Jeff Bes

Jeff Bes (born July 31, 1973) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey player who played several seasons with the Laredo Bucks. Bes has played for many minor league teams such as the Dayton Bombers, Chicago Wolves, Mississippi Sea Wolves, Orlando Solar Bears, Jacksonville Lizard Kings, SaiPa and several other teams including the Dukes of Hamilton. He also coaches in the Southern Professional Hockey League.

Jeff Bes
Born (1973-07-31) July 31, 1973
Tillsonburg, Ontario, Canada
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
NHL Draft 58th overall, 1992
Minnesota North Stars
Playing career 19932012

Playing career

Junior

Born in Tillsonburg, Ontario, Bes began his junior career in 1990–91, playing for the Dukes of Hamilton of the Ontario Hockey League.[1] He would score 23 goals and 47 assists for 70 points. His time with Hamilton would be short lived as the following season they became the Guelph Storm.[2] He played the 1991–92 season with the new, Storm, and finish with 40 goals and 62 assists for 102 points. He spent the 1992-93 campaign with the Storm again, scoring 48 goals and 67 assists.[1]

Professional

Bes was selected by the Minnesota North Stars in the third round of the 1992 NHL Entry Draft, 58th overall.[3] He would never see regular season action, but was considered a top prospect in the National Hockey League at the time.

Bes spent the next 11 years going back and forth between leagues, such as the International Hockey League, the East Coast Hockey League and the American Hockey League. In 2003, he signed with the Laredo Bucks of the Central Hockey League (CHL). Bes is the Bucks all-time leader in goals, assists, and points a two-time MVP of the CHL.[4] In 2007 Bes took on the responsibilities of being a player and assistant coach with the bucks.[3]

International

Bes was selected for the 1993 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships in Sweden,[5] where he played on a line with Paul Kariya. He won a gold medal with Team Canada.

Coaching career

In August 2011, Bes was hired as the head coach of the Mississippi Surge of the Southern Professional Hockey League. Following the Surge folding in May 2014, Bes was hired to coach the Fayetteville FireAntz in 2015. After two seasons with Fayetteville, Bes left the team to be closer to his family in Biloxi, Mississippi,[6] but then took the head coaching job with the Pensacola Ice Flyers for the 2017–18 season.[7][8] In 2019, he was hired as the SPHL's Evansville Thunderbolts head coach.[9]

Career statistics

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1990–91 Dukes of Hamilton OHL 6623477053 41454
1991–92 Guelph Storm OHL 624062102123
1992–93 Guelph Storm OHL 594867115128 53584
1992–92 Kalamazoo Wings IHL 31346
1993–94 Kalamazoo Wings IHL 302121430
1994–95 Kalamazoo Wings IHL 528172547
1995–96 Springfield Falcons AHL 5720234377 934713
1996–97 SaiPa Liiga 40101222146
1997–98 Chicago Wolves IHL 2435820
1997–98 Orlando Solar Bears IHL 151238 20005
1998–99 Kassel Huskies DEL 60006
1999–00 Jacksonville Lizard Kings ECHL 2812243627
1999–00 Espoo Blues Liiga 600012
1999–00 Orlando Solar Bears IHL 10000
2000–01 Pensacola Ice Pilots ECHL 4824446869
2000–01 Jackson Bandits ECHL 2011213234 513410
2001–02 Mississippi Sea Wolves ECHL 239192862
2001–02 Augusta Lynx ECHL 245212640
2001–02 Greensboro Generals ECHL 204192322
2002–03 Jackson Bandits ECHL 63233962115 10004
2003–04 Laredo Bucks CHL 643978117111 164141837
2004–05 Laredo Bucks CHL 6026457176 15861426
2005–06 Laredo Bucks CHL 5627618872 1511203126
2006–07 Laredo Bucks CHL 5128406876 211682424
2007–08 Laredo Bucks CHL 64466010672 11391214
2008–09 Laredo Bucks CHL 3914466052
2009–10 Laredo Bucks CHL 6419567542 70556
2010–11 Laredo Bucks CHL 6020355544
AHL totals 57 20 23 43 77 9 3 4 7 13
ECHL totals 226 88 187 275 369 6 1 3 4 14

Awards and honours

Awards Year
SPHL Coach of the Year 2011–12 [10]

References

  1. "Jeff Bes' player profile". Hockey DB.com. Retrieved 2010-04-30.
  2. "Guelph Storm Hockey Club". Guelph Storm.com. Archived from the original on 2011-06-14. Retrieved 2010-04-30.
  3. "Bucks Sign All-Time Leading Scorer". Central Hockey League.com. Archived from the original on 2010-09-18. Retrieved 2010-04-30.
  4. "Jeff Bes- Player/Assistant Coach". Laredo Bucks.net. Archived from the original on 2010-10-13. Retrieved 2010-04-30.
  5. Ben Ellis (2010-01-06). "Bucks' Jeff Bes Interviewed on CBC". Big D Hockey.com. Retrieved 2010-04-30.
  6. "Bes opts not to return to coach Marksmen". SPHL. June 13, 2017.
  7. "Ice Flyers hire Jeff Bes to fill head coach position". SPHL. July 6, 2017.
  8. "Ice Flyers Announce Coach Bes Will Not Return Next Season". Pensacola Ice Flyers. May 29, 2018.
  9. "Jeff Bes to Lead Evansville Thunderbolts as New Head Coach". OurSports Central. May 30, 2019.
  10. http://www.thesphl.com/view/thesphl/news/news_70229


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