Grande Prairie Wheelers
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The Grande Prairie Wheelers are a Junior "B"
Ice Hockey
team based in Grande Prairie
, Alberta
, Canada
. They are members of the North West Junior Hockey League
(NWJHL). They play their home games at Coca-Cola Centre, which has a capacity of 1,600.
Junior ice hockey
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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 Grande Prairie
Grande Prairie, Alberta
Grande Prairie is a city in the northwestern part of the province of Alberta in Western Canada. It is located on the southern edge of the Peace River Country . The city is surrounded by the County of Grande Prairie No...
, Alberta
Alberta
Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
, Canada
Canada
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. They are members of the North West Junior Hockey League
North West Junior Hockey League
The North West Junior Hockey League is a Junior "B" Ice Hockey league operating in the Peace River region of Alberta and British Columbia, Canada, sanctioned by Hockey Canada. The winner of Northwest "B" playoffs earns the chance to compete for the Western Canadian Junior "B" Crown, the Keystone Cup...
(NWJHL). They play their home games at Coca-Cola Centre, which has a capacity of 1,600.
Season-by-season record
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, OTL = Overtime Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes| Season | GP | W | L | OTL | Pts | GF | GA | PIM | Finish | Playoffs |
| 2009-10 | 35 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 40 | 153 | 162 | 1471 | 3rd, NWJHL | Lost in Finals, 0-4 (Wolverines Whitecourt Wolverines The Whitecourt Wolverines are a Junior "B" Ice Hockey team based in Whitecourt, Alberta, Canada. They are members of the North West Junior Hockey League... ) |
| 2010-11 | 35 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 46 | 158 | 112 | 998 | 3rd, NWJHL | Lost in Semifinals, 1-4 (Navigators North Peace Navigators The North Peace Navigators are a Junior "B" Ice Hockey team based in Peace River, Alberta, Canada. They are members of the North West Junior Hockey League... ) |