The La Ronge Ice Wolves are a Canadian junior "A" ice hockey team based out of

La Ronge, Saskatchewan La Ronge is a List of municipalities in Saskatchewan, northern town in the boreal forest of Canada, boreal forest of central Saskatchewan, Canada. Its location is approximately north of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Prince Albert where Saskat ...

. They play out of the

Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League The Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League is a Junior 'A' ice hockey league operating in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan and one of nine member leagues of the Canadian Junior Hockey League. Open to North American-born players 20 years ...

and play their homes games at the Mel Hegland Uniplex which has a seating capacity of 1,200.

History

Despite finishing fourth in their division and seventh overall in the league, the La Ronge Ice Wolves defeated the

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, Battlefords North Stars, and Yorkton Terriers to clinch their first SJHL Credit Union Cup. Ice Wolves' forward Liam Brennan was named playoff MVP after scoring a hat-trick overtime goal winning the series. With the win, the Ice Wolves advanced to the ANAVET Cup, but had already guaranteed themselves a position in the 2010 Royal Bank Cup as their opponent, the

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of the

Manitoba Junior Hockey League The Manitoba Junior Hockey League (MJHL) is a Junior 'A' ice hockey league operating in the Canadian province of Manitoba and one of nine member leagues of the Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL). The MJHL consists of thirteen teams all based ...

, were hosting the National Championship. The Ice Wolves fell in five games to the Kings. The teams met again in the semi-finals of the RBC Cup, with the Kings defeating the Wolves 5–2 on home ice. The Ice Wolves went into the 2011 SJHL playoffs as the top team in the league with 86 points and their first regular season points title in team history. The Ice Wolves featured the top three scorers from the regular season in Travis Eggum (106), Marc-Andre Carré (106) and Doug Lindensmith (98). After receiving a bye past the first round, La Ronge beat the

in five games, the

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in five games, and won their second consecutive SJHL championship in seven games over the Yorkton Terriers. The Ice Wolves won the championship on home ice before a listed attendance of 1,339. Ice Wolves defensemen Dayton Fossum and goaltender Joel Danyluk shared the playoff MVP. The Ice Wolves again lost in the ANAVET Cup, falling in seven games to the

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Season-by-season standings

Playoffs

*2000 ''Lost Preliminary round robin'' :Third in round robin (0-4) vs.

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and Melville Millionaires *2005 ''Lost Semi-final'' :First in round robin (3-1) vs. Battlefords North Stars and

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:La Ronge Ice Wolves defeated

''4-games-to-2'' : Battlefords North Stars defeated La Ronge Ice Wolves ''4-games-to-3'' *2006 ''Lost Semi-final'' :Third in round robin (1-2-1) vs. Battlefords North Stars and Nipawin Hawks :La Ronge Ice Wolves defeated Nipawin Hawks ''4-games-to-none'' : Battlefords North Stars defeated La Ronge Ice Wolves ''4-games-to-none'' *2007 ''Lost Preliminary'' : Nipawin Hawks defeated La Ronge Ice Wolves ''4-games-to-2'' *2008 ''Lost Preliminary'' : Nipawin Hawks defeated La Ronge Ice Wolves ''4-games-to-2'' *2010 ''Won League, Lost Anavet Cup'', Lost 2010 Royal Bank Cup semi-final :La Ronge Ice Wolves defeated

''3-games-to-none'' :La Ronge Ice Wolves defeated

''4-games-to-2'' :La Ronge Ice Wolves defeated Battlefords North Stars ''4-games-to-2'' :La Ronge Ice Wolves defeated Yorkton Terriers ''4-games-to-2'' SJHL CHAMPIONS :

(

MJHL The Manitoba Junior Hockey League (MJHL) is a Junior ice hockey, Junior 'A' ice hockey league operating in the Canadian province of Manitoba and one of nine member leagues of the Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL). The MJHL consists of thirtee ...

) defeated La Ronge Ice Wolves ''4-games-to-1'' :Fourth in 2010 Royal Bank Cup round robin (1-3) :

(

) defeated La Ronge Ice Wolves ''6-2'' in semi-final *2011 ''Won League, Lost Anavet Cup'' :La Ronge Ice Wolves defeated

''4-games-to-1'' :La Ronge Ice Wolves defeated

''4-games-to-1'' :La Ronge Ice Wolves defeated Yorkton Terriers ''4-games-to-3'' SJHL CHAMPIONS :

(

) defeated La Range Ice Wolves ''4-games-to-3'' *2012 :''Preliminary Round'' La Ronge Ice Wolves defeated

''3-games-to-0'' :''Quarter-Finals''

defeated La Ronge Ice Wolves ''4-games-to-0'' *2016 :''Preliminary Round'' La Ronge Ice Wolves defeated Yorkton Terriers ''3-games-to-0'' :''Quarter-Finals''

defeated La Ronge Ice Wolves ''4-games-to-0''

References

https://www.icewolves.ca - Official Website https://www.icewolves.ca/page/show/634444-the-northerner-playoff-mvp-award - Awards List {{Saskatchewan Sports Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League teams

History

Season-by-season standings

Playoffs

See also

References