Spryfield Attack Explained

The Spryfield Attack are a Canadian Junior ice hockey team from Spryfield, Nova Scotia. They compete in the Nova Scotia Regional Junior Hockey League as members of Hockey Nova Scotia and Hockey Canada and are the winners of the 2014 Maritime-Hockey North Junior C Championship.Spryfield Attack for the second time were 2015-16 Nova Scotia Junior C Champions and 'silver medalists' in the 2015-16 Maritime North Junior Hockey Champions in New Brunswick.

History

The Spryfield Silver and Black Attack was founded in 1989 as a Junior Hockey Team based out of Spryfield, Nova Scotia. In their first year, they finished third in the League, and won the Provincial title. The team continued in operation for 1990. In 1991, the team was turned over to Chebucto Minor Hockey, as their owner and founder, Stephen Adams, became an Alderman for the City of Halifax.

In 2010, Stephen Adams and Paul Strople made a presentation to the Nova Scotia Junior C Hockey League to become the newest Junior B franchise in the province. That application was unsuccessful. In 2011, Adams and Strople presented to the NSJCHL, as they sought to become the only Junior C franchise in HRM. The application was approved unanimously by the league.

In their first year of operation, Spryfield finished third overall and set a league record for wins by a new franchise, with 18. For the 2016-17 season the team shortened their name to the Spryfield Attack.

Coaches

Season-by-season record

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, OTL = Overtime Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes

Season GP W L OTL
SOL
Pts GF GA PIM Finish Playoffs
2011-12 28 17 11 0 34 119 111 - 2nd of 4 Central
3 of 8 NSJRCHL
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2012-13 28 18 10 0 36 169 139 - 3 of 9 NSJRCHL Won quarter-finals, 3-0 (Wild)
Lost semi-finals, 1-4 (Ice Dogs)
2013-14 28 23 4 1 47 168 69 1617 1st of 9 NSJRCHL Won semi-finals, 4-0 (Ice Dogs)
Won finals, 4-1 (Rhinos)
NSJRCHL Champions
2014-15 28 22 6 0 44 147 72 - 2 of 5 NSJRCHL Won semi-finals, 4-0 (
Lost League Finals, 1-4 (Rhino)
2015-16 27 22 3 2 46 211 97 - 1st of 5 NSJRCHL Won semi-finals, 4-1 (Wolverines)
Won League Finals, 42 (Jaguars)
NSJRCHL Champions
2016-17 29 17 7 5 39 187 110 - 3 of 6 NSJRCHL Won quarter-finals, 3-0 (Wolverines)
Lost semi-finals, 2-4 (River Rats)
2017-18 30 25 3 2 52 225 91 - 1 of 5 NSJRCHL Won semi-finals, 4-0 (Colts)
Won finals, 4-3 (Thunder)
NSJRCHL Champions
2018-19 29 22 5 2 46 178 94 - 1 of 6 NSJRCHL Won semi-finals, 4-3 (Royals)
Won finals, 4-3 (Thunder)
NSJRCHL Champions
2019-20 24 17 7 0 34 133 92 - 1 of 5 NSJRCHL Lost semi-finals, 2-4 (Castaways)
2020-21 12 6 6 0 12 56 56 - 4 of 5 NSJRCHL Won Preliminary, 2-0 (Knights)
Lost semifinals, 2-4 (Penguins)
2021-22 12 7 11 2 16 78 103 - 5 of 6 NSJRCHL Lost quarterfinals, 0-2 (Storm)
2022-23 23 10 11 2 22 94 90 - 4 of 6 NSJRCHL Lost quarterfinals, 1-3 (Thunder)
2023-24 24 12 10 2 26 101 91 - 6 of 8 NSJRCHL Lost quarterfinals, 2-3 (Storm)

Maritime-Hockey North Junior C Championship

Atlantic Canada Jr C Championships

Season Round Robin Record Standing Semifinal Gold Medal Game
2014 T, Kivalliq Canucks 3-3
W, Hampton Hurricanes 3-0
W, Tignish Aces 3-2
W, South Shore Wild 6-1
3-0-12 of 4 W, Tignish Aces 10-1W, Hampton Hurricanes 3-1
CHAMPIONS
2016 L, Tri-County River Cats, 1-6
W, South Side Lynx 5-2
W, Western Valley Panthers 4-2
W, Kivalliq Canucks 5-4
3-1-02 of 5 W, Kivalliq Canucks 3-1L, Western Valley Panthers 2-7
Finalists
2018 W, Sherwood Metros, 4-1
OTL, Tri-County River Cats 2-3
OTL, Baffin Blizzard 6-7
W, South Side Lynx 5-1
2-0-23rd of 5 L, Sherwood Metros 3-4did not qualify
2019 L, Western Valley Panthers, 3-7
L, Tignish Aces, 3-6
L, Tri-County River Cats, 1-6
L, Kivalliq Canucks, 4-6
0-5-05th of 5 did not qualifydid not qualify

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