Langley Rivermen

The Langley Rivermen are a junior "A" ice hockey team based in Langley, British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Coastal Conference of the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL). They played their home games at Langley Events Center until Western Hockey League Vancouver Giants announced they were relocating to the LEC. The Rivermen will call the George Preston Arena home starting with the 2016-17 season.
==History==
The Chilliwack Chiefs were founded in 1990 when they bought the franchise rights of the Richmond Sockeyes. The Sockeyes were in the process of returning to Jr. B. Prior to this, Chilliwack had entertained previous teams like the Chilliwack Bruins from 1970 until 1976 who moved to Maple Ridge, British Columbia and then Revelstoke, British Columbia before merging with the Kamloops Rockets franchise, the Chilliwack Colts from 1978 until 1981 who seem to have become the Langley Eagles and later the Chilliwack Eagles from 1987 until 1989 - who became the Ladner Penguins, later the Bellingham Blazers, and then were bought out by the Trail Smoke Eaters.
In 2006, the Chilliwack Bruins of the Western Hockey League were founded and the Chiefs moved to become the Langley Chiefs.
In 2011, the Chiefs became the Langley Rivermen to make room for the Quesnel Millionaires to move to Chilliwack and the town get its junior hockey name back.http://www.bclocalnews.com/bc_cariboo/quesnelobserver/news/121581304.htmlhttp://web.archive.org/20110727194752/merrittcentennials.blogspot.com/2011/04/langley-rivermen-sail-into-bchl.html
==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, PIM = Penalties in minutes
Season 	GP 	W 	L 	T 	OL 	GF 	GA 	Pts 	PIM 	Finish 	Playoffs 	
1990-91 	60 	39 	18 	3 	- 	361 	323 	81 	 	1st, Interior 	Lost in Division Finals, 2-4 (Lakers) 	
1991-92 	60 	38 	19 	3 	- 	305 	259 	79 	3170 	2nd, Interior 	Lost in Division Finals, 2-4 (Lakers) 	
1992-93 	60 	20 	38 	2 	- 	250 	392 	42 	1380 	5th, Interior 	Did not qualify 	
1993-94 	60 	28 	28 	4 	- 	339 	332 	60 	 	4th, Interior 	Lost in Division Semifinals, 0-4 (Spartans) 	
1994-95 	60 	39 	18 	3 	- 	295 	229 	81 	 	1st, Mainland 	Fred Page Cup, Mowat Cup Champions 	
1995-96 	60 	44 	12 	4 	- 	330 	219 	92 	 	1st, Mainland 	Lost in Semifinals, 3-4 (Thunder) 	
1996-97 	60 	32 	27 	1 	- 	245 	265 	65 	 	5th, Coastal 	Lost in Quarterfinals, 0-4 (Eagles) 	
1997-98 	60 	33 	25 	2 	- 	248 	250 	68 	1540 	2nd, Coastal 	Lost in Semifinals, 1-4 (Eagles) 	
1998-99 	60 	38 	20 	- 	2 	354 	272 	78 	1623 	2nd, Mainland 	Lost in Finals, 1-4 (Vipers) 	
1999-00 	60 	35 	20 	- 	5 	307 	251 	75 	 	2nd, Mainland 	Fred Page Cup, Mowat Cup Champions 	
2000-01 	60 	34 	22 	- 	4 	274 	249 	72 	1878 	2nd, Mainland 	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 1-4 (Eagles) 	
2001-02 	60 	46 	10 	- 	4 	341 	212 	96 	 	1st, Mainland 	Fred Page Cup, Mowat Cup, Doyle Cup Champions 	
2002-03 	60 	36 	17 	1 	6 	251 	192 	79 	 	1st, Mainland 	Lost in Finals, 0-4 (Vipers) 	
2003-04 	60 	36 	20 	0 	4 	259 	243 	76 	2139 	2nd, Mainland 	Lost in Conference Semifinals, 1-3 (Clippers) 	
2004-05 	60 	37 	21 	0 	2 	231 	187 	76 	1290 	2nd, Mainland 	Lost in Conference Semifinals, 0-4 (Eagles) 	
2005-06 	60 	36 	16 	3 	5 	243 	192 	80 	1745 	1st, Mainland 	Lost in Conference Semifinals, 1-4 (Express) 	
2006-07 	60 	29 	27 	1 	3 	229 	229 	62 	1596 	5th, Coastal 	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 3-4 (Express)	
2007-08 	60 	33 	21 	0 	6 	257 	234 	72 	1263 	2nd, Coastal 	Lost in Conference Finals, 2-4 (Clippers) 	
2008-09 	60 	30 	25 	2 	3 	217 	211 	65 	1287 	2nd, Mainland 	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 1-3 (Eagles) 	
2009-10 	60 	33 	22 	2 	3 	226 	209 	71 	1280 	4th, Coastal 	Lost in Conference Semifinals, 0-4 (Kings) 	
2010-11 	60 	31 	21 	1 	7 	240 	217 	70 	 	3rd, Coastal 	Lost Division Semi-final 	
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2011-12 	60 	19 	35 	1 	5 	174 	237 	44 	 	13th BCHL 	DNQ 	
2012-13 	56 	24 	26 	1 	5 	194 	204 	54 	 	4th Mainland 	Lost Division Semi-final 1-3 (Eagles) 	
2013-14 	58 	37 	13 	3 	5 	200 	155 	82 	 	1st Mainland 	Lost Division Final 2-4 (Express) 	
2014-15 	58 	29 	23 	1 	5 	204 	198 	64 	 	2nd Mainland 	Lost Division Semi-final 4-2 (Spruce Kings) 	
2015-16 	58 	31 	22 	3 	2 	212 	187 	67 	 	3rd Mainland7th BCJHL 	Lost Division Semi-final 1-4 (Wild) 	
2016-17 	58 	30 	20 	2 	6 	240 	205 	68 	- 	3rd Mainland7th BCHL 	Lost Division Semi-final 2-4 (Chiefs) 	
2017-18 	58 	25 	20 	3 	10 	168 	183 	63 	- 	2nd Mainland9th BCHL 	Lost Division Semi-final 2-4 (Eagles) 	
2018-19 	58 	27 	27 	2 	2 	167 	173 	58 	- 	4th MainlandT-11th BCHL 	Lost Division Semi-final 3-4 (Chiefs) 	
2019-20 	58 	23 	31 	1 	2 	162 	204 	50 	- 	4th Mainland13th BCHL 	Lost Division Semi-final 3-4 (Express) 	
2020-21 	Sat out season due to COVID-19 pandemic	Sat out season due to COVID-19 pandemic	Sat out season due to COVID-19 pandemic	Sat out season due to COVID-19 pandemic	Sat out season due to COVID-19 pandemic	Sat out season due to COVID-19 pandemic	Sat out season due to COVID-19 pandemic	Sat out season due to COVID-19 pandemic	Sat out season due to COVID-19 pandemic	Sat out season due to COVID-19 pandemic	Sat out season due to COVID-19 pandemic 	Sat out season due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021-22 	54 	33 	18 	1 	2 	180 	169 	69 	- 	4th Coastal 	Lost Conference Final 	
2022-23 	54 	16 	33 	2 	3 	137 	200 	37 	- 	8th Coastal 	Lost Conference Quarterfinals 	
2023-24 	54 	19 	28 	7 	0 	151 	190 	45 	- 	7th Coastal 	Lost Conference Quarterfinals 	
==NHL alumni==
*John Craighead
*Wade Dubielewicz
*Riley Emmerson
*Joaquin Gage
*Gabe Gauthier
*Ron Greschner
*Bob Hess
*Shawn Horcoff
*Garet Hunt
*Jason Krog
*Mike Minard
*Mark Olver
*Mark Santorelli
*Garret Stroshein
*Jeff Tambellini
*David Van der Gulik
===References===
==External links==
* Langley Rivermen website
Category:British Columbia Hockey League teams
Category:Canadian ice hockey teams