# Port Coquitlam Trailblazers

The Port Coquitlam Trailblazers are a Junior ice hockey team in the Pacific Junior Hockey League based in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia. The team plays its home games at the Port Coquitlam Community Centre (PCCC), which opened in 2019.

## Team identity

The team said that the name 'Trailblazers' reflects the City of Port Coquitlam's Coast Salish roots, its breathtaking landscape, and its residents, "including the late Terry Fox, who grew up in Port Coquitlam." Its official colours are purple, gold and white, which harken back to the Port Coquitlam Minor Hockey Association that was founded in 1974, and the original branding of the Los Angeles Kings. The team’s logo features the Golden Ears peaks in the background and the Pitt River Bridge in the foreground. It is meant to symbolize "the untamed path we set forth upon and the bridge the Trailblazers hope to build between the organization and the community."

## Inaugural season

The team finished its inaugural season in last place overall, thus failing to qualify for the playoffs, with 7 wins and 41 losses in the regular season. While the Aldergrove Kodiaks finished the season with only 6 wins and 42 losses, they ranked slightly higher than the Trailblazers because they received partial points for 3 games that it lost during overtime.
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 | GF | GA | Pts | Finish | Playoffs |
| 2023–24 | 48 | 7 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 113 | 289 | 14 | 7th in conference 14th overall | Did not qualify |
| 2024–25 | 48 | 27 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 224 | 190 | 26 | 6th of 8 Shaw Conf 8th of 15 PJHL | Lost Conf Semi 2-4 (Delta Ice Hawks) |
The team was founded at a time of significant flux for Junior ice hockey in British Columbia. In 2023, governing body BC Hockey announced plans to restructure its junior hockey framework following the decision of its only Junior A league, the BCHL, to become an independent league. The three Junior B leagues (PJHL, KIJHL and VIJHL) were summarily designated as "Junior A Tier 2", with plans to conduct an independent evaluation of those teams seeking to be promoted to "Junior A Tier 1". It was expected that those teams promoted to Tier 1 would eventually apply for membership in the CJHL. In April 2024, the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League announced that it would withdraw from the Hockey Canada framework and become an independent farm league for the BCHL in the 2024–25 season. The league expected the evaluations to be completed during the 2024–25 season.
In the 2024–25 season, Hockey Canada and its four western affiliates – BC Hockey, Hockey Alberta, Hockey Saskatchewan and Hockey Manitoba – will pilot the Western Canadian Development Model (WCDM). Under the WCDM, junior leagues will adopt most of the Western Hockey League rulebook, excluding some sections, and restrictions on 15-year-old affiliate players in the Western Hockey League will be loosened. Players that will be 18-years of age or older in the calendar year will be allowed to choose whether to use full-face protection or half-face protection, whilst younger players will be required to use full-face protection.