County of Grande Prairie Wheat Kings

The County of Grande Prairie Wheat Kings are a Junior "B" Ice Hockey team based in Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada. They are members of the North West Junior Hockey League (NWJHL). They played their home games at Coca-Cola Centre, which has a capacity of 1,600 until January of 2014. The team then moved to the Crosslink County Sportsplex which has a capacity of 600.
They changed their name in April, 2011, from the Grande Prairie Wheelers because of a change in sponsorship. They would change their name in 2024 to the County of Grande Prairie Wheat Kings
== History ==
The Kings (formerly the Wheelers) joined the NWJHL when the league began operations in 1994. It took the Kings nearly 20 years to capture their first league championship but did so on March 26, 2013.
In the 2013-2014 NWJHL season the Kings hosted the Hockey Alberta Investors Group Junior B Provincial Championship. Despite losing the NWJHL finals to the North Peace Navigators, Grande Prairie had already secured a spot as tournament host. The Kings captured a silver medal falling 6 to 0 to the Blackfalds Wranglers in the provincial final.
== Season-by-season record ==
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, OL = Overtime Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes
Season 	GP	W 	L 	OL	Pts	GF 	GA 	Finish 	Playoffs
2009-10	35	19	14	2 	40 	153	162	3rd, NWJHL 	Won QuarterFinals 3-0, (Vipers)Won SemiFinals 4-0, (Huskies)Lost in Finals, 0-4 (Wolverines)
2010-11	35	20	9 	6 	46 	158	112	3rd, NWJHL 	Won QuarterFinals 3-0, (Huskies)Lost in Semifinals, 1-4 (Navigators)
2011-12	36	30	6 	0 	60 	228	93 	2nd, NWJHL 	Won QuarterFinals 3-0, (Jr. Canucks)Lost in Semi-Finals, 0-4 (Wolverines)
2012-13	35	32	3 	0 	64 	257	98 	1st, NWJHL 	Won QuarterFinals 3-0, (Vipers)Won Semi-Finals, 4-1 (Huskies)Won Finals, 4-2 (Navigators)League Champions
2013-14	35	27	6 	2 	56 	228	128	2nd, NWJHL 	Won QuarterFinals 3-0, (Vipers)Won SemiFinals 1-1, (Fairview Flyers)Lost Finals, 1-4 (Navigators)
2014-15	30	24	5 	1 	49 	- 	- 	2nd of 7 NWJHL	Won QuarterFinals (forfeit), (Blades)Lost Semi-Finals, 2-4 (Fairview Flyers)
2015-16	36	21	14	1 	43 	173	131	3rd of 7 NWJHL	Won QuarterFinals 3-0, (Jr. Canucks)Lost Semi-Finals, 4-1 (Navigators)
2016-17	30	13	13	4 	30 	104	105	5th of 6 NWJHL	Won QuarterFinals 3-1, (Jr. Canucks)Lost Semifinals 3-4, (Fairview Flyers)
2017-18	36	21	13	2 	44 	146	128	4th of 7NWJHL 	Won QuarterFinals 3-2, (Fairview Flyers)lOST Semifinal 1-4 (Huskies)
2018-19	36	19	15	2 	40 	151	141	3rd of 6 NWJHL	Won QuarterFinals 3-2, (Vipers)Won Semifinals 4-3, (Jr. Canucks)Lost Final 2-4, (Huskies)
2019-20	40	14	21	5 	33 	128	161	5th of 6 NWJHL	Lost Quarterfinals 2-3, (Flyers)
2020-21	5 	5 	0 	0 	10 	32 	13 	N/A 	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 Pandemic
2021-22	40	19	19	2 	40 	148	147	3rd of 6 NWJHL	Won Quarterfinals 3-0, (Navigators)Won Semifinals 4-2, (Vipers)Lost Final 2-4, (Huskies)
2022-23	42	32	7 	3 	67 	221	115	2nd 	Lost Final
2023-24	42	28	10	4 	60 	181	122	3rd 	Lost Quarterfinals
==Russ Barnes Trophy==
Alberta Jr B Provincial Championships
Year 	Round Robin 	Record	Standing 	SemiFinal 	Bronze Medal Game	Gold Medal Game
2013 	L, Red Deer Vipers 4-6W, Wetaskiwin Icemen 6-2L, Cold Lake Ice 4-6 	1-2-0 	3rd of 4 Pool ?	n/a 	n/a 	n/a
2014HOST	W, Blackfalds Wranglers 6-4L, Cold Lake Ice 5-3W, Ft. Sask Hawks 2-1	2-1-0 	1st of Pool B 	W, North Peace Navigators 6-2	n/a 	L, Blackfalds Wranglers 6-0
== External links ==
*Official website of the Grande Prairie Kings
*Official website of the North West Junior Hockey League
*Official website of the Keystone Cup
== References ==
Category:Ice hockey teams in Alberta
Category:Established in 1994
Category:Canadian ice hockey teams
Category:North West Hockey League team