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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 ...
The Edmonton Ice were a Canadian major junior ice hockey team based in Edmonton, Alberta. A Western Hockey League expansion team established in 1996, the team played only two seasons from 1996 to 1998 before relocating to Cranbrook, British Columbia , where the team became known as the Kootenay Ice .
The Hitmen were followed one year later by the Edmonton Ice, but that team failed after only two seasons because of conflicts with the Edmonton Oilers. The team became the Kootenay Ice in Cranbrook, British Columbia, and found better success—including winning the 2002 Memorial Cup—despite being in one of the smallest markets in the league.
It was the 84th annual Memorial Cup competition and determined the major junior ice hockey champion of the Canadian Hockey League (CHL). It featured the host team, the Guelph Storm , as well as the winners of the Ontario Hockey League , Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and the Western Hockey League : the Erie Otters , Victoriaville Tigres and ...
The 2013–14 WHL season was the 48th season of the Western Hockey League (WHL). The regular season began on September 19, 2013, and ended on March 16, 2014. The Kelowna Rockets won their third Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy for best regular season regular, their first since 2003–04.