The Edmundston Blizzard are a junior ice hockey team from

Edmundston Edmundston is a city in Madawaska County, New Brunswick, Canada. On 1 January 2023, Edmundston will expanded, annexing the village of Rivière-Verte and parts of the local service districts of the parish of Saint-Jacques and the parish of Sa ...

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, Canada. They play in the Maritime Junior Hockey League.

History

The Moncton Hawks were

New Brunswick Junior Hockey League The New Brunswick Junior Hockey League (NBJHL) was a Canadian Junior ice hockey league in the province of New Brunswick. The NBJHL was in competition for the Callaghan Cup and Centennial Cup as a Junior A league. History Possibly founded in 1969 ...

Junior A champions in 1981, 1982, and 1983. In 1983, the Moncton Hawks abandoned the faltering

and joined the Metro Valley Junior Hockey League which until then was a

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-based league. In the summer of 2008, the Moncton Beavers moved to neighbouring Dieppe and became the Commandos. The Commandos played host to the 2009

Fred Page Cup The Fred Page Cup is a championship ice hockey trophy, won by a tournament conducted by the Canadian Junior Hockey League. The award is given to the winner of a round-robin and playoff between the Bogart Cup champions of the Central Canada H ...

. The Commandos lost their first game after moving to Dieppe on September 13, 2008 2-1 to the

Yarmouth Mariners The Yarmouth Mariners are a Junior "A" team based in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. They play in the Maritime Junior Hockey League. All home games are played out of the 1,501 seat Mariners Centre. The season usually runs from mid-September to early March ...

. On November 2, 2016 it was announced that Dieppe could not support a Jr. A team and that the franchise would be relocating to the city of Edmundston, New Brunswick for the start of the 2017-18 season. On February 8, 2017 it was announced that they would become the Edmundston Blizzard, beginning at season end. In their first season in Edmundston, the Blizzard won the divisional season championship, finished first overall and won the league playoffs.

Season-by-season record

Fred Page Cup

Eastern Canada Championships
'' MHL - QAAAJHL - CCHL - Host''
Round robin play with 2nd vs 3rd in semi-final to advance against 1st in the finals.

Notable alumni

* Ryan Clowe * Sid Veysey * Don Wheldon

References

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