Creston Valley Thunder Cats

Creston Valley Thunder Cats

City	Creston, British Columbia
League	Kootenay International Junior Hockey League
Conference	Kootenay
Division	Eddie Mountain
Founded	1992 (1992)–93 (RMJHL)
Home arena	Johnny Bucyk Arena
Colours	Deep Blue, Deep Red, Sky Blue, Silver and White
General manager	Jeff Dubois
Head coach	Jeff Dubois
Website crestonvalleythundercats.com
Franchise history
1992-99	Creston Thunder (RMJHL)
2000-present	Creston Valley Thunder Cats (KIJHL)

The Creston Valley Thunder Cats are a junior 'B' ice hockey team based in Creston, British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Eddie Mountain Division of the Kootenay Conference of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL). The Thunder Cats play their home games at Johnny Bucyk Arena. Michael Moore is the team's president, Jeff Dubois is the general manager and coach.

The Thunder Cats joined the KIJHL in 2000 as an expansion team, after they played junior 'A' in the RMJHL from 1992-99.

History

Before the Thunder Cats, Creston also had a junior 'B' team in the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL), the Creston Clippers, before folding in 1985.

The Creston Thunder were founded in 1992 as a junior 'A' team in the Rocky Mountain Junior Hockey League. By the 1998-99 season, the RMJHL had fallen to four teams and was playing a lot of interleague with the America West Hockey League. The Creston Thunder could not afford the travel and opted to leave the RMJHL, effectively forcing the league to fold, at the end of the 1999 playoffs. The team sat out for the 1999-00 season to reorganize. Prior to the 2000-01 season, the team was renamed the Creston Valley Thunder Cats and joined the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League.

Season-by-season record

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Records as of March 6, 2015.^[1]^[2]

Season	GP	W	L	T	OTL	Pts	GF	GA	Finish	Playoffs
1992-93	52	5	47	―	0	10	161	399	4th, Kootenay	Lost in Division Semifinals, 0-4 (Smoke Eaters)
1993-94	52	25	26	―	1	51	260	277	3rd, Kootenay	Lost in Division Semifinals, 1-4 (Colts)
1994-95	52	25	24	―	3	53	303	268	4th, Kootenay	Lost in Division Finals, 0-4 (Colts)
1995-96	58	19	33	―	6	44	227	272	5th, Kootenay	Did not qualify
1996-97	60	28	27	―	5	61	267	279	5th, RMJHL	Lost in Quarterfinals, 3-4 (Leafs)
1997-98	54	11	40	―	3	25	204	323	6th, RMJHL	Did not qualify
1998-99	45	16	26	―	3	35	166	192	4th, RMJHL	Lost in Semifinals, 0-4 (Dynamiters)
1999-00	Did Not Participate
2000-01	58	11	41	5	1	28	184	318	6th, Neil Murdoch	Did not qualify
2001-02	50	16	25	4	5	41	190	249	3rd, Eddie Mountain	Lost in Division Semifinals, 3-4 (Dynamiters)
2002-03	50	23	22	1	4	51	184	192	3rd, Eddie Mountain	Lost in Division Semifinals, 3-4 (Dynamiters)
2003-04	50	19	28	1	2	41	169	206	3rd, Eddie Mountain	Lost in Division Semifinals, 1-4 (Dynamiters)
2004-05	50	21	25	4	0	46	170	195	3rd, Eddie Mountain	Lost in Division Semifinals, 2-4 (Rockies)
2005-06	50	7	43	―	0	14	132	291	5th, Eddie Mountain	Did not qualify
2006-07	52	25	25	―	2	52	190	211	2nd, Eddie Mountain	Lost in Division Finals, 0-4 (Ghostriders)
2007-08	52	28	19	―	5	61	172	177	2nd, Neil Murdoch: East	Lost in Division Semifinals, 1-3 (Dynamiters)
2008-09	52	30	12	―	10	70	210	165	1st, Eddie Mountain	Lost in Division Semifinals, 1-4 (Dynamiters)
2009-10	50	28	18	0	4	60	196	163	2nd, Eddie Mountain	Lost in Division Finals, 0–4 (Ghostriders)
2010-11	50	26	19	3	2	57	169	170	2nd, Eddie Mountain	Lost in Division Finals, 3-4 (Ghostriders)
2011-12	52	30	17	0	5	65	247	188	3rd, Eddie Mountain	Lost in Division Semifinals, 2-4 (Dynamiters)
2012-13	52	17	28	0	7	41	170	196	5th, Eddie Mountain	Did not qualify
2013-14	52	39	11	1	1	80	282	161	1st, Eddie Mountain	Lost in Conference Finals, 1-4 (Nitehawks)
2014-15	52	28	18	1	5	62	172	157	3rd, Eddie Mountain	Lost in Division Semifinals, 1-4 (Dynamiters)
2015-16	52	33	15	2	2	70	208	141	2nd, Eddie Mountain	Lost in Division Finals, 0-4 (Dynamiters)

Playoffs

Records as of March 6, 2015.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Season	1st Round	2nd Round	3rd Round	Finals
1992–93	L, 0-4, Trail	—	—	—
1993–94	L, 1-4, Cranbrook	—	—	—
1994–95	W, 4-0, Nelson	L, 0-4, Cranbrook	—	—
1995–96	Did not qualify
1996–97	L, 3-4, Nelson	—	—	—
1997–98	Did not qualify
1998–99	L, 0-4, Kimberley	—	—	—
1999–00	Did not participate
2000–01	Did not qualify
2001–02	L, 3-4, Kimberley	—	—	—
2002–03	L, 3-4, Kimberley	—	—	—
2003–04	L, 1-4, Kimberley	—	—	—
2004–05	L, 2-4, Columbia Valley	—	—	—
2005–06	Did not qualify
2006–07	W, 4-3, Kimberley	L, 0-4, Fernie	—	—
2007–08	L, 1-3, Kimberley	—	—	—
2008–09	L, 1-4, Kimberley	—	—	—
2009–10	W, 4-2, Kimberley	L, 0-4, Fernie	—	—
2010-11	W, 4-2, Golden	L, 3-4, Fernie	—	—
2011-12	L, 2-4, Kimberley	—	—	—
2012–13	Did not qualify
2013-14	W, 4-0, Columbia Valley	W, 4-3, Kimberley	L, 1-4, Beaver Valley	—
2014–15	L, 1-4, Kimberley	—	—	—
2015-16	W, 4-0, Columbia Valley	L, 0-4, Kimberley	—	—

Notes

The RMJHL playoffs had three playoff rounds.
The final 1998-99 RMJHL playoffs had two playoff rounds.

Awards and trophies

Coach of the Year

Rob Boyd: 2003-04 (Divisional)
Shane Lukinchuk: 2006-07 (Divisional)
Joe Martin: 2010-11 (Divisional)
Josh Hepditch: 2013-14 (Divisional and League)

Most Sportsmanlike

Keven Cann: 2009-10 (Divisional)
Jesse Collins: 2013-14 (Divisional)
Carson Cartwright: 2014-15 (Divisional)

Most Valuable Player

Wade Waters: 2007-08 (Divisional)
Cole Yurkowski: 2008-09
Jesse Collins: 2011-12 (Divisional)
Trevor Hanna: 2013-14 (Divisional)

Rookie of the Year

Chris Kostiuk: 2001-02 (Divisional)
Andrew Wasmuth: 2003-04 (Divisional)
Trevor Forward: 2011-12 (Divisional)
Logan Styler: 2013-14 (Divisional)

Top Defenseman

Colton Grolla: 2008-09

Top Goaltender

James Patterson: 2004-05 (Divisional)
Wade Waters: 2007-08 (Divisional)
Kyle Michalovsky: 2013-14 (Divisional and League)

Top Scorer

Darryl Adams: 2001-02 (Divisional)
Aaron Jakubec: 2003-04 (Divisional)
Cole Yurkowski: 2008-09
Jesse Collins: 2013-14 (Divisional)

References

↑ KIJHL.ca, Final 2013-14 regular season standings.
↑ KIJHL.ca – Year end standings.
↑ KIJHL.ca, Current playoff bracket.
↑ KIJHL.ca – 2013-14 playoff standings.
↑ KIJHL.ca, League champions.

External links

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