Chilliwack Bruins The Chilliwack Bruins were a major junior ice hockey team in the Western Hockey League , based out of Chilliwack , British Columbia . The 2006 – 07 season marked the Bruins inaugural season in the WHL . The team played at Prospera Centre , which was expanded to 5 , 386 seats for the arrival of the Bruins . The team was sold after the 2010 - 2011 season and relocated to British Columbia ' s capital , Victoria to become the Royals . History . In 2005 , the city of Chilliwack was granted a WHL expansion team after an attempt by the owners of the Tri - City Americans ( Brian Burke , Glen Sather and Darryl Porter ) to move the Americans to Chilliwack was voted down by the WHL directors . As a result , Burke , Sather , and Porter sold their stake in the Americans and purchased the 21st franchise in the WHL . The arrival of the Bruins displaced the British Columbia Hockey League ( BCHL ) ' s Chilliwack Chiefs , who relocated to Langley to become the Langley Chiefs . They have since been sold to RG Properties to allow them to move the team to Victoria . The previous ownership group had an offer of 7 . 75 Million from the Chiefs development group including Justin Morneau and Willie Mitchell . The Bruins opened their inaugural season in 2006 – 07 at Prospera Centre on September 21 , 2006 , defeating the Kelowna Rockets by a score of 3 – 1 . Keith Voytechek scored the first goal in franchise history , while Alex Archibald earned the first win by a Bruins goaltender . A month later , on October 28 , Archibald became the first Bruins goaltender to record a shutout with a 3 – 0 win over the Tri - City Americans , which also established the first Bruins road win . Forward Josh Aspenlind established another Bruins first later in the season with the franchise ' s first hat - trick on February 23 , 2007 , against the Kamloops Blazers . General Manager Darrell May and the team ' s first head coach , Jim Hiller , the Bruins posted an overall record of 25 – 40 – 5 – 2 , the third best overall record for a WHL expansion team , and made it to the post - season . In the 2007 playoffs , the Bruins played the eventual Memorial Cup champion Vancouver Giants in the first round and lost the series 4 – 1 . Bruins forwards Mark Santorelli and Oscar Moller emerged in the team ' s second season in 2007 – 08 , establishing team marks in all statistical categories . Santorelli set team marks with 74 assists and 101 points , earning the team ' s first major WHL trophy by leading the league in scoring , while Moller scored a franchise - high 39 goals . The Bruins finished in 7th place in the Western Conference and lost to the Giants in the first round . All games were decided by one goal . After missing the playoffs in 2008 – 09 , the Bruins fired head coach Jim Hiller . On June 3 , 2009 , the team named Marc Habscheid as head coach and general manager . Initial interest in the team was good , prior to the arrival of the Abbotsford Heat of the American Hockey League . Following the Heat ' s arrival , interest in the Bruins waned and the team was sold to an ownership group from Victoria , British Columbia . Season - by - season record . " Note : GP = Games played , W = Wins , L = Losses , OTL = Overtime losses , SOL = Shootout losses , GF = Goals for , GA = Goals against "