Peninsula Panthers

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Peninsula Panthers
PeninsulaPanthersLogo.jpg
City North Saanich, British Columbia
League Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League
Division South
Founded 1980's (1980's)
Home arena Panorama Recreation Centre
Colours Black, blue, red, white
                   
Owner(s) Canada Coreen Zubersky & John Wilson
General manager Canada Doug Passmore
Head coach Canada Doug Passmore

Website
panthers.vijhl.com
Franchise history
1980s-90s Peninsula Eagles
1990s-90s Peninsula Pythons
1990s-present Peninsula Panthers

The Peninsula Panthers are a junior "B" ice hockey team based in North Saanich, British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the South Division of the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League (VIJHL). The Panthers play their home games at Panorama Recreation Centre. Coreen Zubersky is the team's president, Doug Passmore is the coach and General Manager.

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History [edit]

The Panthers joined the league in the early 1980s as an expansion team, named as the Peninsula Eagles. In its VIJHL history, the team has won the Cyclone Taylor Cup once, in 2011. The Panthers have won the Brent Patterson Memorial Trophy three times in 1989, 2010 and 2011. They won the Andy Hebenton Trophy five times, as the team with the league's best regular season record in 1988, 1989, 2004, 2008 and 2009.

Season-by-season record [edit]

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

Season GP W L T OTL Pts GF GA Finish Playoffs
1999–00 40 23 15 2 - 48 241 185 2nd, South Lost i League Finals to Campbell River Storm 4-2
2000–01 46 25 13 8 - 58 233 169 1st, South Lost in Division Finals, 2-4 (Islanders)
2001–02 48 34 10 4 - 72 264 173 1st, South Lost in Finals, 1-4 (Storm)
2002–03 44 24 20 0 - 48 158 143 2nd, South Lost in Division Finals, 2-3 (Cougars)
2003–04 45 31 10 4 - 66 1st, South Lost in Finals, 0-3 (Storm)
2004–05 48 35 9 2 72 254 159 1st, South
2005-06 42 26 15 0 52 189 146 4th, South Lost in Division Semifinals, 3-4 (Islanders)
2006–07 48 22 23 3 47 168 183 2nd, South Lost in Division Championships to Victoria Cougars 4-1
2007–08 48 28 18 1 57 204 155 2nd, South
2008–09 48 35 8 5 75 226 140 1st, South
2009–10 48 38 6 4 80 209 100 1st, South Brent Patterson Memorial Trophy Champions
2010–11 44 33 10 1 67 200 111 2nd, South Brent Patterson Memorial Trophy Champions, 4-3 (Cougars)
Gold Cyclone Taylor Cup Champions

NHL alumni [edit]

  • Mike Hamilton

Jordie Benn

Awards and trophies [edit]

Cyclone Taylor Cup

  • 2010-11

Brent Patterson Memorial Trophy
VIJHL Championship

  • 1988–89, 2009–10, 2010–11

Andy Hebenton Trophy
Regular Season Champion

  • 1987–88, 1988–89, 2003–04, 2007–08, 2008–09

Grant Peart Memorial Trophy
Least Penalized Team

  • 1988–89, 1998–99

Doug Morton Trophy
Leading Scorer

  • Greg Wagnor: 1988-89
  • Aaron Lloyd: 1996-97
  • Daniel Bell: 2006-07
  • Daniel Bell: 2007-08
  • Evan Campbell: 2009-10

Jack Kingston Memorial Trophy
Top Defenceman

  • Mike Scarborough: 2009-10

Jamie Robertson Trophy
Most Sportsmanlike Player

  • Greg Wagnor: 1987-88
  • Rob Olson: 1988-89
  • Gerry Barton: 1989-90
  • Craig Zubersky: 1998-99
  • Paul Lowden: 2002-03

Larry Lamoureaux Trophy
Rookie of the Year

Ray's Sports Centre Trophy
Top Goaltender

  • Grant Sjerven: 1987-88
  • Corey Volk: 1988-89
  • Scott Ismond: 2006-07
  • Andrew Wilson: 2007-08
  • Brady Berisoff: 2008-09

Walt McWilliams Memorial Trophy
Unsung Hero

  • Dan Lapointe: 1999-00
  • Jared Molnar: 2004-05
  • Gregory Simpson: 2006-07

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