Nanaimo Buccaneers

Nanaimo Buccaneers
City	Nanaimo, British Columbia
League	Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League
Division	North Division
Founded	2012 (2012)-13
Home arena	Nanaimo Ice Centre (Rink #1)
Colours	Yellow, Black, White
General manager	Dan Lemmon
Head coach	Dan Lemmon
Captain
Website www.buccaneers.vijhl.com/
Franchise history
2012-present	Nanaimo Buccaneers

The Nanaimo Buccaneers are a junior 'B' ice hockey team based in Nanaimo, British Columbia. They play in the North Division of the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League. They were one of two expansion teams in 2012 in the VIJHL (the other being the Westshore Wolves), and play their home games at the Nanaimo Ice Centre. They are currently coached by Dan Lemmon.

History

The Buccaneers were founded as an expansion team in 2012 along with the Westshore Wolves by Brenda and Phil Levesque.^[1] They finished first in the North Division in their first season (2012–13) with 58 points in 48 games, losing in the second round of the playoffs. The following year they finished third in the division, losing in the first round. They finished third again in 2014-15, and lost again in the first round.

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

Accurate as of 1 April, 2016.^[2]

Season	GP	W	L	T	OTL	Pts	GF	GA	Finish	Playoffs
2012-13	48	27	17	0	4	58	167	150	1st, North	Lost in Division Final (Comox Valley)
2013-14	48	25	19	2	2	54	171	157	3rd, North	Lost in First Round (Campbell River)
2014-15	48	22	18	3	5	52	191	196	3rd, North	Lost in First Round (Comox Valley)
2015-16	48	22	21	1	4	49	166	162	2nd, North	Lost in Division Final (Campbell River)

Playoffs

Accurate as of 1 April, 2016.^[3]

Season	1st Round	2nd Round	Finals
2012-13	W, 4-0, Kerry Park	L, 2-4, Comox Valley	-
2013-14	L, 2-4, Campbell River	-	-
2014-15	L, 1-4, Comox Valley	-	-
2015-16	W, 4-0, Comox Valley	L, 0-4, Campbell River	-

References

↑ "Nanimo gets Junior B Hockey | Nanaimo Bulletin". nanimobulletin.com. 2012-05-08. Retrieved 2015-10-20.
↑ http://www.vijhl.com/leagues/standingsTotals.cfm?leagueID=16189&clientID=3467
↑ http://www.vijhl.com/leagues/custom_page.cfm?clientID=3467&leagueID=16189&pageid=7980

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