Kootenay Ice

Kootenay Ice
City	Cranbrook, British Columbia
League	Western Hockey League
Conference	Eastern
Division	Central
Founded	1998 (1998)–99
Home arena	Cranbrook Recreational Complex
Colours	Blue, Black and Bronze
General manager	Jeff Chynoweth
Head coach	Kris Knoblauch
Website www.kootenayice.net
Franchise history
1996–98	Edmonton Ice
1998-Present	Kootenay Ice

The Kootenay Ice are a major junior ice hockey team based in Cranbrook, British Columbia and competing in the Western Hockey League. The team plays its home games at the Cranbrook Recreational Complex, also nicknamed the RecPlex.

History

The franchise was founded in 1996 as the Edmonton Ice, and moved to Cranbrook in 1998. The Ice won the Memorial Cup in 2002, and also participated in 2000, after having won the WHL championship.

The move of the Ice to Cranbrook resulted in the folding of the local Junior A powerhouse Cranbrook Colts and possibly the entire troubled Rocky Mountain Junior Hockey League that the Colts were the top team in. All of the remaining five RMJHL franchises from the Kootenays dropped to the Junior B Kootenay International Junior Hockey League within years of the Ice coming to the region.

Season-by-season record

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Season	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Points	Finish	Playoffs
1998–99	72	30	35	7	-	245	276	67	4th Central	Lost Eastern Conference quarter-final
1999–00	72	44	14	11	3	275	200	102	2nd Central	Won Championship; Lost Memorial Cup
2000–01	72	45	17	4	6	286	213	100	2nd Central	Lost Eastern Conference semi-final
2001–02	72	38	27	7	0	276	223	83	2nd B.C.	Won Championship and Memorial Cup
2002–03	72	36	25	6	5	234	202	83	3rd B.C.	Lost Western Conference semi-final
2003–04	72	32	30	7	3	183	200	74	4th B.C.	Lost Western Conference quarter-final
2004–05	72	47	15	7	3	218	137	104	1st B.C.	Lost Western Conference final
2005–06	72	45	23	1	3	233	177	94	3rd B.C.	Lost Western Conference quarter-final
2006–07	72	49	17	3	3	267	189	104	2nd Central	Lost Eastern Conference quarter-final
2007–08	72	42	22	5	3	229	214	92	4th Central	Lost Eastern Conference semi-final
2008–09	72	35	29	2	6	220	224	78	3rd Central	Lost Eastern Conference quarter-final
2009–10	72	43	24	3	2	252	215	91	2nd Central	Lost Eastern Conference quarter-final
2010-11	72	46	21	1	4	272	218	97	3rd Central	Won Championship; Lost Memorial Cup semifinal'

Current roster

Goaltenders
Number		Player	Catches	Acquired	NHL rights	Place of birth
29		Brett Teskey	L	2008 WHL Bantam Draft	Eligible 2011	Regina, Saskatchewan
31		Nathan Lieuwen	L	2006 WHL Bantam Draft	Buffalo 2011	Cranbrook, British Columbia

Defencemen
Number		Player	Shoots	Acquired	NHL rights	Place of birth
2		Hayden Rintoul	L	2008	Eligible 2011	Calgary, Alberta
3		Brayden McNabb	L	2006	BUF 2009	Davidson, Saskatchewan
4		James Martin	L	2008	Eligible 2011	Winnipeg, Manitoba
5		Jagger Dirk	L	2008 WHL Bantam Draft	Eligible 2011	Penticton, British Columbia
6		Luke Paulsen	R	2008	Eligible 2011	Winnipeg, Manitoba
15		Steele Boomer	R	2005 WHL Bantam Draft	Free Agent	Edmonton, Alberta
24		Joey Leach	L	2007 WHL Bantam Draft	CGY 2010	Wadena, Saskatchewan
27		John Neibrandt	L	2010	Eligible 2011	Yorkton, Saskatchewan

Forwards
9		Cody Eakin	L	C	trade with Swift Current	WSH 2009	Winnipeg, Manitoba
7		Kevin King	L	LW	2005 WHL Bantam Draft	Free Agent	Calgary, Alberta
8		Adam Rossignol	L	C	2008 WHL Bantam Draft	Eligible 2011	Surrey, British Columbia
11		Matt Fraser	L	LW	signed by Dallas stars	Free Agent	Red Deer, Alberta Note: (OA) = Over Age player
17		Elgin Pearce	R	C	2007 WHL Bantam Draft	Eligible 2012	Port Coquitlam, British Columbia

NHL alumni

Riley Armstong Dean Arsene Dan Blackburn Zdenek Blatny Mike Comrie Nigel Dawes

Brennan Evans Mike Green Roman Polak Stanislav Gron Jason Jaffray Steve McCarthy

Ryan McGill Cory Clouston John Negrin Tomas Plihal Jarret Stoll Brett Sutter

Marek Svatos Jaroslav Svoboda Matt Walker Kyle Wanvig Jeremy Yablonski

Team records

Team records for a single season
Statistic	Total	Season
Most points	104	2004–05; 2006–07
Most wins	49	2006–07
Most goals for	286	2000–01
Least goals for	183	2003–04
Least goals against	137	2004–05
Most goals against	276	1998–99

Individual player records for a single season
Statistic	Player	Total	Season
Most goals	Nigel Dawes	50	2004–05
Most assists	Jarret Stoll	66	2000–01
Most points	Jarret Stoll	106	2000–01
Most points, rookie	Tomas Plihal	86	2001–02
Most points, defenceman	Michael Busto	63	2006–07
Best GAA (goalie)	Jeff Glass	1.76	2004–05
Goalies = minimum 1500 minutes played

See also

• Cranbrook Colts
• List of ice hockey teams in British Columbia

External links

• Kootenay Ice website