Northeast Eagles
CityTorbay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
LeagueSt. John's Junior Hockey League
DivisionCity Division
Founded1980
Home arenaChicken Coop
ColorsBlack, yellow and white
     
General managerDoug Tibbo
Head coachGreg Ryerson (2017-2018)
Franchise history
1980–2014St. John's Jr. Celtics
2013–2016Northeast Celtics
2016–currentNortheast Eagles

The Northeast Jr. Eagles are a Canadian Junior ice hockey club from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. They are members of the St. John's Junior Hockey League, are a former Junior A team, and were the first ever Don Johnson Cup Maritime Junior B champions in 1982.

History

Prior to 1980, junior hockey in St. John's was for the most part a juvenile-level recreation league. Every year, an all-star team was drafted from the city and named the St. John's Jr. Capitals, after their senior team the St. John's Capitals, to compete against teams from across the province for the Veitch Memorial Trophy at either the Junior A or B level.

In 1980, the St. John's Junior Hockey League was organized and a legitimate Junior B league was formed. The winner of this league, not an all-star team, would represent the city in provincial and inter-provincial events. One of the founding members of this league was the St. John's "Brothers Rice" Jr. Celtics. In 1982, the Celtics would win their first league championship. They would win the Veitch Memorial Trophy and move on to the first ever Don Johnson Cup—an inter-provincial Junior Championship featuring the best Junior B clubs from New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland and Labrador. In the final game, the Jr. Celtics defeated PEI's Kensington Bombers, 4–3, to win the first ever championship. Newfoundland's own Don Johnson had the honour of awarding the trophy bearing his name to his own son, Celtics' Michael Johnson, at the first event.

Nine games into the 1982–83 season, the Celtics had to pull out of the league. They were mothballed in 1983–84, but returned after that year off.

In 1989, the league retracted by half and was promoted to Junior A to compete for the Manitoba Centennial Cup at a National level. The Celtics were a part of this Junior A experiment for its two seasons, but the winners of the two seasons (St. John's Jr. 50's and Avalon Jr. Capitals) did not fare well in national playdowns, and the entire league returned to Junior B in 1991.

The Jr. Celtics won the St. John's League championship in 1982, 1994, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2008, and 2011. They won the Provincial Veitch Memorial Trophy in 1982, 1995, 2001, 2003, 2008, and 2011. 1982 remains the Celtics' only Don Johnson Cup.

In May 2016 all levels of hockey playing in the Jack Bryne Arena were re-branded as the Northeast Eagles.[1]

Season-by-season record

SeasonGPWLTOTLGFGAPResultsPlayoffs
1980–813215116–164145363rd SJJHL
1981–82322543-250104531st SJJHLWon league, won VMT, won DJC
1982–839261-366555th SJJHLSuspended
1983–84Did not participate
1984–85333282-7325687th SJJHL
1985–86284231-11228097th SJJHL
1986–87308202-150226186th SJJHL
1987–88316232-177274145th SJJHL
1988–894231110-335214621st SJJHL
1989–903616155-213193372nd SJJHL
1990–913311220-178206224th SJJHL
1991–92279153-129159213rd SJJHL
1992–933815230-192214303rd SJJHL
1993–94241950-19198381st SJJHLWon league
1994–95342491-218135491st SJJHLWon league, won VMT
1995–96322273-232155471st SJJHL
1996–973217123-155143372nd SJJHL
1997–983418160-187187362nd SJJHL
1998–993320112-176140423rd SJJHL
1999-00372953-199125611st SJJHLWon League
2000–013117833163124404th SJJHLWon League, won VMT
2001–02322282-155105461st SJJHL
2002–0329101801130144216th SJJHLWon VMT
2003–0429101612146166237th SJJHL
2004–052842211124184108th SJJHL
2005–0629131213171167305th SJJHL
2006–0729161120146149344th SJJHL
2007–0828161011130102343rd SJJHLWon League, won VMT
2008–092817911146124363rd SJJHL
2009–10282152016393442nd SJJHL
2010–11281710-1144102354th SJJHLWon League, won VMT
2011–12281214-2121127265th SJJHL
2012–13281512-1123137313rd SJJHLLost semi-final
2013–1428818-2103134187th SJJHLLost quarter-final, 1–4 (Caps)
Northeast Celtics
2014–15281116-187104237th SJJHLLost quarter-final, 2–3 (Renegades)
2015–1628720-182152157th SJJHLLost quarter-final, 0–3 (Blades)
Northeast Eagles
2016–1728321-475152118th of 8 SJJHLLost quarter-final, 1-3 (Breakers)
2017–1827421-288162108th of 8 SJJHLLost quarter-final, 0-3 (Blades)
2018–1928101404102134246th of 8 SJJHLLost quarter-final, 0-3 (Jr. Stars)
2021–2221021003313508th of 8 SJJHLDid not qualify
2022–232810140493127246th of 8 SJJHLLost quarterfinals, 0-3 (Caps)

References

  1. ↑ "Northeast Associations join forces to form one group – St. John's Junior Hockey League". Retrieved 28 September 2016.
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