After the Canucks hired Brian Burke as Vice President and Director of Hockey Operations in 1987, tensions between the joint ownership by the two teams were beginning to show Burke visited Fredericton for the first time in October of that year. The previous season the Express had the 2nd worst record in the AHL and the team’s top five scorers were all sent down by the Canucks.[1]
Despite the internal conflict,in 1988 the Express played their best season yet, with a 42-21 Win-Loss record. The Express went on to play in the Calder Cup Finals, where they lost to the Hershey Bears, with a final score of 4-2. During the summer of that year, they moved to become the Halifax Citadels.[1]
fredericton, express, were, professional, hockey, team, based, fredericton, brunswick, canada, they, played, american, hockey, league, between, 1981, 1988, express, were, affiliated, with, quebec, nordiques, vancouver, canucks, national, hockey, league, home, . The Fredericton Express were a professional ice hockey team based in Fredericton New Brunswick Canada They played in the American Hockey League between 1981 and 1988 The Express were affiliated with the Quebec Nordiques and Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League Home games were played at the Aitken Centre on the University of New Brunswick campus 1 Fredericton ExpressCityFredericton New BrunswickLeagueAmerican Hockey LeagueOperated1981 1988Home arenaAitken CentreAffiliatesQuebec NordiquesVancouver CanucksFranchise history1981 1988Fredericton Express1988 1993Halifax Citadels1993 1996Cornwall Aces1999 presentWilkes Barre Scranton PenguinsChampionshipsDivision titles2 1982 83 1983 84 After the Canucks hired Brian Burke as Vice President and Director of Hockey Operations in 1987 tensions between the joint ownership by the two teams were beginning to show Burke visited Fredericton for the first time in October of that year The previous season the Express had the 2nd worst record in the AHL and the team s top five scorers were all sent down by the Canucks 1 Despite the internal conflict in 1988 the Express played their best season yet with a 42 21 Win Loss record The Express went on to play in the Calder Cup Finals where they lost to the Hershey Bears with a final score of 4 2 During the summer of that year they moved to become the Halifax Citadels 1 Contents 1 Season by season results 1 1 Regular season 1 2 Playoffs 2 See also 3 ReferencesSeason by season results editRegular season edit Season 2 Games Won Lost Tied OTL Points Goalsfor Goalsagainst Standing 1981 82 80 20 55 5 45 275 408 5th North 1982 83 80 45 27 8 98 348 284 1st North 1983 84 80 45 30 5 95 340 262 1st North 1984 85 80 36 36 8 80 279 301 2nd North 1985 86 80 35 37 8 78 319 311 4th North 1986 87 80 32 43 5 69 292 357 6th North 1987 88 80 42 27 8 3 95 370 318 2nd North Playoffs edit Season 1st round 2nd round Finals 1981 82 Out of playoffs 1982 83 W 4 2 Adirondack L 2 4 Maine 1983 84 L 3 4 Nova Scotia 1984 85 L 2 4 Sherbrooke 1985 86 L 2 4 Adirondack 1986 87 Out of playoffs 1987 88 W 4 2 Sherbrooke W 4 1 Maine L 0 4 HersheySee also editList of ice hockey teams in New BrunswickReferences edit a b c Crossley Drew 2014 07 19 Fredericton Express Fun While It Lasted Retrieved 2023 01 30 Fredericton Express hockey team statistics and history at hockeydb com www hockeydb com Retrieved 2023 01 30 nbsp This Canadian ice hockey team related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This New Brunswick related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Fredericton Express amp oldid 1191376827, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
