2018-19 CIHL Season

This is the 2018-19 Central Interior Hockey League season. This is the league's 23rd season. The event is being held in conjunction with British Columbia Amateur Hockey Association's 100th anniversary.
The league was saddened by the death of Cameron Kerr who formerly played for the Terrace River Kings.  Kerr was killed in a hit and run accident on November 18, 2018 in Terrace, BC.  He was 30 years old.
==Membership Changes==
*According to a schedule posted on the Terrace River Kings website the Smithers Steelheads do not return after having sat out the 2017-18 season due to a lack of committed players for the season.http://www.thenorthernview.com/sports/cihl-shrinking-next-season/http://www.terraceriverkings.net/schedule.html
==Teams==
Team 	Centre 	Arena
Kitimat Ice Demons 	Kitimat 	Tamitik Arena
Prince Rupert Rampage 	Prince Rupert	Jim Ciccone Civic Centre
Quesnel Kangaroos 	Quesnel 	West Fraser Centre
Terrace River Kings 	Terrace 	Terrace Sportsplex
Williams Lake Stampeders	Williams Lake	Cariboo Memorial Recreation Complex
==Standings==
Team 	GP	W 	L 	T	OL	GF 	GA 	Pts
Quesnel Kangaroos 	16	11	3 	0	2 	88 	71 	24
Williams Lake Stampeders	16	12	4 	0	0 	113	73 	24
Prince Rupert Rampage 	16	9 	6 	0	1 	98 	74 	19
Terrace River Kings 	16	8 	8 	0	0 	83 	77 	16
Kitimat Ice Demons 	16	0 	16	0	0 	41 	128	0
==Playoffs==
===Format===
All teams qualify. The fourth and fifth place teams meet in the preliminary round. All rounds are best-of-three. The playoff champion advances to the 2019 Coy Cup being held March 26-30, 2019 at the North Peace Arena in Fort St. John, British Columbia hosted by the Fort St. John Flyers for the provincial championship.
On February 1, 2019 it was announced that the Terrace River Kings, who played in the previous 6 tournaments, would not be able to participate in the tournament if they qualified due to financial and player availability issues.https://www.terracestandard.com/sports/terrace-river-kings-bail-on-coy-cup/ Quesnel declined to participate in the Coy Cup tournament due to a lack of players available for the tournament.https://www.quesnelobserver.com/sports/quesnel-kangaroos-claim-first-cihl-playoff-championship-in-eight-seasons/https://www.wltribune.com/sports/stampeders-headed-to-2019-coy-cup/ So the Prince Rupert Rampage and the Williams Lake Stampeders ended up representing the league at the Coy Cup. https://discoverthepeacecountry.com/htmlpages/north_peace_hockey-extra/2018-2019/awards-press/coy-cup-2019.html
===Preliminary Round===
Best-of-three
*Terrace River Kings defeated Kitimat Ice Demons 2 games to none
===Semifinals===
Best-of-three
*Terrace River Kings defeated Prince Rupert Rampage 2 games to 1
*Quesnel Kangaroos defeated Williams Lake Stampeders 2 games to none
===Final===
Best-of-three
*Quesnel Kangaroos defeated Terrace River Kings 2 games to none
The Quesnel Kangaroos represent the league at the 2019 Coy Cup.
==References==
Category:2019 in hockey
Category:CIHL seasons