Nanaimo Clippers

The Nanaimo Clippers were a senior, intermediate, and junior team.
The senior team won the Okanagan Mainline League in 1950-51 and the Pacific Coast Senior League in 1951-52. They won the British Columbia Senior Championships in 1950-51 and entered the 1950-51 Western Canada Allan Cup Playoffs.
The intermediate team won the British Columbia Intermediate Championship in:
*1940-41
*1941-42
*1943-44
*1948-49
*1955-56
They won the Western Canada Intermediate Playoffs in 1941-42.
The junior team won the British Columbia Junior Championship in 1945-46.
These are the records of the current junior team in the British Columbia Hockey League:
The Nanaimo Clippers are a Junior "A" ice hockey team based in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Coastal Division of the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL). They play their home games at Frank Crane Arena.
== Franchise history ==
The Nanaimo Clippers won the league championship in the 1976 playoffs but lost by default for the Mowat Cup (Provincial Championship). The Clippers were once again league champions in 1978 when the Penticton Vees refused to play the balance of the series (citing rough play – the series stood at 2 games to 1). The Merritt Centennials were earlier chosen to represent the league for the 1978 CAHA Championships. The Nanaimo Clippers folded after the 1982 season, but were started up again before the 1983 season as the Esquimalt Buccaneers. The franchise was moved to Nanaimo early in the 1983 season, playing at the Nanaimo Civic Arena, and renamed the team the Nanaimo Clippers.
In 1998, the Clippers hosted the Royal Bank Cup getting 3 wins and a loss in round-robin play. The Clippers entered the semi-finals as the 2nd seed, behind the South Surrey Eagles also of the BCHL. The Weyburn Red Wings were the Clippers' opponent in the semi-final and defeated them by a score of 4–1, South Surrey went on to win the National Championship.
March 13, 2004, marked one of the strangest playoff games in all of hockey history with the Clippers playing in the final game of their first-round league playoff series against the Powell River Kings. With 80 seconds left in the third period and the score tied 3-3 in Game 7 at Nanaimo, the Powell River goalie left his crease and froze the puck for a whistle. Under league rules, the goalie was guilty of delay of game. But instead of calling a two-minute penalty, the referee incorrectly awarded a penalty shot. Nanaimo scored and won the game, 4–3. Powell River protested and league officials agreed to cover all costs for fixing the mistake. The Kings went back to Nanaimo on March 16 to replay the final 1:20 of the third period, with the score tied at 3–3. Powell River started a man short for the delay-of-game penalty but neither team scored in regulation. Just 54 seconds into overtime, Nanaimo captain Michael Olson scored the game-winning goal in front of a packed house of hometown fans, some of whom had felt their team had been wronged and some who thought it was a good chance to end things the right way. The Clippers went on to have a fairly easy road in the playoffs, beating Chilliwack 3-1 in a best-of-five series, Surrey 4-0 in a best-of-seven semifinal and the Salmon Arm Silverbacks 4-1 in the best-of-seven championship final. After taking the BCHL Championship, the Clippers went on to oust the Grande Prairie Storm for the Doyle Cup, earning themselves a berth in the Royal Bank Cup.
On April 16, 2007, the Clippers won the Fred Page Cup by defeating the Vernon Vipers three to two in game six of the BCHL finals. The winning goal was scored by Tyler Mazzei with 36 seconds remaining in the third period at the Vernon Multiplex.
As of March 2017, the Nanaimo city council approved a referendum for the construction of a $88 million dollar arena to help solidify a potential Western Hockey League team, either by relocation or expansion, possibly forcing the Clippers to either relocate to another market or fold. The referendum was on March 11 and was rejected by 80% of those voting.
The Clippers' owners in doing their due diligence had looked for and found another city and buyer for the team on the Island. On March 16 they held a news conference and gave a two-week deadline for the sale of the team to a local person or group. If they are unable to sell or move the team, the team will go dark. Dark meaning that the owners would retain the franchise but not operate a team next season. However, the team was added new ownership and the Clippers Hockey Society was formed in April of 2017 to help raise funds to make the team self sufficient and community owned.
== NHL alumni ==
* Greg C. Adams
* Byron Bitz
* Mel Bridgman
* Paul Cyr
* Tony Feltrin
* Wade Flaherty
* Jason Garrison
* Tanner Glass
* Colin Greening
* Al Hill
* Matt Irwin
* Steve Kariya
* Terry Kleisinger
* Rick Lapointe
* David LeNeveu
* Gary Lupul
* John Newberry
* Ryan O'Byrne
* Barry Pederson
* Ken Priestlay
* Geordie Robertson
* Torrie Robertson
* Mark Rycroft
* Raymond Sawada
== Season-by-season record ==
Season 	GP	W 	L 	T	OL	GF 	GA 	Pts	PIM 	Finish 	Playoffs
1972-73	62	31	30	1	- 	352	335	63 	 	1st, Coastal 	Lost in Semifinals, 3-4 (Bruins)
1973-74	64	21	41	2	- 	243	321	44 	 	4th, Coastal 	Lost in Quarterfinals, 2-4 (Lords)
1974-75	66	21	45	0	- 	303	385	42 	 	4th, Coastal 	Lost in Semifinals, 2-4 (Blazers)
1975-76	66	41	21	4	- 	384	279	89 	 	2nd, BCJHL 	Fred Page Cup Champions (Vees)
1976-77	68	46	19	3	- 	403	323	95 	 	1st, Coastal 	Fred Page Cup Champions, 4-2 (Vees)
1977-78	66	41	23	2	- 	392	324	84 	2251	1st, Coastal 	Fred Page Cup Champions (Vees)
1978-79	62	33	26	3	- 	367	346	69 	1625	2nd, Coastal 	Lost in Semifinals, 0-4 (Blazers)
1979-80	66	41	24	1	- 	433	346	83 	 	2nd, Coastal 	Lost in Finals, 3-4 (Knights)
1980-81	44	33	10	1	- 	307	200	67 	1417	1st, Coastal 	Lost in Quarterfinals
1981-82	48	12	36	0	- 	232	347	24 	 	6th, Coastal 	Did not qualify
1982-83	56	30	25	1	- 	309	314	61 	2420	3rd, Coastal 	Lost in Quarterfinals, 2-4 (Royals)
1983-84	50	30	19	1	- 	303	256	61 	 	2nd, Coastal 	Lost in Semifinals, 2-4 (Eagles)
1984-85	52	21	31	0	- 	328	367	42 	 	5th, Coastal 	Did not qualify
1985-86	52	25	26	1	- 	305	337	51 	 	3rd, Coastal 	Lost in Quarterfinals, 2-4 (Flyers)
1986-87	52	24	27	1	- 	276	292	49 	 	4th, Coastal 	Lost in Quarterfinals, 0-4 (Sockeyes)
1987-88	52	28	20	4	- 	277	252	60 	 	3rd, Coastal 	Lost in Quarterfinals, 2-4 (Flyers)
1988-89	60	32	25	3	- 	309	312	67 	2931	3rd, Coastal 	Lost in Quarterfinals, 0-4 (Paper Kings)
1989-90	60	38	21	1	- 	381	314	77 	2326	2nd, Coastal 	Lost in Semifinals, 3-4 (Royals)
1990-91	60	25	32	3	- 	307	342	53 	 	3rd, Coastal 	Lost in Quarterfinals, 1-4 (Paper Kings)
1991-92	60	27	30	3	- 	319	309	57 	3059	3rd, Coastal 	Lost in Semifinals, 2-4 (Ice Hawks)
1992-93	60	29	29	2	- 	320	326	60 	1738	3rd, Coastal 	Lost in Semifinals, 3-4 (Paper Kings)
1993-94	60	21	36	3	- 	270	351	45 	 	4th, Coastal 	Lost in Quarterfinals, 1-4 (Paper Kings)
1994-95	60	25	33	2	- 	280	330	52 	 	3rd, Coastal 	Lost in Preliminary, 0-2 (Eagles)
1995-96	60	30	25	5	- 	251	236	65 	1284	3rd, Island 	Lost in Quarterfinals, 1-4 (Vipers)
1996-97	60	34	22	4	- 	263	243	72 	 	2nd, Coastal 	Lost in Quarterfinals, 1-4 (Paper Kings)
1997-98	60	30	29	1	- 	215	223	61 	 	5th, Coastal 	Lost in Quarterfinals, 0-4 (Eagles)
1998-99	60	37	21	-	2 	298	229	76 	 	1st, Coastal 	Lost in Division Quarterfinals, 0-3 (Salsa)
1999-00	60	28	21	-	11	202	218	67 	 	3rd, Coastal 	Lost in Conference Semifinals, 2-4 (Chiefs)
2000-01	60	31	25	-	4 	221	216	66 	1673	1st, Island 	Lost in Preliminary, 3-4 (Salsa)
2001-02	60	41	17	-	2 	262	215	84 	 	1st, Island 	Lost in Semifinals, 1-4 (Chiefs)
2002-03	60	41	16	3	0 	267	196	85 	 	1st, Island 	Lost in Quarterfinals, 0-3 (Eagles)
2003-04	60	37	15	2	6 	256	161	82 	2131	2nd, Island 	Fred Page Cup Champions, 4-1 (Silverbacks)Doyle Cup Champions
2004-05	60	48	9 	0	3 	240	142	99 	 	1st in League 	Lost in Semi-Finals
2005-06	60	44	12	0	4 	255	160	92 	 	1st in League 	Lost in Quarter-Finals
2006-07	60	41	12	2	5 	287	187	89 	 	1st in League 	Won League
2007-08	60	42	14	0	4 	249	155	88 	 	1st in League 	Lost in Finals
2008-09	60	28	24	2	6 	186	193	64 	 	9th BCHL 	Lost in First Round
2009-10	60	24	25	1	10	197	204	59 	 	10th BCHL 	Lost in Quarter-Finals
2010-11	60	29	23	1	7 	203	205	66 	 	5th, Coastal 	Lost Division Quarter-final
2011-12	60	26	25	0	9 	186	193	61 	 	10th BCHL 	DNQ
2012-13	56	32	20	0	4 	182	167	68 	 	2nd, Island 	Lost Division Semi-final
2013-14	58	27	28	1	2 	176	172	57 	 	3rd, Island 	Lost Division Semi-final
2014-15	58	37	16	0	5 	235	167	79 	 	1st of 5 Island2nd of 16 BCHL 	Won, Div Semi-final, 4–3 (Bulldogs)Won, Divisional Final, 4–3 (Kings)2nd of 3 Mini Series advanceLost League Finals, 2–4 (Vees)
2015-16	58	38	18	1	1 	235	186	78 	 	1st of 5 Island4th of 17 BCHL 	Won Div Semi-final, 4-1 (Bulldogs)Won Div. Finals, 4-0 (Kings)3rd of 3 Mini Series eliminated
2016-17	58	23	28	1	6 	146	199	53 	 	4th of 5 Island,14th of 17 BCHL	L, Div. Semifinals 1-4 (Grizzlies)
2017-18	58	32	20	3	3 	198	177	70 	- 	2nd of 5 Island,6th of 17 BCHL 	L, Div. Semifinals 2-4 (Kings)
2018-19	58	27	30	1	0 	180	213	55 	- 	3rd Island 	L, Div. Semifinals 1-4 (Kings)
2019-20	58	37	17	0	4 	183	134	78 	- 	1st Island 	Won Div Semi-final, 4-1 (Bulldogs) Then playoffs are cancelled
2020-21	20	8 	11	0	1 	59 	82 	17 	- 	3rd Port Alberni Pod 	Playoffs Cancelled
2021-22	54	33	17	3	1 	210	172	70 	- 	3rd Coastal 	Lost Final
2022-23	54	37	14	3	0 	207	174	77 	- 	1st Coastal 	Lost Conference Quarterfinals
2023-24	54	27	23	3	1 	203	191	58 	- 	5th Coastal 	Lost Conference Quarterfinals
== See also ==
* List of ice hockey teams in British Columbia
== External links ==
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Category:Canadian ice hockey teams
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Category:Okanagan Mainline League teams
Category:Vancouver Island Senior League teams
Category:Pacific Coast Senior League teams