Clarington Eagles
| Clarington Eagles | |
|---|---|
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| City | Clarington, Ontario [1] |
| League | Provincial Junior Hockey League |
| Division | Orr |
| Founded | 2011 |
| Home arena | |
| Colours | Black, Red, and White |
| General manager | Dean Baumhauer (2020-21) |
| Head coach | Dean Baumhauer (2019-21) |
The Clarington Eagles are a Canadian Junior ice hockey team based in Clarington, Ontario, Canada. They play in the Orr Division of the Provincial Junior Hockey League.
History[]
The Eagles were founded in 2011 to leave the gap in their community left by the folding of the Junior A Bowmanville Eagles. Bowmanville originated in Junior C from 1968 until 1995 and was promoted to Junior A. The team folded in 2010.
The Eagles played their first game on September 23, 2011 in Uxbridge, Ontario. The Eagles dropped a 6-4 decision to the Uxbridge Bruins. Their first home game was on September 25, 2011, a 6-3 loss to the Bruins. On October 2, 2011, the Eagles won their first game, at home, 3-2 against the Little Britain Merchants.
The Eagles' first season back in Junior C ended with a winning 19-18-3 record. In their first playoffs, the Eagles first met the Uxbridge Bruins in the quarter-finals. The Eagles swept the best-of-5 series 3-games-to-none. In the semi-finals, the Eagles faced the second seeded Little Britain Merchants. Clarington came back from a 3-games-to-2 deficit to win the series in seven games, the winning goal scored with 16.8 seconds left in the third period of game seven. In the finals, the Eagles faced the first place Lakefield Chiefs. The Chiefs took the first game, but the Eagles came back to win the next three straight. Lakefield made the series interesting by winning game five, but the Ealges smoked the Chiefs 8-1 in game six to take the series and win their first league championship and the and berth into the Clarence Schmalz Cup playoffs.
2020-21 Team Staff[]
Alternate Governor: David Bell
General Manager: Dean Baumhauer
Assistant General Manager: Craig Wilcox
Head Coach: Dean Baumhauer
Assistant Coach: Dave Fairey
Assistant Coach: Chris Kerr
Assistant Coach: Neil Taylor
Goalie Coach: Carson Bird
Trainer: Craig Wilcox
Season-by-season standings[]
| Season | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | P | Results | Playoffs |
| 2011-12 | 40 | 19 | 18 | - | 3 | 170 | 163 | 41 | 4th COJCHL | Won Quarter-finals, 3-0 (Bruins) Won Semi-finals, 4-3 (Merchants) Won Finals, 4-2 (Chiefs) |
| 2012-13 | 40 | 20 | 15 | - | 5 | 126 | 122 | 45 | 3rd COJCHL | Won Quarter-finals, 3-1 (Ice) Lost Semi-finals, 0-4 (Chiefs) |
| 2013-14 | 40 | 25 | 12 | - | 3 | 151 | 111 | 53 | 2nd COJCHL | Lost Semi-final, 3-4 (Bruins) |
| 2014-15 | 42 | 27 | 13 | - | 2 | 187 | 124 | 56 | 3rd COJCHL | Won Semi-final, 4-0 (Chiefs) Won League Finals, 4-0 (Bruins) Lost CSC Quarters, 2-4 (Port Hope) |
| 2015-16 | 42 | 36 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 216 | 92 | 75 | 1st of 7 COJCHL | Quarter-finals BYE Won Semi-final, 4-2 (Chiefs) Lost League Finals, 1-4 (Mojacks) |
| 2016-17 | 41 | 30 | 10 | 1 | - | 187 | 94 | 61 | 3rd of 7 Orr Div-PJHL |
Won Div Quarter-finals, 4-0 (Merchants) Won Div Semi-final, 4-2 (Mojacks) Lost Div Finals, 0-4 (Chiefs) |
| 2017-18 | 41 | 25 | 15 | 1 | - | 145 | 107 | 51 | 4th of 7 Orr Div-PJHL |
Lost Div Quarter-finals, 2-4 () |
| 2018-19 | 42 | 18 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 141 | 149 | 40 | 4th of 7 Orr Div-PJHL |
Lost, Div Quarter-finals, 1-2 (Mojacks) |
| 2019-20 | 42 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 180 | 112 | 61 | 1st of 7 Orr Div-PJHL |
Won Div Quarter-finals, 4-2 (Bruins) COVID-19 Ended Playoffs Early; Semi-finals, ()} |
References[]
External links[]
- Ice hockey teams in Ontario
- Clarington
- 2011 establishments in Ontario
- Ice hockey clubs established in 2011