Osoyoos Coyotes

The Osoyoos Coyotes are a Junior "B" Ice Hockey team based in Osoyoos, British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Okanagan Division of the Okanagan/Shuswap Conference of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL). They play their home games at Osoyoos Sunbowl Arena.
==History==
In the 2010-11 season, the Coyotes first in the KIJHL, the team finished with a record of 42-2-2-4 (90 pts.), winning the league's regular season title. In the 2010-11 KIJHL playoffs the Coyotes defeated the Penticton Lakers 4-0 in the Division Semifinals, defeated the Kelowna Chiefs 4-0 in the Division Finals, defeated the Revelstoke Grizzlies 4-2 in the Conference Finals, and in the KIJHL Championship Finals the Coyotes defeated the Castlegar Rebels 4-2. Then the Coyotes went into the 2011 Cyclone Taylor Cup. The following season, the Coyotes finished first in the Okanagan Division again, with a record of 31-18-1-2, but lost in the first round to the Kelowna Chiefs. In 2012-13, the Coyotes finished third in the Okanagan Division, with a record of 28-17-0-7, losing in the third round, the Conference finals, to the North Okanagan Knights. The following season the Coyotes finished third again, with a record of 29-22-0-1, and made it to the Conference final again, losing to the Kamloops Storm. In 2014-15, the Coyotes would finish first in the Okanagan Division for the first time in three years, and defeated Princeton and Summerland in the playoffs, before falling again to the Storm. In 2015-16, the Coyotes won the league's regular season title again, with a record of 41-9-1-1, and defeated the North Okanagan Knights in the first round.
In 2016-17, the Coyotes won their division, and defeated the Knights again in the first round. They would defeat the Summerland Steam in the second round, and advance to play the Chase Heat. In the series against Chase, the Coyotes won the first two games in the best-of-five series, and led Game 3 (in which a Coyotes win would clinch the series) until Chase player Kolten Moore tied the game with 3 seconds left in the third period, and Chase would win in overtime. The Coyotes then took a 1-goal lead deep into the third period, but suffered a similar fate, as Michael Fidanza tied the game for Chase with only 1 second remaining in the game, and the Heat would again prevail in overtime. The Coyotes would then drop Game 5, losing the series and being eliminated. Chase would lose in a series sweep to the Beaver Valley Nitehawks in the league finals.
==Season-by-season record==
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OL = Overtime Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Records as of March 5, 2016.KIJHL.ca, Regular season standings 2011–2012.KIJHL.ca – KIJHL Final Standings.
Season 	GP	W 	L 	T	OL	Pts	GF 	GA 	Finish 	Playoffs
2010-11	50	42	2 	2	4 	90 	257	110	1st, Okanagan 	KIJHL Champions, 4-2 (Rebels)
2011-12	52	31	18	1	2 	65 	244	172	1st, Okanagan 	Lost in Division Semifinals, 2-4 (Chiefs)
2012-13	52	28	17	0	7 	63 	205	193	3rd, Okanagan 	Lost in Conference Finals, 3-4 (Knights)
2013-14	52	29	22	0	1 	59 	203	180	3rd, Okanagan 	Lost in Conference Finals, 3-4 (Storm)
2014-15	52	42	7 	2	1 	87 	239	116	1st, Okanagan 	Lost in Conference Finals, 1-4 (Storm)
2015-16	52	41	9 	1	1 	84 	224	93 	1st, Okanagan 	Lost in Division Finals, 2-4 (Steam)
2016-17	47	37	8 	1	1 	76 	208	111	1st, Okanagan 	Lost in Division Finals, 2-3 Heat
2017-18	47	32	11	2	2 	68 	202	129	1st, Okanagan 	Lost in Conference Final, 3-4 Grizzlies
2018-19	52	42	7 	2	1 	87 	239	116	4th Okanagan 	Lost in Division Semifinal, Chiefs
2019-20	49	9 	37	1	2 	21 	126	233	5th of 5, Ohlhausen	Did not qualify
2020-21	3 	1 	1 	-	1 	3 	10 	11 	N/A 	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021-22	42	33	3 	-	6 	72 	210	116	1st Ohlhausen 	Lost in Conference Final
2022-23	44	27	13	-	4 	58 	188	140	2nd, Bill Ohlhausen	Lost Division Semifinals, 1-4 (Knights)
2023–24	44	16	24	0	4 	36 	121	177	3rd, Bill Ohlhausen	Lost Div. Semifnals, 0–4 (Knights)
===Playoffs===
Records as of February 27, 2024.KIJHL.ca, Playoff Bracket 2011–2012. KIJHL.ca, Past KIJHL League Champions. 
Season 	Division Semifinals 	Division Finals 	Conference Finals 	KIJHL Championship
2010–11	W, 4–0, Penticton 	W, 4–0, Kelowna 	W, 4–2, Revelstoke 	W, 4–2, Castlegar
2011–12	L, 2–4, Kelowna 	— 	— 	—
2012–13	W, 4–1, Princeton 	W, 4–2, Kelowna 	L, 3–4, North Okanagan 	—
2013–14	W, 4–0, Kelowna 	W, 4–1, North Okanagan 	L, 1–4, Kamloops 	—
2014–15	W, 4–1, Princeton 	W, 4–2, Summerland 	L, 1–4, Kamloops 	—
2015–16	W, 4–0, North Okanagan 	L, 2–4, Summerland 	— 	—
2016–17	W, 4–0, North Okanagan 	W, 4–0, Summerland 	L, 2–3, Chase 	—
2017–18	W, 4–0, Princeton 	W, 4–2, Kelowna 	L, 3–4, Revelstoke 	—
2018–19	L, 0–4, Kelowna 	— 	— 	—
2019–20	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify 	Did not qualify
2020-21	Playoffs cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic	Playoffs cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic	Playoffs cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic	Playoffs cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic
2021-22	W, 4-1, Princeton 	W, 4-2, Summerland 	L, 0-4, Revelstoke 	–
2022-23	L, 1-4, North Okanagan 	— 	— 	—
2023-24	L, 0-4, North Okanagan 	— 	— 	—
===Cyclone Taylor Cup===
Season 	Bronze Medal Game	Gold Medal Game
2010–11	W, 3-0, Richmond 	—
== References ==
==External links==
*Official website of the Osoyoos Coyotes
*Official website of the KIJHL
*Official website of the Cyclone Taylor Cup
*Official website of the Keystone Cup
Category:Ice hockey teams in British Columbia
Category:Canadian ice hockey teams
Category:Kootenay International Junior League teams
Category:Established in 2010