Tony Piroski

Tony Piroski (born June 12, 1954) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey goaltender.

Career

Piroski was born in Windsor, Ontario. He played the most seasons for the Toledo Goaldiggers of the International Hockey League. He later coached Toledo for the 1984–85, recording a 32–42–5–3 record. In 2001, Piroski joined began coaching the Essex 73's. In his nine seasons with the club, they won seven league championships, and three Provincial titles, recording a record of 286–47. On Tuesday, March 16, 2010, Piroski was named head coach of the Leamington Flyers Jr. B Hockey Club. In his First season with the Flyers, they won 26 games (26–21–0–4) compared to seven wins (7–38–0–5) the season before, a 19-win improvement under Piroski in his first season.

In Piroski's fourth season with the Leamington Flyers he guided the team to a first place finish with a record of 37–10–2 and would lead the 2013–14 Leamington Flyers to their first-ever Western Conference Championship.

In 2018, Flyers owner Abe Fehr sold the team to five local businessmen and Piroski decided to step down as Head Coach of the Leamington Flyers. In Piroski's eight seasons as Head Coach of the Flyers, he had a regular season record of 262 wins, 108 losses, 6 ties and 25 overtime losses. Leamington won two Western Conference Championships along with four straight League Finals appearances.

Coaching career

TeamYearRegular seasonPost season
GWLTOTLPtsFinishResult
Essex 73's2001–02 4030820621st in GLJHLLeague Champions & Ontario Junior C Champions
Essex 73's2002–03 4033430691st in GLJHLLeague Champions & Ontario Junior C Semi-Finalist
Essex 73's2003–04 4033340701st in GLJHLLeague Finalist
Essex 73's2004–05 4032512671st in GLJHLLeague Champions & Ontario Junior C Champions
Essex 73's2005–06 40251131544th in GLJHLLeague Champions & Ontario Junior C Finalist
Essex 73's2006–07 4032422681st in GLJHLLeague Champions & Ontario Junior C Finalist
Essex 73's2007–08 4033331701st in GLJHLLeague Champions & Ontario Junior C Finalist
Essex 73's2008–09 4039001791st in GLJHLLeague Champions & Ontario Junior C Champions
Essex 73's2009–10 40299-2612nd in GLJHLLeague Finalist
Leamington Flyers2010–11 512621-4555th in GOJHLLost in Quarter-Finals
Leamington Flyers2011–12 513017-4642nd in GOJHLLost in Quarter-Finals
Leamington Flyers2012–13 513216-3672nd in GOJHLLost in Semi-Finals
Leamington Flyers2013–14 493710-2761st in GOJHLLeague Champions & Sutherland Cup Semi Finalist
Leamington Flyers2014–15 49389-2781st in GOJHLLeague Champions & Sutherland Cup Semi Finalist
Leamington Flyers2015–16 5041810831st in GOJHLLeague Finalist
Leamington Flyers2016–17 50271607614th in GOJHLLeague Finalist
Leamington Flyers2017–18 50311153702nd in GOJHLLost in Semi-Finals

References

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