The Kingston Frontenacs of the Eastern Professional Hockey League (EPHL) were a minor league professional

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team affiliated with the NHL's

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. The team was based in

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, and played home games at the

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. The Frontenacs existed from 1959 until 1963, winning the final EPHL championship in 1962-63. The Frontenacs played in all four EPHL seasons, and was among the most stable of the league's franchises. When the EPHL folded in 1963, the franchise was transferred to the new

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as the

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. Orval Tessier won two scoring titles with the Frontenacs, and voted the league's

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and most sportsmanlike player in the 1961-62 season.

NHL alumni

List of Kingston Frontenacs alumni to play in the

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References

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