Cumberland Bandits

Cumberland Bandits
City	Orleans, Ontario, Canada
League	National Capital Junior Hockey League
Founded	1986
Home arena	Ray Friel Arena
Colors	Blue, Red, and White
Owner(s)	Claude Pothier
General manager	Richard Julien
Head coach	Bob Paquette
Franchise history
1986-1998	Casselman Stars
1998-2000	Casselman-Cambridge Stars
2000-2007	Casselman Stars
2008-Present	Cumberland Bandits

The Cumberland Bandits are a Canadian Junior ice hockey team based in Cumberland, Ontario, Canada. They play in the National Capital Junior Hockey League.

History

Founded in 1986, the Stars won the Cameron Trophy six times as the Ottawa District Hockey Association's top Junior C club. The first time was in 1989, and then again in 1993. In 1997, the Stars set up a dynasty: winning in 1998, 1999, and 2000.

The 2004-05 season was great for the Stars. After finishing first in the league with 28 wins in 36 games, the Stars defeated the Rockland Nationals 4-games-to-none in the league semi-final and then their rivals, the Embrun Panthers, 4-games-to-1 to win their sixth crown.

In the 2005-06 season, the Stars again finished in first place with 27 wins in 36 games. In the semi-final they defeated the Saint-Isidore Eagles 4-games-to-1 and then were upset by the Embrun Panthers in the final 4-games-to-3.

After a disappointing 2006-07 season, in which the Stars finished seventh place overall, they were swept 4-games-to-none in the league quarter-final by the East Ottawa Thunder.

In 2007, the Stars ownership attempted to fill the void left in the Eastern Ontario Junior B Hockey League by the Junior "A" expansion of the Kemptville 73's. When the Casselman franchise could not be put together fast enough, the Stars program was suspended for the 2007-08 Eastern Junior C season.

In 2008, the ownership of the Casselman Stars and the town of Casselman were awarded a franchise within the Eastern Ontario Junior B Hockey League. As a result, they sold their interests in the Casselman Stars to Claude Pothier from Navan. As of 2008, the team will be known as the Cumberland Bandits and will play their home game out of Ray Friel in Orleans. The new EOJBHL Casselman Vikings is owned by the previous owners of the Casselman Stars, but the Stars franchise is continues through the Cumberland Bandits.

Season-by-Season record

Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Season	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Points	Finish	Playoffs
2004-05	36	28	6	0	2	181	99	58	1st EOJCHL	Won League
2005-06	36	27	7	-	2	194	123	56	1st EOJCHL	Lost Final
2006-07	34	14	18	-	2	128	148	30	7th EOJCHL	Lost Semi-final
2007-08	Did Not Participate
2008-09	34	21	10	-	3	216	158	45	2nd EOJCHL	Lost Semi-final
2009-10	34	19	14	-	1	137	130	39	3rd EOJCHL	Lost Quarter-final
2010-11	34	19	12	-	3	146	120	41	3rd NCJHL	Lost Semi-final
2011-12	32	21	10	-	1	133	104	43	2nd NCJHL

Individual Player Awards

Season	Name	Award
2011-12	Kentt Coburn	Best Defenseman
	Simon Forgues	Most Sportsmanlike Player
2010-11	Ben Harris	Most Sportsmanlike Player
	The Bandits Group	Executive of the Year
2008-09	Andrew Newell	Regular Season MVP
	Richard Julien	Coach of the Year
	Claude Pothier	Executive of the Year
2005-06	Raphael Leclerc-Dorval	Top Scorer
2004-05	Samuel Raymond	Regular Season MVP
	Christian Paquette	Playoff MVP
	Sylvain Raymond	Coach of the Year
2003-04	Marc-André Ranger	Executive of the Year
2002-03	Steve Wells	Coach of the Year
2001-02	Martin Labelle	Most Improved Player
1999-00	Eric Lavoie	Rookie of the Year
	Eric Lavoie	Playoff MVP
	Sébastien Cadieux	Most Improved Player
	Etienne Lortie	Most Sportsmanlike Player
	Benoit Desnoyers	Best Defensive Forward
	Raymond Lavergne	Coach of the Year
1998-99	Mathieu Boulerice	Regular Season MVP
	Gasmin Gaudreau	Playoff MVP
1997-98	Stephane Perth	Regular Season MVP
	Mard Fredette	Playoff MVP
	Stephane Perth	Best Defensive Forward
	Jean-Rock Rainville	Most Sportsmanlike Player
	Raymond Lavergne	Coach of the Year
1996-97	Patrick Roy	Rookie of the Year
	Stephane Perth	Best Defensive Forward
	Jean-Rock Rainville	Most Sportsmanlike Player
1995-96	Martin Levesque	Rookie of the Year
	Jean-Rock Rainville	Most Improved Player
	Marc-André Parisien	Most Sportsmanlike Player
1994-95	Steve Racine	Best Defenseman
1992-93	Pascal Leroux	Rookie of the Year
	Martin Hughes	Playoff MVP
	Joel Lavoie	Best Defensive Forward
	Steven Racine	Most Improved Player
1991-92	Martin Hughes	Regular Season MVP
	Joel Lavoie	Most Improved Player
1990-91	Jeff Seguin	Most Improved Player
1989-90	Martin Hughes	Regular Season MVP
1988-89	Robert Voisine	Playoff MVP
	Robert Voisine	Best Defensive Forward
1986-87	Pascal Forget	Rookie of the Year

External links

• Bandits Homepage