- Chester Clippers Jr. Hockey Club
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Chester Clippers 
City Chester, Nova Scotia League Nova Scotia Junior C Hockey League Division Central Founded 2008 Home arena Eleanor Pew Morris Arena Colors
Owner(s) Chester Clippers Jr. Hockey Club Inc. General manager Jehad Assaff Head coach Eddie Young Franchise history 2008-Present Chester Clippers The Chester Clippers are an ice hockey team based in Chester, Nova Scotia, 45 minutes west of Halifax, the capital of Nova Scotia.
The team is currently in its third season in the Nova Scotia Junior C Hockey League.
The team's general manager is Jehad Assaff. The assistant general manager is Dave Muise. The Head Coach is Eddie Young. Ryan Green and Mike Bailey are the assistant coaches.
The Clippers are run by a volunteer management staff with direction from a board of directors.
On September 13, 2008, the team showed that Chester could compete at the Junior C level by playing their first ever exhibition game and beat the Liverpool based South Shore Wild by a score of 4-3. Tyler Arsenault opened up the scoring for Chester at 4:54 in the first period, Kyle Young and Chad Jollimore scored the second and third goal respectively. Bryce Andersen netted the game-winner at 16:28 of the 3rd period. This marked the first ever franchise win for Chester.
The Chester Clippers won the 2009-2010 Ice Dogs Early Bird Pre-season Tournament with a 6-3 win over the Eastern Shore Jr. Mariners in the final game on September 27, 2009.
The Clippers continue to move in the right direction as they set many new league and franchise records in 2010-11. The Chester Clippers set new league regular season records for most goals scored (278) and least goals against (55), while setting a new franchise record for most wins in a season with 28.
Clippers forward Justin Norris broke the league's scoring record by reaching 119 points in 29 games. While, defenseman Jordan Kenny set a new league record for points by a defender with 59 pts in 25 games. Justin Norris was selected as the Nova Scotia Jr. C Hockey League's Most Valuable Player in both the regular season and playoffs. Goaltender Alex Mader won the statistical award for Top Goals-against-average (GAA), posting a league-best 1.93 GAA during the regular season.
The Clippers will return to the Central Division in 2011-12, with Oxford, Fundy and Spryfield. The league will have a balanced, 28-game schedule, however the teams will play within their division in playoffs.
Yearly results
Legend: OTL = Overtime loss, SL = Shootout loss
Season Games Won Lost Tied OTL SL Points Pct % Goals
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againstStanding Playoffs 2008–09 30 7 22 - 1 0 15 0.250 94 212 5th in Central Did not qualify 2009–10 28 22 6 - 0 0 44 0.786 166 79 2nd in Central Lost Semi-final 2010–11 30 28 2 - 0 0 56 0.933 278 55 1st in West, 1st Overall Lost Final 2011–12 11 11 0 - 0 0 22 1.000 112 11 1st in Central N/A External links
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