Stephenville Jets
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| Stephenville Jets | |
|---|---|
| City | Stephenville, NL |
| League | Newfoundland Senior Hockey League, West Coast Senior Hockey League |
| Founded | 1975 |
| Operated | 1975–1989, 2000-2002, 2017-Present. |
| Home arena | Stephenville Gardens, 1975-1989; Stephenvile Dome, 2000-Present |
| Colours | Blue, white |
The Stephenville Jets are a senior ice hockey team based in Stephenville, Newfoundland and Labrador and part of the Newfoundland Senior Hockey League.
The Jets hockey club was founded as the Stephenville Monarchs in 1975. The Monarchs joined the Newfoundland Senior Hockey League (NSHL) for the 1975-76 season. The team changed their name before following season to the Stephenville Jets
Hector Caines was the first coach for the Monarchs who debuted in Corner Brook on November 15. 1975 losing 8-4 to the hometown Royals. The club made their debut at their home rink, the Stephenville Gardens, on November 16. At the end of their inaugural season, the Monarchs finished in last place with 8 points. Beginning with the 1982-83 season, the Jets won four straight Evening Telegram Trophies for finishing first place in the regular season.
The Jets were back-to-back winners of the Herder Memorial Trophy in 1983 and 1984 as all-Newfoundland senior hockey champions.
The Stephenville Jets were deeply in debt after the 1988-89 season and folded prior to the next season.
Seasons and records
Season-by-season results
| Led league in points† | Herder Trophy champions‡ |
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, DNQ = Did not qualify
NSHL = Newfoundland Senior Hockey League
| Season | League | Regular season | Postseason | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS | Finish | GP | W | L | GF | GA | Result | ||||||
| 1975-76 | NSHL | 20 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 76 | 149 | 8 | 4th | ||||||||||
| 1976-77 | NSHL | 32 | 10 | 21 | 1 | 134 | 239 | 21 | 4th, West | ||||||||||
| 1977-78 | NSHL | 32 | 11 | 20 | 1 | 158 | 217 | 23 | 5th, West | ||||||||||
| 1978-79 | NSHL | 30 | 4 | 23 | 3 | 132 | 266 | 11 | 6th | ||||||||||
| 1979-80 | NSHL | 34 | 8 | 25 | 1 | 124 | 225 | 17 | 7th | ||||||||||
| 1980-81 | Did not enter | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1981-82 | NSHL | 28 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 144 | 145 | 32 | 3rd | ||||||||||
| 1982-83 | NSHL | 32 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 227 | 106 | 51† | 1st | 10 | 7 | 3 | 45 | 24 | Won Herder Memorial Trophy vs. Grand Falls Cataracts, 4-3‡ | ||||
| 1983-84 | NSHL | 39 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 209 | 169 | 49† | 1st | 8 | 7 | 1 | 58 | 30 | Won Herder Memorial Trophy vs. Corner Brook Royals, ‡ | ||||
| 1984-85 | NSHL | 36 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 260 | 139 | 58† | 1st | ||||||||||
| 1985-86 | NSHL | 41 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 269 | 175 | 65† | 1st | ||||||||||
| 1986-87 | NSHL | 44 | 25 | 16 | 3 | 251 | 209 | 53 | 2nd | ||||||||||
| 1987-88 | NSHL | 48 | 26 | 19 | 3 | 307 | 247 | 55 | 3rd | ||||||||||
| 1988-89 | NSHL | 47 | 13 | 31 | 3 | 181 | 284 | 21.75 | 4th | ||||||||||
Allan Cup Results
Leaders
Team captains
Head coaches
- Hector Caines, 1975-76
- Mike Power, 1979-80
- Don Howse, 1981-82 to 1986-87 (playing-coach)
- Brian Abbey, 1986-87
- Kevin-Morrison, 1987-88 to 1988-89 (playing-coach)
- Cal Dunville, 1988-89
- Heber Rideout, 1988-89