Edmonton Ice

Edmonton Ice
founding	1996
resolution	1998
history	Edmonton Ice 1996–1998 Kootenay Ice 1998–2019 Winnipeg Ice since 2019
Stadion	Northlands Agricom
Location	Edmonton , Alberta
Team colors	blue, gold, black, white
league	Western Hockey League
Memorial Cups	no
Ed Chynoweth Cups	no

The Edmonton Ice were a Canadian ice hockey franchise based in Edmonton in the province of Alberta . The team played from 1996 to 1998 in one of the top three Canadian junior ice hockey leagues, the Western Hockey League (WHL).

history

The Edmonton Ice was founded in 1996 as a franchise of the Western Hockey League . In their only two seasons in the WHL they succeeded neither in the 1996/97 season as fifth in the Central Division, nor in the 1997/98 season as fourth in the Central Division to reach the playoffs for the Ed Chynoweth Cup . Due to the continued failure, those responsible replaced their coach Dave Siciliano by Ryan McGill at the beginning of the 1997/98 season . Since the Edmonton Oilers from the National Hockey League did not want to have direct competition from the WHL in their city, they did not let Edmonton Ice play its games in Rexall Place , so that the team had to switch to a small suburban hall. Because of financial problems the franchise in 1998 after been Cranbrook , British Columbia , relocated where it until 2019 under the name Kootenay Ice took part in the game operation of the WHL and the season 2019/20 to Winnipeg , Manitoba , moved and there since then as Winnipeg Ice in appearance occurs.

Season statistics

Abbreviations: GP = games, W = wins, L = defeats, T = draws, OTL = defeats after overtime, SOL = defeats after shootout , Pts = points, GF = goals scored, GA = goals against, PIM = penalty minutes

season	GP	W.	L.	T	OTL	SOL	Pts	GF	GA	space	Playoffs
1996-97	72	14th	56	2	-	-	30th	231	395	5th, Central	not qualified
1997-98	72	17th	49	6th	-	-	40	242	328	4th, Central	not qualified

Team records

Career records

Games: 138 Jay Henderson

Goals: 77 Jay Henderson

Assists: 77 Jay Henderson

Points: 154 Jay Henderson

Penalty Minutes: 483 Jason Norrie

Known players

• Jay Henderson
• Steve McCarthy
• Jarret Stoll
• Kyle Wanvig
• Jeremy Yablonski

Web links

• The Internet Hockey Database Statistics Edmonton Ice
• The Internet Hockey Database - Player List Edmonton Ice