Jeff Bes Explained

Height Ft:6
Height In:0
Weight Lb:190
Played For:Laredo Bucks
Hamilton Dukes
Dallas Stars
Guelph Storm
Birth Date:July 31, 1973
Birth Place:Tillsonburg, Ontario, Canada
Draft:58th overall
Draft Year:1992
Draft Team:Minnesota North Stars
Career Start:1993
Career End:2012

Jeff Bes (born July 31, 1973) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey player who played several seasons with the Laredo Bucks. Bes has played for many minor league teams such as the Dayton Bombers, Chicago Wolves, Mississippi Sea Wolves, Orlando Solar Bears, Jacksonville Lizard Kings, SaiPa and several other teams including the Dukes of Hamilton. He also coaches in the SPHL.

Playing career

Junior

Born in Tillsonburg, Ontario, Bes started playing hockey at age 2.[1] He began his junior career in 1990–91, playing for the Dukes of Hamilton of the Ontario Hockey League.[2] He would score 23 goals and 47 assists for 70 points. His time with Hamilton would be short lived as the following season they became the Guelph Storm.[3] He played the 1991–92 season with the new, Storm, and finish with 40 goals and 62 assists for 102 points. He spent the 1992-93 campaign with the Storm again, scoring 48 goals and 67 assists.[2]

Professional

Bes was selected by the Minnesota North Stars in the third round of the 1992 NHL Entry Draft, 58th overall. He would never see regular season action, but was considered a top prospect in the National Hockey League at the time.

Bes spent the next 11 years going back and forth between leagues, such as the International Hockey League, the East Coast Hockey League and the American Hockey League. In 2003, he signed with the Laredo Bucks of the Central Hockey League (CHL). Bes is the Bucks all-time leader in goals, assists, and points a two-time MVP of the CHL.[4] In 2007 Bes took on the responsibilities of being a player and assistant coach with the bucks.[5]

International

Bes was selected for the 1993 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships in Sweden,[6] where he played on a line with Paul Kariya. He won a gold medal with Team Canada.

Coaching career

In August 2011, Bes was hired as the head coach of the Mississippi Surge of the Southern Professional Hockey League. Following the Surge folding in May 2014, Bes was hired to coach the Fayetteville FireAntz in 2015. After two seasons with Fayetteville, Bes left the team to be closer to his family in Biloxi, Mississippi,[7] but then took the head coaching job with the Pensacola Ice Flyers for the 2017–18 season.[8] [9] In 2019, he was hired as the SPHL's Evansville Thunderbolts head coach.[10]

Career statistics

  Regular season Playoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGPGAPtsPIMGPGAPtsPIM
1990–91Dukes of HamiltonOHL66 23 47 70 534 1 4 5 4
1991–92Guelph StormOHL62 40 62 102 123
1992–93Guelph StormOHL59 48 67 115 1285 3 5 8 4
1992–92Kalamazoo WingsIHL3 1 3 4 6
1993–94Kalamazoo WingsIHL30 2 12 14 30
1994–95Kalamazoo WingsIHL52 8 17 25 47
1995–96Springfield FalconsAHL57 20 23 43 779 3 4 7 13
1996–97SaiPaLiiga40 10 12 22 146
1997–98Chicago WolvesIHL24 3 5 8 20
1997–98Orlando Solar BearsIHL15 1 2 3 82 0 0 0 5
1998–99Kassel HuskiesDEL6 0 0 0 6
1999–00Jacksonville Lizard KingsECHL28 12 24 36 27
1999–00Espoo BluesLiiga6 0 0 0 12
1999–00Orlando Solar BearsIHL1 0 0 0 0
2000–01Pensacola Ice PilotsECHL48 24 44 68 69
2000–01Jackson BanditsECHL20 11 21 32 345 1 3 4 10
2001–02Mississippi Sea WolvesECHL23 9 19 28 62
2001–02Augusta LynxECHL24 5 21 26 40
2001–02Greensboro GeneralsECHL20 4 19 23 22
2002–03Jackson BanditsECHL63 23 39 62 1151 0 0 0 4
2003–04Laredo BucksCHL64 39 78 117 11116 4 14 18 37
2004–05Laredo BucksCHL60 26 45 71 7615 8 6 14 26
2005–06Laredo BucksCHL56 27 61 88 7215 11 20 31 26
2006–07Laredo BucksCHL51 28 40 68 7621 16 8 24 24
2007–08Laredo BucksCHL64 46 60 106 7211 3 9 12 14
2008–09Laredo BucksCHL39 14 46 60 52
2009–10Laredo BucksCHL64 19 56 75 427 0 5 5 6
2010–11Laredo BucksCHL60 20 35 55 44
AHL totals5720234377934713
ECHL totals22688187275369613414

Notes and References

  1. Web site: New Thunderbolts coach Jeff Bes eager to turn struggling franchise around . Courier & Press. 2022-06-07.
  2. Web site: Jeff Bes' player profile . Hockey DB.com. 2010-04-30.
  3. Web site: Guelph Storm Hockey Club . Guelph Storm.com . 2010-04-30 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110614061551/http://www.guelphstorm.com/page/tab/id/1248 . 2011-06-14 .
  4. Web site: Jeff Bes- Player/Assistant Coach . Laredo Bucks.net . 2010-04-30 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101013153934/http://main.laredobucks.net/lockerroom/coachingstaff/jeffbesplayer_assistantcoach.html . 2010-10-13 .
  5. Web site: Bucks Sign All-Time Leading Scorer . Central Hockey League.com . 2010-04-30 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100918171026/http://centralhockeyleague.com/pressroom/news/index.html?article_id=1596 . 2010-09-18 .
  6. Web site: Bucks' Jeff Bes Interviewed on CBC . Big D Hockey.com. 2010-01-06 . Ben Ellis . 2010-04-30.
  7. Web site: Bes opts not to return to coach Marksmen . SPHL . June 13, 2017.
  8. Web site: Ice Flyers hire Jeff Bes to fill head coach position . SPHL . July 6, 2017.
  9. Web site: Ice Flyers Announce Coach Bes Will Not Return Next Season . . May 29, 2018.
  10. Web site: Jeff Bes to Lead Evansville Thunderbolts as New Head Coach . OurSports Central . May 30, 2019.
  11. Web site: SPHL Southern Professional Hockey League | Fayetteville's Mark DeSantis Named Easton Coach of the Year | Pointstreak Sites . 2013-07-09 . 2015-03-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150320033403/http://www.thesphl.com/view/thesphl/news/news_70229 . dead .