Division Sid Rowe | General manager Dave Marston Date founded 1964 | |
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Home arena Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre Colors Burgundy, black, and white Arena Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre Color Burgundy, black, and white | ||
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The Strait Pirates are a Canadian Junior B hockey team from Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia. The Pirates play the at Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre and are a member of the Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League.
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- Strait pirates defeat bulldogs 4 2
- Strait pirates highlights goals fights saves oct 4 2013
- History
- NHL alumni
- References
The Pirates are the longest countiously running Junior B franchise in Canada.
Strait pirates highlights goals fights saves oct 4 2013
History
In 1964 a group headed by Tiger Mackie got together to form a junior hockey club in Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia, in an attempt to create a tenant for the new Port Hawkesbury Arena, which began construction in 1963. The team was dubbed the Strait Pirates, and were excepted into the Cape Breton Junior Hockey League (CBJHL) the following year.
For the 1966-67 season the Pirates actively recruited players from across Atlantic Canada and Quebec. The increased strength of the team led to them being kicked out of the CBJHL due to other teams being unable to compete.
In 1992 the Northcumberland Junior B Hockey League folded and the Pirates joined the Mainland Junior B Hockey League, who subsequently changed their name to the Nova Scotia Junior B Hockey League (NSJHL).
In 1998 the Pirates officially shortened their name from the Port Hawkesbury Strait Pirates to just simply the Strait Pirates.