Kinistino Tigers The Kinistino Jr . Tigers were a team in the North Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League ( NSJHL ) from 1970 - 1997 . Originally called the Kinistino Tiger - Bruins , the team was renamed to the Tigers following the 1983 - 1984 season . The Tigers played out of the Kinistino Sports Complex in Kinistino , Saskatchewan for the duration of the teams existence . The team folded after the 1996 - 1997 season due to financial difficulties . History . Tiger - Bruins . In 1970 Kinistino was granted a franchise into the NSJHL and began an affiliation with the Estevan Bruins of the WHL . Though , Estevan would move to Westminster after the first year , the working agreement continued . George Longman acted as the manager for the Tiger - Bruins until 1981 when the franchise asked for , and received a leave of absence from the league . While the Tigers failed to capture any championships during this period two skaters , Theran Welsh ( 1973 – 74 ) and Wade Hoffus ( 1976 – 77 ) led the league in scoring . Tigers . After a leave of absence , Kinistino rejoined the NSHJL to start the 1984 - 85 season . Coached by former player Les Jack the team started to build into a competitive club with talented players , but again failed to win any league championships despite boasting the league leader scorer in every season during the 1980s , with the exception of the 1985 - 1986 season . In 1988 the Tigers would come close to their first championship , falling short in the best of seven to the Warman Valley Crusaders ( who would go on to win the Keystone Cup ) . Dynasty Years . 1989 - 1991 . In , 1989 the Tigers would finally capture their first league championship . Led by scoring champion Dave Morrell the Tigers would advance to the Western Junior B Championships for the first time as the Saskatchewan representative . Though they were less successful , the experience would prove beneficial . The Tigers continued to build strong teams , winning back to back league champions and then became the first team to win three league championships in a row . The Tigers third trip to the Western Championships would see them finally achieve the ultimate goal , winning the gold medal game to capture the Keystone Cup . 1991 - 1992 . Following their championship in 1991 the Tigers had a great opportunity as they were selected as hosts for the 1992 Western Canadian Junior Champions . Though the pressure to win was added by hosting the tournament the Tigers put together another solid season , defeating the Saskatoon Chiefs in the league finals . They would them come through in front of the home crowd , defeating the Chiefs in the gold medal game 7 - 2 to capture back - to - back Keystone Cups . 1992 - 1993 . The 1993 season was similar to the previous four , seeing the Tigers win their fifth straight NSHJL Championship . After the formation of the South Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League ( SSJHL ) , winning the league wasn ' t an automatic berth into the Keystone Cup and the Tigers were forced to play a best of five series against the SSJHL Champion , the Assiniboia Southern Rebels . The Tigers won the first two games played in Kinistino by identical 7 - 3 scores and then ended the series with a 4 - 0 shutout of the Rebels in Assiniboia , earning them their fourth provincial title in as many years . Going into the Keystone Cup the Tigers had an opportunity to win three straight titles , a feat that had never been completed . Poised to make history the Tigers found themselves in the championship game against the Lloydminster Bandits . The Bandits had handed the Tigers their only loss during the round robin of the tournament and would prevail again , sending the Tigers away with a silver medal . 1993 - 1994 . The Tigers would win their final league and provincial championship , stopping the total at six consecutive championships , which at the time was a record for the most consecutive provincial Junior B championships . ( The title previously belonged to the Lebret Indians ( 1955 – 1959 ) . ) Kinistino travelled to Thunder Bay to compete in the Keystone Cup and would again win the tournament , defeating the Selkirk Fisherman in the championship game by a score of 5 - 3 . The win made Kinistino the first team to win the Keystone Cup three times , which is now a record they share with the Assiniboia Southern Rebels . 1994 - 1995 and the demise of the franchise . During the 1994 season the Tigers continued to dominate and sat in first place going into the playoffs . Many assumed it would be another league championship was close at hand , but the upstart Saskatoon Royals had put together an impressive season while being overshadowed by the dominant Tigers . When the two clubs met in the league championship it was the underdogs from the bridge city that would come out victorious . After falling to the Royals , the Tigers would never field a championship team again . The pressure of attracting hockey talent to the small community and funding a team eventually led to the team folding following the 1996 - 1997 season . External links . < br >