Truro Bearcats (senior)
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The Truro Bearcats were a Canadian
Senior
ice hockey
team from Truro
, Nova Scotia
. The Bearcats were 1998 Allan Cup
Canadian National champions of Senior hockey.
.
The Bearcats started off the 1997-98 season by announcing that the team would cease operation to help make away for the upstart Truro Bearcats
Junior "A" team after twelve years of operation. For their final year, the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association
awarded them the right to host the 1998 Allan Cup
.
In the first game of the Allan Cup, the Bearcats beat the Powell River Regals
5-1. In their second game, they tied the Ile des Chenes North Stars 1-1. They closed out the round robin with a 5-3 win over the London Admirals
. The victory allowed them to finish first in the round robin and advance directly to the Allan Cup final. In front of a hometown crowd, the Bearcats again faced London, beating them soundly 6-1 to win their only ever Allan Cup. This would be the last game ever played by the Bearcats.
The Truro Bearcats were a Canadian
Canada
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Senior
Senior ice hockey
Senior hockey refers to amateur or semi-professional ice hockey competition for players too old to play junior ice hockey. The top senior amateur teams in Canadian leagues compete annually for the Allan Cup....
ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
team from Truro
Truro
Truro is a city and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The city is the centre for administration, leisure and retail in Cornwall, with a population recorded in the 2001 census of 17,431. Truro urban statistical area, which includes parts of surrounding parishes, has a 2001 census...
, Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...
. The Bearcats were 1998 Allan Cup
1998 Allan Cup
The 1998 Allan Cup was the Canadian national senior ice hockey championship for the 1997-98 Senior "AAA" season. The event was hosted by the Truro Bearcats in Truro, Nova Scotia...
Canadian National champions of Senior hockey.
History
In 1998, the Truro Bearcats became only the second team from Nova Scotia to win the Allan CupAllan Cup
The Allan Cup is the trophy awarded annually to the national senior amateur men’s ice hockey champions of Canada. It has been competed for since 1909. The current champion is the Clarenville Caribous hockey club of Newfoundland and Labrador.-History:...
.
The Bearcats started off the 1997-98 season by announcing that the team would cease operation to help make away for the upstart Truro Bearcats
Truro Bearcats
The Truro Bearcats are a Junior "A" team based out of Truro, Nova Scotia. The Bearcats are one of six Nova Scotian teams in the Maritime Junior A Hockey League.-History:The Truro Bearcats were formed in 1997 as a member of the Maritime Jr A Hockey League...
Junior "A" team after twelve years of operation. For their final year, the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association
Canadian Amateur Hockey Association
The Canadian Amateur Hockey Association was the national governing body of amateur ice hockey play in Canada from 1914 until 1994 when it merged with the Canadian Hockey Association or Hockey Canada....
awarded them the right to host the 1998 Allan Cup
1998 Allan Cup
The 1998 Allan Cup was the Canadian national senior ice hockey championship for the 1997-98 Senior "AAA" season. The event was hosted by the Truro Bearcats in Truro, Nova Scotia...
.
In the first game of the Allan Cup, the Bearcats beat the Powell River Regals
Powell River Regals
The Powell River Regals are a Canadian Senior ice hockey team from Powell River, British Columbia. The Regals play an independent schedule under the supervision of BC Hockey. The Regals are 3-time Allan Cup National Champions, 1-time Allan Cup National Finalists, and 1-time Hardy Cup National...
5-1. In their second game, they tied the Ile des Chenes North Stars 1-1. They closed out the round robin with a 5-3 win over the London Admirals
London Admirals
The London Admirals were a Canadian Senior ice hockey team from London, Ontario. The Admirals were one-time national Allan Cup finalists.-History:The London Admirals were a short lived Senior hockey team in Southwestern Ontario...
. The victory allowed them to finish first in the round robin and advance directly to the Allan Cup final. In front of a hometown crowd, the Bearcats again faced London, beating them soundly 6-1 to win their only ever Allan Cup. This would be the last game ever played by the Bearcats.