Harbour Grace CeeBee Stars

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Harbour Grace CeeBee Stars
City Harbour Grace, Newfoundland and Labrador
Founded2004
Operated2004-2014
Home arena Danny Cleary Community Centre
ColoursBlue, Red, White    
Website
Franchise history
1958-59 Conception Bay All-Stars
1959-69 Conception Bay CeeBees
2003-2015Conception Bay North CeeBee Stars
2015–PresentHarbour Grace CeeBee Stars

The Harbour Grace CeeBee Stars, (also commonly known as the Harbour Grace Ocean Enterprises CeeBee Stars due to a sponsorship deal that began October 23, 2015) [1] are a senior ice hockey team based in Harbour Grace, Newfoundland and Labrador and part of the Avalon East Senior Hockey League. The CeeBees are eight-time winners of the Herder Memorial Trophy as provincial champions.

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History

The club has its roots in the former Conception Bay Ceebees, a very successful hockey club in the Newfoundland Senior Hockey League from 1958 to 1969. The CeeBee Stars were founded in 2003 and joined the Avalon East Senior Hockey League. The Stars won six straight AESHL championships from 2006 to 2011 and are four-time winners of the Herder Memorial Trophy, emblematic of Newfoundland senior hockey supremacy.

From 2011 to 2014, the CeeBee Stars were part of the re-formed Newfoundland Senior Hockey League. In 2013, the CeeBee Stars defeated the defending Herder Trophy champion and 2011 Allan Cup champion Clarenville Caribous in four-straight-games. The victory gave the CeeBee Stars the right to play in the 2014 Allan Cup in Dundas, Ontario.

The CeeBee Stars rejoined the Avalon East Senior Hockey League for the 2015–16 season. In September 2015, AESHL was granted senior A status by Hockey Newfoundland and Labrador. The AESHL champions will play the CWSHL champions for the Herder Memorial Trophy beginning in March 2016.

Seasons and records

Season by season results

Led league in pointsDagger-14-plain.png Herder Trophy champions Double-dagger-14-plain.png

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, DNQ = Did not qualify

AESHL = Avalon East Senior Hockey League, NSHL = Newfoundland Senior Hockey League

Conception Bay North CeeBee Stars regular season and postseason statistics and results, 2003–present
SeasonLeagueRegular seasonPostseason
GPWLTOTLGFGAPTSFinishGPWLGFGAResult
2003–04AESHL
2004-05AESHLLost in Herder Finals to Deer Lake Red Wings, 3-4
2005–06AESHLWon Herder Memorial Trophy vs. Deer Lake Red Wings, 4-2Double-dagger-14-plain.png
2006–07AESHLWon Herder Memorial Trophy vs. Deer Lake Red Wings, 4-2Double-dagger-14-plain.png
2007–08AESHLWon Herder Memorial Trophy vs. Deer Lake Red Wings, 4-2Double-dagger-14-plain.png
2008–09AESHLLost in Herder Finals to Clarenville Caribous, 1-4
2009–10AESHLLost in Herder Finals to Clarenville Caribous, 1-4
2010–11AESHLLost in Herder finals to Grand Falls-Windsor Cataracts, 0-4
2011–12NSHL
2012–13NSHL
2013–14NSHL
2014–15Did not enter
2015–16AESHL
2016–17AESHLWon Herder Memorial Trophy vs. Clarenville Caribous, 3-2Double-dagger-14-plain.png
2018-19AESHL15213041924
2019-20AESHL1010380

Leaders

Captains

Coaches

Championships and awards

Honoured Members

Adam Jones

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References

  1. "CeeBee Stars Announce Title Sponsor". aeshl.com. October 23, 2015. Retrieved 2015-10-04.