• 9 Players From Centennials Last Season in Pro Hockey

  Filed under Ontario Hockey League
  Feb 11
  The North Bay Centennials were an OHL franchise from 1982-83 to 2001-02. The Niagara Falls Flyers moved to North Bay after the 1981-82 season and the team was re-located to Saginaw, Michigan for the 2002-03 season. Despite a fairly dismal showing in their final season in North Bay, 9 players are still in professional hockey today, including 2 in the NHL.

  Click on the names below to view each player’s profile page on their current teams, if available:

  Chris Thorburn is currently with the Atlanta Thrashers of the NHL.

  George Halkidis is with the Hull Stingrays of Great Britain’s EIHL.

  Colt King is with the Rapid City Rush of the CHL.

  Peter Flache is with the Straubing Tigers of Germany’s DEL.

  Scott Hotham is with the Florida Everblades of the ECHL.

  Geoff Platt is with Minsk Dynamo of Russia’s KHL.

  Paul Bissonnette is with the Phoenix Coyotes of the NHL.

  Chris Eade is with Bad Nauheim EC of Germany’s Oberliga.

  Andrew Penner is between the pipes with the Colorado Eagles of the CHL.
  Tagged as: 2001-02, centennials, chris thorburn, north bay, ohl, paul bissonnette
  
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4 Responses to “9 Players From Centennials Last Season in Pro Hockey”

1. OHL Alumni Central » Blog Archive » Geoff Platt An All-Star In Russia’s KHL said on July 13th, 2010 at 6:19 am

   [...] four seasons in the Ontario Hockey League from 2001-02 to 2004-05. He began his OHL career with the North Bay Centennials and moved with the team to Saginaw for the 2002-03 season. During that season, Platt was a member of [...]

2. OHL Alumni Central » Blog Archive » Andy Delmore Back In Europe With Lørenskog said on October 26th, 2010 at 6:05 am

   [...] four seasons in the Ontario Hockey League from 1993-94 to 1996-97. He began his career with the North Bay Centennials and was fortunate to be part of a Robertson Cup winning team in his rookie season. North Bay won [...]

3. OHL Alumni Central » Blog Archive » OHL Alumni Classics: John Spoltore said on October 31st, 2010 at 6:02 am

   [...] played four seasons in the Ontario Hockey League from 1988-89 to 1991-92, all with the North Bay Centennials. His 342 career points is a team record. His 84 assists in his final season with the team is a [...]

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