Kelowna Chiefs

Kelowna Chiefs

City	Kelowna, British Columbia
League	Kootenay International Junior Hockey League
Conference	Okanagan/Shuswap
Division	Okanagan
Founded	2010 (2010)–11
Home arena	Rutland Arena
Colours	Red, black and white
General manager	Grant Sheridan
Head coach	Jason Tansem (2014-15)
Website www.kelownachiefs.com/
Franchise history
2007-10	Chase Chiefs
2010-present	Kelowna Chiefs

The Kelowna Chiefs are a junior "B" ice hockey team based in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Okanagan Division of the Okanagan/Shuswap Conference of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL). They play their home games at Rutland Arena.

History

Chase

The Chiefs were founded as the Chase Chiefs in 2007. They did not qualify for the playoffs in their opening season, finishing with a record of 26-20-5. The following year, they finished 25-23-4, qualifying for the playoffs, where they lost in the second round to the Sicamous Eagles. In the 2009-10 season, they finished with a record of 26-20-4, finishing third in the Okanagan Division. They defeated the Kamloops Storm in the opening round, 3-1, before bowing out to Revelstoke in the second. The 2009-10 season marked the end of the Chase Chiefs, however, as the franchise relocated to Rutland, in Kelowna for the 2010-11 season. In three seasons, the Chase Chiefs compiled a total record of 77-63-13. They were last coached by Brad Fox before the relocation. However, the town of Chase was awarded an expansion franchise for the KIJHL in 2011-12, only a year after the departure of the Chiefs. The Chase Heat joined the league along with the Summerland Steam in 2011-12.

Kelowna

The new Chiefs team played in Kelowna for the 2010-11 season, and finished with a record of 26-21-1-0-2 in their opening season, second in the Okanagan Division. They would lose in the second round of the playoffs, 4-0, to the Osoyoos Coyotes. In their second season, the Chiefs finished with an almost identical record, 26-22-0-0-4, finishing fourth in the Okanagan Division. They surprisingly played all the way to the league championship, before being swept 4-0 by the Beaver Valley Nitehawks. The following year, the Chiefs finished with a record of 35-15-1-0-1, first in the Okanagan Division. They were defeated, however, in the second round of the playoffs by Osoyoos again. In 2013-14, the Chiefs finished 2nd in the Okanagan Division, before losing in the first round to Osoyoos again. The next year, the Chiefs finished with a record of 23-24-2-0-2, 2nd in the Okanagan Division. They lost, however, in the first round again, this time to the Summerland Steam. The 2015-16 season was almost identical, with the Chiefs' compiling a record of 24-23-2-2-1, and losing in the first round again to Summerland.^[1]

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 2, 2016.^[2]^[3]

Season	GP	W	L	T	D	OTL	Pts	GF	GA	Finish	Playoffs
2010-11	50	26	21	1	0	2	55	178	176	2nd, Okanagan	Lost in Division Finals, 0-4 (Coyotes)
2011–12	52	26	22	0	0	4	56	221	208	4th, Okanagan	Lost in Finals, 0-4 (Nitehawks)
2012–13	52	35	15	1	0	1	72	205	135	1st, Okanagan	Lost in Division Finals, 2-4 (Coyotes)
2013–14	52	31	17	0	0	4	66	201	170	2nd, Okanagan	Lost in Division Semifinals, 0-4 (Coyotes)
2014–15	52	23	24	2	0	2	50	161	173	3rd, Okanagan	Lost in Division Semi-Finals, 3-4 (Steam)
2015–16	52	24	23	2	2	1	51	144	158	3rd, Okanagan	Lost in Division Semifinals, 2-4 (Steam)

Playoffs

Records as of March 2, 2016.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Season	Dvision Semi-Finals	Division Finals	Conference Finals	KIJHL League Championship
2010-11	W, 4-3, Princeton	L, 0-4, Osoyoos
2011-12	W, 4-2, Osoyoos	W, 4-1, Princeton	W, 4-1, Sicamous	L, 0-4, Beaver Valley
2012-13	W, 4-2, Summerland	L, 2-4, Osoyoos
2013-14	L, 0-4, Osoyoos
2014-15	L, 3-4, Summerland
2015-16	L, 2-4, Summerland

References

↑ "Summerland Eliminates Chiefs With KIJHL Shutout Victory | KelownaNow". kelownanow.com. 2016-03-02. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
↑ 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

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

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