Northeast Jr. Eagles

This article is about the team that was formerly based in St. John's and became the Northeast Celtics in 2013. For the previous edition of the team which played from 1998 to 2002 please see Northeast Jr. Eagles (1998-2002)
The Northeast Jr. Eagles are a team in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador and play in the Junior B level St. John's Junior Hockey League.  The team played out of St. John's as the Brother Rice Celtics from 1980 to 1983 and then as the St. John's Jr. Celtics from 1984 to 2014.  The team relocated to Torbay and were renamed the Northeast Jr. Celtics playing out of the Jack Byrne Arena. The team was renamed the Northeast Jr. Eagles prior to the 2016-17 season
==History==
Prior to 1980, junior hockey in St. John's was for the most part a juvenile-level recreation league. Every year, an all-star team was drafted from the city and named the St. John's Jr. Capitals, after their senior team the St. John's Capitals, to compete against teams from across the province for the Veitch Memorial Trophy at either the Junior A or B level.
In 1980, the St. John's Junior Hockey League was organized and a legitimate Junior B league was formed. The winner of this league, not an all-star team, would represent the city in provincial and inter-provincial events. One of the founding members of this league was the St. John's "Brothers Rice" Jr. Celtics. In 1982, the Celtics would win their first league championship. They would win the Veitch Memorial Trophy and move on to the first ever Don Johnson Cup—an inter-provincial Junior Championship featuring the best Junior B clubs from New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland and Labrador. In the final game, the Jr. Celtics defeated PEI's Kensington Bombers, 4–3, to win the first ever championship. Newfoundland's own Don Johnson had the honour of awarding the trophy bearing his name to his own son, Celtics' Michael Johnson, at the first event.
Nine games into the 1982–83 season, the Celtics had to pull out of the league. They were mothballed in 1983–84, but returned after that year off.
In 1989, the league retracted by half and was promoted to Junior A to compete for the Manitoba Centennial Cup at a National level. The Celtics were a part of this Junior A experiment for its two seasons, but the winners of the two seasons (St. John's Jr. 50's and Avalon Jr. Capitals) did not fare well in national playdowns, and the entire league returned to Junior B in 1991.
The Jr. Celtics won the St. John's League championship in 1982, 1994, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2008, and 2011. They won the Provincial Veitch Memorial Trophy in 1982, 1995, 2001, 2003, 2008, and 2011. 1982 remains the Celtics' only Don Johnson Cup.
On May 4, 2016 the three levels of team that play in the Jack Byrne Arena announced that they combining their efforts to promote the game at all levels locally.  The Northeast Minor Hockey Association has joined with the junior and senior teams to form one group designed to help promote the game at all levels. As part of this agreement, the junior team – which plays in the St. John’s Junior Hockey League and has had a player affiliation agreement with Northeast since 2011 – will change its name to Eagles moving forward.The minor association as well as the senior and junior teams will continue to have their own executives and associations, but will come together to help each other through a separate body designed to help with promotion, fundraising and sponsorship. The agreement was reached at a recent meeting of all three organizations.
==Season-by-season record==
Season 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	OTL 	GF 	GA 	P 	Results 	Playoffs 	
Brother Rice Celtics 	Brother Rice Celtics 	Brother Rice Celtics 	Brother Rice Celtics 	Brother Rice Celtics 	Brother Rice Celtics 	Brother Rice Celtics 	Brother Rice Celtics 	Brother Rice Celtics 	Brother Rice Celtics 	Brother Rice Celtics 	Brother Rice Celtics
1980–81 	32 	15 	11 	6 	– 	164 	145 	36 	3rd SJJHL 	 	
1981–82 	32 	25 	4 	3 	- 	250 	104 	53 	1st SJJHL 	Won league, Won VMT, Won DJC 	
1982–83 	9 	2 	6 	1 	- 	36 	65 	5 	5th SJJHL 	Suspended 	
1983–84 	Did not participate 	Did not participate 	Did not participate 	Did not participate 	Did not participate 	Did not participate 	Did not participate 	Did not participate 	Did not participate 	Did not participate 	Did not participate
St. John's Jr. Celtics	St. John's Jr. Celtics	St. John's Jr. Celtics	St. John's Jr. Celtics	St. John's Jr. Celtics	St. John's Jr. Celtics	St. John's Jr. Celtics	St. John's Jr. Celtics	St. John's Jr. Celtics	St. John's Jr. Celtics	St. John's Jr. Celtics 	St. John's Jr. Celtics
1984–85 	33 	3 	28 	2 	- 	73 	256 	8 	7th SJJHL 	 	
1985–86 	28 	4 	23 	1 	- 	112 	280 	9 	7th SJJHL 	 	
1986–87 	30 	8 	20 	2 	- 	150 	226 	18 	6th SJJHL 	 	
1987–88 	31 	6 	23 	2 	- 	177 	274 	14 	5th SJJHL 	 	
1988–89 	42 	31 	11 	0 	- 	335 	214 	62 	1st SJJHL 	 	
1989–90 	36 	16 	15 	5 	- 	213 	193 	37 	2nd SJJHL 	 	
1990–91 	33 	11 	22 	0 	- 	178 	206 	22 	4th SJJHL 	 	
1991–92 	27 	9 	15 	3 	- 	129 	159 	21 	3rd SJJHL 	 	
1992–93 	38 	15 	23 	0 	- 	192 	214 	30 	3rd SJJHL 	 	
1993–94 	24 	19 	5 	0 	- 	191 	98 	38 	1st SJJHL 	Won league 	
1994–95 	34 	24 	9 	1 	- 	218 	135 	49 	1st SJJHL 	Won league, Won VMT 	
1995–96 	32 	22 	7 	3 	- 	232 	155 	47 	1st SJJHL 	 	
1996–97 	32 	17 	12 	3 	- 	155 	143 	37 	2nd SJJHL 	 	
1997–98 	34 	18 	16 	0 	- 	187 	187 	36 	2nd SJJHL 	 	
1998–99 	33 	20 	11 	2 	- 	176 	140 	42 	3rd SJJHL 	 	
1999-00 	37 	29 	5 	3 	- 	199 	125 	61 	1st SJJHL 	Won League 	
2000–01 	31 	17 	8 	3 	3 	163 	124 	40 	4th SJJHL 	Won League, Won VMT 	
2001–02 	32 	22 	8 	2 	- 	155 	105 	46 	1st SJJHL 	 	
2002–03 	29 	10 	18 	0 	1 	130 	144 	21 	6th SJJHL 	Won VMT 	
2003–04 	29 	10 	16 	1 	2 	146 	166 	23 	7th SJJHL 	 	
2004–05 	28 	4 	22 	1 	1 	124 	184 	10 	8th SJJHL 	 	
2005–06 	29 	13 	12 	1 	3 	171 	167 	30 	5th SJJHL 	 	
2006–07 	29 	16 	11 	2 	0 	146 	149 	34 	4th SJJHL 	 	
2007–08 	28 	16 	10 	1 	1 	130 	102 	34 	3rd SJJHL 	Won League, Won VMT 	
2008–09 	28 	17 	9 	1 	1 	146 	124 	36 	3rd SJJHL 	 	
2009–10 	28 	21 	5 	2 	0 	163 	93 	44 	2nd SJJHL 	 	
2010–11 	28 	17 	10 	- 	1 	144 	102 	35 	4th SJJHL 	Won League, Won VMT 	
2011–12 	28 	12 	14 	- 	2 	121 	127 	26 	5th SJJHL 	 	
2012–13 	28 	15 	12 	- 	1 	123 	137 	31 	3rd SJJHL 	Lost Semi-final 	
2013–14 	28 	8 	18 	- 	2 	103 	134 	18 	7th SJJHL 	Lost Quarter-final, 1–4 (Caps) 	
Northeast Celtics 	Northeast Celtics 	Northeast Celtics 	Northeast Celtics 	Northeast Celtics 	Northeast Celtics 	Northeast Celtics 	Northeast Celtics 	Northeast Celtics 	Northeast Celtics 	Northeast Celtics 	Northeast Celtics
2014–15 	28 	11 	16 	- 	1 	87 	104 	23 	7th SJJHL 	Lost Quarter-final, 2–3 (Renegades) 	
2015–16 	28 	7 	20 	- 	1 	82 	152 	15 	7th SJJHL 	Lost Quarter-final, 0–3 (Jr. Blades) 	
Northeast Eagles 	Northeast Eagles 	Northeast Eagles 	Northeast Eagles 	Northeast Eagles 	Northeast Eagles 	Northeast Eagles 	Northeast Eagles 	Northeast Eagles 	Northeast Eagles 	Northeast Eagles 	Northeast Eagles
2016–17 	28 	3 	21 	- 	4 	75 	152 	11 	8th of 8 SJJHL 	Lost Quarter-final, 1-3 (Breakers) 	
Season 	GP 	W 	L 	OL 	SL 	GF 	GA 	P 	Results 	Playoffs 	
2017-18 	28 	5 	21 	0 	2 	92 	166 	12 	8th SJJHL 	Lost Quarter-final, 0–3 (Jr. Blades) 	
2018-19 	27 	10 	14 	3 	0 	98 	129 	23 	6th SJJHL 	Lost Quarter-final, 0–3 (Stars) 	
2019-20 	28 	9 	17 	- 	2 	99 	130 	20 	8th SJJHL 	Trailing Quarter-final, 1-2 (Blades when playoffs are cancelled	
2020-21 	2 	0 	2 	0 	- 	4 	11 	0 	N/A 	Season Cancelled 	
2021-22 	21 	0 	21 	0 	- 	33 	135 	0 	8th 	Lost Semifinals 	
2022-23 	28 	10 	14 	- 	4 	93 	127 	24 	T-5th 	Lost Quarterfinals 	
2023-24 	28 	18 	9 	- 	1 	113 	79 	37 	3rd 	Lost Semifinals 	
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Category:St. John's Junior Hockey League teams