Elliot Lake Vikings (2023)

The Elliot Lake Vikings are a team based in Elliot Lake, Ontario. They are based out of the Elliot Lake Centennial Arena. The team was founded in 2014 as an expansion team in the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League. The team replaced the departed Elliot Lake Bobcats who relocated to Cochrane and were renamed the Cochrane Crunch.
The team set a record for the number of victories by a first season team in the league.
the team would announce on May 10, 2020 that the team will be sitting out the 2020-21 season.http://www.hockeynewsnorth.com/nojhl/nojhl-is-a-plus-11/
The organization would announce on April 17, 2021 that the team would return to the NOJHL for the 2021-22 season after a reorganization where the team operations would be taken over by a management company headed by Paul Noad. The team named John Buchanan as general manager and Brian Noad as head coach. As part of the reorganization the team would be renamed the Elliot Lake Red Wings.http://www.hockeynewsnorth.com/nojhl/nojhl-prepping-for-21-22/#more-49202
On July 19, 2023 the league approved the transfer of the Elliot Lake Red Wings to new owners and the change of the team's name to the Elliot Lake Vikings, which was the name of the previous NOJHL team in the community from the 1960's to the 1990's.
===Regular season===
Season 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	OL 	Pts 	GF 	GA 	Standing 	Playoffs 	 	
Elliot Lake Wildcats 	Elliot Lake Wildcats 	Elliot Lake Wildcats 	Elliot Lake Wildcats 	Elliot Lake Wildcats 	Elliot Lake Wildcats 	Elliot Lake Wildcats 	Elliot Lake Wildcats 	Elliot Lake Wildcats 	Elliot Lake Wildcats 	Elliot Lake Wildcats 	Elliot Lake Wildcats 	Elliot Lake Wildcats
2014-15 	52 	38 	11 	2 	1 	79 	242 	142 	2nd, West 	W, QF 4-2 Sudbury Nickel BaronsL, SF 1-4 Soo Thunderbirds 	 	
2015–16 	54 	35 	12 	2 	5 	232 	142 	77 	2nd of 6, West 	W, DSF 4-1 Rayside-Balfour CanadiansL, 1-4 DF Soo Thunderbirds	 	
2016-17 	56 	23 	26 	4 	3 	53 	157 	174 	5th West 	L, Premlim. 1-2 Soo Eagles 	 	
2017-18 	56 	25 	27 	4 	0 	54 	172 	204 	5th West 	L, Premlim. 0-2 Blind River Beavers 	 	
2018-19 	56 	21 	32 	1 	2 	45 	152 	224 	5th West 	L, Premlim. 0-2 Blind River Beavers 	 	
2019-20 	56 	7 	46 	0 	3 	17 	115 	333 	6th West 	Did not qualify 	 	
2020-21 	On Hiatus due to COVID-19 pandemic	On Hiatus due to COVID-19 pandemic	On Hiatus due to COVID-19 pandemic	On Hiatus due to COVID-19 pandemic	On Hiatus due to COVID-19 pandemic	On Hiatus due to COVID-19 pandemic	On Hiatus due to COVID-19 pandemic	On Hiatus due to COVID-19 pandemic	On Hiatus due to COVID-19 pandemic	On Hiatus due to COVID-19 pandemic 	On Hiatus due to COVID-19 pandemic	On Hiatus due to COVID-19 pandemic
Elliot Lake Red Wings	Elliot Lake Red Wings 	Elliot Lake Red Wings 	Elliot Lake Red Wings 	Elliot Lake Red Wings 	Elliot Lake Red Wings 	Elliot Lake Red Wings 	Elliot Lake Red Wings 	Elliot Lake Red Wings 	Elliot Lake Red Wings 	Elliot Lake Red Wings 	Elliot Lake Red Wings 	Elliot Lake Red Wings
2021–22 	48 	17 	29 	1 	1 	149 	192 	35 	5th of 6, West9th of 12, NOJHL 	Lost Div. Quarterfinals, 1–2 vs. Blind River Beavers 	 	
2022–23 	58 	20 	35 	1 	2 	174 	230 	43 	6th of 6, West9th of 12, NOJHL 	Did Not Qualify for Post Season 	 	
Elliot Lake Vikings 	Elliot Lake Vikings 	Elliot Lake Vikings 	Elliot Lake Vikings 	Elliot Lake Vikings 	Elliot Lake Vikings 	Elliot Lake Vikings 	Elliot Lake Vikings 	Elliot Lake Vikings 	Elliot Lake Vikings 	Elliot Lake Vikings 	 	
2023–24 	58 	5 	48 	1 	4 	133 	366 	43 	6th of 6, West12th of 12, NOJHL 	Did Not Qualify for Post Season 	 	
==References==
==External links==
*Elliot Lake Red Wings webpage
Category:Established in 2014
Category:Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League team