The Quesnel Millionaires were a junior "A" ice hockey team based in

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, Canada. They were members of the Interior Conference of the

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(BCHL). They played their home games at Quesnel Twin Arena. The ownership group accepted an offer from the Chiefs Development group to move them to

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to play in Prospera Centre as of 2011 which was vacated after the Chilliwack Bruins were sold and moved to Victoria, BC. They are now known as the

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History

The Millionaires started out in the Peace Cariboo Junior Hockey League in 1975. The Millionaires are the 1977, 1978, 1979, and 1987

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Champions. They have also won the 1977, 1978, and 1979 Cyclone Taylor Cup Championships. In 1978, the Millionaires also won the Western Canada Junior B championship, defeating the North Saskatchewan Junior B Hockey League's

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2-games-to-none. In 1996, the Millionaires moved to the

. On May 9, 2011, the BCHL approved the sale of the Quesnel Millionaires to the Chiefs Development Group in Chilliwack, BC. The former Chiefs franchise was renamed the

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in preparation for the Millionaires' return to Chilliwack.

Season-by-season record

''Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against'' ''*

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receive bye. Quesnel Millionaires disqualified from playoffs over a missed regular season game.''

Playoffs

*1981 ''Lost semi-final'' : Fort St. John Golden Hawks defeated Quesnel Millionaires ''4-games-to-1'' *1982 ''DNQ'' *1983 ''Lost semi-final'' :Quesnel Millionaires defeated

''3-games-to-1'' : Williams Lake Mustangs defeated Quesnel Millionaires ''3-games-to-none'' *1984 ''Lost semi-final'' :

defeated Quesnel Millionaires ''4-games-to-1'' *1985 ''Did Not Participate'' *1986 ''DNQ'' *1987 ''Won League, lost

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'' :Quesnel Millionaires defeated

''4-games-to-2'' :Quesnel Millionaires defeated Grande Prairie North Stars ''4-games-to-2'' PCJHL CHAMPIONS :

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defeated Quesnel Millionaires ''2-games-to-none'' *1988 ''Lost semi-final'' :

defeated Quesnel Millionaires ''4-games-to-none'' *1989 ''DNQ'' *1990 ''Lost semi-final'' : Fort St. John Huskies defeated Quesnel Millionaires ''4-games-to-none'' *1991 ''Disqualified from Playoffs'' *1992 ''Lost quarter-final'' :

defeated Quesnel Millionaires ''4-games-to-none'' *1993 ''Lost quarter-final'' : Williams Lake Mustangs defeated Quesnel Millionaires ''4-games-to-none'' *1994 ''DNQ'' *1995 ''DNQ'' *1996 ''Lost semi-final'' :Quesnel Millionaires defeated

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''4-games-to-2'' :

defeated Quesnel Millionaires ''4-games-to-1''

NHL alumni

Awards and trophies

Joe Tennant Memorial Trophy *Barry Wolff: 1998 Bob Fenton Trophy *Trevor Hertz: 2010 *Jamie Molendyk: 2002 Bruce Allison Memorial Trophy *Gilbert Brule: 2003

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