| Creston Valley Thunder Cats | |
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| City | Creston, British Columbia |
| League | Kootenay International Junior Hockey League |
| Conference | Kootenay |
| Division | Eddie Mountain |
| Founded | 1976–77 (As Clippers) |
| Home arena | Johnny Bucyk Arena |
| Colours | Red, blue, silver, black, white |
| General manager | Joe Martin |
| Head coach | Joe Martin |
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Website www.crestonvalleythundercats.com |
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| Franchise history | |
| 1976-89 | Creston Clippers |
| 1992-00 | Creston Thunder |
| 2000-present | Creston Valley Thunder Cats |
The Creston Valley Thunder Cats are a junior ice hockey team based in Creston, British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Eddie Mountain Division of the Kootenay Conference of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL). They play their home games at Johnny Bucyk Arena.
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The Creston Thunder were founded in 1992 as a Junior A team in the Rocky Mountain Junior Hockey League. By the 1998-99 season, the RMJHL had fallen to four teams and was playing a lot of interleague with the America West Hockey League. The Creston Thunder could not afford the travel and opted to leave the RMJHL, effectively forcing the league to fold, at the end of the 1999 playoffs.
The team sat out 1999-2000 to reorganize.
In 2000, the team was renamed the Creston Valley Thunder Cats and joined the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League.
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes
| Season | GP | W | L | T | OT | GF | GA | P | PIM | Results | Playoffs |
| 1992-93 | 52 | 5 | 47 | - | 0 | 161 | 399 | 10 | 4th, Kootenay | Lost in Conference Semifinals, 0-4 (Smoke Eaters) | |
| 1993-94 | 52 | 25 | 26 | - | 1 | 260 | 277 | 51 | 3rd, Kootenay | Lost in Conference Semifinals, 1-4 (Colts) | |
| 1994-95 | 52 | 25 | 24 | - | 3 | 303 | 268 | 53 | 4th, Kootenay | Lost in Conference Finals, 0-4 (Colts) | |
| 1995-96 | 58 | 19 | 33 | - | 6 | 227 | 272 | 44 | 5th, Kootenay | Did not qualify | |
| 1996-97 | 60 | 28 | 27 | - | 5 | 267 | 279 | 61 | 5th, RMJHL | Lost in Quarterfinals, 3-4 (Leafs) | |
| 1997-98 | 54 | 11 | 40 | - | 3 | 204 | 323 | 25 | 6th, RMJHL | Did not qualify | |
| 1998-99 | 45 | 16 | 26 | - | 3 | 166 | 192 | 35 | 4th, RMJHL | Lost in Semifinals, 0-4 (Dynamiters) | |
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| 2000-01 | 58 | 11 | 41 | 5 | 1 | 184 | 318 | 28 | 6th, Neil Murdoch | ||
| 2001-02 | 50 | 16 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 190 | 249 | 41 | 2133 | 3rd, Eddie Mountain | |
| 2002-03 | 50 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 184 | 192 | 51 | 2356 | 3rd, Eddie Mountain | |
| 2003-04 | 50 | 19 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 169 | 206 | 41 | 1701 | 3rd, Eddie Mountain | |
| 2004-05 | 50 | 21 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 170 | 195 | 46 | 2038 | 3rd, Eddie Mountain | |
| 2005-06 | 50 | 7 | 43 | 0 | 132 | 291 | 14 | 1899 | 5th, Eddie Mountain | Did not qualify | |
| 2006-07 | 52 | 25 | 25 | 2 | 190 | 211 | 52 | 2nd, Eddie Mountain | Lost in Finals | ||
| 2007-08 | 52 | 28 | 19 | 5 | 172 | 177 | 61 | 1893 | 2nd, Neil Murdoch: East | Lost in Division Finals | |
| 2008-09 | 52 | 30 | 12 | 10 | 210 | 165 | 70 | 1508 | 1st, Eddie Mountain | Lost in Division Finals | |
| 2009-10 | 50 | 28 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 196 | 163 | 60 | 1368 | 2nd, Eddie Mountain | Lost in Division Finals, 0–4 (Ghostriders) |
| 2010-11 | 50 | 26 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 169 | 170 | 57 | 1857 | 2nd, Eddie Mountain | Lost in Division Finals, 3-4 (Ghostriders) |
Most Sportsmanlike
Most Valuable Player
Top Scorer
Top Defenseman
Top Goaltender
Coach of the Year
Most Sportsmanlike
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