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New Westminster Whalers
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City	New Westminster, British Columbia
League	WHA Junior West Hockey League
Founded	2006
Home Arena	Queen's Park Arena
Colours	Green, Yellow, and White
Coach
GM

The New Westminster Whalers are a Junior ice hockey team based out of New Westminster, British Columbia. They play out of the WHA Junior West Hockey League.

History

The Whalers played in the WHA Junior West Hockey League's first ever overtime game on September 22, 2006. The game was also the Whalers first ever game. Sadly for the Whalers, their opponents, the Osoyoos Spurs were up to the challenge and defeated the Whalers by a score of 6-5. Two nights later, the Whalers and Spurs met again. The results were much better for the Whalers as they beat the Spurs for their first ever victory, in regulation, by a score of 4-2.

The teams logo is taken from the defunct World Hockey Association's New England Whalers from the 1970s.

The Whalers finished their first ever regular season in second place. The entered the playoffs in a round robin against the Squamish Cougars and the Bellingham Bulls. The Whalers came out victorious. They next took on the Lumby Fighting Saints, and won a rather controversial series. This led them to Ontario to take on the GMJHL's Bradford Rattlers for the NJHA Alliance Cup. The Whalers were squashed in game one, 6-1. They came back strong in game two, actually leading 6-5 going into the third. Bradford pulled themselves together and scored 3 goals to win the game 8-6. The Rattlers clinched the 3-game-series to win the Alliance Cup as National Champions. They played a third game, which resulted in a 6-5 shootout victory for the Rattlers.

Season-by-Season Results

Season	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	P	Results	Playoffs
2006-07	34	18	11	0	5	140	143	41	2nd WHA-West	Won League, Lost Alliance Cup

External links

• WHA Webpage