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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 Ice added a regular season title in 2004–05 and a third playoff ...
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 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 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.
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]
The team made it to the second round of the playoffs before being eliminated by the Vees. The Centennials then were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs for the following three seasons and Pierce was hired by the Western Hockey League's Kootenay Ice. Pierce was replaced by assistant coach Joe Martin in 2015. [31]
The Kootenay Ice won the Ed Chynoweth Cup for the third time, defeating the Portland Winterhawks in the championship series. [1] This earned Kootenay a berth in the 2011 Memorial Cup tournament. On January 15, 2011, the Spokane Chiefs hosted the Kootenay Ice in the WHL's first ever outdoor game, played at Avista Stadium. [2]