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Cumberland Bandits
Cumberland Bandits
City: Orleans, Ontario, Canada
League: National Capital Junior Hockey League
Founded: 2008
Home Arena: Ray Friel Recreation Complex
General Manager: Dale Murdoch 2017-18
Head Coach: Dale Murdoch 2017-18

The Cumberland Bandits are a Canadian Junior ice hockey team based in Cumberland, Ontario, Canada. They play in the National Capital Junior Hockey League.

History[]

In 2008, the ownership of the Casselman Stars and the town of Casselman were awarded a franchise within the Eastern Ontario Junior B Hockey League. As a result, they sold their interests in the Casselman Stars to Claude Pothier from Navan. As of 2008, the team will be known as the Cumberland Bandits and will play their home game out of Ray Friel in Orleans. In 2010 Claude Pothier sold the franchise to the Bedard family.

The Bandits have grown to include the Junior C team, 9 AAA Spring Hockey Clubs, 1 Richcraft Sensplex league Men's Team as well as a Men's Fastball team in the BMFL. The Bandits Philantropic efforts are unmatched in Junior Hockey. For such a small organisation to raise more that $65k for various charities and families is truly a great feat for the community.

Casselman Stars 1986 - 1998
Casselman-Cambridge Stars 1998 - 2000
Casselman Stars 2000 - 2008
Cumberland Bandits 2008-Present

History[]

Founded in 1986, the Stars won the Cameron Trophy six times as the Ottawa District Hockey Association's top Junior C club. The first time was in 1989, and then again in 1993. In 1997, the Stars set up a dynasty: winning in 1998, 1999, and 2000.

Casselman Stars

The 2004-05 season was great for the Stars. After finishing first in the league with 28 wins in 36 games, the Stars defeated the Rockland Nationals 4-games-to-none in the league semi-final and then their rivals, the Embrun Panthers, 4-games-to-1 to win their sixth crown.

In the 2005-06 season, the Stars again finished in first place with 27 wins in 36 games. In the semi-final they defeated the Saint-Isidore Eagles 4-games-to-1 and then were upset by the Embrun Panthers in the final 4-games-to-3.

After a disappointing 2006-07 season, in which the Stars finished seventh place overall, they were swept 4-games-to-none in the league quarter-final by the East Ottawa Thunder.

In 2007, the Stars ownership attempted to fill the void left in the Eastern Ontario Junior B Hockey League by the Junior "A" expansion of the Kemptville 73's. When the Casselman franchise could not be put together fast enough, the Stars program was suspended for the 2007-08 Eastern Junior C season.

In 2008, the ownership of the Casselman Stars and the town of Casselman were awarded a franchise within the Eastern Ontario Junior B Hockey League. As a result, they sold their interests in the Casselman Stars to Claude Pothier from Navan. As of 2008, the team will be known as the Cumberland Bandits and will play their home game out of Ray Friel in Orleans. The new EOJBHL Casselman Vikings is owned by the previous owners of the Casselman Stars, but the Stars franchise is continues through the Cumberland Bandits.

Season-by-Season Record[]

Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OL = Overtime Losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points

Season GP W L T OTL GF GA Pts Finish Playoffs
2004-05 36 28 6 0 2 181 99 58 1st EOJCHL Won League
2005-06 36 27 7 - 2 194 123 56 1st EOJCHL Lost Final
2006-07 34 14 18 - 2 128 148 30 7th EOJCHL Lost Semi-final
2007-08 Did Not Participate
2008-09 34 21 10 - 3 216 158 45 2nd EOJCHL Lost Semi-final
2009-10 34 19 14 - 1 137 130 39 3rd EOJCHL Lost Quarter-final
2010-11 34 19 12 - 3 146 120 41 3rd NCJHL Lost Semi-final
2011-12 32 21 10 - 1 133 104 43 2nd NCJHL Lost Semi-final
2012-13 34 24 6 - 4 143 101 52 2nd NCJHL Won League
2013-14 32 14 15 - 3 105 122 31 5th NCJHL Lost Quarter-final
2014-15 32 14 12 - 6 132 135 34 6th NCJHL Won Quarter-final - 4-3 - (Cougars)
Lost Semi-final, 0-4 (Panthers)
2015-16 34 17 16 - 1 145 137 35 4th of 5 North
7th of 10 NCJHL
Lost Div Semifinal - 1-4 - (Vikings)
2016-17 32 16 16 - - 144 129 32 6th of 9 NCJHL Lost Quarterfinal - 2-4 - (Rockets)
2017-18 33 20 12 1 - 167 139 41 5th of 12 NCJHL Lost Quarterfinal, 3-4 - (Eagles)

Awards[]

Award Year Player
Best Defenceman 2015 Matt Hamelin
2012 Kentt Coburn
Best Defensive Forward 2014 Remi Leclerc
Playoff MVP 2013 Benoit Harris
Regular Season MVP 2009 Andrew Newell
Most Sportsmanlike Player 2012 Simon Forgues
2011 Benoit Harris
Coach(es) of the Year 2013 Richard Julien & Coaching Staff
2009 Richard Julien
Executive(s) of the Year 2011 Executive Staff
2009 Claude Pothier

Team honours[]

Honor Year
League Champions 2013
Regular Season Champions 2009 (East Division)

External links[]


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