The Surrey Eagles are a

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team based in

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, Canada. They are members of the Coastal Division of the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL). They play their home games at South Surrey Arena.

History

New Westminster Royals

New Westminster New Westminster (colloquially known as New West) is a city in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia, Canada, and a member municipality of the Metro Vancouver Regional District. It was founded by Major-General Richard Moody as the cap ...

was home to several professional ice hockey teams, all named the

New Westminster Royals The New Westminster Royals was the name of several professional ice hockey teams based in New Westminster, British Columbia, first established in 1911 for the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA). Though nominally based in New Westminster, ...

, in the 1910s, 1940s, and 1950s. In 1962, a New Westminster Royals

team joined the Pacific Coast Junior Hockey League (PCJHL). After the Royals won five straight league championships, the PCJHL merged with the British Columbia Junior Hockey League (BCJHL) in 1967. They were

Abbott Cup The Abbott Memorial Cup, commonly referred to as the Abbott Cup, was awarded annually from 1919 through 1999 to the Junior "A" ice hockey Champion for Western Canada. The Cup was named after Captain E.L. (Hick) Abbott who was a noted hockey ...

finalists in 1967 during the 1967 Memorial Cup playdowns. In 1971, the now Junior A Royals franchise went dormant when the

major junior Junior ice hockey is amateur-level ice hockey for 16 to 20 year-old players. National List of members of the International Ice Hockey Federation, Junior teams compete annually for the IIHF World Junior Championship. The United States men's nationa ...

Western Canada Hockey League's Estevan franchise relocated and became the

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. In 1981 the Bruins left New Westminster, and the Royals were reactivated for two seasons. In 1983, a different major junior Bruins' team relocated from

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to New Westminster, and the Royals again went dormant. In 1988, the Bruins left, and the Royals were reactivated. The Royals won the 1989–90 Fred Page Cup as BCHL playoff champions. Future NHL star Cliff Ronning was a notable early 1980s Royals' squad member. Future convicted fraudster Frank Biller played for the Royals from 1988 to 1990.

Surrey

In 1991, the New Westminster Royals relocated to

. The Eagles did not make it past the quarterfinals in the playoffs for the first four seasons in South Surrey. In 1997, their fifth season, the Eagles finished with a record of 47–7–6 for 100 points and won the BCHL championship by defeating the

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in the Subway Cup. The Eagles beat the Rocky Mountain Junior Hockey League champions Cranbrook Colts and the

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of the

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to earn a berth in the Royal Bank Cup. In the tournament, held in

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, the Eagles went 3–1 in the round-robin and beat the Kanata Valley Lasers 4–2 in the semifinal before losing to the host

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4–3 in the championship game. In the following 1997–98 season, the South Surrey Eagles won the Royal Bank Cup with the tournament held in

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, defeating the Weyburn Red Wings 4–1 in the final. The Eagles' following seasons also were successful, losing the league title to eventual Royal Bank Cup winner

in 1999, then twice losing in the league semifinal, and winning the league title in 2005 over the

four games to one. In the 2005 Doyle Cup series, they lost to Camrose Kodiaks four games to one. In 2012–13, the Eagles won the

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championship by defeating the Penticton Vees in six games. They then won the inaugural Western Canada Cup with a 4–2 win over the

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in the championship game. At the Royal Bank Cup, the Surrey Eagles went 3–1 in the round-robin to finish in second place but lost to the host

in overtime in the semifinal game.fred page cup On May 26 2024 the Surrey Eagles vs Penticton Vees 3 - 1 win after 2013 the eagles have now won the Fred page cup beating the Penticton Vees

Season-by-season record

''Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes''

NHL alumni

Awards and trophies

Royal Bank Cup * 1998 Western Canada Cup * 2013

* 1998 * 1997 * 1990 Doyle Cup * 1998 * 1997 * 1990

Mowat Cup The Mowat Cup was donated to the British Columbia Amateur Hockey Association by John Mowat in 1927. Since 2024, it is awarded to the championship team from the British Columbia Hockey Conference (BCHC). The BCHC is made up of the Kootenay Interna ...

* 2005 * 1998 * 1997 * 1990 Fred Page Cup * 2024 * 2013 * 2005 * 1998 * 1997 * 1990 Cliff McNabb Memorial Trophy * 2013 * 2005 * 1998 * 1997 * 1990 * 1989 * 1982 Ron Boileau Memorial Trophy * 2024 * 2013 Chevrolet Cup * 1997 * 1990 * 1989 Top Goaltender Trophy * Michael Santaguida: 2013 * Bob Bell: 1991 *Cory Cadden: 1990

Brett Hull Brett Andrew Hull (born August 9, 1964) is a Canadians, Canadian–Americans, American former ice hockey player and general manager, and currently an executive vice president of the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League (NHL). He played f ...

Trophy *John McNabb: 1999 *Shane Kuss: 1997 *Mark Karpen: 1990 * Jeff McLean: 1989 Wally Forslund Memorial Trophy *Peter Wishloff/Chris Peck: 1997 * Bob Bell/ Todd Jones: 1991 *Cory Cadden/ Todd Jones: 1990 Joe Tennant Memorial Trophy *Mark Holick: 1999 * Rick Lanz: 1997 * Pat Smith: 1993 *Harvey Smyl: 1991 * John Olver: 1990 Bob Fenton Trophy *Scott Knowles: 2008 *Shane Kuss: 1997 Top Defenceman Trophy * Brian Drapluk : 2014 * Devon Toews : 2013 * Nathan Oystrick: 2002 *Jacob Ficenec: 1998 *Derry Menard: 1991 Vern Dye Memorial Trophy *John McNabb: 1999 *Greg Hadden: 1991 * Jeff McLean: 1989 Bruce Allison Memorial Trophy *

Scott Gomez Scott Carlos Gomez (born December 23, 1979) is an American professional ice hockey coach and former player. He was the assistant coach for the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League (NHL). Gomez had previously played in the NHL with t ...

: 1997

References

External links

Official website of the Surrey Eagles

Official website of the BCHL
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