Surrey Eagles
| Surrey Eagles | |
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| City | Surrey, British Columbia, Canada |
| League | British Columbia Hockey League |
| Conference | Coastal |
| Founded | 1962–63 |
| Home arena | South Surrey Arena |
| Colours | Blue, Green, White |
| General manager |
 Blaine Neufeld |
| Head coach |
Blaine Neufeld |
| Website | www.surreyeagles.ca/ |
| Franchise history | |
| 1988–1991 | New Westminster Royals |
| 1991–1996 | Surrey Eagles |
| 1996–2003 | South Surrey Eagles |
| 2003–present | Surrey Eagles |
| Previous franchise history | |
| 1962–1971 | New Westminster Royals |
| 1981–1983 | New Westminster Royals |
The Surrey Eagles are a junior "A" ice hockey team based in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Coastal Conference of the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL). They play their home games at South Surrey Arena.
The New Westminster Royals joined the Pacific Coast Junior Hockey League in 1962. After five straight league championships, the PCJHL merged with the British Columbia Junior Hockey League in 1967. They were Abbott Cup Finalists in 1967, during the 1967 Memorial Cup playdowns. In 1971, the franchise was suspended when the Western Canada Junior Hockey League expanded with the New Westminster Bruins. In 1981, the Bruins skipped town and the Royals were reactivated for two seasons. In 1983, the Bruins were returned to New Westminster and the Royals were again inactive. In 1988, again the Bruins left town and the Royals came back. In 1991, the Royals left town on their own and became the Surrey Eagles.
The first four seasons in the South Surrey were very disappointing for the Eagles as they did not make it past the Quarter-Finals. It was seasons 5 and 6 that the team had its greatest success.
In 1997, their fifth season, the Eagles finished with a record of 47-7-6 for 100 points, and won the BCHL championship by defeating the Vernon Vipers in the Subway Cup. The Eagles then beat the Rocky Mountain Junior Hockey League champions Cranbrook Colts and the Fort McMurray Oil Barons of the Alberta Junior Hockey League to earn a berth in the Royal Bank Cup. In the tournament, held in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, the Eagles went 3-1 in the round robin and beat the Kanata Valley Lasers 4-2 in the semi-final before losing to the host Summerside Western Capitals 4-3 in the championship game.
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