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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 ]
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.
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 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 .
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 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.
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 .
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 Kootenay Ice respectively. [1] The Kootenay Ice won their first Memorial Cup, beating the Victoriaville Tigres in the final. [1]