This is the 2023-24 Beausejour Senior Hockey League season. The league started play with the 2019-20 playing season. The league is in the footprint of the former North East Senior Hockey League which played from 2010 to 2018.
Membership Changes[]
- On May 1, 2023 the league announced that at their Annual General Meeting the league voted to add the Grand Lake Sturgeons. However, they are not listed on the league website by the time the schedule is posted in August. The team would end up joining the Southern Senior Hockey League instead.
- The Cap-Pele Pecheur who took the 2022-23 season off due to a lack of available ice time at the Cap-Pelé Arena do not return for the 2023-24 season.
- On June 9, 2024 the Springhill Coal Miners announced that the franchise would be relocating to Amherst, Nova Scotia for the 2024-25 season.[1] The team will be based out of Amherst Stadium. When the league schedule was released the team was announced as being named the Amherst Ducks.
- On July 16, 2024 the league issued a release stating that the league was adding a new team in the Acadian Peninsula region which would be formed out of the merger of the Shippagan Marchands and the Tracadie Alpines.[2] The team would be named the Péninsule Acadienne Corsaires and would be based out of the arenas that the two teams used before the merger, Centre Réal-Cormier and Arena du Complexe Rev. SA Dionne.
- On July 17, 2024 the River Valley Lumberjacks announced that the team is folding for the 2024-25 season.[3]
Teams[]
| Team | Centre | Arena | Tenure |
| Bouctouche JCs | Bouctouche, New Brunswick | JK Irving Centre | 2019-present |
| Dalhousie Marauders | Dalhousie, New Brunswick | Inch Arran Arena | 2022-present |
| Elsipogtog Hawks | Richibucto, New Brunswick | Kent North Imperial Centre | 2019-present |
| Miramichi Northmen | Miramichi, New Brunswick | Miramichi Civic Centre | 2022-present |
| River Valley Lumberjacks | Doaktown, New Brunswick | Prospect Place | 2022-present |
| Shippagan Marchands | Shippegan Parish, New Brunswick | Centre Réal-Cormier | 2022-present |
| Springhill Coal Miners | Springhill, Nova Scotia | Dr. Carson & Marion Murray Community Centre | 2022-present |
| Tracadie Alpines | Tracadie Regional Municipality, New Brunswick | Arena du Complexe Rev. SA Dionne | 2022-present |
Standings[]
| Team | GP | W | L | OL | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dalhousie Marauders | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 116 | 53 | 25 |
| Tracadie Alpines | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 82 | 89 | 22 |
| River Valley Lumberjacks | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 105 | 68 | 22 |
| Miramichi Northmen | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 73 | 77 | 21 |
| Springhill Coal Miners | 18 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 82 | 92 | 17 |
| Elsipogtog Hawks | 18 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 84 | 99 | 16 |
| Shippagan Marchands | 18 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 79 | 97 | 16 |
| Bouctouche JCs | 18 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 67 | 103 | 15 |
Playoffs[]
Format[]
All teams qualify.
Quarterfinals[]
- Dalhousie Marauders defeated Bouctouche JCs 4 games to 1 (6-0, 2-3, 6-2, 5-2, 8-1)
- Shippagan Marchands defeated 4 games Tracadie Alpines to 3 (2-1, 6-5 (ot), 3-5, 3-4 (ot), 4-2, 2-3 (ot), 3-2 (ot))
- River Valley Lumberjacks defeated Elsipogtog Hawks 4 games to 3 3-2, 0-3, 2-1 (ot), 4-2, 2-4, 1-4, 4-3 (2ot))
- Miramichi Northmen defeated Springhill Coal Miners 4 games to none (4-0, 8-2, 4-3 (ot), 5-3
Semifinals[]
- Dalhousie Marauders defeated Shippagan Marchands 4 games to none (5-1, 4-0, 4-3 (3ot), 5-2)
- River Valley Lumberjacks defeated Miramichi Northmen 4 games to 3 (3-5, 5-1, 4-3 (ot), 1-6, 5-1, 0-6, 4-0)
Final[]
- Dalhousie Marauders defeated River Valley Lumberjacks 4 games to 2 (4-6, 1-4, 4-1, 3-2 (2ot) 7-3, 10-3, 4-2)
References[]
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/SpringhillCoalMiners/posts/pfbid05j3yyQpjgyK7wV8fknEjbZzFEMW3nb5PoLnDhStMSfnq2F4dNy15YZ6XfVFMoo7hl
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/BSHLPodcast/posts/pfbid024HXZHNpDiSVX1dF5By32Tc4n5BTXTSCXJYhDZnBh6J7ANDXXZZWUquzh4u2Mxjuxl
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/rivervalleylumberjacks/posts/pfbid0mAv7Y6PXvXDwvnsjEEwJNscHtjUYRdb5GmFW58A4R7nYELBK1V5bQtTfz6f5GySTl