100 Mile House Wranglers

100 Mile House Wranglers
City 100 Mile House, British Columbia
League Kootenay International Junior Hockey League
Conference Okanagan/Shuswap
Division Doug Birks
Founded 2001–02 (as Summerland)
Home arena South Cariboo Rec Center
Colours Navy, Gold, Aluminum Silver and White
                   
General manager Canada Dale "Duner" Hladun
Head coach Canada Dale "Duner" Hladun

Website
www.100milewranglers.com

Franchise history
2001-09 Summerland Sting
2009-13 Penticton Lakers
2013-present 100 Mile House Wranglers

The 100 Mile House Wranglers are a junior 'B' ice hockey team based in 100 Mile House, British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Doug Birks Division of the Okanagan/Shuswap Conference of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL). The Wranglers play their home games at South Cariboo Rec Center. Tom Bachynski is the team's governor and Doug Rogers is the general manager and coach. They are captained by forward Devan Suidy.

The Wranglers joined the league in 2013 as a relocated team. The franchise originally started as the Summerland Sting in 2001, then relocated to Penticton, as the Penticton Lakers, prior to the 2009-10 season, who never advanced past the opening round of the playoffs and relocated again, this time to 100 Mile House, to become the Wranglers.

Team history

2001-09: Summerland Sting

The start of the new expansion franchise saw the Sting finish 3rd in the Okanagan Shuswap Division in their first year (2001-02 season) and lost to the Revelstoke Grizzlies, 0-4 in the Division Semifinals. In the Sting's eight year existence, they never advanced past the second round. Due to poor records and attendance, they were relocated prior to the start of the 2009-10 season to Penticton, to become the Penticton Lakers.

2009-2013: Penticton Lakers

The newly relocated Lakers finished 6th in the Okanagan Division (2009-10 season) and lost 0-3, to the Sicamous Eagles, in the Division Semifinals. The Lakers failed to advance to the Division Finals (second round) in their three-year existence and were eventually relocated to 100 Mile House, to become the Wranglers, because of poor results and attendance.

2013-present: 100 Mile House Wranglers

The Wranglers finished third in the Doug Birks Division as a new relocated team, consequently making the playoffs in their first year in the KIJHL, facing the second seeded-team in their division, the Chase Heat; to whom they lost to, 0-4. The following season, the Wranglers finished third in their division again and also faced the Heat for the second consecutive time in the Division Semifinals.

Season-by-season record

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

Season GP W L T D OTL Pts GF GA Finish Playoffs
2013-14 52 23 21 0 — 8 54 159 176 3rd, Doug Birks Lost in Division Finals, 0-4 (Storm)
2014-15 52 26 21 0 0 5 57 157 161 3rd, Doug Birks Lost in Division Finals, 1-4 (Storm)

Playoffs

SeasonDivision SemifinalsDivision FinalsConference FinalsFinals
2013-14 W, 4-1, Chase L, 0-4, Kamloops — —
2014-15 W, 4-2, Chase L, 1-4, Kamloops — —

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