The Orangeville Americans were announced in the spring of 2011 with the roster to be composed of only American players.[1]
On September 12, 2011, the Americans played their first game at home against the Bradford Rattlers. The Rattlers won the game 5–2. During this game, the first Americans' goal was scored by 16-year-old Dominic Poya from Chicago. On September 19, the Americans won their first game 7–2 at home against the Shelburne Red Wings.
On January 1, 2015, the club announced that RCR Entertainment had become the new team owners. The new ownership then renamed the team to the Orangeville Ice Crushers.
On November 15, 2016, three of the team's owners were arrested for growing and distributing marijuana including the head coach CJ Schneider.[2][3] The GMHL immediately suspended those involved and named Ice Crushers shareholder Jeff Oliver as general manager and head coach.[4]
In January 2017, the Ice Crushers website was deactivated. The Ice Crushers last played a game on January 11, losing to the Parry Sound Islanders 12–0. The team then forfeited a home game on January 18 and an away game on January 19 against the New Tecumseth Civics. The Civics reported on their social media pages that the game had been cancelled due to the Ice Crushers shutting down for the remainder of the season. The team was 7–26–0–0 before the forfeited games.
^"Ice Crushers staff facing several drug charges". Orangeville Citizen. November 16, 2016. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
^"The Death Pool – Special Report – GMHL Team Owners Arrested in Massive Drug Distribution Bust in Orangeville". The Junior Hockey News. 16 November 2016.
^"President's Message: Two Orangeville Staff Suspended". GMHL. 15 November 2016.
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orangeville, crushers, were, junior, hockey, team, based, orangeville, ontario, canada, they, played, greater, metro, junior, hockey, league, gmhl, cityorangeville, ontario, canadaleaguegreater, metro, junior, hockey, leaguedivisionnorthfounded2011, years, 201. The Orangeville Ice Crushers were a junior ice hockey team based in Orangeville Ontario Canada They played in the Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League GMHL Orangeville Ice CrushersCityOrangeville Ontario CanadaLeagueGreater Metro Junior A Hockey LeagueDivisionNorthFounded2011 13 years ago 2011 Folded2017 7 years ago 2017 Home arenaAlder Street Recreation FacilityColoursBlue orange and white Owner s RCR EntertainmentGeneral managerCJ Schneider suspended Jeff Oliver 2016 17 Head coachCJ Schneider suspended Jeff Oliver 2016 17 MediaOrangeville BannerFranchise history2011 2015Orangeville Americans2015 2017Orangeville Ice Crushers Orangeville Americans logo used from 2011 to 2015 Contents 1 History 2 Season by season standings 2 1 Playoffs 3 References 4 External linksHistory editThe Orangeville Americans were announced in the spring of 2011 with the roster to be composed of only American players 1 On September 12 2011 the Americans played their first game at home against the Bradford Rattlers The Rattlers won the game 5 2 During this game the first Americans goal was scored by 16 year old Dominic Poya from Chicago On September 19 the Americans won their first game 7 2 at home against the Shelburne Red Wings On January 1 2015 the club announced that RCR Entertainment had become the new team owners The new ownership then renamed the team to the Orangeville Ice Crushers On November 15 2016 three of the team s owners were arrested for growing and distributing marijuana including the head coach CJ Schneider 2 3 The GMHL immediately suspended those involved and named Ice Crushers shareholder Jeff Oliver as general manager and head coach 4 In January 2017 the Ice Crushers website was deactivated The Ice Crushers last played a game on January 11 losing to the Parry Sound Islanders 12 0 The team then forfeited a home game on January 18 and an away game on January 19 against the New Tecumseth Civics The Civics reported on their social media pages that the game had been cancelled due to the Ice Crushers shutting down for the remainder of the season The team was 7 26 0 0 before the forfeited games The team did not return the following season Season by season standings editSeason GP W L T OTL GF GA Pts Regular Season Finish Playoffs Orangeville Americans 2011 12 42 19 18 5 172 174 43 8th GMHL Lost quarter final 2012 13 42 16 21 3 2 150 171 37 9th GMHL Lost division final 2013 14 42 25 15 2 239 201 52 8th GMHL Lost Division Quarter final 2014 15 42 9 30 3 136 245 21 5th of 6 South Central Div 18th of 22 GMHL Lost Round 2 elimination qualifiers Orangeville Ice Crushers 2015 16 42 16 24 0 2 194 217 34 8th of 10 Central Div 23rd of 29 GMHL Lost 8th place playoff qualifier 2016 17 33 7 26 0 0 108 210 14 Suspended operations midseason Playoffs edit 2012 Lost quarter final Orangeville Americans defeated Mattawa Voyageurs 2 games to none Temiscaming Titans defeated Orangeville Americans 3 games to none 2013 Lost division final Orangeville Americans defeated Shelburne Red Wings 3 games to 2 Orangeville Americans defeated Bradford Bulls 3 games to 1 Bradford Rattlers defeated Orangeville Americans 4 games to none 2014 Lost division quarter final Alliston Coyotes defeated Orangeville Americans 3 games to 1 2015 Lost South Conference Elimination Round 2 Orangeville Americans defeated Bradford Bulls 6 5 game Alliston Coyotes defeated Orangeville Americans 11 3 game 2016 Lost Central Division 8th place qualifier Colborne Chiefs defeated Orangeville Ice Crushers 5 3 game References edit Orangeville Breaking News Orangeville s Online Newspaper Ice Crushers staff facing several drug charges Orangeville Citizen November 16 2016 Retrieved January 20 2017 The Death Pool Special Report GMHL Team Owners Arrested in Massive Drug Distribution Bust in Orangeville The Junior Hockey News 16 November 2016 President s Message Two Orangeville Staff Suspended GMHL 15 November 2016 External links editOrangeville Ice Crushers GMHL Webpage Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Orangeville Ice Crushers amp oldid 1220001722, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
