The Castlegar Rebels are a Junior 'A' ice hockey team based in Castlegar, British Columbia , Canada. They are members of the Neil Murdoch Division of the Kootenay Conference of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL). The Rebels play their home games at the Castlegar and District Community Complex.
13-733: The Rebels played Junior 'A' in the Rocky Mountain Junior Hockey League from 1996 until 1998. The Rebels joined the league in 1976 as an expansion team . The Rebels have won the KIJHL Championship four times, in 1977, 1978, 1996 and 2013. They won four division titles as a member of the Western Division from 1976 to 1996, two division titles as a member of the Neil Murdoch Division from 2007 to 2013; two conference titles as
26-773: A BCHL championship team, namely the Vernon Vipers , before losing the series. The BCHL continued to award the Mowat Cup to itself until 2016. From its founding until 1991, the league's champion was awarded the PCJHL Trophy . From 1992 until 1996, the league's champion was awarded the Citizen Cup . From 1997 until 1999, the league's champion was awarded the Subway/Eddie Mountain Trophy . Nelson Leafs The Nelson Leafs are
39-906: A Junior 'A' ice hockey team based in Nelson, British Columbia , Canada . They are members of the Neil Murdoch Division of the Kootenay Conference of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL). They play their home games at Nelson and District Community Complex. The team was originally known as the Nelson Maple Leafs but changed its name to the Leafs in 1994 when it joined the Rocky Mountain Junior Hockey League (RMJHL). The team returned to
52-849: A Junior "A" League, one season after the British Columbia Junior Hockey League - Pacific Coast Junior Hockey League merger. The league's most successful team, by far, was the Prince George Spruce Kings . Every season, their playoff champion earned the right to play for the Mowat Cup , the British Columbia Junior "A" Title. The PCJHL/RMJHL was eligible for the Royal Bank Cup , the Junior "A" National Title. In 1991,
65-899: A member of the Kootenay Conference from 2007 to 2013. Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, D = Defaults, OTL = Overtime Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against Final records as of February 17, 2024. Records as of February 27, 2024. KIJHL Championship Coach of the Year Most Sportsmanlike Most Valuable Player Rookie of the Year Top Defenceman Top Goaltender Top Scorer Rocky Mountain Junior Hockey League The Rocky Mountain Junior Hockey League
78-876: A member of the Peace Jr. B League. With the expansion, the PJBHL became the Peace-Cariboo Junior Hockey League (PCJHL). The first championship of the new PCJHL was won by Prince George, but Quesnel won the league and the Cyclone Taylor Cup as BC Champions in 1977, 1978, and 1979 and the Grande Prairie North Stars won the Russ Barnes Trophy and Alberta champions in 1976. In 1980 the PCJHL became
91-809: The AWHL of USA Hockey . In 1999, the RMJHL proposed that the remaining four teams join the BCHL as a "Kootenay Division", however the BCHL rejected the proposal. The league folded after the 1998–99 season. The Creston Valley Thunder and Nelson Leafs moved to the KIJHL , and the Kimberley Dynamiters and Fernie Ghostriders joined the AWHL . The Mowat Cup was the championship trophy of Junior A hockey in British Columbia . From 1981 to 1999, it
104-645: The Revelstoke Grizzlies . The Leafs hosted the Cyclone Taylor Cup, the Junior B provincial championship, in April 2014 but finished fourth. Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime losses, SOL = Shootout losses, D = Defaults, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against Records as of February 17, 2024. Records as of February 27, 2024. Most Sportsmanlike Top Goaltender Rookie of
117-600: The KIJHL in 1999 but continued to be known as the Leafs. The Leafs are the 1968-69, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1999-00, 2008–09 KIJHL champions. In the 2006-07 season, the Leafs made it to the KIJHL finals, but lost to the Fernie Ghostriders 4-2. In the 2008-09 season, the Leafs won the KIJHL championship 4-0 over the Kamloops Storm . Then in the 2009-10 season, the Leafs went to the KIJHL finals, but lost 4-1 to
130-780: The PCJHL doubled in size when it took in a portion of the Jr. B KIJHL and was renamed the Rocky Mountain Junior Hockey League (RMJHL). The newcomers, which were concentrated in the southern region, formed the Kootenay Division, and the teams in the northern region formed the Peace-Cariboo Division. In 1995, the Trail Smoke Eaters moved to the British Columbia Hockey League . In 1996, the entire Peace-Cariboo Division departed
143-797: The league: the Prince George Spruce Kings and Quesnel Millionaires moved to the BCHL , the Grande Prairie Chiefs moved to the AJHL , the Williams Lake Mustangs folded, and the Fort St. John Huskies moved to Hockey Alberta 's North West Junior Hockey League . The Castlegar Rebels joined in 1996, but returned to the KIJHL in 1998. The Cranbrook Colts folded in 1998. The remaining four teams ( Creston Valley Thunder , Kimberley Dynamiters , Nelson Leafs , and Fernie Ghostriders ) played an interlocking schedule with
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#1732790415403156-539: Was a Junior "A" ice hockey league in British Columbia , Canada . In 1975, the Quesnel Millionaires and Prince George Spruce Kings joined the Peace Junior B Hockey League (PJBHL). The PJBHL already included the Fort St. John Huskies , Dawson Creek Canucks , and Grande Prairie North Stars . Previously, Fort St. John won the Cyclone Taylor Cup as British Columbia Jr. B Champions in 1969 as
169-484: Was awarded to the winner between the championship team from the RMJHL and the championship team from the BCHL . The winner would then go on to play the AJHL championship team for the Doyle Cup . In the end, the BCHL had a near spotless record against the RMJHL, winning all 19 series with a record 48 wins and 1 loss. In the final year of the competition, the Kimberley Dynamiters recorded the league's only win against
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