Pinebridge Bucks

Pinebridge Bucks
founding	1983
resolution	1985
history	Pinebridge Bucks 1983-1985
Stadion	Pinebridge Coliseum
Location	Spruce Pine , North Carolina
league	Atlantic Coast Hockey League

The Pinebridge Bucks were an American ice hockey franchise of the Atlantic Coast Hockey League based in Spruce Pine , North Carolina .

history

The Pinebridge Bucks took on the 1983/84 season as an expansion team in the Atlantic Coast Hockey League . The Canadian Don Luce , who had been on the ice as an active player in almost 1000 games in the National Hockey League, was signed as head coach . After a disappointing start to the season, he was released early and replaced by the Bucks record player Frank Perkins , who led the team as player-coach in the following year and a half in fifth and third place after the regular season. Following the 1984/85 season , the Pinebridge Bucks finally stopped playing.

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
1983-84	72	25th	47	0	-	-	52	329	422	5th, ACHL
1984-85	64	33	25th	6th	-	-	72	306	298	3rd, ACHL

Team records

Career records

Games: 90 Frank Perkins

Goals: 105 Rob Clavette

Assists: 140 Rob Clavette

Points: 245 Rob Clavette

Penalty minutes: 364 Frank Perkins

Known players

• Kim Collins (was active in the DEL as a player and coach)
• Ray LeBlanc ( USA goalkeeper at the 1992 Winter Olympics )

Web links

• The Internet Hockey Database Statistics Pinebridge Bucks
• The Internet Hockey Database - Player List Pinebridge Bucks