Truro Bearcats

This article is about the senior team. For the article about the contemporary junior team of the same name, please see Truro Bearcats (junior) or see Truro Bearcats (original junior)
==History==
The Truro Bearcats were a senior team.
They played in various leagues from 1924-25 through 1954-55. Only in 1944-45 did they not play because of World War II.
The Bearcats won the Maritimes Senior Championship six times - 1924-25, 1925-26, 1927-28, 1929-30, 1930-31, and 1943-44.
The Maritimes Amateur Hockey Association did not join the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association until 1927, so it was only after that date that their champions could play in the Allan Cup playoffs. The Bearcats did in 1928,1930, 1931, and 1944. They never won the Eastern Canada championship.
==Season-by-Season Results==
===Antigonish-Pictou-Colchester Senior Hockey League (1923-27)===
Season 	Games	Won	Lost	Tied	Points	Goalsfor	Goalsagainst	Standing	Playoffs
1923-24 	8 	2 	6 	0 	4 	18 	23 	2nd/3rd 	N/A
1924-25 	8 	7 	1 	0 	14 	- 	- 	1st 	Won Championship
1924-25 MSP	8 	7 	1 	0 	14 	- 	- 	- 	Won Maritimes
1925-26 	12 	11 	1 	0 	22 	65 	21 	1st 	Won Championship
1925-26 MSP	12 	11 	1 	0 	22 	65 	21 	- 	Won Maritimes
1926-27 	11 	8 	3 	0 	16 	- 	- 	Tied 1st	Lost Final
Note: League played two halves in 1923-24.
===Eastern Nova Scotia Senior Hockey League (1927-28, 1930-32)===
Season 	Games	Won	Lost	Tied	Points	Goalsfor	Goalsagainst	Standing	Playoffs
1927-28 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	1st 	Won Final
1927-28 MSP 	8 	7 	1 	0 	14 	- 	- 	1st 	Won Maritimes,
1927-28 Eastern Canada Allan Cup Playoffs	2 	0 	2 	0 	0 	1 	7 	- 	Lost Eastern Canada Quarter Final
1930-31 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	1st 	Won Final
1930-31 MSP 	12 	11 	1 	0 	22 	65 	21 	- 	Won Maritimes,
1930-31 Eastern Canada Allan Cup Playoffs	4 	1 	3 	0 	2 	8 	15 	- 	Lost East ern Canada Final
1931-32 	18 	14 	4 	0 	28 	88 	37 	1st 	Lost Final
===New Eastern League (1928-30)===
Season 	Games	Won	Lost	Tied	Points	Goalsfor	Goalsagainst	Standing	Playoffs
1928-29 	12 	7 	5 	0 	14 	- 	- 	2nd 	Lost Final
1929-30 	18 	11 	7 	0 	22 	59 	43 	Tied 1st	Won Final,
1929-30 MSP 	6 	6 	0 	0 	12 	28 	9 	- 	Won Maritimes
1936-37 Eastern Canada Allan Cup Playoffs	2 	0 	2 	0 	0 	0 	3 	- 	Lost East Semi Final
===Antigonish-Pictou-Colchester Senior Hockey League (1932-36)===
Season 	Games	Won	Lost	Tied	Points	Goalsfor	Goalsagainst	Standing 	Playoffs
1932-33	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	3rd 	out of playoffs
1933-34	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	2nd 	Won Final, Lost Maritmes Sr. B Final
1934-35	7 	5 	2 	0 	10 	32 	21 	2nd/2nd half	Lost Semi Final
1935-36	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	4th 	out of playoffs
===Independent Team in Maritimes Senior Playoffs===
Season 	Games	Won	Lost	Tied	Points	Goalsfor	Goalsagainst	Standing	Playoffs
1936-37 MSP	4 	2 	1 	1 	5 	19 	16 	- 	Lost Quarterfinal
===Nova Scotia Hockey League (1937-39)===
Season 	Games	Won	Lost	Tied	Points	Goalsfor	Goalsagainst	Standing	Playoffs 	
1937-38 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	2nd 	Lost Semi Final 	
1938-39 	9 	6 	3 	0 	16 	30 	30 	Tied 1st	Won Final, 	
1938-39 MSP	4 	1 	2 	1 	3 	15 	28 	- 	Lost South Section Semi Final	
===Antigonish-Pictou-Colchester Senior Hockey League (1939-44)===
Season 	Games	Won	Lost	Tied	Points	Goalsfor	Goalsagainst	Standing	Playoffs 	
1939-40 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	out of playoffs 	
1940-41 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	1st West	Won Final 	
1940-41 MSP 	2 	0 	2 	0 	0 	4 	10 	- 	Lost Maritimes Quarter Final	
1941-42 	12 	6 	5 	1 	13 	54 	55 	Tied 1st	Won Final 	
1941-42 MSP 	8 	3 	4 	1 	7 	35 	31 	- 	Lost Maritimes Final 	
1942-43 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	3rd 	out of playoffs 	
1943-44 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	1st 	 	
1943-44 MSP 	4 	3 	1 	0 	6 	41 	25 	- 	Won Maritimes 	
1943-44 Eastern Canada Allan Cup Playoffs	3 	0 	3 	0 	0 	10 	23 	- 	Lost Eastern Semi Final 	
The Bearcats did not play in the 1944-45 Season
===Antigonish-Pictou-Colchester Senior Hockey League (1945-46)===
Season 	Games	Won	Lost	Tied	Points	Goalsfor	Goalsagainst	Standing	Playoffs 	
1945-46	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	1st 	Lost Final	
===Maritime Senior Hockey League (1947-50) (1946-48)===
Season 	Games	Won	Lost	Tied	Points	Goalsfor	Goalsagainst	Standing	Playoffs 	
1946-47	40 	21 	18 	2 	44 	- 	- 	3rd 	Lost Final 	
1947-48	48 	23 	19 	6 	52 	238 	229 	2nd 	Lost Semi Final	
===Antigonish-Pictou-Colchester Senior Hockey League (1948-55)===
Season 	Games	Won	Lost	Tied	Points	Goalsfor	Goalsagainst	Standing	Playoffs 	
1948-49	36 	12 	22 	2 	26 	- 	- 	3rd 	Lost Semi Final	
1949-50	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	5th 	out of playoffs	
1950-51	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	5th 	out of playoffs	
1951-52	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	Lost Final 	
1952-53	32 	23 	9 	0 	46 	221 	158 	1st 	Lost Final 	
1953-54	35 	20 	13 	2 	43.5 	186 	174 	1st 	Lost Final 	
1954-55	38 	8 	29 	1 	17 	127 	240 	5th 	out of playoffs	
Note: The 1949-50 APC Season was Senior B and not eligible for the Allan Cup playoffs.
==Modern History==
In 1998, the Truro Bearcats became only the second team from Nova Scotia to win the Allan Cup.
The Bearcats started off the 1997-98 season by announcing that the team would cease operation to help make away for the upstart Truro Bearcats Junior "A" team after twelve years of operation. For their final year, the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association awarded them the right to host the 1998 Allan Cup.
In the first game of the Allan Cup, the Bearcats beat the Powell River Regals 5-1. In their second game, they tied the Ile des Chenes North Stars 1-1. They closed out the round robin with a 5-3 win over the London Admirals. The victory allowed them to finish first in the round robin and advance directly to the Allan Cup final. In front of a hometown crowd, the Bearcats again faced London, beating them soundly 6-1 to win their only ever Allan Cup. This would be the last game ever played by the Bearcats.
===Maritime Senior Hockey League (1991-92)===
Season 	Games	Won	Lost	Tied	Points	Goalsfor	Goalsagainst	Standing	Playoffs
1991-92	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	
===Nova Scotia Senior Hockey League (1982-1995)===
Season 	Games	Won	Lost	Tied	Points	Goalsfor	Goalsagainst	Standing	Playoffs
1992-93	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	-
1993-94	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	-
1994-95	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	- 	-
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