Summerside Western Capitals The Summerside Western Capitals are a Junior " A " hockey team based out of Summerside , Prince Edward Island . They play out of the Maritime Junior A Hockey League . The team currently plays their home games at the Consolidated Credit Union Place . Until 2007 the team played at the former Cahill Stadium . History . The Capitals started out in the Island Junior Hockey League . Thus , the reference to ' western ' in the original team name , The Capitals joined the MJAHL in 1991 . They hosted the Centennial Cup 1989 on behalf of the IJHL . This team was coached by former NHL coach , General Manager , & former Team President of the Columbus Blue Jackets , Doug MacLean , a Summerside native . The 1996 - 97 Summerside Western Capitals created a come from behind story book during the year . They were coached by former Detroit Red Wings player , Gerard Gallant , and they dominated the MJAHL Roger Meek Division during the regular season . In the first round of the playoffs they routed the Restigouche River Rats in five games . They beat out the Charlottetown Abbies in the second round before going on to win the Callaghan Cup by clinching a seven game league final in Dartmouth . Following the tough playoffs came a long bus trip to Brockville , Ont for the 1997 Fred Page Cup . The winner of that tournament would advance to the Royal Bank Cup , which the Capitals were hosting that year . They would go on to lose all 3 games in the round robin and be eliminated . At the 1997 Royal Bank Cup in Summerside , the Western Capitals won the first game , 5 - 1n over the Rayside - Balfour Sabrecats . They would then hit a stumbling block , losing their second and third games 7 - 5 and 8 - 2 to the Kanata Valley Lasers and the Weyburn Red Wings . They would finish the round robin by losing 3 - 2 to the South Surrey Eagles in overtime . Because the Rayside - Balfour Sabrecats had already lost 4 games , the overtime loss game , the Capitals 3 points which was good enough for 4th place . After being shut out of the player awards , the Capitals had to come together as a team . In the regulation round , the Capitals did just that defeating the tournament ' s MVP and future NHLer , Mark Hartigan , and his Weyburn Red Wings 4 - 3 in a very exciting overtime . The Capitals used that win as a moral boost to defeat another Future NHLer , Scott Gomez , and his South Surrey Eagles by a very close score of 4 - 3 . With that win the Summerside Western Capitals would become the first team in Eastern Canada to win the national jr . A ( Tier II ) junior championship , Royal Bank Cup . In 2001 the team made a run for the league championship . After sweeping the first two rounds without one of their top players , Denis White , the Antigonish Bulldogs took advantage of the Capitals beating them in five games to go on the Fred Page Cup . They did not make another significant run again until former Philadelphia Flyer , Forbes Kennedy , was hired as head coach in 2004 - 05 . They were one of the leagues elite teams for the three years that he coached the team , going to the division final in 2005 - 06 but losing to the Woodstock Slammers in 7 games . In the 2006 - 07 season they won 15 games in a row to end the season and went on to win the Meek division title before losing in 6 games in the league final against the Truro Bearcats . In the 2008 - 2009 season , the Capitals finished first place in the Meek division , and later went on to defeat the Dieppe Commandos , and Miramichi Timberwolves in 4 game sweeps to advance to the league championship series , to take on the Truro Bearcats for the second time in 3 years . This time though , the Capitals defeated Truro in 5 games , and won their first league championship since 1997 , on home ice . The Capitals entered the Fred Page Cup tournament , and after going 2 - 1 in the round robin portion , they defeated the Pembroke Lumber Kings 4 - 1 in the semifinal to move to the final against the Dieppe Commandos . The Caps won the game 3 - 2 in double overtime after Mike MacIsaac scored , to send the Caps to their first Royal Bank Cup since winning it in 1997 as the host team . The Capitals travelled to the Pacific coast to Victoria , BC to participate in their 2nd tournament . Summerside had a 0 - 4 record heading into their final game against the defending RBC champions Humboldt Broncos . Summerside won the game 5 - 0 , but were already eliminated from the tournament and finished 5th . The players were angry and upset about the outcome and engaged in roughing up one of the hotel employees at the team ' s hotel . They behaviour resulted in the Capitals losing the right to host the 2011 Royal Bank Cup . Summerside got their chance to host the tournament in 2014 . The Capitals named Gordie Dwyer as their Head Coach and Associate General Manager for the 2009 - 2010 season . Dwyer led a rebuilding team to a regular - season record of 27 - 20 - 1 - 2 ( won - lost - overtime losses - shootout losses ) . The Capitals finished third in the Roger Meek Division , and won a seven - game division semifinal series against second - place Miramichi . The Capitals were then eliminated by eventual league - champion Woodstock in a five - game division final . Dwyer returned for his second season in 2010 - 2011 as head coach and Associate Director of Hockey Operations . Since 2001 , the Capitals have been owned by a private ownership group consisting of local individuals . In 2013 , the Caps were sold to a new private local group . Season - by - Season record . Franchise records . These are franchise records held by previous team rosters . Figures are updated after each completed MHL regular season . External links . < br >