Abbotsford Pilots

The Abbotsford Pilots are a junior "B" ice hockey team based in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Harold Brittain Conference of the Pacific Junior Hockey League (PJHL). The Pilots play their home games at MSA Arena. Jack Goesen is the team's president and general manager, Jim Cowden is the head coach.
==History==
===Mission===
The Mission Pilots were formed in 1975, and played in Mission for thirteen years, when they relocated south to Abbotsford, where the team name was retained. While in Mission, the team won no league championships. They played out of the Mission Arena on 7th avenue.
===Abbotsford 1988-2005===
In 1988 the Mission Pilots relocated to Abbotsford, retaining the name, which was a name similar to that of the Abbotsford Flyers, a former Junior A level team in Abbotsford, that in itself was named for the Abbotsford International Airshow. In 1989, the Pilots won the league championship in only their second season in Abbotsford. The team suffered a 3-1 finals loss to the Richmond Sockeyes in the 1991-92 season, and did not win another championship until 1999, ten years after their first. The following year, the Pilots swept the Grandview Steelers to win the league championship, with player Brock Currie leading the league in scoring, and continued their success by winning the 2000 Cyclone Taylor Cup, and finished as consolation champions in the Keystone Cup. The following year the Pilots finished a disappointing fourth in the league, and lost in the league quarterfinals to the Sockeyes. But they rebounded the following year, winning the league again over the Delta Ice Hawks in the finals, before losing to the Sicamous Eagles in the final of the Cyclone Taylor Cup. Kiyomi Parsons was named league MVP. The following year, 2002-03, the Pilots finished first during the regular season, but lost 4-3 in the league finals to the Sockeyes again. In 2003-04, the Pilots slipped to fifth in the league standings, and did not win any trophies during the season, despite having a winning record of 22-18-2. They rebounded again the following year, defeating the Delta Ice Hawks in the final by a series score of 4-3, with Abbotsford goalie Travis Dyck being named league MVP.
===2005-present===
In 2005-06, the Pilots lost twice to the Ice Hawks, once in the league finals, and again in the Cyclone Taylor Cup championship. The following year the Pilots finished first in the league again, and defeated the Grandview Steelers by a score of 4-2 in the finals. They would win the league's regular season title again the following year, but lost to Grandview in the playoff championship by a score of 4-1. They would then lose in the league final three of the next four years, save for a first round loss to Aldergrove in 2009-10. In 2010-11, despite losing narrowly to the Ice Hawks in the finals again, the Pilots won the Cyclone Taylor Cup over the Victoria Cougars, and then crushed the Thunder Bay Northern Hawks in the final of the 2011 Keystone Cup to claim their first Western Canada championship. The following year they would win the Harold Brittain Division, but lost in the second round of the playoffs to the Aldergrove Kodiaks. They would lose to the Kodiaks in the second round for three straight years, including a Game 7 loss as heavy underdogs in 2014-15. In the 2015-16 season, the Pilots defeated the Kodiaks in the first round, before losing in the second round to eventual league champions Mission City Outlaws.
==Season-by-season record==
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OT = Overtime Losses, Shootout losses & Ties Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Season 	GP	W 	L 	T	OT	Pts	GF 	GA 	Finish 	Playoffs
1999-00	42	31	8 	-	3 	63 	215	149 	1st, PIJHL 	PIJHL Champions, 4-0 (Steelers)Cyclone Taylor Cup Champions, 2-0 (Leafs)Keystone Cup Consolation Champions
2000-01	42	18	14	-	10	46 	157	147 	4th, PIJHL 	Lost in Quarterfinals, 0-3 (Sockeyes)
2001-02	42	31	7 	-	4 	66 	240	129 	1st, PIJHL 	PIJHL Champions, 4-0 (Ice Hawks)Cyclone Taylor Cup Runners-Up, 0-2 (Eagles)
2002-03	42	26	12	-	4 	56 	174	129 	1st, PIJHL 	Lost in Finals, 3-4 (Sockeyes)
2003-04	42	22	18	-	2 	46 	220	160 	5th, PIJHL 	
2004-05	48	33	9 	-	6 	72 	195	118 	1st, PIJHL 	PIJHL Champions, 4-3 (Ice Hawks)
2005-06	48	32	12	-	4 	68 	205	121 	2nd, PIJHL 	Lost in Finals, 2-4 (Ice Hawks)Cyclone Taylor Cup Runners-Up (Ice Hawks)
2006-07	48	31	13	-	4 	66 	222	151 	1st, PIJHL 	PIJHL Champions, 4-2 (Steelers)
2007-08	48	37	9 	-	2 	76 	220	152 	1st, PIJHL 	Lost in Finals, 1-4 (Steelers)
2008-09	48	33	13	-	2 	68 	217	164 	1st, Brittain 	Lost in Finals, 1-4 (Sockeyes)
2009-10	48	24	20	-	4 	52 	191	166 	3rd, Brittain 	Lost in Conference Semifinals, 1-4 (Kodiaks)
2010-11	46	26	14	-	6 	58 	160	139 	1st, Brittain 	Lost in Finals, 0-4 (Sockeyes)
2011-12	44	28	16	-	1 	58 	162	129 	2nd, Brittain 	Lost in Finals, 2-4 (Ice Hawks)Cyclone Taylor Cup Champions, 3-2 (Cougars)Keystone Cup Champions, 9-1 (Northern Hawks)
2012-13	44	33	10	-	2 	66 	199	91 	1st, Brittain 	Lost in Conference Finals, 1-4 (Kodiaks)
2013-14	44	27	12	-	5 	59 	196	144 	2nd, Brittain 	Lost in Conference Finals, 1-4 (Kodiaks)
2014-15	44	21	11	-	2 	44 	123	144 	4th, Brittain 	Lost in Conference Finals, 3-4 (Kodiaks)
2015-16	44	29	11	-	4 	62 	185	124 	2nd, Brittain 	Won Div. Semifinals, 4-2 (Kodiaks)Lost Div. Finals, 0-4 (Outlaws)
2016-17	44	25	15	-	4 	54 	186	136 	2nd of 5, Brittain	Lost Div. Semifinals, 0-1 (Flames)
2017-18	44	25	15	-	4 	54 	180	135 	2nd, Brittain 	Won Div. Semifinals, 4-0 (Trappers)Lost Div. Finals, 1-4 (Flames)
2018-19	44	27	14	2	1 	57 	188	124 	1st of 6, Brittain	Lost Quarterfinals, 2-4 (Trappers)
2019-20	44	16	26	0	0 	34 	97 	143 	5th of 6, Brittain	Did not qualify
3-4 (Grandview Steelers)
2020-21	2 	1 	1 	0	0 	2 	7 	9 	N/A 	Season cancelled
2021-22	43	8 	34	1	0 	17 	108	235 	6th Brittain 	Did not qualify
2022-23	48	7 	40	0	1 	15 	95 	239 	7th Brittain 	Did not qualify
2023-24	48	15	30	3	33	132	207	6th of 7, Brittain12 of 14 PJHL	Didn't Qualify 	
==Awards and trophies==
Keystone Cup
*2011-12
Cyclone Taylor Cup
*1999-00, 2011–12
PJHL Championship
*1999-00, 2001–02, 2004–05, 2006–07
==External links==
*Official website of the Abbotsford Pilots
*Official website of the Pacific Junior Hockey League
==References==
Category:Canadian ice hockey teams
Category:Pacific International Junior Hockey League teams