Cape Cod Buccaneers
Order vintage Cape Cod Buccaneers tees, long sleeves, hoodies, crewnecks, mugs and more. The Buccaneers were the fourth team to try to make a home at the Cape Cod Coliseum in South Yarmouth, joining an upstart league in 1981 and folding on February 1, 1982, after just 39 games. Celebrate this short-lived Cape Cod club by browsing all of our Buccaneers gear, then read the team history below. Every design comes from an American small business devoted to preserving the history of fondly remembered and long-lost hockey teams.
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Cape Cod Buccaneers History
The Cape Cod Buccaneers were the fourth team that tried, and quickly failed, to make themselves a home at the Cape Cod Coliseum in South Yarmouth, Massachusetts. Before them came theย Cubs, Codders, and Freedoms.ย
The Buccaneers joined the upstart ACHL in 1981, a league that popped up a few years and in some of the same cities as the NAHL, which folded in 1977. While the ACHL would last for seven seasons, there was always a lot of upheaval as teams came and went from the league. This was no different for the Buccaneers, who came to be for the league's first season of 1981-82 but would only survive for 39 games. The season got off to a rough start, as two ACHL teams folded after playing less than 10 games, leaving 5 to complete the season. The league decided thatย instead of finished the full slate of games that season, it would cut the season short in February and proceed to a playoff tournament. The Buccaneers opted out and folded themselves on February 1st, 1982, while the remaining four teams completed the playoff, won by the Mohawk Valley Stars.ย
One notable Buccaneers alum is former NHL referee Paul Stewart, who played five games for them.ย
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