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The Kootenay Ice found significant on-ice success in their early years. The team won WHL championships in 2000 and 2002 , along with the Memorial Cup in 2002 to become Canadian junior champions. The 2002 Ice team was inducted into the BC Hockey Hall of Fame in 2022. [ 4 ]
Kootenay Ice (2000–2019) Cranbrook Bucks ( BCHL ) (2020–) The Western Financial Place (formerly known as the Cranbrook Recreational Complex ) is a 4,268-seat (plus 352 standing room) [ 3 ] arena and an aquatics centre which is located in the East Kootenay's in the town of Cranbrook , British Columbia .
The Spokane Chiefs hosted the Kootenay Ice in the WHL's first outdoor game in January 2011.. This is a timeline of events throughout the history of the Western Hockey League (WHL), which dates back to its founding in 1966.
Kootenay Ice: Cranbrook: 1998-2019: 3: 1: Established in 1996 as the Edmonton Ice. Became the Winnipeg Ice in 2019. Nanaimo Islanders: Nanaimo: 1982-83: 0: 0: Founded in 1966 as the Calgary Buffaloes; Became the New Westminster Bruins in 1983 New Westminster Bruins: New Westminster: 1971-81: 4: 2: Founded in 1966 as the Estevan Bruins; Became ...
After nearly two decades, the WHL expanded to Edmonton in 1996, and the Ice began play at the Northlands Agricom. [3] On January 16, 1996, Dave Siciliano was announced as the first head coach for the Ice. [4] Siciliano and team owner Ed Chynoweth were committed to building a relationship between the Ice and local minor ice hockey programs. [5]
The Ice were founded in 1996 as the Edmonton Ice, an expansion team owned by Ed Chynoweth, the WHL's longtime president. The team relocated to Cranbrook, British Columbia in 1998, becoming the Kootenay Ice. [1] In Cranbrook, the team won three WHL championships in 2000, 2002, and 2011, and captured the Memorial Cup in 2002. [2]
The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL) is a junior ice hockey league in British Columbia, Canada and Washington, USA sanctioned by Hockey Canada.The winner of the Teck Cup competes with the champions of the Pacific Junior Hockey League (PJHL) and until the 2024–25 season, the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League (VIJHL) for the Cyclone Taylor Cup, the British Columbia ...
It is home to the Trail Smoke Eaters of the British Columbia Hockey League and also the Kootenay Ice of the BCMML. The arena was funded by donations from the community, particularly from local mining company Consolidated Mining and Smelting, and was built by tradesmen that volunteered their time. It was completed in 1949.