Charlottetown Abbies
Order classic Charlottetown Abbies tees and hoodies. The name comes from Abegweit, the Mi'kmaq word for Prince Edward Island meaning "cradled on the waves", and in 1999 the junior Abbies won 57 games and reached the Royal Bank Cup final against the Vernon Vipers. Celebrate Island hockey by browsing all of our Abbies gear, then read the team history below. Every design comes from a small business devoted to preserving the history of fondly remembered and long-lost hockey teams.
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Charlottetown Abbies History
The Charlottetown Abbies had a number of iterations over the years, and were one of the very first hockey teams on Prince Edward Island (PEI). Way back in 1897 the Abegweits played in the inaugural PEI senior championship. Abegweit is the native Mi'kmaq Nation's word for PEI, meaning "cradled on the waves".
Years later in the 1970s, the Abbies were created as a Junior 'A' team playing locally in the PEI junior hockey league. The team would eventually gain entry into the Maritime Junior A Hockey League, which included teams from the Maritimes outside of just PEI. These Abbies played 14 seasons in the MJAHL and for a time were coached by PEI legend Forbes Kennedy. Mark Flood is an Abbies alum who made the NHL.
The high point for the MJAHL Abbies was 1999, when they became only the fourth PEI team to compete for what was then known as the Royal Bank Cup, the championship of Junior A in Canada. That year they amassed an amazing 57 wins in all, going 41-5-2 in the regular season. The Abbies would make it all the way to the Cup final before losing to the Vernon Vipers.