The Clarington Eagles are a

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team based in

Clarington Clarington (2021 population 101,427) is a lower-tier municipality in the Regional Municipality of Durham in Ontario, Canada. It was incorporated in 1973 as the town of Newcastle with the merging of the town of Bowmanville, the Village of Newcastl ...

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. They play in the Orr Division of the

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History

The Eagles were founded in 2011 to leave the gap in their community left by the folding of the Junior A

Bowmanville Eagles The Bowmanville Eagles were a Junior "A" ice hockey team from Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada. They were a part of the Central Canadian Hockey League. The Eagles left the OHA in 2010 when they merged with the Cobourg Cougars and left Bowmanville. ...

. Bowmanville originated in Junior C from 1968 until 1995 and was promoted to Junior A. The team folded in 2010. The Eagles played their first game on September 23, 2011 in

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. The Eagles dropped a 6-4 decision to the

Uxbridge Bruins The Uxbridge Bruins are a Junior ice hockey team based in Uxbridge, Ontario, Canada. They play in thePJHL Provincial Junior Hockey League History The Uxbridge Bruins joined the Central Ontario Junior C Hockey League in 1975. The Bruins entered ...

. Their first home game was on September 25, 2011, a 6-3 loss to the Bruins. On October 2, 2011, the Eagles won their first game, at home, 3-2 against the

Little Britain Merchants The Little Britain Merchants are a junior C ice hockey team based in Little Britain, Ontario, Canada. They played in the Central Ontario Junior C Hockey League of the Ontario Hockey Association until the 2016–17 season when the league became ...

. The Eagles' first season back in Junior C ended with a winning 19-18-3 record. In their first playoffs, the Eagles first met the

in the quarter-finals. The Eagles swept the best-of-5 series 3-games-to-none. In the semi-finals, the Eagles faced the second seeded

. Clarington came back from a 3-games-to-2 deficit to win the series in seven games, the winning goal scored with 16.8 seconds left in the third period of game seven. In the finals, the Eagles faced the first place

Lakefield Chiefs The Lakefield Chiefs are a Canadian Junior ice hockey team based in Lakefield, Ontario, Canada. They played in the Central Ontario Junior C Hockey League of the Ontario Hockey Association until the 2016-17 season when this league became the Orr ...

. The Chiefs took the first game, but the Eagles came back to win the next three straight. Lakefield made the series interesting by winning game five, but the Ealges smoked the Chiefs 8-1 in game six to take the series and win their first league championship and the Cougar Cup and berth into the

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playoffs.

2022-23 Team Staff

Governor: Nick Dennis Alternate Governor: Craig Wilcox General Manager: Dean Baumhauer Assistant General Manager: Craig Wilcox Head Coach: Dean Baumhauer Assistant Coach: Dave Fairey Assistant Coach: Jamie Showers Assistant Coach: Neil Taylor Goalie Coach: Dan Wilcox Trainer: Craig Wilcox

Season-by-season standings

Championship Playoffs 2022

Clarence Schmalz Cup Championships

References

External links

Eagles webpage
* OHA - PJHL *http://www.jrceagles.pointstreaksites.com/view/jrceagles/about-us/staff {{OHA-C Ice hockey teams in Ontario Clarington 2011 establishments in Ontario Ice hockey clubs established in 2011