Summerland Steam

Summerland Steam

City	Summerland, British Columbia
League	Kootenay International Junior Hockey League
Conference	Okanagan/Shushwap Conference
Division	Okanagan Division
Founded	2011 (2011)–12
Home arena	Summerland Arena
Colours	Red, Black, White
General manager	Gregg Wilson
Head coach	John DePourcq
Captain	Paulsen Lautard
Website www.summerlandsteam.com/
Franchise history
2011-present	Summerland Steam

The Summerland Steam are a Canadian Junior "B" ice hockey team based in Summerland, British Columbia. They are a member of the Okanagan Division in the Okanagan/Shushwap Division of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League and play their homes games at Summerland Arena. Their General Manager is Gregg Wilson and their head coach is John DePourcq.

History

The Summerland Steam were founded by Jonathan and Tanya Bowman in 2011, and began play in the 2011-12 season in the Okanagan Division in the KIJHL. The town of Summerland previously had a franchise in the KIJHL, called the Summerland Sting, which relocated to Penticton for the 2009-10 KIJHL season, only two seasons before the Steam were founded. In the 1980s, the town was home to the Summerland Buckaroos, a Junior A team in the British Columbia Hockey League. The Buckaroos only lasted five seasons due to continuous losing records. In the Steam's first season, they missed the playoffs, finishing with a record of 15-35-0-2 and 32 points in 52 games, 24 points behind 4th place Kelowna. In their second season, the Steam qualified for the playoffs with a 21-28-1-2 record. They fell, 4-2, to the Kelowna Chiefs in the first round, losing four straight after winning the first two games of the series in Kelowna. In 2013-14, the Steam won the Okanagan Division, winning their last seven games and pulling ahead of Kelowna in the final few games of the regular reason. They were, however, upset in the first round of the divisional playoffs by North Okanagan. In 2014-15, the Steam finished second in the Okanagan Division, with a record of 28-19-2-3. They defeated the rival Chiefs in the first round, advancing to the division final. They lost, narrowly, to the division champion Osoyoos Coyotes. 12 players will return for the Steam for the 2015-16 season.^[1] Despite their recent conception, the Steam hold intense rivalries with all of their fellow Okanagan Division teams, most notably the Kelowna Chiefs and Osoyoos Coyotes. They were also fierce geographic rivals with the Penticton Lakers for a few seasons, before the forced relocation of the Lakers to 100 Mile House.

Origins of the team name

The Steam's name was taken from the famous Kettle Valley Steam Railway, the only remaining line of the trans-provincial Kettle Valley Railway, which runs through Summerland, and is a popular tourist destination in the town. The steam engine is pictured in the team's logo.

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

Records as of December 16, 2015.^[2]

Season	GP	W	L	T	OTL	Pts	GF	GA	Finish	Playoffs
2011-12	52	15	35	0	2	32	197	300	5th, Okanagan	Did not qualify
2012-13	52	21	28	1	2	45	163	202	4th, Okanagan	Eliminated first round (Chiefs)
2013-14	52	33	15	1	3	70	208	152	1st, Okanagan	Eliminated first round (Knights)
2014-15	52	28	19	2	3	61	167	141	2nd, Okanagan	Lost in Div. Final (Coyotes)
2015-16	31	20	10	0	1	41	104	69	2nd, Okanagan	TBD

Playoffs

Records as of March 6, 2014.^[3]^[4]

Season	1st Round	2nd Round	3rd Round	Finals
2011-12	Did not qualify
2012-13	L, 2-4, Kelowna	-	-	-
2013-14	L, 2-4, North Okanagan	-	-	-
2014-15	W, 4-3, Kelowna	L, 2-4, Osoyoos	-	-

Current roster

Accurate as of November 13, 2015.^[5]

Goaltenders
Number	Province/State	Player	Catches	DOB	Hometown
31		Matthew Huber		22/07/97	Calgary, Alberta
31		Austin Wells		29/05/95	Calgary, Alberta
35		Jacob Mullen	R	17/03/95	Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
35		Matthew Kostiw		30/04/96	Aurora, Colorado

Defensemen
Number	Province/State	Player	Shoots	DOB	Hometown
2		Alex Williams	R	01/02/96	West Kelowna, British Columbia
4		Adam Jones		10/01/96	Penticton, British Columbia
6		Calvin Hadley		25/02/96	Kelowna, British Columbia
7		Cole Williams		28/04/97	Kelowna, British Columbia
8		Brogan Lautard		31/01/97	Midway, British Columbia
16		Keenan Scott		03/03/97	Red Deer, Alberta
17		Matthew Monk		28/08/97	Langley, British Columbia
18		Michael McEachern		02/02/96	West Kelowna, British Columbia
20		Lathan McKinney		25/03/96	Kelowna, British Columbia

Forwards
Number	Province/State	Player	Shoots	DOB	Hometown
9		Braden Eliuk		05/03/97	Kelowna, British Columbia
11		Andrew York		28/11/99	Dawson Creek, British Columbia
12		Scott Robinson		02/01/97	Penticton, British Columbia
13		Wyatt Gale	L	18/04/96	Whitehorse, Yukon
14		Jarrett Malchow		14/04/96	Whitehorse, Yukon
15		Calvin Rout		17/04/98	Kelowna, British Columbia
19		Raphael Bassot		31/01/99	Penticton, British Columbia
21		Riley Pettitt		11/10/96	Whitehorse, Yukon
44		Michael MacLean		09/07/98	Penticton, British Columbia
51		Jack Mills		21/06/95	Delta, British Columbia
88		Paulsen Lautard		25/02/95	Penticton, British Columbia
91		Cody Egilson		20/01/96	Summerland, British Columbia
-		Coleton Fisher		08/04/96	Calgary, Alberta
-		Nicholas Gnazdowsky		16/06/97	West Kelowna, British Columbia
-		Josh Pilon		11/05/98	Revelstoke, British Columbia

Team staff

General Manager: Gregg Wilson
Head Coach: John DePourcq
Assistant Coaches: Darren Jensen, Wade Parker, Jordan McCallum
Trainer: Jessica Slivka
Chaplin: Rick Gay
Assistant Manager: Mike Rigby

Awards and trophies

Most Sportsmanlike

Steve Semenoff: 2011-12 (Divisional)

Rookie of the Year

Kienan Scott: 2013-14

References

↑ "Coach likes pieces for Summerland Steam | Penticton Western News". pentictonwesternnews.com. 2015-09-11. Retrieved 2015-11-13.
↑ http://www.kijhl.ca/leagues/standingsTotals.cfm?leagueID=5221&clientID=2223&showGameType=2&selecteddivid=0/ Regular season standings 2015-16
↑ http://www.kijhl.ca/leagues/bracket_vert.cfm?clientID=2223&leagueID=5221 Playoff Results
↑ http://www.kijhl.ca/leagues/custom_page.cfm?clientID=2223&leagueID=5221&pageid=6980 League Champions
↑ http://summerlandsteam.com/roster Steam roster

External links

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