The Clarington Eagles are a Canadian Junior ice hockey team based in Clarington , Ontario , Canada . They play in the Orr Division of the Provincial Junior Hockey League .
7-576: The Eagles were founded in 2011 to leave the gap in their community left by the folding of the Junior A Bowmanville Eagles . 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 Uxbridge, Ontario . The Eagles dropped a 6-4 decision to the Uxbridge Bruins . Their first home game
14-861: 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. The team has been known as the Bowmanville Eagles since 1978. Prior to this they were known as the Bowmanville Red Eagles. The team was a member of the Central Ontario Junior C Hockey League early on. The Eagles won
21-741: The Clarence Schmalz Cup as Ontario Hockey Association Junior "C" Champions in 1981. Past 1987, the Eagles enjoyed 8 straight winning seasons and 4 league championships. After their 3rd straight league title in 1995, the Eagles under the guidance of Mike Laing, the General Manager and eventual owner during the winning years of the 1990s, made the jump to the OPJHL. The team was sold by Mike Laing mid season in 1998 to Peter Neal and Scott Mackie from Whitby, Ontario. From 1995 until 2003,
28-479: The Eagles achieved moderate results, never pushing much further than a barely winning record. Since 2003, the Eagles have put together 4 straight dominant seasons. The Eagles were the picture of consistency over the past eight years, posting six 30+ win seasons and winning the CCHL East Division in 2010. It is being reported that the Eagles will close its doors before the 2010–11 season. In 2011–12,
35-460: The Eagles faced the second seeded Little Britain Merchants . 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 Chiefs took the first game, but the Eagles came back to win the next three straight. Lakefield made
42-759: 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 Clarence Schmalz Cup playoffs. Source: Governor: Nick Dennis Alternate Governor/ Head Trainer: Craig Wilcox General Manager/ Head Coach: Dean Baumhauer Assistant General Manager: Craig Wilcox Assistant Coach: Dave Fairey Assistant Coach: Jamie Showers Assistant Coach: Neil Taylor Goalie Coach: Dan Wilcox Bowmanville Eagles The Bowmanville Eagles were
49-537: 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 Eagles' first season back in Junior C ended with a winning 19-18-3 record. In their first playoffs, the Eagles first met the Uxbridge Bruins in the quarter-finals. The Eagles swept the best-of-5 series 3-games-to-none. In the semi-finals,
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