Powell River Kings

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Powell River Kings

City	Powell River, British Columbia
League	British Columbia Hockey League
Founded	1988
Home Arena	Powell River Recreation Complex
Colours	White, Green, and Gold
Coach	Mike Vandekamp
GM	Mike Vandekamp

The Powell River Kings are a Tier II Junior "A" ice hockey team from Powell River, British Columbia, Canada. They are a part of the British Columbia Hockey League.

Powell River joined the BCJHL for the start of the 1988-89 season with the name the "Paper Kings", when they assumed the Delta Flyers franchise. They dropped the "Paper" from their name for the start of the 1998-99 season. This year they are 6th in the Coastal conference and will make the playoffs.

Powell River Paper Kings 1988 - 1998

Powell River Kings 1998 to Present

[edit] Season-by-Season Record

Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Season	League	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Points	Finish	Playoffs
1988-89	BCJHL	60	39	20	1	-	390	286	79	2nd in Coastal	Lost in Semi-Finals
1989-90	BCJHL	61	28	27	6	-	298	325	62	3rd in Coastal	Lost in Quarter-Finals
1990-91	BCJHL	60	33	24	3	-	329	308	69	2nd in Coastal	Lost in Finals
1991-92	BCJHL	60	26	32	2	-	302	312	54	3rd in Coastal	Lost in Quarter-Finals
1992-93	BCJHL	60	34	23	3	-	328	288	71	1st in Coastal	Lost in Finals
1993-94	BCJHL	60	44	15	1	-	369	258	89	1st in Coastal	Lost in Semi-Finals
1994-95	BCJHL	60	37	22	1	-	300	259	75	1st in Coastal	Lost in Finals
1995-96	BCJHL	60	35	22	3	-	235	239	73	2nd in Coastal	Lost in Quarter-Finals
1996-97	BCHL	60	33	24	3	-	193	202	69	3rd in Coastal	Lost in Semi-Finals
1997-98	BCHL	60	28	29	3	-	202	214	59	4th in Coastal	Lost in Preliminary
1998-99	BCHL	60	17	43	-	0	216	346	34	4th in Coastal	DNQ
1999-00	BCHL	60	21	34	-	5	194	270	47	4th in Coastal	DNQ
2000-01	BCHL	60	19	35	-	6	183	255	44	4th in Coastal	DNQ
2001-02	BCHL	60	25	28	-	7	195	216	57	4th in Coastal	Lost in Quarter-Finals
2002-03	BCHL	60	33	21	2	4	239	209	72	2nd in Coastal	Lost in Quarter-Finals
2003-04	BCHL	60	26	25	2	7	199	234	61	3rd in Coastal	Lost in Quarter-Finals
2004-05	BCHL	60	28	24	0	8	210	223	64	3rd in Coastal	Lost in Quarter-Finals
2005-06	BCHL	60	20	35	3	2	177	231	45	5th in Coastal	Lost in Quarter-Finals

A few former players have gone on to the NHL. Brad Bombardir won a Stanley Cup with the New Jersey Devils, Jeff Hoggan is currently under contract to the Boston Bruins, Robb Gordon was a 2nd round draft choice of the Vancouver Canucks playing in 2 games, Dean Malkoc played for Vancouver and Boston and George Zajankala suited up for the Pittsburgh Penguins for a handful of games. Other draftees are forward Scott Kirton(Chicago)and goaltender Peter Brady(Vancouver).