History
The team's founder & general manager is Jehad Assaff. The assistant general manager is Dave Muise. The Head Coach is Eddie Young.
The Clippers are run by management and coaching staff with direction from their 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.
In 2010-11, 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.
Fans witnessed more history in 2011-12, as the Clippers became the first team in league history to go undefeated in the regular season (28-0). The Chester squad went 11-1 in the playoffs to win their first provincial championship and then went on to win the Maritime-Hockey North Junior C Championships.
Read more about this topic: Chester Clippers Jr. Hockey Club
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