Beausejour Senior Hockey League

The Beausejour Senior Hockey League is a men's senior hockey league that 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.
Due to restrictions in place and challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic the league sat out the 2020-21 and 2022-23 seasons.
The league would undergo a radical change for the 2022-23 season as the league has already accepted 3 new teams for the 2022-23 season, then were hit with the loss of the Cap-Pele Pecheur for the season due to lack of ice time in their arena. Shortly after this three members of the Ligue de Hockey Senior Acadie-Chaleur were added to the league for the season as the league was not playing after apparently dropping down to three teams for the season. As a strange bit of irony, the three founding members of the league had attempted to join the Ligue de Hockey Senior Acadie-Chaleur prior to the 2018-19 season and were rejected for membership prior to forming the Beausejour Senior Hockey League for the 2019-20 season.
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.
The league had announced in May of 2023 that it would add the Grand Lake Sturgeons to the league for the 2023-24 season but; the team would end up in the Southern Senior Hockey League instead.
==Challenges in Crowning a Champion==
The league has had a bit challenge in crowning a champion over its' existence. The 2020 league final was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2020-21 and 2021-22 seasons would be cancelled due to challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2023 final would be cancelled as the Elsipogtog Hawks were unable to participate in the league final, due to many of its' players having work commitments and were not able to participate in the league final. The final was due to start around April 12th, but; the league stated it would work to make it so the league playoffs would be completed by the start of April in the future.
==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
==Teams on hiatus==
Team 	Centre 	Arena 	Tenure 	Notes
Cap-Pele Pecheur 	Cap-Pelé, New Brunswick 	Cap-Pelé Arena 	2019-2022	Went on Hiatus; haven't returned
Grand Lake Sturgeons	Grand Lake, New Brunswick	Minto Centennial Arena	2023 	Announced as expansion team in May 2023;end up joining Southern Senior Hockey League for season
==Champions==
Season 	Champion 	Season 	Champion
2019-20	Playoffs Cancelled 	2020-21	Season cancelled
2021-22	Season cancelled 	2022-23	Final Cancelled
2023-24	Dalhousie Marauders	2024-25	TBD
===Notes===
*2020 - The league playoffs were cancelled on March 12th when Hockey Canada announced the suspension of all activities under its jurisdiction. The league final was stopped after 2 games with Elsipogtog Hawks leading the best-of-seven series 2-0 against Cap-Pele Pecheur.
*2021 - League season cancelled due to COVID-19 related restrictions
*2022 - League season cancelled due to COVID-19 related restrictions
*2023 - League final cancelled due to player inavailability on one of finalist teams due to lateness of season ending.
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