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Fredericton Junior Red Wings
CityFredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
LeagueMaritime Junior A Hockey League
DivisionEastLink North
Founded2014
Operated2019-Present
Home arenaGrant-Harvey Centre
ColorsRed and White    
Owner(s)Global Centre Ice Inc.
General managerTBA
Head coachTBA
Websitefrederictonredwings.com
Franchise history
2014–2016County Aces
2016–2019St. Stephen Aces
2019–PresentFredericton Red Wings

The Fredericton Junior Red Wings are a Canadian junior ice hockey franchise from Fredericton, New Brunswick. The team is a member of the Maritime Junior A Hockey League and plays in the EastLink North Division. They play their home games at the Grant-Harvey Centre in Fredericton, New Brunswick. They will begin play in September 2019.[1]

History

The County Aces were founded in 2014 as an expansion team in the Maritime Junior A Hockey League. The Aces played their home games at the Garcelon Civic Centre in St. Stephen, New Brunswick. In 2016 the team changed their name to the St. Stephen Aces.[2]

In March 2019, the MHL was approached by Global Centre Ice Inc. of Fredericton, to make a pitch for the purchase of the St. Stephen franchise. The team had been struggling financially for three years prior to the 2018-19 season, and the owners had made the difficult decision to sell the team.[3][4] The MHL was impressed by the pitch made by Global Centre Ice Inc., and approved the sale of the team prior to the end of the Aces' playoff run that year.[3] On April 15, the team and the League made the official announcement of the move, and announced that the team, named the Fredericton Red Wings, would begin play in the 2019-2020 season, with the announcement accompanied by the slogan "A Rebirth of a Hockey Tradition".[4]

The Fredericton Red Wings name has a history in the Fredericton junior hockey scene dating back to the 1960s, with a number of Red Wings teams playing in Fredericton. The team which is the inspiration for the name of the new Junior team was in operation from 1976 until the team folded when New Brunswick Junior Hockey League ceased operations in 1983.[5] That team captured three consecutive titles from 1976-77 to 1978-79, and was coached to the NB Junior Championship title in 1978-79 by former NHL player and Fredericton native Buster Harvey (who was with the team as coach from 1978-1981).[6] Coincidentally, the Grant-Harvey Centre, where the current Junior Red Wings play their home games, is named after Buster Harvey and former NHL player and Fredericton native Danny Grant.[1][7]

Season-by-season record

Season GP W L OTL GF GA P Results Playoffs
2019-20

References

  1. ^ a b "Junior A Hockey returns to Fredericton - and St. Stephen mourns loss of team | cbc.ca". cbc.ca. 2019-04-16. Retrieved 2019-04-24.
  2. ^ "Junior A Hockey Headed for Charlotte County | CBC". www.cbc.ca. 2014-04-09. Retrieved 2019-04-15.
  3. ^ a b Hunt, Bill (2019-04-24). "Red Wings hope Olauson makes move to Fredericton". The Daily Gleaner.
  4. ^ a b "St. Stephen Aces to Relocate to Fredericton, N.B. for 2019-20 Season | Maritime Junior A Hockey League". www.themhl.ca. 2019-04-15. Retrieved 2019-04-15.
  5. ^ Fitzsimmons, Ernie (2016). History of Hockey in Fredericton: Part Four - 1981-1999. Fredericton: Author. p. 50. ISBN 9781553961307.
  6. ^ Fitzsimmons, Ernie (2013). History of Hockey in Fredericton: Part Three - 1970-1981. Fredericton: Author. pp. 194–5. ISBN 9781553961307.
  7. ^ "Grant Harvey Centre". Fredericton Tourism. 2016-06-13. Retrieved 2019-04-26.


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