Cambridge Bears

Cambridge Bears
City Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
League Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League
(2014–2015)
Founded 2014
Operated 2014–present
Home arena Cambridge Sports Park
Colours               
Owner(s) Cornerstone Sports Group
Head coach Ray Baumgaertner
Captain Mackenzie Scott
Franchise history
A- Daiken Salsman
A- Thomas McKinnon

The Cambridge Bears are a junior ice hockey team based in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada. The team was a member of the Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League during the 2014–15 season however they were pulled from the league by their owners. It is unclear whether the Bears will return or be relocated. The club was founded in 2014 played their home games out of the Cambridge Sports Park.

History

In July 2014 it was announced that Cornerstone Sports Group had been granted a franchise in the Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League (GMHL) for their Cambridge Bears team.[1] The Bears will play the 2014–15 season out of the Cambridge Sports Park.[1] The Bears finished their debut regular season in twenty-second place overall and fifth in the South Division of the South Conference.[2][3] All clubs advanced to the 2014–15 Russell Cup playoffs with the Bears being drawn against the North York Renegades in Round One of the sudden death Elimination Qualifiers.[3] The Bears defeated the Renegades 3–2 and advanced to Round Two of the Elimination Qualifiers.[3] The team was defeated by the Toronto Predators 5–3 in their sudden death game of Round Two, ending their playoff run.[3] It June 2015 the Bears, along with Cornerstone's other franchise Halton Ravens, signed a partnership deal with the Federal Hockey League (FHL). The deal allows players from both teams to receive professional call-ups from any of the six teams in the FHL.[4] A month later it was announced that Cornerstone Sports Group had withdrawn the Bears from the GMHL prior to the start of the 2015–16 season due to business reasons including ice time and the lack of quality of the team. The team was replaced in the market by four of Cornerstone's Griffins minor hockey teams which compete in the Ontario Rep Hockey League. The future of the Bears is under discussion with it yet to be announced whether they will be sold or relocated.[5]

Season by season results

Season GP W L OTL PTS GF GA Finish Playoffs
2014–15 42 8 33 1 17 121 273 5th, South (21st overall) Lost in Round Two of South Elimination Qualifier, 3–5 (Toronto Predators)

Personnel

Head coaches

  • Ray Baumgaertner, 2014–15[6]
Scoring
NUM NAME GP G A PTS PPG SHG GWG PIM
91 Salsman, Daiken "A" 39 35 15 50 10 2 1 64
88 [7] Scott, Mackenzie "C" 42 11 32 43 4 0 1 157
5 Silva, Patrick 41 12 17 29 4 0 2 87
77 Pudsey, Zachary 29 13 13 26 3 0 0 60
24 Dezainde, Cole 41 8 16 24 1 0 0 30
13 Boehmer, Nicholas 41 4 16 20 3 0 1 58
16 [8] McKinnon, Thomas "A" 41 3 13 16 2 0 0 140
27 Gibson, Kurt 41 3 13 16 1 0 0 14
55 Liverance, Tyson 23 1 15 16 0 0 0 12
57 Ingalls, Chad[9] 21 3 11 14 2 0 1 79
7 Malatches, Cole 35 2 12 14 1 0 0 88
11 Tucci, Greg 19 8 5 13 2 0 0 10
21 Overton, Ryan 19 6 4 10 1 0 0 10
9 Kolenko, Sam 41 4 4 8 1 1 0 24
37 Pudsey, Will 24 2 5 7 1 0 0 71
47 Barnes, Michael 10 2 5 7 0 0 0 43
19 Marson, Shawn 40 0 2 2 0 0 0 10
20 [10] Best, Andrew 41 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
29 Hill, Luke 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
51 Miller, Tyler 15 0 1 1 0 0 0 10
X Little, Garret 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
X McMillan, Martin 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 15
1 [11] Lehmann, AJ 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 Davidson, William 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
62 Moulton, Cameron 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
67 Lillis, Jonah 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goaltending
NUM NAME GGP GMINS W L T SA GA SVS GAA SPCT SO
20 Best, Andrew 33 1696 7 20 0 1207 152 1055 5.38 0.874 1
1 [11] Lehmann, AJ 17 799 1 13 0 585 100 485 7.51 0.829 0
33 Davidson, William 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.000 0
29 Hill, Luke 2 68 0 0 0 60 13 47 11.47 0.783 0

References

  1. 1 2 Hetherman, Mark (2014-07-06). "Cambridge Bears are a new franchise in the GMHL this season". Cambridge Advocate. Retrieved 2015-10-04.
  2. ↑ "2014-2015 League Standings". Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League. Retrieved 2015-09-16.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "2014-15 Russell Cup Playoffs". Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League. 2015-01-21. Archived from the original on 2015-09-16. Retrieved 2015-09-16.
  4. ↑ "Ravens/Bears Affiliate to FHL". Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League. 2015-06-05. Archived from the original on 2015-10-04. Retrieved 2015-10-04.
  5. ↑ Doucet, Bill (2015-07-22). "Business decision drives GMHL’s Bears out of Cambridge". Cambridge Times. Archived from the original on 2015-10-04. Retrieved 2015-10-04.
  6. ↑ "Cambridge Bears - 2014-2015 GMHL". Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League. Archived from the original on 2015-10-13. Retrieved 2015-10-13.
  7. ↑ "Mackenzie Scott". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 2015-10-22.
  8. ↑ "Thomas McKinnon". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 2015-10-22.
  9. ↑ "Chad Ingalls". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 2015-10-22.
  10. ↑ "Andrew Best". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 2015-10-22.
  11. 1 2 "AJ Lehmann". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 2015-10-22.
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