Kelowna Chiefs

The Kelowna Chiefs are a junior "B" ice hockey team based in Kelowna, 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 Rutland Arena.
==History==
===Chase===
The Chiefs were founded as the Chase Chiefs in 2007. They did not qualify for the playoffs in their opening season, finishing with a record of 26-20-5. The following year, they finished 25-23-4, qualifying for the playoffs, where they lost in the second round to the Sicamous Eagles. In the 2009-10 season, they finished with a record of 26-20-4, finishing third in the Okanagan Division. They defeated the Kamloops Storm in the opening round, 3-1, before bowing out to Revelstoke in the second. The 2009-10 season marked the end of the Chase Chiefs, however, as the franchise relocated to Rutland, in Kelowna for the 2010-11 season. In three seasons, the Chase Chiefs compiled a total record of 77-63-13. They were last coached by Brad Fox before the relocation. However, the town of Chase was awarded an expansion franchise for the KIJHL in 2011-12, only a year after the departure of the Chiefs. The Chase Heat joined the league along with the Summerland Steam in 2011-12.
===Kelowna===
The new Chiefs team played in Kelowna for the 2010-11 season, and finished with a record of 26-21-1-0-2 in their opening season, second in the Okanagan Division. They would lose in the second round of the playoffs, 4-0, to the Osoyoos Coyotes. In their second season, the Chiefs finished with an almost identical record, 26-22-0-0-4, finishing fourth in the Okanagan Division. They surprisingly played all the way to the league championship, before being swept 4-0 by the Beaver Valley Nitehawks. The following year, the Chiefs finished with a record of 35-15-1-0-1, first in the Okanagan Division. They were defeated, however, in the second round of the playoffs by Osoyoos again. In 2013-14, the Chiefs finished 2nd in the Okanagan Division, before losing in the first round to Osoyoos again. The next year, the Chiefs finished with a record of 23-24-2-0-2, 2nd in the Okanagan Division. They lost, however, in the first round again, this time to the Summerland Steam. The 2015-16 season was almost identical, with the Chiefs' compiling a record of 24-23-2-2-1, and losing in the first round again to Summerland.
==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 2, 2016.KIJHL.ca, Final 2013-14 regular season standings.KIJHL.ca – Year end standings.
Season 	GP	W 	L 	T	OL	Pts	GF 	GA 	Finish 	Playoffs 	
2010-11	50	26	21 	1	2 	55 	178	176	2nd, Okanagan 	Lost in Division Finals, 0-4 (Coyotes) 	
2011–12	52	26	22 	0	4 	56 	221	208	4th, Okanagan 	Lost in Finals, 0-4 (Nitehawks) 	
2012–13	52	35	15 	1	1 	72 	205	135	1st, Okanagan 	Lost in Division Finals, 2-4 (Coyotes) 	
2013–14	52	31	17 	0	4 	66 	201	170	2nd, Okanagan 	Lost in Division Semifinals, 0-4 (Coyotes)	
2014–15	52	23	24 	2	2 	50 	161	173	3rd, Okanagan 	Lost in Division Semifinals, 3-4 (Steam) 	
2015–16	52	24	23 	2	1 	51 	144	158	3rd, Okanagan 	Lost in Division Semifinals, 2-4 (Steam) 	
2016–17	47	20	22 	2	3 	45 	157	156	3rd of 5 Okanagan 	Lost in Division Semifinals, 3-4 (Steam 	
2017-18	47	27	15 	1	4 	59 	221	171	2nd of 5, Okanagan 	Lost in Division Finals, 2-4 (Coyotes) 	
2018-19	49	43	3 	1	2 	89 	276	111	1st of 5, Okanagan 	Lost in Conference Final 	
2019-20	49	32	12 	3	2 	69 	186	130	1st of 5, Ohlhausen	 	
2020-21	4 	2 	2 	0	0 	4 	11 	11 	N/A 	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic 	
2021-22	42	26	13 	-	3 	55 	158	135	2nd Ohlhausen 	Lost in Division Semifinals 	
2022-23	44	6 	34 	0	1 	3 	16 	95 	205 	5Th of 5, Bill Ohlhausen19th of 19 KIJHL 	Did not qualify for playoff season
2023-24	44	16	324	0	3 	1 	36 	123	192 	4Th of 5, Bill Ohlhausen15th of 20 KIJHL 	Lost Div Semifinals, 1-4 (Posse)
===Playoffs===
KIJHL.ca, Current playoff bracket. KIJHL.ca, League champions. 
Season 	Division Semifinals 	Division Finals 	Conference Finals 	KIJHL Championship
2010-11	W, 4-3, Princeton 	L, 0-4, Osoyoos 	— 	—
2011-12	W, 4-2, Osoyoos 	W, 4-1, Princeton 	W, 4-1, Sicamous 	L, 0-4, Beaver Valley
2012-13	W, 4-2, Summerland 	L, 2-4, Osoyoos 	— 	—
2013-14	L, 0-4, Osoyoos 	— 	— 	—
2014-15	L, 3-4, Summerland 	— 	— 	—
2015-16	L, 2-4, Summerland 	— 	— 	—
2016-17	L, 3-4, Summerland 	— 	— 	—
2017-18	W, 4-3, Summerland 	L, 2-4, Osoyoos 	— 	—
2018-19	W, 4-0, Osoyoos 	W, 4-1, Summerland 	L, 2-4, Revelstoke 	—
2019-20	W, 4-1, North Okanagan 	1-1, Princeton 	Playoffs cancelled due to COVID-19	Playoffs cancelled due to COVID-19
2020-21	Playoffs not held due to COVID-19	Playoffs not held due to COVID-19	Playoffs not held due to COVID-19 	Playoffs not held due to COVID-19
2021-22	L, 1-4, Summerland 	— 	— 	—
2022-23	 	 	 	
2023-24	L, 1-4, Princeton 	— 	— 	—
==References==
==External links==
*Official website of the Kelowna Chiefs
*Official website of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League
*Official website of the Cyclone Taylor Cup
*Official website of the Keystone Cup
Category:Kootenay International Junior League teams
Category:Canadian ice hockey teams
Category:Established in 2010