Kootenay International Junior Hockey League

The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League is a Junior "B" ice hockey league in British Columbia, Canada, sanctioned by Hockey Canada. The winner of the KIJHL playoffs competes with the champions of the Pacific International Junior Hockey League and the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League for the Cyclone Taylor Cup, the British Columbia Provincial Title. Until the 2016-17 season, the winner of the Cyclone Taylor Cup moved on to compete for the Western Canada "B" Crown, the Keystone Cup.
==History==
Founded in the early 1960s, the league was represented by the Trail Smoke Eaters in 1962, 1964, 1965, and 1966 for the Mowat Cup. In the '60s, the Mowat Cup determined the British Columbia seed in the Memorial Cup playdowns.
In July 2016, the league announced for the 2016-17 season that the inter-conference play between the Okanagan-Shuswap Conference and the Kootenay Conference would be eliminated during the regular season and that the schedule would be reduced from 52 to 47 games.  The reduction in the number of games also nearly eliminated the use of week night games.  The moves served two purposes for the players and the owners first to reduce the strain on the players with much less travel and time to spend on their studies and the reduction of travel expenses and the elimination of unprofitable games held in the middle of the week.
The Fernie Ghostriders were forced to temporarily relocate to the Elk Valley Leisure Centre in nearby Sparwood for the 2017-18 season when the Fernie Memorial Arena was made unusable due to an ammonia leak at the arena which killed three people on October 17, 2017.http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/fernie-arena-deaths-1.4359577
As a response to the British Columbia Hockey League withdrawing from Hockey Canada effective June 1, 2023; the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League announced on June 17, 2023 that it had applied with BC Hockey to be classified as Junior A for the 2023-24 season along with all of its' membership.https://www.kijhl.ca/2023-kijhl-agm-concludes-in-sicamous This followed an application from the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League to do the same on July 11th,https://www.vijhl.com/vijhl-applying-for-junior-a-status-for-2023-24-season with the Pacific Junior Hockey League expected to do the same shortly there after.https://thejuniorhockeynews.com/an-advisers-life-vijhl-also-applies-for-junior-a-status/
==Teams==
Eddie Mountain Division 	Eddie Mountain Division	Eddie Mountain Division 	Eddie Mountain Division	Eddie Mountain Division	Eddie Mountain Division	Eddie Mountain Division	Eddie Mountain Division	Eddie Mountain Division	Eddie Mountain Division	Eddie Mountain Division	Eddie Mountain Division	Eddie Mountain Division	Eddie Mountain Division	Eddie Mountain Division
Team 	Centre 	Arena 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Columbia Valley Rockies 	Invermere 	Eddie Mountain Memorial Arena 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Creston Valley Thunder Cats	Creston 	Johnny Bucyk Arena 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Fernie Ghostriders 	Fernie 	Fernie Memorial Arena 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Golden Rockets 	Golden 	Golden and District Arena 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Kimberley Dynamiters 	Kimberley 	Kimberley Civic Centre 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Neil Murdoch Division 	Neil Murdoch Division 	Neil Murdoch Division 	Neil Murdoch Division 	Neil Murdoch Division 	Neil Murdoch Division 	Neil Murdoch Division 	Neil Murdoch Division 	Neil Murdoch Division 	Neil Murdoch Division 	Neil Murdoch Division 	 	 	 	
Team 	Centre 	Arena 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Beaver Valley Nitehawks 	Fruitvale 	Beaver Valley Arena 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Castlegar Rebels 	Castlegar 	Castlegar and District Community Complex	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Grand Forks Border Bruins 	Grand Forks 	Jack Goddard Memorial Arena 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Nelson Leafs 	Nelson 	Nelson and District Community Complex 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Spokane Braves 	Spokane 	Eagles Ice-A-Rena 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Okanagan Division 	Okanagan Division 	Okanagan Division 	Okanagan Division 	Okanagan Division 	Okanagan Division 	Okanagan Division 	Okanagan Division 	Okanagan Division 	Okanagan Division 	Okanagan Division 	Okanagan Division 	Okanagan Division 	Okanagan Division 	Okanagan Division
Team 	Centre 	Arena 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Kelowna Chiefs 	Kelowna 	Rutland Arena 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
North Okanagan Knights 	Armstrong 	Nor-Val Centre 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Osoyoos Coyotes 	Osoyoos 	Osoyoos Sunbowl Arena 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Princeton Posse 	Princeton 	Princeton District Multipurpose Arena 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Summerland Steam 	Summerland 	Summerland Arena 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Doug Birks Division 	Doug Birks Division 	Doug Birks Division 	Doug Birks Division 	Doug Birks Division 	Doug Birks Division 	Doug Birks Division 	Doug Birks Division 	Doug Birks Division 	Doug Birks Division 	Doug Birks Division 	Doug Birks Division 	Doug Birks Division 	Doug Birks Division 	Doug Birks Division
Team 	Centre 	Arena 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
100 Mile House Wranglers 	100 Mile House 	South Cariboo Recreation Centre 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Chase Heat 	Chase 	Art Holding Memorial Arena 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Kamloops Storm 	Kamloops 	McArthur Island Sports & Events Centre 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Revelstoke Grizzlies 	Revelstoke 	Revelstoke Forum 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Sicamous Eagles 	Sicamous 	Sicamous District Recreation Centre 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
==Pre-KIJHL Champions==
Year 	Team
1961-62	Trail Smoke Easters
1962-63	Trail Smoke Easters
1963-64	Trail Smoke Easters
1964-65	Trail Smoke Easters(only team in region)
1965-66	Trail Smoke Easters
1966-67	Trail Smoke Easters
==Past KIJHL League Champions==
Year 	Team
1967-68	Trail Jr. Smokies
1968-69	Nelson Jr. Maple Leafs
1969-70	Trail Jr. Smokies
1970-71	Trail Jr. Smokies
1971-72	Trail Jr. Smokies
1972-73	Cranbrook Colts
1973-74	Cranbrook Colts
1974-75	Cranbrook Colts
1975-76	Cranbrook Colts
1976-77	Castlegar Rebels
1977-78	Castlegar Rebels
1978-79	Trail Smoke Eaters
1979-80	Kimberley Knights
1980-81	Trail Smoke Eaters
1981-82	Cranbrook Colts
1982-83	Cranbrook Colts
1983-84	Cranbrook Colts
1984-85	Cranbrook Colts
1985-86	Cranbrook Colts
1986-87	Cranbrook Colts
1987-88	Columbia Valley Rockies
1988-89	Columbia Valley Rockies
1989-90	Columbia Valley Rockies
1990-91	Trail Smoke Eaters
1991-92	Nelson Jr. Maple Leafs
1992-93	Nelson Jr. Maple Leafs
1993-94	North Okanagan Kings
1994-95	Sicamous Eagles
1995-96	Castlegar Rebels
1996-97	Beaver Valley Nitehawks
1997-98	Revelstoke Grizzlies
1998-99	Beaver Valley Nitehawks
1999-00	Nelson Leafs
2000-01	Beaver Valley Nitehawks
2001-02	Sicamous Eagles
2002-03	Beaver Valley Nitehawks
2003-04	Beaver Valley Nitehawks
2004-05	Osoyoos Storm
2005-06	Sicamous Eagles
2006-07	Fernie Ghostriders
2007-08	Fernie Ghostriders
2008-09	Nelson Leafs
2009-10	Revelstoke Grizzlies
2010-11	Osoyoos Coyotes
2011-12	Beaver Valley Nitehawks
2012-13	Castlegar Rebels
2013-14	Beaver Valley Nitehawks
2014-15	Kimberley Dynamiters
2015-16	100 Mile House Wranglers
2016-17	Beaver Valley Nitehawks
2017-18	Kimberley Dynamiters
2018-19	Revelstoke Grizzlies
2019-20	Playoffs Cancelled
2020-21	Season Cancelled
2021-22	Revelstoke Grizzlies
2022-23	Kimberley Dynamiters
2023-24	Revelstoke Grizzlies
==NHL Alumni==
*Greg Adams
*Ron Areshenkoff
*Doug Barrault
*Kris Beech
*Steve Bozek
*Shane Churla
*Adam Deadmarsh
*Dallas Drake
*Wade Dubielewicz
*Neil Eisenhut
*Ray Ferraro
*Travis Green
*Jamie Huscroft
*Barret Jackman
*Dane Jackson
*Steve Junker
*Alan Kerr
*Jon Klemm
*Chuck Kobasew
*Jeff Lank
*Tim Lenardon
*Scott Levins
*Bill Lindsay
*Brad Lukowich
*Steve McCarthy
*Jason Marshall
*Derek Mayer
*Glenn Merkosky
*David Oliver
*Scott Parker
*Steve Passmore
*Rudy Poeschek
*Craig Redmond
*Kevin Sawyer
*Brian Skrudland
*Dan Smith
*Rob Tallas
*Steve Tambellini
*Gord Walker
*Shea Weber
*Mike Zanier
==See also==
*List of KIJHL Seasons
==External links==
*KIJHL Stats Website
*KIJHL Media Website
*Columbia Valley
*Creston
*Fernie
*Golden
*Grand Forks
*Kimberley
*Nelson
*Princeton
*Revelstoke
*Spokane
*Summerland
==References==
Category:Ice hockey leagues
Category:British Columbia Junior B Hockey
Category:Kootenay International Junior League