of 37 shots , as the Crushers were badly outshot . Hutchinson also held the Spirit scoreless for the first 48 : 13 of the game , coming within less than 12 minutes of the shutout . The Crushers ' Wil Munson of Corona , California scored the eventual game winner . The Crushers finished the season one point out of the final playoff spot . With three games to go in the season , Orangeville either had to win or tie to clinch a spot or the Buffalo Jr . Sabres had to tie or lose — neither happened . Team owner and National Hockey League Hockey Hall of Fame r Dale Hawerchuk took over as head coach . In 2010 , the changed its name to the Flyers . On April 3 , 2011 , despite three consecutive . 500 or more seasons , the franchise ceased operations . A week later , the owner of the Villanova Knights announced that he was moving the Knights to Orangeville and renaming them the " Orangeville Flyers " .