Kootenay International Junior Hockey League

Kootenay International Junior Hockey League
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2010-11 KIJHL Season
Sport Ice hockey
Founded 1969
CEO Bill Ohlhausen
No. of teams 20
Countries  Canada (19 teams)
 United States (1 teams)
Most recent champion(s) Beaver Valley Nitehawks
Most titles Cranbrook Colts – 10
Official website http://www.kijhl.ca

The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League is a Junior "B" Ice Hockey league in British Columbia, Canada, sanctioned by Hockey Canada. The winner of the KIJHL playoffs competes with the champions of the Pacific Junior Hockey League and the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League for the Cyclone Taylor Cup, the British Columbia Provincial Title. The winner of the Cyclone Taylor Cup moves on to compete for the Western Canada "B" Crown, the Keystone Cup.

History

Founded in the early 1960s, the league was represented by the Trail Smoke Eaters in 1962, 1964, 1965, and 1966 for the Mowat Cup. In the '60s, the Mowat Cup determined the British Columbia seed in the Memorial Cup playdowns.

In 2013, the Penticton Lakers were sold to an ownership group in 100 Mile House. The team relocated there for the 2013-2014 season and is now called the 100 Mile House Wranglers.

Golden Rockets and Creston Valley Thundercats playing in 2010

Teams

List of teams

2010-11 KIJHL Team Location Map

Champions

Year Winning team Coach Losing team Coach Games Winning goal
1962 Trail Smoke Eaters
1963
1964 Trail Smoke Eaters
1965 Trail Smoke Eaters
1966 Trail Smoke Eaters
1967
1968 Trail Smoke Eaters
1969 Nelson Leafs
1970 Trail Smoke Eaters Rossland Warriors
1971 Trail Smoke Eaters Rossland Warriors
1972 Trail Smoke Eaters Cranbrook Colts
1973 Cranbrook Colts Rossland Warriors
1974 Cranbrook Colts Grand Forks Border Bruins
1975 Cranbrook Colts Trail Smoke Eaters
1976 Cranbrook Colts Rossland Warriors
1977 Castlegar Rebels Cranbrook Colts
1978 Castlegar Rebels Creston Clippers
1979 Trail Smoke Eaters Spokane Flames
1980 Kimberley Knights Trail Smoke Eaters
1981 Trail Smoke Eaters Cranbrook Colts
1982 Cranbrook Colts Trail Smoke Eaters
1983 Cranbrook Colts Trail Smoke Eaters
1984 Cranbrook Colts Spokane Flames
1985 Cranbrook Colts Trail Smoke Eaters
1986 Cranbrook Colts Trail Smoke Eaters
1987 Cranbrook Colts Castlegar Rebels
1988 Columbia Valley Rockies Trail Smoke Eaters
1989 Columbia Valley Rockies Nelson Leafs
1990 Columbia Valley Rockies Nelson Leafs
1991 Trail Smoke Eaters Columbia Valley Rockies
1992 Nelson Leafs Spokane Braves
1993 Nelson Leafs Columbia Valley Rockies
1994 North Okanagan Kings Castlegar Rebels
1995 Sicamous Eagles Castlegar Rebels
1996 Castlegar Rebels Sicamous Eagles
1997 Beaver Valley Nitehawks Columbia Valley Rockies
1998 Revelstoke Grizzlies Osoyoos Rebels
1999 Beaver Valley Nitehawks Revelstoke Grizzlies
2000 Nelson Leafs Sicamous Eagles
2001 Beaver Valley Nitehawks Revelstoke Grizzlies
2002 Sicamous Eagles Beaver Valley Nitehawks
2003 Beaver Valley Nitehawks Sicamous Eagles
2004 Beaver Valley Nitehawks Columbia Valley Rockies
2005 Osoyoos Storm Beaver Valley Nitehawks
2006 Sicamous Eagles Beaver Valley Nitehawks 4–1 Dustin Sobchak (0:42, first)
2007 Fernie Ghostriders Nelson Leafs 4–2 Derek Porter (11:44, second)
2008 Fernie Ghostriders Kamloops Storm 4–2 Josh McEwan (0:05, third)
2009 Nelson Leafs Kamloops Storm 4–0 Michael Spring (2:01, third)
2010 Revelstoke Grizzlies Nelson Leafs 4–1 Brad Friedrich (8:20, third)
2011 Osoyoos Coyotes Ken Law Castlegar Rebels Steve Junker 4–2 Steve Sasyniuk (19:25, first)
2012 Beaver Valley Nitehawks Terry Jones Kelowna Chiefs Ken Andrusiak 4–0 Craig Martin (9:35, second)
2013
2014
2015 Kimberley Dynamiters Jerry Bancks Kamloops Storm Ed Patterson 4–2 Jordan Busch (13:16, second)

NHL Alumni

See also

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