Brandon Wheat Kings

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Brandon Wheat Kings
City:	Brandon, Manitoba
League:	Western Hockey League
Conference:	Eastern
Division:	East
Founded:	1967
Home Arena:	Keystone Centre
Colours:	black, white & gold
Head Coach:	Kelly McCrimmon
General Manager:	Kelly McCrimmon

The Brandon Wheat Kings are a Canadian ice hockey team based in Brandon, Manitoba. They compete in the Western Hockey League, and joined the league in the 1967-68 season. Prior to that they played in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League. They have appeared in the Memorial Cup four times: in 1949 (as an MJHL team), 1979, 1995, and 1996, losing each time. The team plays its home games in the Keystone Centre. They also played at Wheat City Arena until 1969, and the Manex Arena from 1969 to 1972.

An earlier incarnation of the Wheat Kings played for the Stanley Cup in 1904, but lost to the Ottawa Silver Seven.

The Wheat Kings hold the CHL record for most points (125) in a single season, setting the mark in 1978-79.

Contents 1 Season-by-season Record 2 NHL Alumni 3 See also 4 References

[edit] Season-by-season Record

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties OTL = Overtime losses Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Season	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Points	Finish	Playoffs
1967-68	60	21	33	6	-	238	279	48	8th Overall	Lost quarter-final
1968-69	60	18	40	2	-	224	350	38	4th East	Lost quarter-final
1969-70	60	23	34	3	-	234	272	49	4th East	Lost quarter-final
1970-71	66	20	46	0	-	247	387	40	5th East	Out of playoffs
1971-72	68	35	33	0	-	338	331	70	3rd East	Lost semi-final
1972-73	68	29	30	9	-	307	304	67	4th East	Lost quarter-final
1973-74	68	27	37	4	-	305	348	58	5th East	Out of playoffs
1974-75	70	24	35	11	-	276	320	59	4th East	Lost quarter-final
1975-76	72	34	30	8	-	341	303	76	2nd East	Lost quarter-final
1976-77	72	54	10	8	-	447	242	116	1st East	Lost final
1977-78	72	46	12	14	-	424	299	106	1st East	Eliminated in divisional semi-final
1978-79	72	58	5	9	-	491	230	125	1st East	Won championship
1979-80	72	33	37	2	-	319	343	68	5th East	Eliminated in East Division semi-final
1980-81	72	29	40	3	-	342	352	61	6th East	Lost East Division quarter-final
1981-82	72	34	38	0	-	372	413	68	5th East	Lost East Division quarter-final
1982-83	72	21	51	0	-	327	460	42	7th East	Out of playoffs
1983-84	72	44	26	2	-	463	246	90	3rd East	Lost East Division semi-final
1984-85	72	17	54	1	-	264	481	35	8th East	Out of playoffs
1985-86	72	24	46	2	-	324	438	50	7th East	Out of playoffs
1986-87	72	19	49	4	-	282	443	42	8th East	Out of playoffs
1987-88	72	26	43	3	-	348	371	55	6th East	Lost East Division quarter-final
1988-89	72	25	43	4	-	286	331	54	7th East	Out of playoffs
1989-90	72	28	38	6	-	276	325	62	7th East	Out of playoffs
1990-91	72	19	51	2	-	265	380	40	8th East	Out of playoffs
1991-92	72	11	55	6	-	246	356	28	8th East	Out of playoffs
1992-93	72	43	25	4	-	347	258	90	2nd East	Lost East Division quarter-final
1993-94	72	42	25	5	-	291	251	89	2nd East	Lost East Division final
1994-95	72	45	22	5	-	315	235	95	1st East	Lost final
1995-96	72	52	19	1	-	369	231	105	1st East	Won championship
1996-97	72	47	24	1	-	339	208	95	1st East	Lost Eastern Conference quarter-final
1997-98	72	45	21	6	-	322	235	96	3rd East	Lost final
1998-99	72	39	29	4	-	293	267	82	2nd East	Lost Eastern Conference quarter-final
1999-00	72	25	43	4	5	212	260	59	6th East	Out of playoffs
2000-01	72	32	32	5	3	244	242	72	4th East	Lost Eastern Conference quarter-final
2001-02	72	43	23	4	2	261	210	92	1st East	Lost Eastern Conference final
2002-03	72	43	17	9	3	258	187	98	1st East	Lost Eastern Conference final
2003-04	72	28	32	9	3	230	224	68	3rd East	Lost Eastern Conference semi-final
2004-05	72	45	21	5	1	255	199	96	1st East	Lost final
Season	GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	GF	GA	Points	Finish	Playoffs
2005-06	72	30	32	6	4	218	259	70	4th East	Lost Eastern Conference quarter-final
2006-07	72	41	20	3	8	258	214	94	1st East	In progress

[edit] NHL Alumni

Jim Agnew Johnathan Aitken Ray Allison Milan Bartovic Rick Blight Jack Borotsik Laurie Boschman Aris Brimanis Cam Brown Sven Butenschon Dustin Byfuglien Tony Camazzola Dave Chartier Jason Chimera Ron Chipperfield Erik Christensen Ryan Craig Butch Deadmarsh Bill Derlago Don Dietrich

Chris Dingman Eric Fehr Ray Ferraro Bob Fitchner Don Gillen Glen Hanlon Josh Harding Burke Henry Ron Hextall Bruce Holloway Dean Kennedy Trevor Kidd Darin Kimble Rick Knickle Ladislav Kohn Mark Kolesar Justin Kurtz Gord Lane Kirby Law Derek Laxdal

Peter LeBoutillier Mike Leclerc Chuck Lefley Ron Loustel George Maneluk Mike Maneluk Bryan McCabe Brad McCrimmon Brett McLean Tom McMurchy Bill Mikkelson Carl Mokosak Jay More Marty Murray Jeff Odgers Chris Osgood John Paddock Steve Patrick Cam Plante

Walt Poddubny Brian Propp Wayne Ramsey Wade Redden Pokey Reddick Curt Ridley Terran Sandwith Peter Schaefer Dave Semenko Brent Severyn Ryan Stewart Dave Thomlinson Ole-Kristian Tollefsen Jordin Tootoo Oleg Tverdovsky Alexander Vasilevski Juha Widing Terry Yake Nolan Yonkman

[edit] See also

• List of ice hockey teams in Manitoba

[edit] References

• Brandon Wheat Kings homepage
• 2005-06 WHL Guide

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