Cornwall Aces

Cornwall Aces
founding	1993
resolution	1996
history	Fredericton Express 1981–1988 Halifax Citadels 1988–1993 Cornwall Aces 1993–1996 Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins since 1999
Stadion	Ed Lumley Arena
Location	Cornwall , Ontario
Team colors	red, white, blue
league	American Hockey League
Cooperations	Québec Nordiques ( NHL) Colorado Avalanche ( NHL)
Calder cups	no

The Cornwall Aces were a Canadian ice hockey franchise of the American Hockey League based in Cornwall , Ontario . The venue for the Aces was the Ed Lumley Arena .

history

The Cornwall Aces were in 1993 as AHL - farm team of the Quebec Nordiques of the National Hockey League was founded. The team was created by relocating and renaming the franchise that previously ran as Halifax Citadels in the AHL in Halifax , Nova Scotia . In their first season, the Cornwall Aces were able to qualify for the playoffs, where they only failed in the third round at the Moncton Hawks . The following season was similarly successful when they made it into the third round, but they failed again. In the last round before the finals, Cornwall lost 2-0 in the series against the Fredericton Canadiens . In their last season, in which they competed as a farm team for the relocated and Colorado Avalanche named franchise, the Aces were eliminated in the second playoff round and could not build on the successes of the first two seasons.

Following the 1995/96 season, the Cornwall Aces franchise was initially shut down as Colorado focused on working with its other AHL farm team, the Hershey Bears . After the rights to the Cornwall Aces were dormant for three years, the franchise was bought by the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1999 , who relocated it to Wilkes-Barre and continued under the name Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins as their new farm team.

Season statistics

Abbreviations: GP = games, W = wins, L = defeats, T = draws, OTL = defeats after overtime, SOL = defeats after shootout , Pts = points, GF = goals scored, GA = goals against, PIM = penalty minutes

season	GP	W.	L.	T	OTL	SOL	Pts	GF	GA	space	Playoffs
1993/94	80	33	36	11	-	-	77	294	295	3rd, South	1st round: victory, 4: 0 against Hamilton ; 2nd round: victory, 4: 3 against Hershey ; 3rd round: defeat, 0-2 against Moncton
1994/95	80	38	33	9	-	-	85	236	248	2nd, South	1st round: Victory, 4-2 vs. Hershey ; 2nd round: win, 4-2 against Binghamton , 3rd round: defeat, 0-2 against Fredericton
1995/96	80	34	34	7th	5	-	80	249	251	4th, Central	1st round: victory, 3-1 vs. Albany ; 2nd round: defeat, 0-4 to Rochester
total	240	105	103	27	-	-	242	779	794		3 playoff appearances 8 series: 5 wins, 3 defeats 35 games: 19 wins, 16 defeats

Team records

Career records

Games: 218 Éric Veilleux

Goals: 75 René Corbet

Assists: 82 Mike Hurlbut

Points: 145 René Corbet

Penalty minutes: 490 Paxton Schulte

Well-known former players

• René Corbet
• Jon Klemm
• Dwayne Norris
• Garth Snow
• Todd Warriner
• Paul Brousseau

Web links

• The Internet Hockey Database Statistics Cornwall Aces
• The Internet Hockey Database - Player List Cornwall Aces