Okanagan Lakers

==Overview==
"Lakers" is the name of the independent collegiate transfer team with players representing UBC Okanagan and Okanagan College. The team is located in Kelowna, British Columbia and operates in the British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League (BCIHL). The team originated in 2021-22.
*BCIHL Announcement
*Okanagan Lakers
===Member Institutions===
====UBC Okanagan Heat====
"Heat" is the name of the sports teams of the University of British Columbia Okanagan, located in Kelowna, British Columbia. They are members of the Canada West Universities Athletic Association (CWUAA) and U Sports. They have not operated a hockey team in either the CWUAA or the BCIHL.
====Okanagan College Coyotes====
"Coyotes" is the name of the sports teams from Okanagan College, located in Kelowna and various other cities in British Columbia. They operated in the BCIHL from 2009-10 to 2011-12. They operate in the Pacific West Athletic Association in basketball and the Canadian College Baseball Conference in baseball.
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==Season-by-Season Records Table==
Year/Comp. 	GP	W 	L	OL	GF	GA	Pts	Placing
2022 BCIHL 	12	1 	9	2 	26	53	4 	4th
2022 playoffs	2 	1 	1	- 	3 	6 	2 	semi-finals
2023 BCIHL 	20	7 	9	4 	60	77	18 	4th
2023 playoffs	2 	0 	2	- 	0 	9 	0 	semi-finals
2024 BCIHL 	20	10	9	1 	89	77	21 	3rd
2024 playoffs	2 	1 	1	- 	4 	4 	2 	semi-finals
:Note: For the 2021-22 season the playoff format was changed to a page playoff.
:Note: In the 2022-23 season the best-of-three playoff format was revived.
:Note: In the 2023-24 season a Page playoff system was adopted.
==Commemorations==
===Championships===
*none
==Pictures==
*none
===Alternate Logos===
====Okanagan Lakers Logos====
====Okanagan College Logos====
====UBC Okanagan Heat Logos====
==Also see==
===College links===
*Canadian Colleges Athletic Association
*4-West Championship
*British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League
*Pacific West Athletic Association
*Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference
*Prairie Athletic Conference (Saskatchewan)
*Manitoba Colleges Athletic Conference
*Ontario Colleges Athletic Association
*RSEQ College League
*Atlantic Collegiate Athletic Association
===BCIHL Teams===
====Current Teams====
:Simon Fraser Red Leafs (GNAC - NCAA)
:Vancouver Island Mariners (PWAA - CCAA)
:Victoria Vikings (CWUAA - USports)
:Okanagan Lakers (independent collegiate transfer team, starting 2021-22)
:Logan Lake Miners (independent collegiate transfer team, starting 2022-23)
====Former Teams====
: Eastern Washington Eagles (2011-2018) (Big Sky - NCAA)
: Selkirk College Saints (2006-2020) (PWAA - CCAA)
: Trinity Western Spartans (2005-2020) (CWUAA - CIS)
: UNBC Timberwolves (2006) (CWUAA - USports)
:Fraser Valley Brigade (proposed independent collegiate transfer team, never started)
:Thompson Okanagan Pioneers (independent collegiate transfer team, never started)
====Former Teams now in Independent Collegiate Transfer Program====
: Fraser Valley Cascades (2006-2011) (CWUAA - USports)
: Okanagan College Coyotes (2010-2012) (PWAA - CCAA)
: Thompson Rivers Wolfpack (2010-2014) (CWUAA - USports)
====Independent Collegiate Transfer Program====
: Columbia Bible College Bearcats (PWAA - CCAA)
: UBC Okanagan Heat (CWUAA - USports)
: Ashton College (none) 
: CDI College (none)
: Nicola Valley Institute of Technology (none)
: Summit Pacific College (none) 
===University Links===
*U Sports
*Canada West Universities Athletic Association
===External Links===
*BCIHL Official Site
*Okanagan College Athletics Official Site
*UBC Okanagan Heat Official Site
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Category:Canadian ice hockey teams
Category:Western Canada University Hockey
Category:Canadian Interuniversity Sport