Nipigon Elks

The Nipigon Elks are a Canadian Junior B ice hockey team based in Nipigon, Ontario. They play in the Lakehead Junior Hockey League of Hockey Northwestern Ontario.
==History==
The Elks are five-time Western Canadian Brewers Cup champions. They won the Junior C tournament in 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, and 2013 against comparable teams from across Western Canada. The Elks were also 2010 finalists.
In 2008, the team changed their name from the Nipigon Elks to the Nip-Rock Elks. The name change, which was for just one season, had to do with an agreement with the neighboring town of Red Rock, Ontario.
===2002–03===
The Nipigon Elks finished off the 2002-03 season in first place with a record of 16-6-2 and went on to win the league playoffs. The Elks defeated the Wawa Travellers of the North of Superior Junior B Hockey League to win the Northern Ontario Regional Junior B Hockey Championship for the right to compete at the 2003 Keystone Cup in St. Claude, Manitoba.
The Elks first game of the Western Canadian Junior B championship was against the Assiniboia Southern Rebels, a 6-1 loss. They next played the Selkirk Fishermen, resulting in a 9-3 loss. In the third game, the Elks lost to the Spruce Grove Regals 11-2, then lost to the Richmond Sockeyes 5-1. In the fifth and final game of the round robin, the Elks lost to the host St. Claude Knights 5-1 to close out their tournament winless.
==Season-by-season standings==
Season 	GP	W 	L 	T	OL	Pts	GF 	GA 	Results 	Playoffs
2000-01	30	18	11	1	- 	37 	- 	- 	3rd TBJBHL	
2001-02	23	5 	14	4	- 	14 	- 	- 	2nd TBJBHL	
2002-03	24	16	6 	2	- 	34 	- 	- 	1st TBJBHL	Won League
2003-04	24	14	8 	2	- 	30 	145	107	2nd TBJBHL	
2004-05	24	10	11	3	- 	23 	106	127	3rd TBJBHL	
2005-06	30	3 	25	2	- 	8 	92 	211	4th TBJBHL	Lost Semifinals
2006-07	30	5 	25	0	- 	10 	88 	228	3rd TBJBHL	Lost Semifinals
2007-08	30	4 	24	2	- 	10 	96 	214	3rd TBJBHL	Lost Semifinals
2008-09	30	2 	27	1	- 	5 	72 	220	3rd TBJBHL	Lost Semifinals
2009-10	30	15	15	0	- 	30 	136	139	2nd TBJBHL	Lost Semifinals
2010-11	30	15	11	4	- 	34 	146	130	2nd TBJBHL	Lost Semifinals
2011-12	31	25	6 	0	- 	50 	238	117	2nd TBJBHL	Lost Finals (Northern Hawks)
2012-13	24	18	5 	1	- 	37 	135	84 	2nd TBJBHL	Lost Finals (Northern Hawks)
2013-14	30	11	17	2	- 	24 	104	143	3rd TBJBHL	Lost Semifinals, 1-4 (Thunder Bay Stars)
2014-15	30	14	15	1	- 	29 	127	156	3rd TBJBHL	Lost Semfinals, 1-4 (Thunder Bay Stars)
2015-16	32	10	20	2	- 	22 	118	159	4th TBJBHL	Lost Semifinals, 1-4 (Northern Hawks)
2016-17	30	16	9 	5	- 	22 	162	124	3rd LJHL 	Won Semifinals, 4-1 (Thunder Bay Stars)Won Finals, 4-1 (Northern Hawks)to Keystone Cup
2017-18	28	14	10	4	- 	32 	152	118	3rd LJHL 	Lost Semifinals, 3-4 (Northern Hawks)
2018-19	30	6 	21	1	2 	102	174	15 	4th, LJHL 	Lost Semifinals, 0-4 (Fighting Walleye)
2019-20	27	12	15	0	0 	116	119	24 	3rd, LJHL 	Playoffs cancelled
2020-21	2 	0 	2 	-	0 	6 	13 	0 	N/A 	Season delayed, suspended, then cancelled
2021-22	18	2 	16	-	0 	47 	117	4 	4th 	Lost Semifinals
2022-23	24	9 	14	0	1 	83 	116	19 	4th 	Lost Semifinals
2023-24	24	2 	20	0	2 	60 	183	6 	5th 	Lost First Round
==Keystone Cup history==
Western Canadian Jr. B Championships (Northern Ontario to British Columbia)Six teams in round robin play. 1st vs 2nd for gold/silver; 3rd vs 4th for bronze.
Year	Round Robin 	Record	Standing	Bronze Medal Game	Gold Medal Game
2017	L, Regina 3-6L, Peguis 3-4L, Wainwright 2-9L, Beaver Valley 2-10L, Arborg 4-9	0-5-0 	6th of 6	did not qualify 	did not qualify
== References ==
==External links==
*Nipigon Elks website
Category:Ice hockey teams in Ontario
Category:Established in 1993
Category:Thunder Bay Junior B Hockey League
Category:Thunder Bay Junior B/Juvenile/AAA Hockey League
Category:Canadian ice hockey teams