Jeff Bes

Jeff Bes
Born (1973-07-31) July 31, 1973
Tillsonburg, ON, CAN
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 1993–2012

Jeff Bes (born July 31, 1973) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey player. Bes most recently played for the Laredo Bucks in the Central Hockey League (CHL). Bes has played for many teams from 1990 to the present 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 now coaches in the SPHL for the Fayetteville FireAntz

Junior career

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]

NHL career

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.

International career

Bes was fortunate enough to be selected for the 1993 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships in Sweden,[4] where he played on a line with Paul Kariya. He won a Gold Medal with Team Canada.

Pro career

Bes spend 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. Bes is the Bucks all-time leader in goals, assists, and points and is also a two time MVP of the CHL.[5] In 2007 Bes took on the responsibilities of being a player and assistant coach with the bucks.[3]

Coaching

In August 2011, Bes was hired as the head coach of the Mississippi Surge. Following the Surge folding in May 2014, Bes was later hired to coach the Fayetteville FireAntz of the SPHL

Awards and honours

Awards Year
SPHL Coach of the Year 2011–12 [6]

External links

References

  1. 1 2 "Jeff Bes' player profile". Hockey DB.com. Retrieved 2010-04-30.
  2. ↑ "Guelph Storm Hockey Club". Guelph Storm.com. Retrieved 2010-04-30.
  3. 1 2 "Bucks Sign All-Time Leading Scorer". Central Hockey League.com. Retrieved 2010-04-30.
  4. ↑ Ben Ellis (2010-01-06). "Bucks' Jeff Bes Interviewed on CBC". Big D Hockey.com. Retrieved 2010-04-30.
  5. ↑ "Jeff Bes- Player/Assistant Coach". Laredo Bucks.net. Retrieved 2010-04-30.
  6. ↑ http://www.thesphl.com/view/thesphl/news/news_70229


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