Northeast Eagles
| Tappers Northeast Senior Eagles | |
|---|---|
| City | Torbay, Newfoundland and Labrador |
| League | Avalon East Senior Hockey League |
| Operated | 2008 |
| Home arena | Jack Byrne Arena |
| Colours | Black, Gold, and White |
| General manager | Joe Maynard |
| Head coach | Darryl Banfield |
The Northeast Senior Eagles are a senior ice hockey team based in Torbay, Newfoundland and Labrador as part of the Avalon East Senior Hockey League. They have been a member of the Avalon East Senior Hockey league since its inception in 1967. They currently play out of the Jack Byrne Arena in Torbay, Newfoundland. Their home games are Friday nights at 8:00pm.
The 2015–16 version of the Northeast Eagles will looks a little different than the one that lost to the Southern Shore in game 7 to end the 2015 season. The Eagles lost 14 players following last season. Their biggest losses are the league's leading scorer and third-leading scorer as both Reid brothers, Kevin and Mason, are heading to join the Clarenville Caribous of the Provincial Senior League. The addition of the Conception Bay Ceebees saw the Eagles lose netminder Bronson Dawe, forward Dan Sparkes, and the rights to Tommy Snow and rearguard Fred Earle. Kory Waterman was traded to the Bell Island Blues in exchange for a 3rd pick in the first draft this season. Also not returning are Brock Hopkins, Mitch Flynn, Matthew Horan, Matthew Oates, Matthew Power, Brad Sheppard, and Brad Yetman. Yetman will join assistant Darryl Banfield as the new head coach of the Eagles.
There will be some new faces joining the Eagles this season. The Eagles made a trade with the Bell Island Blues for the 3rd overall pick in the October draft and used it to select former Ceebee Chris Sparkes. Sparkes made a living in the goalmouth as a member of the Ceebees and most recently the Grand Falls Cataracts, and will be expected to help fill the void of Mason Reid. Local defensive stalwart Jeremy Kavanagh has left the Clarenville Caribous to join the Eagles. Kavanagh is a former Herder champ with the Bous and is known to be one of the best defensive defenseman in Newfoundland. Former St. Mary's grad and Halifax Moosehead Andrew White has also decided to leave the Gander Flyers of the provincial league to join the Eagles. White, a gifted sniper, will add some scoring punch to a team losing two of its top three scorers from last year. Also returning to the Avalon East league is former St. John's Maple leaf and Belleville Bull, Mark Chaplin. Chaplin a veteran leader in senior hockey has won several herders and has a knack to score big goals in big games. Former St. John's Fog Devil Chris Thorne is also returning to the Eagles after a one-year hiatus. Thorne, a big two way center will also add some offense and leadership. Former Clarenville Caribou Mitch Bragg was also obtained via a trade with the Bell Island Blues. Bragg will also provide some offense to an already well balanced group of forwards. Hard nosed power forward Tyler Walshe will also be back this year after moving to Alberta for a year. Walsh a fan favorite at the Jack Byrne, causes nightmares for opposing defenseman. Replacing goaltender Bronson Dawe is former Jr. Celtic Billy Dawe. Also graduating from Jr. are defenseman Matt Walsh and forward Chris Blackwood. Walsh logged heavy minutes for the Jr. Celtics, and Blackwood wreaked havoc on Jr. goaltenders scoring 28 goals in the 2013-14 season. Also returning after a two-year break is defenseman Cory Sturge and forward Shawn Roberts. ** Sean Wadden joined the Eagles after xmas after leaving the Gander Flyers. Wadden, a high scoring winger will bolster the Eagles offence in the second half of the season. Goalie Matthew Power also rejoined the Eagles after xmas after taking last year off.
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