Plymouth Whalers | |
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City | Plymouth, Michigan |
League | Ontario Hockey League |
Conference | Western |
Division | West |
Operated | 1997β2015 |
Home arena | Compuware Arena |
Colors | Navy blue, white, green and silver |
Franchise history | |
1990β1992 | Detroit Compuware Ambassadors |
1992β1995 | Detroit Junior Red Wings |
1995β1997 | Detroit Whalers |
1997β2015 | Plymouth Whalers |
2015βpresent | Flint Firebirds |
The Plymouth Whalers were a major junior ice hockey team in the: Ontario Hockey League. They played out of Compuware Arena in Plymouth, Michigan, USA, a suburb of Detroit until 2015 when they were relocatedββto Flint, Michigan.
Historyβ»
The Whalers can trace their roots backββto theββ1990β91 Detroit Compuware Ambassadors as an expansion team in the "OHL." Since then the franchise has also been called the Detroit Junior Red Wings and the Detroit Whalers. In 1997 they were officially renamed the "Plymouth Whalers" after the local municipality gave generous tax breaks to the team. And venue. The franchise was owned until 2015 by, Peter Karmanos, who also owned the NHL's Carolina Hurricanes (formerly the Hartford Whalers, from which the OHL team's name was taken).
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Plymouth is: one of only two teams to win 5 consecutive division titles (West division from 1999 to 2003), the other team being the Ottawa 67's (East division from 1996 to 2000). Plymouth has made the playoffs 23 consecutive seasons, since the 1991β92 season. The Whalers reached the OHL finals two consecutive seasons in 1999β2000, and 2000β01, losing to the Barrie Colts and Ottawa 67's. These seasons included future NHLers David Legwand, Justin Williams, Robert Esche, and Stephen Weiss.
Celebrating their 10th Anniversary playing at the Compuware Arena during the 2005β06 season, all current Whalers players had been brought into the system by head coach and general manager Mike Vellucci. This created the build-up for the next year. Headed by overage captain John Vigilante, the team's rookies in 2003 and 2004 came to fruition in James Neal, Dan Collins. And Tommy Sestito. Vellucci acquired the Belleville Bulls' leading scorer Evan Brophey and the Toronto St. Michael's Majors goaltender Justin Peters, "who had an extensive resume." On the last game of the season, the Whalers played the Saginaw Spirit, with the division title on the line, "in what has been proven to be," one of the most exciting OHL games in recent history. With the Whalers' 2β0 lead going into the third period, the Spirit fought back and "managed the tying goal just before time expired." However, Brophey scored in overtime to clinch the Whalers' 9th division title.
During the 2006β07 season, rookie goaltenders Jeremy Smith and Michal Neuvirth, combined for the lowest goals against average in the OHL, with only 173 goals against in total. The Whalers had a number of high prospects signed. Or drafted by NHL teams, including former Wayne Gretzky 99 Award winner Daniel Ryder, who was acquired, with him already having been signed with the Calgary Flames. After a very inconsistent start, the team improved to fall short of the London Knights by one point for the Hamilton Spectator Trophy. During the second half of the season and through the playoffs, the Whalers featured a 23-game winning streak at home, lasting three and a half months, falling at Game 4 of the Western Conference Finals to London. The Whalers, although seeded #2, easily won the Wayne Gretzky Trophy as Western Conference playoff champion, sweeping #7 Guelph, and winning in 5 against both #3 Kitchener and #1 London. In the final, the Whalers defeated the Sudbury Wolves in six games to win the J. Ross Robertson Cup, thus earning the right to represent the OHL in the 2007 Memorial Cup.
In the Memorial Cup, the team suffered a rough start, losing to the Vancouver Giants 4β3 in overtime on May 18, and again to the Medicine Hat Tigers 4β1 on May 21. Their fortunes would change, however, on May 22, when they would defeat the Lewiston Maineiacs 2β1 in overtime, thus putting them in the tiebreaker game on May 24, in which they would defeat Lewiston again, 5β1, eliminating the Maineiacs from the Memorial Cup and advancing to the semifinal. However, on May 25, the Whalers would lose again to the Vancouver Giants in the semifinal round, this time in dramatic fashion by a score of 8β1. This way, the Whalers finished the 2007 Memorial Cup in third place.
During the 2007β08 season, the Whalers dealt the goaltender that led them to their 2007 OHL Championship, Michal Neuvirth, early to make room for Jeremy Smith to start. Neuvirth was among 12 players that left/were traded from that team, leaving the team looking to a number of young players for leadership. Chris Terry led the team in scoring and was helped by overage captain Andrew Fournier and up-and-comer AJ Jenks. In mid-December 2007, President and GM Mike Vellucci left his head coaching position for Greg Stefan. A late season injury to overage defenseman Wes Cunningham hampered the flow of the team, leading to an early playoff exit at the hands of the eventual OHL champions, the Kitchener Rangers.
Early in the 2008β09 season, Stefan was recalled to the Hurricanes, where Mike Vellucci came back to fill the head coaching role. Injuries and inconsistency plagued the team, as they fell to dead last in the league. After the coaching change, as well as key trades, including short lived experiment with Cory McGillis, then-leading scorer Matt Caria from the Greyhounds, Scott Fletcher from the Ice Dogs, and the return from AHL-playing Brett Bellemore, the team saw a turn around by Christmas putting them back into the middle of the pack. At the deadline, as a result of Bellemore's return and the emergence of Matt Hackett as the new starting goaltender, Patrick Lee and Jeremy Smith were traded to Niagara for draft picks.
The 2009β10 season saw the Whalers led by league MVP Tyler Seguin along with other top scorers such as Myles McCauley.
On December 29, 2013, the Whalers and the London Knights broke the newly set Canadian Hockey League attendance record. The Knights and Whalers, playing in the second OHL game of the evening outdoors at Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan (also the second outdoor game ever played in the OHL), played in front of 26,384 spectators. The Whalers won the game 2β1 in a shootout.
On January 14, 2015, owner Peter Karmanos announced that the Whalers would be relocated to Flint, Michigan after a sale of the team to the owner of Flint's Perani Arena and Event Center for the 2015β16 season. The OHL approved the sale, and the relocated franchise is named the Flint Firebirds. On March 15, the Whalers missed the playoffs for the only time. Six days later on March 21, the Plymouth Whalers played their final game in franchise history losing 5β1 to the Erie Otters.
Championshipsβ»
The Plymouth Whalers have won eight divisional titles, five of them consecutively. Plymouth has also won three Hamilton Spectator trophies and reached the OHL Championship Finals three times, winning during the 2006β07 season.
J. Ross Robertson Cup
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Hamilton Spectator Trophy
Bumbacco Trophy
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Coachesβ»
- 1995β01 Peter DeBoer (6 seasons) - DeBoer was promoted from assistant coach to become coach & general manager of the Whalers organization in 1995. DeBoer was twice voted the OHL Coach of the Year, winning the Matt Leyden Trophy in the 1998β99 and 1999β2000 seasons. DeBoer left to coach the Kitchener Rangers.
- mid-2007-mid-2008 Greg Stefan (2 seasons) - Stefan began his coaching career in 1993 with the Detroit Junior Red Wings. He served as an assistant coach in Plymouth until 1998, and re-joined the Whalers as director of player development and assistant coach in 2003. Named head coach during the 2007β08 season when Vellucci moved to focus on the front office, Stefan left the Whalers in the middle of the 2008β09 season to take a scouting job with the Carolina Hurricanes.
- 2001-mid-2007; mid-2008βpres Mike Vellucci (8th season) - Vellucci was promoted to President of the Plymouth Whalers in 2000 and was appointed the team's general manager and head coach in 2001. In 2007, Vellucci won the Matt Leyden Trophy as Ontario Hockey League Coach of the Year - the first American ever to win the award. Vellucci stepped down in the middle of the 2007β08 season to focus on his GM position. He returned as head coach of the club in the middle of the 2008β09 season with Stefan's moving to the Hurricanes.
Playersβ»
Retired numbersβ»
14 - Pat Peake is the only number retired by the Whalers organization. Peake (who played in the Junior Red Wings era) was a two-season captain, the first MVP for the franchise in 1992β93, as well as Canadian Hockey League player of the year, and OHL Most Sportsmanlike player of the year. He has the most career points in franchise history.
Team captainsβ»
- 1990β91 Paul Mitton
- 1991 Mark Lawrence (traded)
- 1991β93 Pat Peake
- 1993β95 Jamie Allison
- 1995β96 Bryan Berard
- 1996β97 Mike Morrone
- 1997β98 Andrew Taylor
- 1998β00 Randy Fitzgerald
- 2000β02 Jared Newman
- 2002β03 Nate Kiser
- 2003β04 James Wisniewski
- 2004β05 Tim Sestito (home) & John Mitchell (away & playoffs)
- 2005β06 John Vigilante
- 2006β07 Steve Ward
- 2007β08 Andrew Fournier (home & playoffs) & Chris Terry (away)
- 2008β09 Chris Terry
- 2009β10 AJ Jenks
- 2010β12 Beau Schmitz
- 2012β13 Colin MacDonald
- 2013β14 Nick Malysa
- 2014β15 Alex Peters
Award winnersβ»
- 1997β98 - David Legwand: Canadian Hockey League Rookie of the Year, Emms Family Award OHL Rookie of the Year, Red Tilson Trophy Most Outstanding Player of the Year
- 1998β99 - Robert Holsinger & Rob Zepp: Dave Pinkney Trophy Lowest Team GAA
- 1998β99 - Rob Zepp: Canadian Hockey League Scholastic Player of the Year, Bobby Smith Trophy OHL Scholastic Player of the Year
- 1999β2000 - Rob Zepp and Bill Ruggiero: Dave Pinkney Trophy Lowest Team GAA
- 2000β01 - Rob Zepp and Paul Drew: Dave Pinkney Trophy Lowest Team GAA
- 2001β02 - Jason Bacashihua and Paul Drew: Dave Pinkney Trophy Lowest Team GAA
- 2001β02 - Jason Bacashihua: F.W. 'Dinty' Moore Trophy Best Rookie GAA
- 2002β03 - Chad LaRose: Leo Lalonde Memorial Trophy Overage Player of the Year
- 2002β03 - Paul Drew and Jeff Weber: Dave Pinkney Trophy Lowest Team GAA
- 2003β04 - James Wisniewski: Canadian Hockey League Defenceman of the Year, Max Kaminsky Trophy OHL Defenceman of the Year
- 2006β07 - Michal Neuvirth & Jeremy Smith: Dave Pinkney Trophy Lowest Team GAA
- 2006β07 - Michal Neuvirth: F.W. 'Dinty' Moore Trophy Best Rookie GAA
- 2008β09 - Chris Terry: Mickey Renaud Captain's Trophy Captain of the Year
- 2008β09 - Chris Terry: Dan Snyder Memorial Trophy OHL Humanitarian of the Year
- 2009β10 - Ryan Hayes: Dan Snyder Memorial Trophy OHL Humanitarian of the Year
- 2009β10 - Ryan Hayes: Canadian Hockey League Humanitarian of the Year
- 2009β10 - Tyler Seguin: Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy Most Points in the OHL
- 2009β10 - Tyler Seguin: Red Tilson Trophy OHL Most Outstanding Player of the Year
- 2009β10 - Tyler Seguin: Canadian Hockey League Top Prospect
- 2012-13 - Vincent Trocheck: Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy Most Points in the OHL
- 2012-13 - Alex Nedeljkovic: F.W. 'Dinty' Moore Trophy Best Rookie GAA
- 2013-14 - Alex Nedeljkovic: OHL Goaltender of the Year
Notable playersβ»
First round NHL Entry Draft picksβ»
Players who were drafted in the first round of the NHL Entry Draft while playing for the Whalers franchise.
- 1991: Pat Peake, 14th Overall, Washington Capitals
- 1993: Todd Harvey, 9th Overall, Dallas Stars
- 1995: Bryan Berard, 1st Overall, Ottawa Senators
- 1998: David Legwand, 2nd Overall, Nashville Predators
- 2000: Justin Williams, 28th Overall, Philadelphia Flyers
- 2001: Stephen Weiss, 4th Overall, Florida Panthers
- 2010: Tyler Seguin, 2nd Overall, Boston Bruins
- 2011: Stefan Noesen, 21st Overall, Ottawa Senators
- 2011: Rickard Rakell, 30th Overall, Anaheim Ducks
- 2012: Tom Wilson, 16th Overall, Washington Capitals
- 2013: Ryan Hartman, 30th Overall, Chicago Blackhawks
Second round NHL Entry Draft picksβ»
Players who were drafted in the second round of the NHL Entry Draft while playing for the Whalers franchise.
- 1993: Jamie Allison, 44th Overall, Calgary Flames
- 1995: Nic Beaudoin, 51st Overall, Colorado Avalanche
- 1997: Harold Druken, 36th Overall, Vancouver Canucks
- 2000: Tomas Kurka, 32nd Overall, Carolina Hurricanes
- 2000: Libor Ustrnul, 42nd Overall, Atlanta Thrashers
- 2000: Kris Vernarsky, 51st Overall, Toronto Maple Leafs
- 2003: David Liffiton, 63rd Overall, Colorado Avalanche
- 2005: James Neal, 33rd Overall, Dallas Stars
- 2007: Jeremy Smith, 54th Overall, Nashville Predators
NHL alumniβ»
List of Plymouth Whalers alumni who have played in the National Hockey League.
- Jamie Allison
- Yuri Babenko
- Jason Bacashihua
- Brett Bellemore
- Bryan Berard
- Will Bitten
- Jared Boll
- Jesse Boulerice
- Fred Brathwaite
- Evan Brophey
- Kevin Brown
- Eric Cairns
- Gregory Campbell
- Connor Carrick
- Jamie Devane
- Harold Druken
- Robert Esche
- Matt Hackett
- Todd Harvey
- Sean Haggerty
- Cole Jarrett
- Michal Jordan
- Tomas Kurka
- Chad LaRose
- Mark Lawrence
- David Legwand
- David Liffiton
- Paul Mara
- Eric Manlow
- Philip McRae
- Sonny Milano
- J. T. Miller
- Mike Minard
- John Mitchell
- James Neal
- Alex Nedeljkovic
- Michal Neuvirth
- Stefan Noesen
- Pat Peake
- Justin Peters
- Rickard Rakell
- Keith Redmond
- Mike Rucinski
- Tyler Seguin
- Tim Sestito
- Tom Sestito
- Karl Stewart
- Damian Surma
- Chris Terry
- Chris Thorburn
- Vincent Trocheck
- Nikos Tselios
- Kris Vernarsky
- Jason Ward
- Scott Wedgewood
- Stephen Weiss
- Derek Wilkinson
- Justin Williams
- Tom Wilson
- Chad Wiseman
- James Wisniewski
- Bob Wren
- Rob Zepp
Yearly resultsβ»
Regular seasonβ»
Legend: OTL = Overtime loss, SL = Shootout loss
Season | Games | Won | Lost | Tied | OTL | SL | Points | Pct % | Goals For |
Goals Against |
Standing |
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1997β98 | 66 | 37 | 22 | 7 | - | - | 81 | 0.614 | 279 | 223 | 2nd Western |
1998β99 | 68 | 51 | 13 | 4 | - | - | 106 | 0.779 | 313 | 162 | 1st West |
1999β2000 | 68 | 45 | 18 | 4 | 1 | - | 95 | 0.691 | 256 | 172 | 1st West |
2000β01 | 68 | 43 | 15 | 5 | 5 | - | 96 | 0.669 | 253 | 162 | 1st West |
2001β02 | 68 | 39 | 15 | 12 | 2 | - | 92 | 0.662 | 249 | 166 | 1st West |
2002β03 | 68 | 43 | 14 | 9 | 2 | - | 97 | 0.699 | 259 | 174 | 1st West |
2003β04 | 68 | 32 | 24 | 9 | 3 | - | 76 | 0.537 | 220 | 204 | 2nd West |
2004β05 | 68 | 30 | 29 | 6 | 3 | - | 69 | 0.507 | 198 | 204 | 2nd West |
2005β06 | 68 | 35 | 28 | - | 1 | 4 | 75 | 0.551 | 227 | 224 | 1st West |
2006β07 | 68 | 49 | 14 | - | 2 | 3 | 103 | 0.757 | 299 | 173 | 1st West |
2007β08 | 68 | 34 | 28 | - | 2 | 4 | 74 | 0.544 | 228 | 223 | 5th West |
2008β09 | 68 | 37 | 26 | - | 5 | 0 | 79 | 0.581 | 224 | 218 | 2nd West |
2009β10 | 68 | 38 | 27 | - | 1 | 2 | 79 | 0.581 | 245 | 201 | 2nd West |
2010β11 | 68 | 36 | 26 | - | 2 | 4 | 78 | 0.574 | 249 | 219 | 3rd West |
2011β12 | 68 | 47 | 18 | - | 2 | 1 | 97 | 0.713 | 279 | 205 | 1st West |
2012β13 | 68 | 42 | 17 | - | 5 | 4 | 93 | 0.684 | 292 | 202 | 1st West |
2013β14 | 68 | 28 | 33 | - | 0 | 7 | 63 | 0.463 | 187 | 238 | 4th West |
2014β15 | 68 | 23 | 38 | - | 5 | 2 | 53 | 0.390 | 195 | 255 | 4th West |
Playoffsβ»
Year | WCQ | WCS | WCF | OHL Finals | Memorial Cup | |
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1997β98 | Sarnia 4β1 | Belleville 4β2 | Guelph 0β4 | |||
1998β99 | Windsor 4β0 | London 3β4 | ||||
1999β00 | Guelph 4β2 | Windsor 4β1 | Sault Ste. Marie 4β1 | Barrie 3β4 | ||
2000β01 | Sarnia 4β0 | Windsor 4β0 | Erie 4β1 | Ottawa 2β4 | ||
2001β02 | London 2β4 | |||||
2002β03 | Owen Sound 4β0 | London 4β3 | Kitchener 3β4 | |||
2003β04 | Kitchener 4β1 | Guelph 0β4 | ||||
2004β05 | Owen Sound 0β4 | |||||
2005β06 | Windsor 4β3 | Guelph 2β4 | ||||
2006β07 | Guelph 4β0 | Kitchener 4β1 | London 4β1 | Sudbury 4β2 | 3rd | |
2007β08 | Kitchener 0β4 | |||||
2008β09 | Sarnia 4β1 | Windsor 2β4 | ||||
2009β10 | Sault Ste. Marie 4β1 | Windsor 0β4 | ||||
2010β11 | Kitchener 4β3 | Owen Sound 0β4 | ||||
2011β12 | Guelph 4β2 | Kitchener 3β4 | ||||
2012β13 | Sarnia - 4β0 | Owen Sound - 4β2 | London - 1β4 | |||
2013β14 | Guelph 1β4 | |||||
2014β15 |
- 1997β98 - Defeated Sarnia Sting 4 games to 1 in division quarter-finals.
Defeated Belleville Bulls 4 games to 2 in quarter-finals.
Lost to Guelph Storm 4 games to 0 in semi-finals. - 1998β99 - Defeated Windsor Spitfires 4 games to 0 in conference quarter-finals.
Lost to London Knights 4 games to 3 in conference semi-finals. - 1999β2000 - Defeated Guelph Storm 4 games to 2 in conference quarter-finals.
Defeated Windsor Spitfires 4 games to 1 in conference semi-finals.
Defeated Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds 4 game to 1 in conference finals.
Lost to Barrie Colts 4 games to 3 in finals. - 2000β01 - Defeated Sarnia Sting 4 games to 0 in conference quarter-finals.
Defeated Windsor Spitfires 4 games to 0 in conference semi-finals.
Defeated Erie Otters 4 game to 1 in conference finals.
Lost to Ottawa 67's 4 games to 2 in finals. - 2001β02 - Lost to London Knights 4 games to 2 in conference quarter-finals.
- 2002β03 - Defeated Owen Sound Attack 4 games to 0 in conference quarter-finals.
Defeated London Knights 4 games to 3 in conference semi-finals.
Lost to Kitchener Rangers 4 games to 3 in conference finals. - 2003β04 - Defeated Kitchener Rangers 4 games to 1 in conference quarter-finals.
Lost to Guelph Storm 4 games to 0 in conference semi-finals. - 2004β05 - Lost to Owen Sound Attack 4 games to 0 in conference quarter-finals.
- 2005β06 - Defeated Windsor Spitfires 4 games to 3 in conference quarter-finals.
Lost to Guelph Storm 4 games to 2 in conference semi-finals - 2006β07 - Defeated Guelph Storm 4 games to 0 in conference quarter-finals.
Defeated Kitchener Rangers 4 games to 1 in conference semi-finals.
Defeated London Knights 4 games to 1 in conference finals.
Defeated Sudbury Wolves 4 games to 2 in finals. OHL CHAMPIONS
Finished tied for third place in Memorial Cup round-robin.
Defeated Lewiston Maineiacs in tiebreaker round.
Lost to Vancouver Giants in semi-finals. - 2007β08 - Lost to Kitchener Rangers 4 games to 0 in conference quarter-finals.
- 2008β09 - Defeated Sarnia Sting 4 games to 1 in conference quarter-finals.
Lost to Windsor Spitfires 4 games to 2 in conference semi-finals. - 2009β10 - Defeated Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds 4 games to 1 in conference quarter-finals.
Lost to Windsor Spitfires 4 games to 0 in conference semi-finals. - 2010β11 - Defeated Kitchener Rangers 4 games to 3 in conference quarter-finals.
Lost to Owen Sound Attack 4 games to 0 in conference semi-finals. - 2011β12 - Defeated Guelph Storm 4 games to 2 in conference quarter-finals.
Lost to Kitchener Rangers 4 games to 3 in conference semi-finals. - 2012β13 - Defeated Sarnia Sting 4 games to 0 in conference quarter-finals.
Defeated Owen Sound Attack 4 games to 2 in conference semi-finals.
Lost to London Knights 4 games to 1 in conference finals. - 2013β14 - Lost to Guelph Storm 4 games to 1 in conference quarter-finals.
- 2014β15 - Out of playoffs.
Uniforms and logosβ»
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Whalers_third_jersey.jpg/220px-Whalers_third_jersey.jpg)
In 2009 all Canadian Hockey League teams came out with new Reebok EDGE Jerseys
The Plymouth Whaler logo featured an angry hockey stick-wielding whale, blowing puck and spout of water out its blow hole. The name Whalers was superimposed on the image surround by a circle of green and blue with waves in the background.
The Whalers' white jersey had the whaler logo in the center with 3 even stripes on the sleeves and bottom of the jersey. The stripes are evenly spaced with two navy outer lines and one green inner line. The Whalers' blue jersey had the Whalers logo in the center with a white space and green space going down the sleeves. A third jersey was green with "WHALERS" written diagonally down the front.
Mascotβ»
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/The_Mascot_Shooter.jpg)
The Plymouth Whalers had a mascot named Shooter. His first game appearance was on December 11, 2003 against the Peterborough Petes.
Arenaβ»
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Compuware_Sports_Arena_interior.jpg/180px-Compuware_Sports_Arena_interior.jpg)
Peter Karmanos arranged to build the Whalers a new home in Plymouth Township, Michigan as soon as the 1995β96 season ended. The Compuware Arena was constructed in six months' time, ready for the 1996β97 season, with a seating capacity of 3,807. In addition to the NHL-sized rink, there is an Olympic sized rink also in the building.
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Memorial Cup - History." Canadian Hockey League Network website, "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-01-15. Retrieved 2010-01-20.
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