Fernie Ghostriders
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The Fernie Ghostriders are a Junior B
Ice Hockey
team based in Fernie, British Columbia
, Canada
. They are members of the Eddie Mountain Division of the Kootenay Conference of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League
(KIJHL). They play their home games at Fernie Memorial Arena. The Ghostriders takes its name from the Ghost Rider, an iconic shadow that appears on Mount Hosmer and is visible from the city. Mount Hosmer
appears on the team's current logo.
The Ghostriders will host both the Cyclone Taylor Cup
on March 30 - April 4, 2011, and the KIJHL 2011 All-Star game on January 15, 2011 in Fernie
, at the Fernie Memorial Arena.
The Ghostriders began in 1991 as one of the charter members of the Southern Division of the now defunct Rocky Mountain Junior Hockey League
(RMJHL). The Ghostriders missed the 1993 season but came back with a vengeance, capturing the Southern Division in 1994.
When the RMJHL folded in 1999 the Ghostriders moved to the America West Hockey League (AWHL
), winning the championship in 2000, and made an appearance in the Gold Cup National Championship. The Ghostriders were US Junior National Gold Cup Bronze Medal Winners in 2003. They played in the NAHL for one season before their move down, but their franchise rights were sold to a Kalamazoo, Michigan
based group. In 2004 the Ghostriders moved down to the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League
(KIJHL), opting to be a large fish in the Junior B pond rather than a small fish in the Junior A pond. The Ghostriders immediately made a mark on the KIJHL, finishing third overall in 2006 and winning their division. In arguably their finest season ever, the Ghostriders dramatically won the 2007 championship in come-from-behind fashion on home ice against the Nelson Leafs
, but did not fare as well in the Cyclone Taylor Cup
, losing all of their games. The following year (2008) they won the championship again, this time on the road in Kamloops against the Kamloops Storm
. The Ghostriders also won bronze in the Cyclone Taylor Cup
(2008). In 2009 with the Ghostriders looking for a three-peat, the Fernie
-based squad made it to the semi finals of the KIJHL, only to lose to the Nelson Leafs
in the best of five series.
Junior ice hockey
Junior hockey is a catch-all term used to describe various levels of ice hockey competition for players generally between 16 and 20 years of age...
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Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
team based in Fernie, British Columbia
Fernie, British Columbia
Fernie is a city in the Elk Valley area of the East Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia, Canada, located on BC Highway 3 on the eastern approaches to the Crowsnest Pass through the Rocky Mountains...
, Canada
Canada
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. They are members of the Eddie Mountain Division of the Kootenay Conference of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League
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...
(KIJHL). They play their home games at Fernie Memorial Arena. The Ghostriders takes its name from the Ghost Rider, an iconic shadow that appears on Mount Hosmer and is visible from the city. Mount Hosmer
Mount Hosmer
Mount Hosmer is a mountain in the Rockies in British Columbia, Canada. It shares its name with the adjacent community of Hosmer, but its best-known elevation, a series of south-facing cliffs, can be seen from further down the Elk Valley in Fernie...
appears on the team's current logo.
The Ghostriders will host both the Cyclone Taylor Cup
Cyclone Taylor Cup
The Cyclone Taylor Cup tournament serves as the British Columbia Provincial Junior B Hockey Championship. The annual tournament is held amongst the champions of British Columbia's three Junior B ice hockey leagues, as well as a host team...
on March 30 - April 4, 2011, and the KIJHL 2011 All-Star game on January 15, 2011 in Fernie
Fernie, British Columbia
Fernie is a city in the Elk Valley area of the East Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia, Canada, located on BC Highway 3 on the eastern approaches to the Crowsnest Pass through the Rocky Mountains...
, at the Fernie Memorial Arena.
History
Rocky Mountain Junior Hockey League
The Rocky Mountain Junior Hockey League was a Canadian Junior "A" ice hockey league in British Columbia.In 1975, the Quesnel Millionaires and Prince George Spruce Kings joined the Peace Junior B Hockey League. The PJBHL already included the Fort St. John Huskies, Dawson Creek Canucks, and Grande...
(RMJHL). The Ghostriders missed the 1993 season but came back with a vengeance, capturing the Southern Division in 1994.
When the RMJHL folded in 1999 the Ghostriders moved to the America West Hockey League (AWHL
AWHL
The America West Hockey League was a junior ice hockey league. The AWHL was formed in 1992 to offer junior ice hockey to the Rocky Mountain region of USA Hockey. It originally was called the American Frontier Hockey League , and the name change to AWHL came in 1998...
), winning the championship in 2000, and made an appearance in the Gold Cup National Championship. The Ghostriders were US Junior National Gold Cup Bronze Medal Winners in 2003. They played in the NAHL for one season before their move down, but their franchise rights were sold to a Kalamazoo, Michigan
Kalamazoo, Michigan
The area on which the modern city stands was once home to Native Americans of the Hopewell culture, who migrated into the area sometime before the first millennium. Evidence of their early residency remains in the form of a small mound in downtown's Bronson Park. The Hopewell civilization began to...
based group. In 2004 the Ghostriders moved down to the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League
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...
(KIJHL), opting to be a large fish in the Junior B pond rather than a small fish in the Junior A pond. The Ghostriders immediately made a mark on the KIJHL, finishing third overall in 2006 and winning their division. In arguably their finest season ever, the Ghostriders dramatically won the 2007 championship in come-from-behind fashion on home ice against the Nelson Leafs
Nelson Leafs
The Nelson Leafs are a Junior "B" Ice Hockey team based in Nelson, British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Neil Murdoch Division of the Kootenay Conference of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League...
, but did not fare as well in the Cyclone Taylor Cup
Cyclone Taylor Cup
The Cyclone Taylor Cup tournament serves as the British Columbia Provincial Junior B Hockey Championship. The annual tournament is held amongst the champions of British Columbia's three Junior B ice hockey leagues, as well as a host team...
, losing all of their games. The following year (2008) they won the championship again, this time on the road in Kamloops against the Kamloops Storm
Kamloops Storm
The Kamloops Storm are a junior ice hockey team based in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Doug Birks Division of the Okanagan/Shuswap Conference of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League . They play their home games at McArthur Park Arena.The Storm played in...
. The Ghostriders also won bronze in the Cyclone Taylor Cup
Cyclone Taylor Cup
The Cyclone Taylor Cup tournament serves as the British Columbia Provincial Junior B Hockey Championship. The annual tournament is held amongst the champions of British Columbia's three Junior B ice hockey leagues, as well as a host team...
(2008). In 2009 with the Ghostriders looking for a three-peat, the Fernie
Fernie, British Columbia
Fernie is a city in the Elk Valley area of the East Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia, Canada, located on BC Highway 3 on the eastern approaches to the Crowsnest Pass through the Rocky Mountains...
-based squad made it to the semi finals of the KIJHL, only to lose to the Nelson Leafs
Nelson Leafs
The Nelson Leafs are a Junior "B" Ice Hockey team based in Nelson, British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Neil Murdoch Division of the Kootenay Conference of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League...
in the best of five series.
Season-by-season record
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes| Season | GP | W | L | T | OTL | Pts | GF | GA | PIM | Finish | Playoffs |
| 1991-92 | 52 | 26 | 24 | 2 | 54 | 267 | 294 | 3rd, Kootenay | Lost in Conference Semifinals, 0-4 (Colts Cranbrook Colts The Cranbrook Colts were a Junior "B" and a Junior "A" team in Cranbrook, British Columbia. They were formed in 1971 as a Junior "B" team in the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League. They were immediately successful, winning the league title in their first four years... ) |
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| 1992-93 | Did Not Participate | ||||||||||
| 1993-94 | 52 | 19 | 32 | 1 | 39 | 212 | 158 | 4th, Kootenay | Lost in Conference Semifinals, 0-4 (Colts Cranbrook Colts The Cranbrook Colts were a Junior "B" and a Junior "A" team in Cranbrook, British Columbia. They were formed in 1971 as a Junior "B" team in the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League. They were immediately successful, winning the league title in their first four years... ) |
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| 1994-95 | 52 | 15 | 37 | 0 | 30 | 199 | 352 | 6th, Kootenay | Did not qualify | ||
| 1995-96 | 58 | 32 | 24 | 2 | 66 | 282 | 260 | 3rd, Kootenay | Lost in Finals, 1-4 (Spruce Kings Prince George Spruce Kings The Prince George Spruce Kings are a Junior "A" Ice Hockey team based in Prince George, British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Interior Conference of the British Columbia Hockey League... ) |
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| 1996-97 | 60 | 31 | 26 | 3 | 65 | 267 | 252 | 3rd, RMJHL | Lost in Finals, 0-4 (Colts Cranbrook Colts The Cranbrook Colts were a Junior "B" and a Junior "A" team in Cranbrook, British Columbia. They were formed in 1971 as a Junior "B" team in the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League. They were immediately successful, winning the league title in their first four years... ) |
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| 1997-98 | 54 | 25 | 27 | 2 | 52 | 219 | 303 | 3rd, RMJHL | Lost in Conference Semifinals, 1-4 (Colts Cranbrook Colts The Cranbrook Colts were a Junior "B" and a Junior "A" team in Cranbrook, British Columbia. They were formed in 1971 as a Junior "B" team in the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League. They were immediately successful, winning the league title in their first four years... ) |
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| 1998-99 | 45 | 27 | 18 | 0 | 54 | 164 | 165 | 2nd, RMJHL | Lost in Finals, 2-4 (Dynamiters) | ||
| 1999-00 | 58 | 48 | 8 | 2 | 98 | 273 | 139 | 1986 | 1st, AWHL | AWHL Champions | |
| 2000-01 | 60 | 31 | 25 | 4 | 66 | 210 | 210 | 1460 | 6th, AWHL | Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, (Bulls Billings Bulls The Billings Bulls are a Tier III Junior A ice hockey team currently playing in the American West Hockey League. The Bulls are based in Billings, Montana and play home games at the 550-seat Centennial Ice Arena, due to the size, the Bulls frequently sell out games and broadcast their games on... ) |
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| 2001-02 | 56 | 37 | 16 | 3 | 77 | 256 | 189 | 1476 | 3rd, AWHL | Lost in Finals, ?-4 (Bobcats Bismarck Bobcats The Bismarck Bobcats are a Junior A ice hockey team in the North American Hockey League's Central Division, and play out of Bismarck, North Dakota, in the V.F.W. Sports Center. Originally a part of the America West Hockey League, the Bobcats joined the NAHL in a merger of the two leagues in 2003... ) |
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| 2002-03 | 56 | 23 | 29 | 4 | 50 | 191 | 220 | 1888 | 5th, AWHL North | Won Bronze at US Junior National Gold Cup | |
| 2003-04 | 56 | 12 | 38 | 6 | 30 | 146 | 270 | 1582 | 7th, NAHL West | Did not qualify | |
| 2004-05 | 50 | 17 | 28 | 1 | 4 | 39 | 167 | 220 | 2087 | 4th, Eddie Mountain | |
| 2005-06 | 50 | 35 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 76 | 223 | 137 | 1927 | 1st, Eddie Mountain | Lost in Finals, ?-4 (Eagles Sicamous Eagles The Sicamous Eagles are a Junior "B" Ice Hockey team based in Sicamous, British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Doug Birks Division of the Okanagan/Shuswap Conference of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League... ) |
| 2006-07 | 52 | 38 | 10 | 4 | 80 | 254 | 245 | 1727 | 1st, Eddie Mountain | KIJHL Champions, 4-2 (Leafs Nelson Leafs The Nelson Leafs are a Junior "B" Ice Hockey team based in Nelson, British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Neil Murdoch Division of the Kootenay Conference of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League... ) |
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| 2007-08 | 52 | 32 | 17 | 3 | 67 | 184 | 145 | 1955 | 1st, Neil Murdoch: East | KIJHL Champions, 4-2 (Storm Kamloops Storm The Kamloops Storm are a junior ice hockey team based in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Doug Birks Division of the Okanagan/Shuswap Conference of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League . They play their home games at McArthur Park Arena.The Storm played in... ) |
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| 2008-09 | 52 | 30 | 15 | 7 | 67 | 172 | 153 | 1531 | 2nd, Eddie Mountain | Lost in Division Finals, 2-4 (Leafs Nelson Leafs The Nelson Leafs are a Junior "B" Ice Hockey team based in Nelson, British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Neil Murdoch Division of the Kootenay Conference of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League... ) |
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| 2009-10 | 50 | 41 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 84 | 243 | 103 | 1693 | 1st, Eddie Mountain | Lost in Conference Finals, 1–4 (Leafs Nelson Leafs The Nelson Leafs are a Junior "B" Ice Hockey team based in Nelson, British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Neil Murdoch Division of the Kootenay Conference of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League... ) |
| 2010-11 | 50 | 42 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 87 | 265 | 118 | 1681 | 1st, Eddie Mountain | Lost in Conference Finals, 2-4 (Rebels Castlegar Rebels The Castlegar Rebels are a junior ice hockey team based in Castlegar, British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Neil Murdoch Division of the Kootenay Conference of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League... ) Silver 2011 Cyclone Taylor Cup Cyclone Taylor Cup The Cyclone Taylor Cup tournament serves as the British Columbia Provincial Junior B Hockey Championship. The annual tournament is held amongst the champions of British Columbia's three Junior B ice hockey leagues, as well as a host team... Champions |
Playoffs
- 1992 Lost Quarter-final
- Cranbrook ColtsCranbrook ColtsThe Cranbrook Colts were a Junior "B" and a Junior "A" team in Cranbrook, British Columbia. They were formed in 1971 as a Junior "B" team in the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League. They were immediately successful, winning the league title in their first four years...
defeated Fernie Ghostriders 4-games-to-none- 1993 Did Not Participate
- 1994 Lost Quarter-final
- Kimberley DynamitersKimberley DynamitersThe Kimberley Dynamiters are a Junior "B" Ice Hockey team based in Kimberley, British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Eddie Mountain Division of the Kootenay Conference of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League . They play their home games at Kimberley Civic Centre.The team was...
defeated Fernie Ghostriders 4-games-to-none- 1995 DNQ
- 1996 Lost Final
- Fernie Ghostriders defeated Nelson LeafsNelson LeafsThe Nelson Leafs are a Junior "B" Ice Hockey team based in Nelson, British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Neil Murdoch Division of the Kootenay Conference of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League...
4-games-to-none - Fernie Ghostriders defeated Kimberley DynamitersKimberley DynamitersThe Kimberley Dynamiters are a Junior "B" Ice Hockey team based in Kimberley, British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Eddie Mountain Division of the Kootenay Conference of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League . They play their home games at Kimberley Civic Centre.The team was...
4-games-to-none - Prince George Spruce KingsPrince George Spruce KingsThe Prince George Spruce Kings are a Junior "A" Ice Hockey team based in Prince George, British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Interior Conference of the British Columbia Hockey League...
defeated Fernie Ghostriders 4-games-to-1- 1997 Lost Final
- Fernie Ghostriders defeated Castlegar RebelsCastlegar RebelsThe Castlegar Rebels are a junior ice hockey team based in Castlegar, British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Neil Murdoch Division of the Kootenay Conference of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League...
4-games-to-2 - Fernie Ghostriders defeated Kimberley DynamitersKimberley DynamitersThe Kimberley Dynamiters are a Junior "B" Ice Hockey team based in Kimberley, British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Eddie Mountain Division of the Kootenay Conference of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League . They play their home games at Kimberley Civic Centre.The team was...
4-games-to-none - Cranbrook ColtsCranbrook ColtsThe Cranbrook Colts were a Junior "B" and a Junior "A" team in Cranbrook, British Columbia. They were formed in 1971 as a Junior "B" team in the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League. They were immediately successful, winning the league title in their first four years...
defeated Fernie Ghostriders 4-games-to-none- 1998 Lost Semi-final
- Cranbrook ColtsCranbrook ColtsThe Cranbrook Colts were a Junior "B" and a Junior "A" team in Cranbrook, British Columbia. They were formed in 1971 as a Junior "B" team in the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League. They were immediately successful, winning the league title in their first four years...
defeated Fernie Ghostriders 4-games-to-1- 1999 Lost Final
- Fernie Ghostriders defeated Nelson LeafsNelson LeafsThe Nelson Leafs are a Junior "B" Ice Hockey team based in Nelson, British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Neil Murdoch Division of the Kootenay Conference of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League...
4-games-to-3 - Kimberley DynamitersKimberley DynamitersThe Kimberley Dynamiters are a Junior "B" Ice Hockey team based in Kimberley, British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Eddie Mountain Division of the Kootenay Conference of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League . They play their home games at Kimberley Civic Centre.The team was...
defeated Fernie Ghostriders 4-games-to-2
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