History

On June 18, 2018, team president David Arsenault announced a move.  Citing poor local support and an improved development model by having both his Junior "A" and Junior "B" teams playing in the same arena, he relocated the Orangeville Flyers to Memorial Arena in Brampton and rebranded them the Brampton Admirals.

On April 14, 2011, ten days after the original Orangeville Flyers were disbanded by the league, the OJHL and the Villanova Knights announced that The Knights were moving to Orangeville under the name the Orangeville Flyers.  They played their home games at the Alder Street Community Center until the end of the 2017-2018 season, when it was announced that the team would relocate again.

The Orangeville Crushers was a Canadian Junior "A" ice hockey team from Orangeville, Ontario. They played in the Mid-Ontario Junior C Hockey League (MOJCHL), the  Midwestern Junior B Hockey League (MWJHL), and the Ontario Junior Hockey League (OJHL - Junior A).

The team originally launched in the Central Ontario Junior C Hockey League, which, after the Crushers' first season in the league, 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.

In the mid-90's, the Crushers were accepted into the Midwestern Junior B Hockey League, where they stayed until 2006. Orangeville was accepted to play in the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League for the start of the 2006-07 season after a vote by the OPJHL teams resulted in an overwhelming 33-3 vote. The team's head coach for the beginning of 2006-07 was to be Steve Chelios, brother of former NHLer Chris Chelios, but he was let go in late October. The President of the team, former NHLer Dale Hawerchuk, took over as head coach.

In 2010, the team changed its name to the Orangeville Flyers but, on April 3, 2011, despite three consecutive .500 or more seasons, the franchise ceased operations.

In 2007, local businessman David Arsenault (Governor/Owner) along with St. Thomas of Villanova College revived a previously defunct team, bringing it back into the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League (OPJHL) under the banner of Villanova College.

The Villanova Knights were announced officially on May 15, 2007, playing their home games at York University's Canlan Ice Gardens.

In 1993, after a year as the Weston Dukes followed by a year as the Weston Dodgers, the team folded and their franchise was moved to Thornhill and became the Thornhill Islanders. In 1997 they were renamed the Thornhill Rattlers until 2004, when they assumed the name Thornhill Thunderbirds.

After playing in multiple leagues for many years, the players of the team started to get let go or traded for cash to any interested team and, in the summer 2006, the team disbanded.