The Grande Prairie Storm is a junior A ice hockey team in the Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL) based in Grande Prairie , Alberta, Canada, with home games at Bonnetts Energy Centre .
15-876: The organization was founded in 1966 as the Junior Athletics as a member of the Peace Junior B Hockey League (PJHL). The team rebranded around 1972 as the Grande Prairie North Stars. When the Quesnel Millionaires and Prince George Spruce Kings joined the league in 1975, the league became the Peace-Cariboo Junior Hockey League (PCJHL). In 1980, the league and teams were promoted to Junior A. The North Stars were financially struggling and sat out two seasons from 1989 to 1991. They came back as
30-800: 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 . Cyclone Taylor Cup Too Many Requests If you report this error to
45-592: The ANAVET Cup (Western), Doyle Cup (Pacific), Dudley Hewitt Cup (Central), and Fred Page Cup (Eastern). From 2013 to 2017, the qualifiers were the Dudley Hewitt Cup (Central), Fred Page Cup (Eastern), and the Western Canada Cup champions and runners-up. The tournament begins with round-robin play between the five teams followed by the top four teams playing a semifinal game, with
60-809: 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
75-705: The Centennial Cup and formerly as the Royal Bank Cup or RBC Cup, is the postseason tournament for the Canadian national championship for Junior A hockey teams that are members of the Canadian Junior Hockey League . The tournament consists of the regional Junior A champions and a previously selected host team. Since 1990, the national championship has used a five-team tournament format when the regional qualifiers were designated as
90-691: 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 a member of the Peace Jr. B League. With the expansion, the PJBHL became
105-479: 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
120-820: The Grande Prairie Chiefs in 1991, but the league had brought in teams from the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League and reformed as the Rocky Mountain Junior Hockey League (RMJHL). In 1995, with the Chiefs continuing to have financial difficulties, a community-led group bought the team with the goal of paying off its $ 150,000 in debts and restoring junior A hockey to prominence in the Peace Country. The team rebranded as
135-822: The Grande Prairie Storm and moved to a brand new arena, the Canada Games Arena , built for the 1995 Canada Winter Games . In 1996, the Storm moved from the RMJHL to the Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL). The Storm qualified for the AJHL post season in each of its first 18 consecutive seasons before missing in 2014. In 2004, the Storm won their first AJHL championship. They also hosted the 2004 Royal Bank Cup national junior A championship tournament that season, where they lost in
150-891: 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 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,
165-507: The semifinals. The Storm have been a major success off the ice as well as the franchise perennially leads the AJHL in attendance, and often leads the entire Canadian Junior A Hockey League in attendance. The Storm broke the previous attendance record for the Royal Bank Cup by over 9000 fans in 2004. Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T/OTL = Ties/Overtime losses, SOL = Shootout losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against The National Junior A Championship, known as
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#1732780952390180-895: 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 the league: the Prince George Spruce Kings and Quesnel Millionaires moved to the BCHL , the Grande Prairie Chiefs moved to the AJHL ,
195-495: The top seed facing the fourth seed and the second facing the third. The winners of the semifinals then face each other in final game for the national championship. In some years, the losers of the semifinal games face each other for a third place game. Peace-Cariboo Junior Hockey League The Rocky Mountain Junior Hockey League was a Junior "A" ice hockey league in British Columbia , Canada . In 1975,
210-484: 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
225-825: 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, 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
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