Ottawa Valley Lightning

The Valley Golden Knights are a Junior ice hockey team based out of the  Johnny Leroux Stittsville Community Arena in the Stittsville section of Ottawa.  They play in the National Capital Junior Hockey League.
==History==
The Maxville Mustangs were founded in 1998. In 2010, the Mustangs were sold to investors in Papineauvile, Quebec and became the Vikings playing out of the Aréna Joseph-Lucien Malo.
On July 10th, 2017 it was announced that the team would be relocating to the St-Andre-Avellin Arena in St-Andre-Avellin, Quebec and would be renamed to the Papineau Vikings.
In May of 2018 the franchise was sold and relocated to the Stittsville neigbourhood of Ottawa and were relabeled as the Ottawa Valley Lightning.  They were briefly reported as being named they Valley Golden Knights.  The would end up taking a leave of absence for the 2018-19 season.
==Season-by-season record==
Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OL = Overtime Losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Season 	GP	W 	L 	T	OL	GF 	GA 	Points	Finish 	Playoffs
2004-05	36	5 	30	0	1 	82 	246	11 	7th EOJCHL 	Lost Quarter-final
2005-06	36	10	22	-	4 	151	211	24 	6th EOJCHL 	Lost Quarter-final
2006-07	34	18	12	-	4 	170	151	40 	4th EOJCHL 	Lost Division Semi-final
2007-08	36	11	23	-	2 	120	185	24 	6th EOJCHL 	Lost Quarter-final
2008-09	34	14	19	-	1 	160	191	29 	6th EOJCHL 	Lost Division Semi-final
2009-10	34	13	17	-	4 	142	171	30 	6th EOJCHL 	Lost Quarter-final
2010-11	34	11	20	-	3 	104	148	25 	7th NCJHL 	Lost Quarter-final
2011-12	32	8 	24	-	0 	95 	149	16 	9th NCJHL 	Folded
2012-13	34	17	15	-	2 	132	122	36 	4th NCJHL 	Lost Quarter-final
2013-14	32	26	5 	-	1 	173	106	53 	1st NCJHL 	Lost Semi-final
2014-15	32	23	6 	-	3 	191	116	49 	2nd NCJHL 	Won Quarters - 4-1 (Rockets)Won Semi-final - 4-1 (Eagles)Won Finals - 4-3 (Panthers)
2015-16	34	25	7 	-	2 	180	104	52 	1st of 5 North2nd of 10 NCJHL	Won Div Semifinals- 4-1 (Bandits)Won Div Final 4-0 (Volant)Won Finals - 4-3 (Panthers)
2016-17	32	20	12	0	- 	163	105	40 	2nd of 9 NCJHL 	Lost Quarterfinals- 3-4 (Volant)
2017-18	33	25	8 	0	- 	203	85 	50 	1st of 12 NCJHL 	Won Div Semifinals- 4-0 (Cougars)Won Div Final 4-2 (Beavers)Won Finals - 4-3 (Rockets)
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==Individual player awards==
Season 	Name 	Award
2012-13	Benoit Lavigne 	Rookie of the Year
 	Kevin Mallette 	Best Goaltender
 	Maxime Roussel 	Best Defensive Forward
2008-09	Adam Larivière 	Best Defensive Forward
2007-08	Adam Larivière 	Most Improved Player
2006-07	Shane O’Brien 	Top Scorer
 	Shane O’Brien 	Regular Season MVP
 	Trevor Jacquard	Coach of the Year
 	Ian Henderson 	Executive of the Year
2005-06	Steven Stewart 	Most Improved Player
 	Ian Henderson 	Executive of the Year
2003-04	Shane O’Brien 	Rookie of the Year
2001-02	Nick Adam 	Rookie of the Year
==Mustangs individual records==
===Regular season===
====Players====
*Most Goals - Game
**5 - Steven Knapp (Feb 13/09 vs. East Ottawa Thunder)
*Most Goals – Season
**35 - Shane O'Brien(2006–2007)
*Most Goals - Career
**87 - Shawn Borris (2005–2009)
*Most Assists - Game
**8 - Shane O'Brien (Feb 6/06)
*Most Assists - Season
**51 - Shane O'Brien (2006–2007)
*Most Assists - Career
**129 - Shane O'Brien (2004–2007)
*Most Games - Career
**161 - Jonathan Bray (2001–2004)
*Most Penalty Minutes – Season
**229 - Ted Lachance( 2002–2003)
*Most Penalty Minutes - Career
**575 - Andrew Michaud (2004–2007)
*Most Points – Season
**86 - Shane O'Brien (2006–07)
*Most Points - Career
**199 - Shane O'Brien (2004–2007)
====Goalies====
*Most Assists by a goalie - Season
**2 - Dan Desnoyer (2002–2003)
*Most Games played by a goalie - Season
**32 - Joel Morrissey(2006–2007)
*Most Games played by a goalie - Career
**66 - Joel Morrissey (2005–2008)
===Playoffs===
====Players====
*Most Goals - Career
**11 - Shawn Borris (2005–2009)
*Most Goals - Season
**4 - Grant Mitchell (2008–2009)
**4 - Richard Mulligan (2008–2009)
*Most Assists - Career
**10 - Adam Lariviere (2005–2009)
**10 - Shane O'Brien (2004–2007)
*Most Assists - Season
**6 - Adam Lariviere (2008–2009)
**6 - Ryan Brady-Gratton (2008–2009)
**6 - Steven Knapp (2008–2009)
*Most Career Games
**21 - Jonathan Bray (2001–2004)
*Most Career Points
**17 - Shawn Borris (2005–2009)
====Goalies====
*Most Career Games
**12 - Dan Desnoyer
===Leading scorer in a season by year===
*2008 - Shawn Borris(71)
*2007 - Shawn Borris(40)
*2006 - Shane O'Brien(86)
*2005 - Shane O'Brien(50)
*2004 - Jonathan Bray(30)
*2003 - Jonathan Bray & Shane O'Brien(36)
*2002 - Jonathan Bray(34)
*2001 - Nick Adam(41)
*2000 - Pat Berlinguette(28)
*1999 - Brad McMillan(38)
==External links==
*Vikings Homepage
Category:Eastern Ontario Junior C Hockey League teams
Category:Established in 1998
Category:Canadian ice hockey teams