Vancouver Nats

Vancouver Nats
founding	1971
resolution	1973
history	Vancouver Nats 1971–1973 Kamloops Chiefs 1973–1977 Seattle Breakers 1977–1985 Seattle Thunderbirds since 1985
Stadion	Pacific Coliseum
Location	Vancouver , British Columbia
league	Western Hockey League
Memorial Cups	no
Ed Chynoweth Cups	no

The Vancouver Nats were a Canadian ice hockey team based in Vancouver , British Columbia . The team played from 1971 to 1973 in one of the top three Canadian junior ice hockey leagues, the Western Hockey League (WHL).

history

The Vancouver Nats were formed as a franchise of the Western Hockey League prior to the 1971/72 season . In both of its seasons in the WHL it missed the playoffs when it finished sixth and last. Of the 136 regular season games that the Nats played, they won only 27. In the summer of 1973, the franchise was sold and relocated to Kamloops , British Columbia, where it then took part in the game operations of the WHL under the name Kamloops Chiefs .

The void left by the Vancouver Nats resettlement was not filled until 2001 by the Vancouver Giants' WHL franchise .

Former players

The following players who were active for the Vancouver Nats played in the National Hockey League during their careers :

• Bruce Greig
• Dale Lewis
• Barry Smith

Team records

Career records

Games: 133 Gordon Stewart

Goals: 60 Gordon Stewart

Assists: 74 Gordon Stewart

Points: 134 Gordon Stewart

Penalty minutes: 340 John Dzus

Web links

• The Internet Hockey Database Statistics Vancouver Nats
• The Internet Hockey Database - Player List Vancouver Nats

Footnotes

1. ↑ http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/display_players.php?tmi=8769