• Guelph Storm Alumni, Jeff Bes, An Offensive Threat With Laredo Bucks

  Filed under Central Hockey League
  Mar 29
  Could he be the last Hamilton Duke to still be playing professional hockey? The answer to that will have to wait for another day. Current Laredo Buck, Jeff Bes started his Ontario Hockey League career with the Dukes in 1990-91. He moved with the team the next season when they became the Guelph Storm and he finished his OHL career with the Storm the next season, 1992-93.

  Jeff was second on team scoring for the Dukes in his rookie season. In both his seasons as a Guelph Storm, he was the team’s top point getter by far. In his final season, his 115 points were good enough for 10th place in the league.

  Bes was a 3rd round pick of the Minnesota North Stars back in 1992. He never played a game in the NHL but has played for 17 different teams in 7 different leagues in 5 different countries over his career. Oddly enough, he has never played for a team based in his home country, Canada. He has played in Slovenia, Finland, Germany, Finland and the United States.

  Jeff’s team-hopping came to an end at the start of the 2003-04 season as he settled in with Laredo of the Central Hockey League. Now in his 7th season with the club, he has totalled 585 regular season points in just 398 games. Twice with the Bucks, Jeff surpassed the 100 point plateau in a single season – 117 in 2003-04 and 106 in 2007-08.

  This season, with 75 points in 64 games, Jeff finished 11th in league scoring and is currently leading the team toward playoff success. It should also be noted that Jeff acts as assistant coach for the team.

  The Laredo Bucks official website does not have individual player profiles but the site can be found here. Jeff’s profile page on the CHL site can be found here.
  Tagged as: Central Hockey League, guelph storm, hamilton dukes, jeff bes, laredo bucks, ohl, Ontario Hockey League
  
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