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Coastal Tsunami
The Coastal Tsunami are a Junior ice hockey team in the Pacific Junior Hockey League (PJHL) based in Gibsons, British Columbia on the Sunshine Coast. It will debut as an expansion team in the 2024–25 PJHL season. Arena The team will play its home games in the Gibsons & Area Community Centre. The building opened in 2008 and is owned by the Sunshine Coast Regional District. The Sunshine Coast Junior Hockey Society (SCJHS) funded improvements to the building, including seating upgrades and construction of new dressing rooms, that were expected to be completed before the 2024–25 PJHL season. The SCJHS also secured the donation of a four-panel video display score clock that it hoped could be installed and operational in time for the inaugural season. The display was donated by the Pacific National Exhibition and used to hang above centre-ice at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver. The Sunshine Coast Regional District has not confirmed whether the score clock will be installed i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gibsons
Gibsons is a coastal community of 4,758 in southwestern British Columbia, Canada on the Sunshine Coast (British Columbia), Sunshine Coast, where the southwest bank of Howe Sound meets the Strait of Georgia. During its early history as a European-descended settlement, the town was a local centre for forestry and commercial fishing. However, changing economics and resource availability have led Gibsons to increasingly become a bedroom community to workers in Greater Vancouver (especially Remote work, remote or hybrid workers). Due to its location in the Pacific Temperate Rainforests, Pacific Coastal Rainforest, adjacent the Salish Sea and the Coast Mountains, and its position as gateway to the rest of the Sunshine Coast, Gibsons is a regional Tourist attraction, tourist destination. In 2009, the International Awards for Liveable Communities (LivCom) named Gibsons the most liveable community in the world with a population under 20,000. Gibsons is perhaps best known in Canada as t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League
The Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League (VIJHL) is a junior ice hockey league of 11 clubs on Vancouver Island. The Brent Patterson Memorial Trophy is awarded annually to the league playoff champion at the end of each season. In 2024, the league decided to withdraw from the Hockey Canada framework and operate as an independent farm league for the BCHL. History The most recent provincial Jr. B champions to come from the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League are the Campbell River Storm in 2015, the Peninsula Panthers in 2011, the Victoria Cougars in 2007, and the Campbell River Storm again in 1999 during their dynasty of the league. The only team in VIJHL history to ever win the Keystone Cup as Western Canadian champions are the 2015 Campbell River Storm. This has been accomplished multiple times by teams in the rival Pacific Junior Hockey League and Kootenay International Junior Hockey League. In 2012, the VIJHL announced the addition of two new franchises, the Nanaimo Bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ridge Meadows Flames
The Ridge Meadows Flames are a Junior "A" ice hockey team based in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Harold Brittain Conference of the Pacific Junior Hockey League (PJHL). The Flames play their home games at Planet Ice Maple Ridge. Blaine Hallman is the director of Hockey Operations. Derek Bedard serves as the team's General Manager and Governor. Former NHL player, Brent Hughes is the Head Coach. Mike Legg, Brett Sonne and Bobby Vermette serve as the Assistant Coaches. Mackenzie Skapski and Jeff Smith are the Goalie Coaches. Their Goal judge is community favourite Stevie Crook. The team was founded in 1972 in North Shore, British Columbia as the North Shore Winter Club Flames until relocating to Maple Ridge in 1993. In its history, the team has won the Keystone Cup once, in 1998. The Flames have won the Cyclone Taylor Cup three times in 1983, 1996 and 1998. They won the NIL Championship once, in 1974; the WCJHL Championship once, in 1983; and the P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richmond Sockeyes
The Richmond Sockeyes are a Junior ice hockey team based in Richmond, British Columbia. They were named the "Sockeyes" by the original owner and longtime Richmond resident and B.C. hockey volunteer and leader Bruce Allison in 1972. Allison was motivated to bring top-level junior hockey to Richmond while also encouraging local players to play closer to home and stay in school. The first captain of the team was Richmond product Doug Paterson - who is one of the team's current owners. The Sockeyes franchise has had success as a Junior B team, and for several years as a Junior A team in the PAC-A league and later the BC Junior Hockey League. The Sockeyes have won nine PJHL championships, six Cyclone Taylor Junior B BC Championship titles, two Keystone Cup National Junior B Championship titles, two Mowat Cup BC Junior A Championship titles (winners of the PAC-A Junior League versus the BCJHL winners), a Fred Page Championship as BCHL champions and a Centennial Cup as National Junior ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Langley Trappers
The Langley Trappers are a Junior "A" ice hockey team based in Langley, British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Harold Brittain Conference of the Pacific Junior Hockey League (PJHL). The Trappers play their home games at the George Preston Recreation Centre, sharing the arena with the Junior "A" Langley Rivermen. Brad Bakken is the team's president and head coach. Brad Bakken is also the general manager. History The Trappers joined the league in 2017 as an expansion team, and made the playoffs in their first year under coach Burt Henderson. While the Trappers got swept by the Abbotsford Pilots in the first round that year, the lessons learned established the groundwork for success the next year, as Coach Henderson led a core of players to the PJHL Finals in the 2018–19 season. Key performances from goaltender Kristian Lyon, defender Braden Warburton, and forwards Casey Whintors, Keeton Oakley, and Carter Graham led Langley to playoff success, as they beat Abbotsford ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grandview Steelers
The Grandview Steelers are a Junior "A" ice hockey team based in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Tom Shaw Conference of the Pacific Junior Hockey League (PJHL). The Steelers play their home games at Burnaby Winter Club. Aldo Bruno is the team's vice-president and general manager. Stevan Matic is the team's head coach. The Steelers joined the league in 1967 as an original WCJHL team. In its PJHL history, the team has won the Cyclone Taylor Cup twice, in 1994 and 2008. The Steelers have won the PJHL Championship twice, in 1994 and 2008. On June 2/2025 it was announced the team would change its name from Grandview to Burnaby Steelers History The Grandview Junior Hockey Association was formed August 17, 1967 after acceptance into the West Coast Junior Hockey League. The Association was formed "to foster, improve and perpetuate a Junior Hockey Team in east Vancouver for players in that area". The original name of the team was Rowan's Grandview Steelers, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delta Ice Hawks
The Delta Ice Hawks are a Junior ice hockey team based in Delta, British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Tom Shaw Conference of the Pacific Junior Hockey League (PJHL). The Ice Hawks play their home games at Sungod Recreation Centre. History The Ice Hawks joined the league in 1997 as an expansion team. In its PJHL history, the team has won the Cyclone Taylor Cup once, in 2006. The 2006 Championship Ice Hawks team suffered no regulation losses in the PJHL playoffs. The Ice Hawks have won the PJHL Championship in 2001, 2006, 2012, 2018 and 2023. Beginning in the 2025–26 season, the league will be divided into two tiers. Seven of the league's 15 clubs will be promoted to tier 1, including the Chilliwack Jets, Coastal Tsunami, Delta Ice Hawks, Grandview Steelers, Langley Trappers, Richmond Sockeyes and Ridge Meadows Flames. Tier 2 will include the Abbotsford Pilots, Aldergrove Kodiaks, Mission City Outlaws, North Vancouver Wolf Pack, Port Coquitlam Trailbla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coastal Tsunami
The Coastal Tsunami are a Junior ice hockey team in the Pacific Junior Hockey League (PJHL) based in Gibsons, British Columbia on the Sunshine Coast. It will debut as an expansion team in the 2024–25 PJHL season. Arena The team will play its home games in the Gibsons & Area Community Centre. The building opened in 2008 and is owned by the Sunshine Coast Regional District. The Sunshine Coast Junior Hockey Society (SCJHS) funded improvements to the building, including seating upgrades and construction of new dressing rooms, that were expected to be completed before the 2024–25 PJHL season. The SCJHS also secured the donation of a four-panel video display score clock that it hoped could be installed and operational in time for the inaugural season. The display was donated by the Pacific National Exhibition and used to hang above centre-ice at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver. The Sunshine Coast Regional District has not confirmed whether the score clock will be installed i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chilliwack Jets
The Chilliwack Jets are a junior ice hockey team based in Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Harold Brittain Conference of the Pacific Junior Hockey League (PJHL). The Jets play their home games at the Sardis Sports Complex. History The original Chilliwack Jets (1965–71) team was one of the original six teams in the Pacific Junior Hockey League (PJHL), which was then called the West Coast Junior Hockey League. The present-day Chilliwack Jets debuted as an expansion team in the 2020–21 PCHL season, however the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Beginning in the 2025–26 season, the league will be divided into two tiers. Seven of the league's 15 clubs will be promoted to tier 1, including the Chilliwack Jets, Coastal Tsunami, Delta Ice Hawks, Grandview Steelers, Langley Trappers, Richmond Sockeyes and Ridge Meadows Flames. Tier 2 will include the Abbotsford Pilots The Abbotsford Pilots are a Junior "A" ice hockey team base ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Hockey League
The Western Hockey League (WHL) is a junior ice hockey league based in Western Canada and the Northwestern United States. The WHL is one of three leagues that constitutes the Canadian Hockey League (CHL) as the highest level of junior hockey in Canada, alongside the Ontario Hockey League and Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League. Teams play for the Ed Chynoweth Cup, with the winner moving on to play for the Memorial Cup, Canada's national junior championship. WHL teams have won the Memorial Cup 19 times. The WHL is composed of 23 teams divided into two conferences of two divisions, each. The Eastern Conference comprises 11 teams from Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta, while the Western Conference comprises 12 teams from British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon. The league will expand to 24 teams by 2026 with the addition of a team in Chilliwack, British Columbia. The league was founded in 1966 as the Canadian Major Junior Hockey League (CMJHL), with seven teams in Sas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hockey Manitoba
Hockey Manitoba is the governing body of amateur ice hockey in the province of Manitoba, Canada. Hockey Manitoba was founded in 1914 as the ''Manitoba Amateur Hockey Association'' and is a branch affiliate of Hockey Canada. As part of its mandate, Hockey Manitoba oversees junior and senior hockey (excluding major junior), minor hockey (through its ten regional branches), provincial championships, officiating programs, and skill development programs for coaches and players, in conjunction with member leagues and minor hockey associations. History Formation and early years Members of the Winnipeg Amateur Hockey League met on June 23, 1914, agreed to form a provisional Manitoba Hockey Commission to oversee hockey in Manitoba, and sought to merge into a national commission when such a body became established. The suggestion to form a governing body for hockey in Canada was made by Claude C. Robinson, the trustee for the Allan Cup in Western Canada, and was echoed by similar ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hockey Saskatchewan
Hockey Saskatchewan is the governing body of all ice hockey in Saskatchewan. Hockey Saskatchewan is a branch of Hockey Canada. Hockey Saskatchewan was established as the Saskatchewan Amateur Hockey Association in 1906, and was later known as the Saskatchewan Hockey Association. History The Saskatchewan Amateur Hockey Association (SAHA) was established in 1906 to govern ice hockey in the province of Saskatchewan. Its senior ice hockey teams began competing for the Allan Cup in 1909. The SAHA became a charter member of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association when the national body was established in 1914. Junior ice hockey teams from Saskatchewan began competing for the Memorial Cup in 1919. The SAHA later shortened its name to the Saskatchewan Hockey Association (SHA). The SHA rebranded itself as Hockey Saskatchewan in 2021, to bring itself inline with the naming convention used by Hockey Canada, and to avoid confusion with the Saskatchewan Health Authority which also used SHA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
