Strait Pirates

The Strait Pirates are a Junior B ice hockey team from Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia, Canada.

The Pirates play at the Port Hawkesbury Civic Centre and are a member of the Nova Scotia Junior Hockey League.

[1] In 1964 a group headed by Tiger Mackie got together to form a junior hockey club in Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia, in an attempt to create a tenant for the new Port Hawkesbury Arena, which began construction in 1963.

The team was dubbed the Strait Pirates, and were accepted into the Cape Breton Junior Hockey League (CBJHL) the following year.

For the 1966-67 season the Pirates actively recruited players from across Atlantic Canada and Quebec.