The Liverpool Privateers are a

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Junior

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team from

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. The Privateers play in the

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. and are the 2006

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Maritime Junior B Champions. They were established as the Bay Ducks, based in

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History

Founded in 2005, as the Bay Ducks, the Privateers have been one of the more dominant teams in the

. In their first season, the Ducks made it all the way to the NSJHL final where they lost to the

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. Due to Newfoundland electing not to send a champion to the 2006

the Ducks were allowed to take the NL seed. Taking full advantage, the Ducks started the tournament with a 5–1 win over the host

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. They then dropped a 1–0 decision to the

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Champion

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. In their final round robin game, the Ducks defeated Antigonish 5–3 to clinch first in the round robin (2–1–0) and a bye directly into the tournament final. The Ducks again met Antigonish in the final and dispatched them 5–3 to win their first and only

. After a 22–8–4 record during the 2010–11 regular season and a second-place finish, the Ducks would win their first ever league playoff championship. At the 2011

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, the Ducks would finish the round robin in third place with a record of two wins, a loss, and a regulation tie. The Ducks defeated the Tri County River Cats of the

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2–1 to open the tournament. In their second game, the Ducks defeated the St. John's Jr. Celtics of the St. John's Junior Hockey League 6–4. On the final day of the round robin, the Ducks played two games, first dropping a 9–6 decision to the

and finished with a 4–3 overtime loss to the host Montague Maniacs. The Ducks met the

again in the tournament semi-final and dropped a 4–3 double overtime decision to them to end any hope of a second

for that season. Prior to the commencement of the 2014–15 season the Bay Ducks relocated to Liverpool, Nova Scotia and re-branded their team name to the Privateers.

Season-by-season record

Don Johnson Cup

Eastern Canada Jr B Championships * Advanced to Don Johnson Cup as a replacement for Newfoundland champion.

External links

Liverpool Privateers Official Site
{{Nova Scotia Sports Ice hockey teams in Nova Scotia 2005 establishments in Nova Scotia Ice hockey clubs established in 2005