Kootenay Ice
Kootenay Ice | |
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founding | 1998 |
resolution | 2019 |
history |
Edmonton Ice 1996–1998 Kootenay Ice 1998–2019 Winnipeg Ice since 2019 |
Stadion | Cranbrook Recreational Complex |
Location | Cranbrook , British Columbia |
Team colors | blue, black & bronze |
league | Western Hockey League |
Conference | Eastern Conference |
division | Central Division |
Memorial Cups | 2002 |
Ed Chynoweth Cups | 1999/00 , 2001/02 , 2010/11 |
The Kootenay Ice were a Canadian junior ice hockey team from Cranbrook , British Columbia that played in the Western Hockey League . The franchise played its home games in the Cranbrook Recreational Complex , which the fans also simply called RecPlex .
history
In 1996 the team was founded as Edmonton Ice , in 1998 they finally moved from Edmonton to Cranbrook, where they continued to play in the WHL as Kootenay Ice. In 2002 the Ice won the Memorial Cup , the championship of the umbrella organization CHL , which is played annually between the champions of the top three Canadian junior leagues, WHL, OHL and QMJHL . In 2000 the franchise first entered this competition after winning the WHL championship for the first time in the club's history. In the 2010/11 season, the team won the WHL championship for the third time in its history and the championship cup , which has now been renamed the Ed Chynoweth Cup . In the playoff finals, the team prevailed in five encounters against the Portland Winterhawks .
After the team was sold to a group of investors from Winnipeg in 2017 , the franchise just moved there for the 2019/20 season. It has been running there as Winnipeg Ice ever since .
Former players
Various players who spent their junior years with the Kootenay Ice later made careers in the National Hockey League . Some of them are:
- Riley Armstrong
- Dean Arsene
- Dan Blackburn
- Zdeněk Blatný
- Mike Comrie
- Nigel Dawes
- Cody Eakin
- Brennan Evans
- Cale Fleury
- Kris Foucault
- Matt Fraser
- Mike Green
- Stanislav Gron
- Jason Jaffray
- Peyton Cancer
- Ben Maxwell
- Steve McCarthy
- Brayden McNabb
- Duncan Milroy
- John Negrin
- Tomáš Plíhal
- Roman Polák
- Max Reinhart
- Sam Reinhart
- Aaron Rome
- Jarret Stoll
- Brett Sutter
- Marek Svatoš
- Jaroslav Svoboda
- Matt Walker
- Kyle Wanvig
- Craig Weller
- Jeremy Yablonski
Team records
Career records
- Games: 344 Dale Mahovsky
- Goals: 159 Nigel Dawes
- Assists: 159 Jarret Stoll
- Points: 281 Jarret Stoll
- Penalty minutes: 485 Dion Lassu
Web links
- Kootenay Ice at hockeydb.com