The addition of the Conception Bay Ceebees saw the Eagles lose netminder Bronson Dawe, forward Dan Sparkes, and the rights to Tommy Snow and rearguard Fred Earle.
The Eagles made a trade with the Bell Island Blues for the 3rd overall pick in the October draft and used it to select former Ceebee Chris Sparkes.
Sparkes made a living in the goalmouth as a member of the Ceebees and most recently the Grand Falls Cataracts, and will be expected to help fill the void of Mason Reid.
Former St. Mary's grad and Halifax Moosehead Andrew White has also decided to leave the Gander Flyers of the provincial league to join the Eagles.
The St. John's Caps won their 4th crown in five years with a 4–2 game 7 victory in front of a standing room-only crowd at the Jack Byrne Arena.
The St. John's Caps, for the first time in 10 years, now represent the AESHL as they take on the CWSHL winner the Grand Falls Cataracts in a best-of-five affair for the Herder Memorial Trophy.
After losing to the St. John's Capitals for the third straight year, head coach Darryl Banfield made some acquisitions at the AESHL draft in hopes of bringing an East League title to Torbay.
Former Gander Flyer, and hard nosed defenseman Mitch Flynn has decided to try his hand at hockey in the East league as well.
Brad Yetman, a QMJHL graduate, and former Ceebee, helps anchor a defensive core led by last years AESHL League leading scorer, Dan Cadigan.
Obtained in a trade from Bell Island, two time herder champ and Rock Rugby star Jason Picco joins the Eagles team.
Earle is now playing for the Clarenville Caribous of the newly formed Central West Senior Hockey League, however the Eagles are hoping he may join them after xmas.
Reid's brother Kevin finished 3rd in league scoring with 36 pts and took home the Peter Picco Memorial Award for Rookie of the Year.
After sweeping the Southern Shore Breakers in round one in 4 games, they were defeated by the now three-time defending champs, the St. John's Capitals, in a six-game series.
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, DNQ = Did not qualify AESHL = Avalon East Senior Hockey League, NSHL = Newfoundland Senior Hockey League