Estevan Bruins

Estevan Bruins
founding	1966
resolution	1971
history	Estevan Bruins 1966–1971 New Westminster Bruins 1971–1981 Kamloops Junior Oilers 1981–1984 Kamloops Blazers since 1984
Stadion	Estevan Civic Auditorium
Location	Estevan , Saskatchewan
Team colors	black yellow
league	Western Hockey League
Memorial Cups	no
Ed Chynoweth Cups	1967/68

The Estevan Bruins were a Canadian ice hockey team from Estevan , Saskatchewan . The team played from 1966 to 1971 in one of the three highest Canadian junior ice hockey leagues, the Western Hockey League (WHL).

history

The Estevan Bruins were founded in 1966 as a franchise of the Western Hockey League . After they had already reached the playoff semi-finals in their first year, the Bruins won the President's Cup for the first and only time in the 1967/68 season . In the final they prevailed in the best-of-seven series with four wins in a draw against the Flin Flon Bombers . As WHL champion, Estevan was eligible to participate in the final tournament for the Memorial Cup , in the final of which the Niagara Falls Flyers from the Ontario Hockey Association were defeated 1: 4 wins. After another semi-final and reaching the playoff quarter-finals twice, the franchise was moved to New Westminster , British Columbia in 1971 , where it then took part in the WHL's game operations under the name New Westminster Bruins .

The void left by the resettlement of the Bruins in Estevan was filled by a team that also called themselves Estevan Bruins and which has played in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League since 1972 .

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
1966-67	56	33	18th	5	-	-	71	271	197	2nd, WHL	Loss in the semifinals
1967-68	60	45	13	2	-	-	92	282	169	2nd, WHL	Ed Chynoweth Cup
1968-69	60	40	20th	0	-	-	80	294	195	2nd, East	Loss in the semifinals
1969-70	60	28	31	1	-	-	57	237	255	2nd, East	Defeat in the quarterfinals
1970-71	66	41	20th	5	-	-	87	283	201	1st, East	Defeat in the quarterfinals

Team records

Career records

Games: 66 Lorne Henning

Goals: 64 Lorne Henning

Assists: 66 Lorne Henning

Points: 130 Lorne Henning

Penalty Minutes: 261 Glen Irwin

Web links

• The Internet Hockey Database Statistics Estevan Bruins
• The Internet Hockey Database - Player List Estevan Bruins