Spruce Grove Saints

The Spruce Grove Saints are an ice hockey team in the British Columbia Hockey League. They play in Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada at the Grant Fuhr Arena, capacity 1,259.
:Founded: 1963-64
:Division titles won: 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11, 2012-13, 2013-14, 2017-18
:Regular Season titles won: 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11, 2013-14, 2014-15
:League Championships won: 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017
:Western Canada Cup Titles: None
:Doyle Cup Titles: None
:Royal Bank Cup Titles: None
==History==
The Saints franchise is perhaps the most storied in the history of Canadian Junior A hockey. The only franchise remaining from the inception of the AJHL in 1963, the team began as the Edmonton Movers, and a season following a merger with the Edmonton Maple Leafs in 1972, the franchise first relocated to Spruce Grove as the Spruce Grove Mets. After three years in Spruce Grove, the franchise relocated again to nearby St. Albert to become the St. Albert Saints for the 1977-78 season. After 27 years in St. Albert, arena issues allowed the franchise to return for its second stint in Spruce Grove in 2004-05.
Over 50 former players have gone on to play in the NHL, including Mark Messier, Stu Barnes, Mike Comrie and Steve Reinprecht.
During its first stint in Spruce Grove, the Mets won the Centennial Cup 1975 as Canadian Jr. A national champions. The franchise also captured four more AJHL championships during its time in St. Albert.
The team won the 2018 Inter Pipeline AJHL Playoffs advancing to the 2018 Doyle Cup where they lost to the Wenatchee Wild 4-games-to-1.
On January 20, 2024 the British Columbia Hockey League announced the addition of the the Blackfalds Bulldogs, Brooks Bandits, Okotoks Oilers, Sherwood Park Crusaders and Spruce Grove Saints from the Alberta Junior Hockey League for the 2024-25 season.https://bchl.ca/bchl-agrees-to-terms-with-five-alberta-based-teams As a result of the announcement and the circumstances involved the five teams would be expelled from the AJHLhttps://www.ajhl.ca/ajhl-statement and would continue to play as an Alberta Division of the BCHL for the balance of the season and would play the BC champion in some sort of post-season event.
==Season-by-season record==
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T/OTL = Ties/Overtime losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Season 	GP	W 	L 	T/OL	Pts 	GF 	GA 	Finish 	Playoffs 	
2004-05	64	42	16	6 	90 	208	147	2nd North	Lost in second round 	
2005-06	60	39	18	3 	81 	197	160	3rd North	Lost in third round 	
2006-07	60	32	20	8 	72 	213	186	3rd North	Lost in second round 	
2007-08	62	34	16	12 	80 	248	203	3rd North	Lost in third round 	
2008-09	62	46	7 	9 	101 	274	139	1st North	Lost final 	
2009-10	60	52	4 	4 	108 	252	99 	1st North	Won Championship 	
2010-11	60	48	8 	4 	100 	233	106	1st North	Won Championship 	
2011-12	60	46	6 	8 	100 	214	129	1st North	Lost in third Round 	
2012-13	60	35	16	9 	79 	181	157	1st North	Lost final 	
2013-14	60	47	10	3 	97 	235	135	1st North	Won Championship 	
2014-15	60	48	7 	5 	101 	254	121	1st North	Elim RR Western Cup 	
2015-16	60	49	7 	4 	101 	263	123	1st North	Lost final 	
2016-17	60	40	18	2 	82 	198	145	3rd North	Lost in Div. Semifinals 	
2017-18	60	47	10	3 	97 	262	138	1st North	Won ChampionshipLost 2018 Doyle Cup 	
2018-19	60	40	17	3 	83 	204	141	3rd North	Lost Final 	
2019-20	58	43	13	2 	88 	246	155	2nd North	Win Division quarterfinals then playoffs suspended	
2020-21	21	9 	12	0 	.429	70 	94 	6th North	Playoffs cancelled 	
2021-22	60	46	9 	5 	97 	287	166	1st North	Lost Final 	
2022-23	60	49	7 	4 	102 	261	152	1st North	Lost Final 	
2023-24	66	26	24	5 	1 	82 	108	58 	5th Alberta 	Lost Division Quarterfinal
*Note: 2023-24 goal totals are for BCHL sanctioned games only, despite record including games played while team was a member of AJHL.
===Playoffs===
*2005 Lost Quarter-final
:Spruce Grove Saints defeated Lloydminster Blazers 3-games-to-none
:Drayton Valley Thunder defeated Spruce Grove Saints 4-games-to-2
*2006 Lost Semi-final
:Spruce Grove Saints defeated Fort Saskatchewan Traders 3-games-to-none
:Spruce Grove Saints defeated Drayton Valley Thunder 4-games-to-3
:Camrose Kodiaks defeated Spruce Grove Saints 4-games-to-2
*2007 Lost Quarter-final
:Spruce Grove Saints defeated Bonnyville Pontiacs 3-games-to-2
:Grande Prairie Storm defeated Spruce Grove Saints 4-games-to-1
*2008 Lost Semi-final
:Spruce Grove Saints defeated Lloydminster Bobcats 3-games-to-none
:Spruce Grove Saints defeated Grande Prairie Storm 4-games-to-3
:Fort McMurray Oil Barons defeated Spruce Grove Saints 4-games-to-1
*2009 Lost Final
:Spruce Grove Saints defeated Fort McMurray Oil Barons 4-games-to-1
:Spruce Grove Saints defeated Olds Grizzlys 4-games-to-none
:Grande Prairie Storm defeated Spruce Grove Saints 4-games-to-none
*2010 Won League, Lost Doyle Cup
:Spruce Grove Saints defeated Bonnyville Pontiacs 4-games-to-none
:Spruce Grove Saints defeated Camrose Kodiaks 4-games-to-1
:Spruce Grove Saints defeated Fort McMurray Oil Barons 4-games-to-3 AJHL CHAMPIONS
:Vernon Vipers (BCHL) defeated Spruce Grove Saints 4-games-to-3
*2011 Won League, Lost Doyle Cup
:Spruce Grove Saints defeated Lloydminster Bobcats 4-games-to-none
:Spruce Grove Saints defeated Fort McMurray Oil Barons 4-games-to-none
:Spruce Grove Saints defeated Camrose Kodiaks 4-games-to-1 AJHL CHAMPIONS
:Vernon Vipers (BCHL) defeated Spruce Grove Saints 4-games-to-3
*2012 Lost Divisional Finals
:Spruce Grove Saints defeated Drayton Valley Thunder 4-games-to-none
:Fort McMurray Oil Barons defeated Spruce Grove Saints 4-games-to-3
*2013 Lost Divisional Finals
:Spruce Grove Saints defeated Sherwood Park Crusaders 4-games-to-2
:Spruce Grove Saints defeated Whitecourt Wolverines 4-games-to-1 Div. Champs
:Brooks Bandits defeated Spruce Grove Saints 4-games-to-1 League Finalists
*2014 Won League, Lost Runner Up Game Western Canada Cup
:Spruce Grove Saints defeated Sherwood Park Crusaders 4-games-to-3
:Spruce Grove Saints defeated Fort McMurray Oil Barons 4-games-to-3 Div. champs
:Spruce Grove Saints defeated Drumheller Dragons 4-games-to-none AJHL CHAMPIONS
*2015 Won League, 5th of 5 Western Canada Cup
:Spruce Grove Saints defeated Sherwood Park Crusaders 4-games-to-2 Div. Semi Finals
:Spruce Grove Saints defeated Bonnyville Pontiacs 4-games-to-2 Div. champs
:Spruce Grove Saints defeated Brooks Bandits 4-games-to-2 AJHL CHAMPIONS
*2016
:Spruce Grove Saints defeated Sherwood Park Crusaders 4-games-to-0 Div. Semi Finals
:Spruce Grove Saints defeated Lloydminster Bobcats 4-games-to-1 Div. Finals
:Brooks Bandits defeated Spruce Grove Saints 4-games-to-1 League Finals
*2017
:Spruce Grove Saints defeated Drayton Valley Thunder 3-games-to-0 Div. Quarter Finals
:Whitecourt Wolverines defeated Spruce Grove Saints 4-games-to-3 Div. Semi Finals
*2018
:Spruce Grove Saints defeated Grande Prairie Storm 4-games-to-none
:Spruce Grove Saints defeated Whitecourt Wolverines 4-games-to-none
:Spruce Grove Saints defeated Okotoks Oilers 4-games-to-1
:AJHL Champions
*2019
:Spruce Grove Saints defeated Drayton Valley Thunder 3-games-to-1
:Spruce Grove Saints defeated Bonnyville Pontiacs 4-games-to-none
:Spruce Grove Saints defeated Sherwood Park Crusaders 4-games-to-2
: Brooks Bandits defeated Spruc Grove Saints 4-games-to-none
*2020
:Spruce Grove Saints defeated Grande Prairie Storm 4-games-to-2
*2021
: Playoffs Cancelled
==Western Canada Cup==
Western Canada Championships ** BCHL - AJHL- SJHL - MJHL - Host **
Round robin play with 1st vs 2nd - winner advance to National Championship & loser to Runner Up Game3rd vs 4th in 2nd semi-final winner to Runner Up game loser eliminated.Runner Up game determines 2nd representative to National Championship.Competition began 2013 season.
Year	Round Robin 	Record	Standing	SemiFinal 	Gold Medal Game	Runner Up Game
2014	L, Dauphin Kings - 2-4L, Coquitlam Express 1-3OTW, Yorkton Terriers 3-2W, Winnipeg Blues 5-3 	2-2-0 	3 of 5 	W, Coquitlam Express 5-3	n/a 	L, Dauphin Kings 2-4
2015	L, Penticton Vees - 3-11OTL, Melfort Mustangs - 3-4L, Fort McMurray Oil Barons - 4-5L, Portage Terriers - 2-4	0-4-0 	5 of 5 	n/a 	n/a 	n/a
==Doyle Cup==
*2018
:Wenatchee Wild defeated Spruce Grove Saints 4-games-to-1
==See also==
* List of ice hockey teams in Alberta
==References==
:Alberta Junior Hockey League website
:Spruce Grove Saints website
Category:Canadian ice hockey teams
Category:Alberta Junior Hockey League
Category:Established in 2004
Category:British Columbia Hockey League teams