Truro Bearcats

Truro Bearcats
Truro Bearcats
City	Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada
League	Maritime Junior Hockey League
Division	Bent
Founded	1997
Home arena	Colchester Legion Stadium
Colors	Black, Red and White;
Owner(s)	Stu Rath
General manager	Shawn Evans
Head coach	Shawn Evans

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This article is about the Junior "A" team. For the Allan Cup-winning Senior team, see: Truro Bearcats (senior).

The article Truro Bearcats (1977-1983) redirects here.

The Truro Bearcats are a Junior "A" team based out of Truro, Nova Scotia. The Bearcats are one of six Nova Scotian teams in the Maritime Junior Hockey League.

[edit] History

The Truro Bearcats were formed in 1997 as a member of the Maritime Jr A Hockey League. The Bearcats have stayed competitive over their franchise history, they have never had a losing record, and have never missed the playoffs.

Originally, Truro was a member of the Metro Valley Junior Hockey League. The Bearcats won five championships in the MVJHL. Three back to back from 1969-70 to 1971-72. Truro won two more championships in 1973-74 and 1975-76. In 1977 the MVJHL became a Junior "A" league and the Bearcats folded mid season in 1983. The new franchise of 1997 marked the return of junior hockey to Truro, and the Bearcats return to the MJAHL.

In 2002, the Truro Bearcats played in their first Fred Page Cup as the host squad, They made two other appearances as MJAHL champions, one in 2005, at a tournament hosted in Yarmouth Nova Scotia, and one in 2007 Saint-Jérôme Quebec. The Bearcats have never played in a Fred Page Cup final.

Truro captured their third Division Championship and third Provincial Championship in five seasons in 2008/09. The Bearcats would be defeated by the Summerside Western Capitals in the league final four games to one.

During the 2011-12 season the Bearcats were awarded the rights to host the 2013 Fred Page Cup. The event will take place in the new Central Nova Scotia Civic Centre which is expected to be complete by September, 2012. This will be the second time Truro has hosted the tournament.

[edit] Logo and jersey

The Truro Bearcats primary logo is large T representing the history of sports in the town. Their secondary logo features a bearcat jumping.

2009-present

This new jersey unveiled in the 2009-10 season features a large T on the front and the design of the Boston Bruins from 1995-2007.

1997-2009

The logo is similar to that of the Florida Panthers of the NHL. The Bearcats' old jersey is that of the Buffalo Sabres from 1996/97 - 2005/06.

[edit] Seasons and franchise records

[edit] Season-by-season results

Season	GP	W	L	T	OTL/SOL	GF	GA	P	Results (Division)	Results (League)	Playoffs
1997-98	51	27	18	4	2	253	207	60	2nd Maurice Bent	4th MJAHL	Lost Division Final
1998-99	48	31	16	1	-	222	154	63	3rd Maurice Bent	4th MJAHL
1999-00	52	32	17	3	0	231	180	67	3rd Maurice Bent	4th MJAHL
2000-01	52	22	21	7	2	202	201	53	3rd Maurice Bent	6th MJAHL
2001-02	52	28	16	6	2	195	155	64	2nd Maurice Bent	3rd MJAHL
2002-03	52	34	14	2	2	211	164	72	1st Maurice Bent	2nd MJAHL
2003-04	52	33	10	7	2	193	146	75	2nd Maurice Bent	2nd MJAHL
2004-05	56	24	15	12	5	183	159	65	2nd Maurice Bent	4th MJAHL	Won League, 4th at Fred Page Cup
2005-06	56	28	20	0	8	193	166	64	4th Maurice Bent	7th MJAHL	Lost Preliminary
2006-07	58	42	12	0	4	257	138	88	1st Maurice Bent	1st MJAHL	Won League, 4th at Fred Page Cup
2007-08	58	37	11	-	10	210	138	84	2nd Maurice Bent	4th MJAHL	Lost Quarter-final
2008-09	54	36	12	-	6	212	127	78	1st Maurice Bent	2nd MJAHL	Lost Final
2009-10	50	37	7	-	6	214	104	80	1st Maurice Bent	2nd MJAHL	Lost Quarter-final
2010-11	52	30	18	-	4	166	128	64	2nd Maurice Bent	4th MHL	Lost Quarter-final
2011-12	52	29	20	-	3	190	155	61	3rd Maurice Bent	4th MHL

[edit] Season-by-season leading point getters

Season	Name	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
2005-06	T.J. Smith	52	41	24	65	30
2006-07	T.J. Smith	58	33	46	79	54
2007-08	Jon Reid	56	17	45	62	54
2008-09	Dana Fraser	52	24	36	60	28
2009-10	Dana Fraser	47	28	63	91	12
2010-11	Stephen Horyl	42	23	30	53	14
2011-12	Jordan Mock	50	22	31	53	36

[edit] All-time leading point getters

3rd All time leading scorer Jon Reid.

Name	G	A	PTS	Season(s)
Stephen Horyl	79	121	200	2006-2009, 2010-11
Dana Fraser	69	124	193	2007-2010
Jon Reid	50	139	189	2006-2009
T.J. Smith	97	84	181	2004-2007
David MacBurnie	66	103	169	2003-2007
Derek Fields	57	108	165	1998-2001
Josh Boulton	85	79	164	1997-2000
Glenn Frazee	76	83	159	2001-2005
K.C. Brown	68	88	156	2005-2009
Jordan Mock	57	88	145	2009-2012
Chris Ivanko	64	78	142	2007-2010
Matt Boulton	61	81	142	1997-1999

[edit] Franchise records

Statistic	Total	Season
Team Records for a single season
Most Points	88	2006-07
Most Wins	42	2006-07
Most Goals For	257	2006-07
Least Goals For	183	2004-05
Least Goals Against	104	2009-10
Most Goals Against	201	2000-01

[edit] Franchise individual records

[edit] Player records

Statistic	Record holder	Total	Season(s)
Records held by players
Most Career Points	Stephen Horyl	200	2006-09, 2010-11
Most Points (Single Season)	Dana Fraser	91	2007-10
Most Career Goals	T.J. Smith	97	2004-07
Most Goals (Single Season)	T.J. Smith	41	2005-06
Most Career Assists	Jon Reid	139	2006-09
Most Assists (Single Season)	Dana Fraser	63	2009-10
Most Career Penalized	Donald Johnstone	675	2000-03
Most Penalized (Single Season)	Vincent Muller	348	2002-03

[edit] Player and staff awards (awarded by MJAHL)

Player	Award	Season(s)
Individual awards won by Bearcat players and staff
Chris Wilcox	League MVP	1997-98
Chris Wilcox	Playoff MVP	1997-98
Mark Lynk	Most Sportsmanlike	1998-99
Josh Boulton	Most Sportsmanlike	1999-00
Donald Johnstone	Academic Achievement Award	2002-03
Matt Climie/Daniel Turner	Young/Knickle Trophy (GAA)	2003-04
Matt Climie	RBC Player of the Year	2003-04
Matt Climie	League MVP	2003-04
Matt Climie	Top goaltender	2003-04
Matt Iorianni	Playoff MVP	2004-05
Shawn Evans	Coach of the Year	2004-05, 2006-07, 2008-09
Victor Saari/Corey Chipman	Young/Knickle Trophy (GAA)	2005-06
Darcy Stewart/Kirk Rafuse	Young/Knickle Trophy (GAA)	2006-07
Jon Reid	Rookie of the Year	2006-07
Andrew Harmes	Academic Achievement Award	2006-07
Zach Sill	Playoff MVP	2006-07
Pierre Alexandre Marion/Luke Gallant	Young/Knickle Trophy (GAA)	2007-08
Stephen Horyl	Most Sportsmanlike	2007-08
Pierre Alexandre Marion	League MVP	2007-08
Pierre Alexandre Marion	Top Goaltender	2007-08
Richard Gagnon/Kirk Rafuse	Young/Knickle Trophy (GAA)	2008-09
Richard Gagnon/Kirk Rafuse/Alex Scola	Young/Knickle Trophy (GAA)	2009-10
Kirk Rafuse	Top Goaltender	2009-10
Dana Fraser	Most Sportsmanlike	2009-10
Kirk Rafuse/Spencer Scott	Young/Knickle Trophy (GAA)	2010-11

[edit] Captains

Name	Seasons
Bryant Fraser	2001-02
Joel Isenor	2002-03
Jim White	2003-04
Glenn Frazee	2004-05
Matt Beaver	2005-06, 2006-07
Rodi Short	2007-08
Sam Hounsell	2008-09
Ben MacAskill	2009-10
Evan Watts	2010-11
Matt English	2011-12

[edit] Notable alumni

The Truro Bearcats have had many players develop and pass through the organization. Many have gone on to play university hockey and major junior hockey. Truro has also had players move on to play in the National Hockey League or American Hockey League.

[edit] See also

List of ice hockey teams in Nova Scotia

[edit] External links

Truro Bearcats

Contents

[edit] History

[edit] Logo and jersey

[edit] Seasons and franchise records

[edit] Season-by-season results

[edit] Season-by-season leading point getters

[edit] All-time leading point getters

[edit] Franchise records

[edit] Franchise individual records

[edit] Player records

[edit] Player and staff awards (awarded by MJAHL)

[edit] Captains

[edit] Notable alumni

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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