Grandview Steelers

Grandview Steelers

City	Burnaby, British Columbia
League	Pacific Junior Hockey League
Conference	Tom Shaw
Founded	1967 (1967)-68
Home arena	Burnaby Winter Club
Colours	Black, Gold, White
General manager	Aldo Bruno
Head coach	Aldo Bruno
Website grandviewsteelers.com
Franchise history
1967-Present	Grandview Steelers

The Grandview Steelers are a junior "B" ice hockey team based in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Tom Shaw Conference of the Pacific Junior Hockey League (PJHL). The Steelers play their home games at Burnaby Winter Club. Aldo Bruno is the team's president, general manager and coach.

The Steelers joined the league in 1967 as an original WCJHL team. In its PJHL history, the team has won the Cyclone Taylor Cup twice, in 1994 and 2008. The Steelers have won the PJHL Championship twice, in 1994 and 2008.

History

Steelers Past Logo

The Grandview Junior Hockey Association was formed August 17, 1967 after acceptance into the West Coast Junior Hockey League. The Association was formed “to foster, improve and perpetuate a Junior Hockey Team in east Vancouver for players in that area”.

The original name of the team was Rowan’s Grandview Steelers, named after Ed Rowan, owner of Rowan Steel Ltd., who provided financial assistance to the community sponsored team. From day one, until the 2003-2004 season, the Steelers’ home games were played on the small ice at “Trout Lake Arena” attached to the Grandview Community Centre. The original colours adopted were black and orange. The current colours black and gold were adopted in the 1980-1981 season. They were the colours of that era’s Grandview Minor Hockey Association. Over many years, the largest percentage of Steelers players came from the Grandview Minor Hockey Association.

Over time, the club found if difficult to remain a contender due to its mandate which was to take players primarily from Grandview while other clubs searched far and wide even to the extent of reaching out of province. There was also the difficulty of increasing operational costs within an era of Jr. B clubs trying to operate more on a Jr. A level while the rink the Steelers were mandated to play in did not accommodate enough fans to help pay the bills.

Louis and Yvonne Szendrei took over the running of the club when in 1980-1981; Louis became President/Governor of the Grandview Steelers. Prior to that, Louis was President of the Grandview Minor Hockey Association. Since that time, Louis has noted the foregoing difficulties but despite them, has enjoyed numerous successes that include going all the way. The Steelers were the 1993-1994 Provincial Champions. The Steelers, under the current coach, Aldo Bruno were the 1999-2000 Provincial Finalists having achieved 2nd place and Aldo was named Coach of the Year that season.

Recognizing that within current times, the Steelers had outgrown Trout Lake, Louis Szendrei moved the team to Britannia Community Centre. The larger ice and much improved fan accommodation improved the spirits of the fans and players. Over time, players would be more eager to come and try out for the Steelers, who it is understood have always had management with a player concern attitude and the best of coaching.

Starting the 2007-2008 season the Steelers changed hands from Louis and Yvonne Szendrei to Mike and Sandy Moscone and Aldo Bruno. Louis and Yvonne have stayed on as Governor and Alternating Governor, respectively. After many glorious years of exciting hockey in Vancouver East at the Trout Lake and Britannia Arenas, not only did the 2007-2008 season bring new owners but it also brought a permanent change of venue to the Burnaby Winter Club.

The 2007-2008 season would see the Steelers struggle at the beginning but become victorious at the end with the winning of the League Championship (PIJHL) over the ever persistent Abbotsford Pilots. The Steelers arrived in Kimberley and walked away with the Provincial Championship (Cyclone Taylor Cup). The next stop in an already incredible year would be Selkirk, Manitoba for the Western Canadian Finals or Keystone Cup. The Steelers came home with the Bronze.

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

Season	GP	W	L	T	OTL	Pts	GF	GA	Finish	Playoffs
1999-00	42	19	19	4	-	42	187	182	5th, PIJHL	Lost in Finals, 0-4 (Pilots)
2000-01	42	10					137	215	7th, PIJHL	Lost in Quarterfinals, 1-3 (Flames)
2001-02	42	11	30	1	0	23	139	248	7th, PIJHL	Did not qualify
2002-03	42	12	29	1	0	25	138	238	7th, PIJHL	Did not qualify
2003-04	42	13	23	3	3	32	124	186	7th, PIJHL
2004-05	48	28	14	4	2	62	204	154	3rd, PIJHL
2005-06	48	28	12	6	2	64	161	136	4th, PIJHL	Lost in Semifinals, 1-4 (Ice Hawks)
2006-07	48	28	14	6	0	62	186	144	2nd, PIJHL	Lost in Finals, 2-4 (Pilots)
2007-08	48	26	19	-	3	55	192	167	3rd, PIJHL	PIJHL Champions, 4-1 (Pilots) Cyclone Taylor Cup Champions (Dynamiters) Keystone Cup Consolation Champions
2008-09	48	30	15	-	3	63	220	156	3rd, Shaw	Lost in Div. Semifinals, 0-4 (Devils)
2009-10	48	32	12	-	4	68	169	133	3rd, Shaw	Lost in Div.Semifinals, 0-4 (Sockeyes)
2010-11	46	27	14	-	5	59	166	134	3rd, Shaw	Lost in Div. Semifinals, 1-4 (Ice Hawks)
2011-12	44	18	19	3	4	43	146	155	5th, Shaw	Did not qualify
2012-13	44	17	24	1	2	37	144	170	5th, Shaw	Did not qualify
2013-14	44	18	20	2	4	42	135	165	4th, Shaw	Lost Div.Semifinals, 0-4 (Sockeyes)
2014-15	44	22	17	1	4	39	134	135	3rd, Shaw	Won Div.Semifinals, 4-3 (Sockeyes) Lost Div. Finals, 1-4 (Wolf Pack)
2015-16	44	23	16	2	3	51	147	141	2nd, Shaw	Won Div.Semifinals, 4-2 (Sockeyes) Won Div. Finals, 4-2 (Ice Hawks) Lost League Finals 1-4 (Outlaws)

Cyclone Taylor Cup

British Columbia Jr B Provincial Championships

Season	Round Robin	Record	Standing	SemiFinal	Bronze Medal Game	Gold Medal Game
2008	?, Dynamiters ?-? ?, Fernie?-? ?, Victoria ?-?	?-?-?	? of 4	n/a	n/a	W, Dynamiters 4-3 GOLD MEDAL

Keystone Cup

Western Canadian Jr. B Championships(Northern Ontario to British Columbia)
Six teams in round robin play. 1st vs 2nd for gold/silver & 3rd vs. 4th for bronze.

Season	Round Robin	Record	Standing	SemiFinal	Bronze Medal Game	Gold Medal Game
2008	L, Sherwood Park 4-6 W, Selkirk 4-2 W, Thunder Bay 8-1 T, Pilot Butte Storm 3-3 L, Norway House 1-2	2-2-1	4th of 6	n/a	W, Selkirk 5-2 Bronze Medal	n/a

Awards and trophies

Cyclone Taylor Cup

2007-08

PIJHL Championship

1993-94, 2007–08

NHL alumni

External links

Teams and Leagues eligible for the Cyclone Taylor Cup

KIJHL	100 Mile House Wranglers Beaver Valley Nitehawks Castlegar Rebels Chase Heat Columbia Valley Rockies Creston Valley Thunder Cats Fernie Ghostriders Golden Rockets Grand Forks Border Bruins Kamloops Storm Kelowna Chiefs Kimberley Dynamiters Nelson Leafs North Okanagan Knights Osoyoos Coyotes Princeton Posse Revelstoke Grizzlies Sicamous Eagles Spokane Braves Summerland Steam

PJHL	Abbotsford Pilots Aldergrove Kodiaks Delta Ice Hawks Grandview Steelers Langley Knights Mission City Outlaws North Vancouver Wolf Pack Port Moody Panthers Richmond Sockeyes Ridge Meadows Flames

VIJHL	Campbell River Storm Comox Valley Glacier Kings Kerry Park Islanders Nanaimo Buccaneers Oceanside Generals Peninsula Panthers Saanich Braves Victoria Cougars Westshore Wolves

Defunct Teams	100 Mile House Blazers Castlegar Apollos Chase Chiefs Cranbrook Colts Creston Clippers Dawson Creek Kodiaks Elk Valley Raiders Enderby Ice Kings Fort St. John Huskies Kilimat Golden Eagles Nor'Wes Caps North Okanagan Kings Osoyoos Storm Penticton Lakers Rossland Warriors Squamish Wolfpack Summerland Sting Summerland Warriors Westshore Stingers Williams Lake Mustangs

BCAHA PCJHL PJHL PNHL Cyclone Taylor Cup Keystone Cup

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