Red Lake Miners

The Red Lake Miners are a Canadian Junior ice hockey team based in Ear Falls, Ontario. The Miners play in Hockey Canada's Superior International Junior Hockey League.
==History==
In May 2013, the SIJHL announced that the Ear Falls Eagles would be joining the league for the 2013-14 season.http://www.chroniclejournal.com/content/news/local/2013/05/10/ear-falls-eagles-join-sijhlhttp://www.tbnewswatch.com/sports/278529/Ear-Falls,-Red-Lake-franchise-joins-SIJHLhttp://www.kenoraonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5217&Itemid=161 Weeks later, it was announced that the team would instead be called the English River Miners to better serve the entire community.http://www.kenoraonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5394&Itemid=161  The team would be based out of the Ear Falls Arena.
On September 20, 2013, the Miners played the first game in their franchise's history. Played in Dryden, Ontario against the Dryden Ice Dogs, the Miners would fall 4-2 after giving up two last minute tallies, one of which was on an empty net. Nathan Johnson scored the first goal in team history 6:06 into the first period. Greg Harney played the first ever game in net, making 32 saves in the effort.http://www.sijhlhockey.com/game/game_sheet/5606736
On October 10, 2013, the Miners picked up their first ever franchise victory, on home ice, defeating the Wisconsin Wilderness by a score of 3-1. Devan Vander Wyk scored the eventual game-winning goal 3:47 into the third period, while Holden Melgoza made 29 saves for the victory.http://www.sijhlhockey.com/game/game_sheet/5606751
Prior to the 2016-17 season, the team would move its home games from the Ear Falls Recreation Centre Arena in Ear Falls to the Cochenour Arena in Red Lake, Ontario.
The team announced after the club's annual general meeting on August 7, 2018 that the team would be getting renamed the Red Lake Miners.
==Season-by-Season Results==
Season 	GP	W 	L 	T	OL	SL	GF 	GA 	P 	Results 	Playoffs
2013-14	56	21	30	-	5 	- 	185	228	47 	4th SIJHL	Won Quarter-final, 2-4 (Ice Dogs)Lost Semi-final, 0-4 (Lakers)
2014-15	56	10	41	-	5 	- 	159	295	25 	5th SIJHL	Lost Quarter-final, 0-3 (North Stars)
2015-16	56	12	37	3	4 	- 	144	239	31 	5th SIJHL	Won Quarter-final, 3-2 (Iron Rangers)Lost Semi-finals 0-4 (Lakers)
2016-17	56	31	21	-	1 	3 	220	197	66 	3rd SIJHL	Won Semifinals, 4-1 (Thunder Bay North Stars)Lost Final, 0-4 (Dryden Ice Dogs)
2017-18	56	28	23	-	1 	4 	188	209	61 	4th SIJHL	Lost First Round 1-3 (Lakers)
2018-19	56	38	15	-	3 	0 	278	193	79 	2nd SIJHL	Won Semifinal 4-2 (Norskies)Lost Final 1-4 (Thunder Bay North Stars)
2019-20	55	32	18	-	3 	2 	196	176	69 	2nd SIJHL	Season cancelled prior to end of regular season
2020-21	4 	1 	2 	-	1 	0 	13 	16 	3 	N/A 	Season cancelled
2021-22	37	28	6 	-	2 	1 	210	112	59 	2nd 	Won Championship
2022-23	54	22	25	-	3 	2 	168	188	51 	5th 	Lost Quarterfinals
2023-24	49	29	18	-	2 	0 	60 	213	137	5th 	Lost Semifinals
==References==
==External links==
*Miners' Webpage
*Superior International JHL Webpage
Category:Established in 2013
Category:Superior International Junior Hockey League team