North Okanagan Knights
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The North Okanagan Knights are a Junior "B"
Ice Hockey
team based in Armstrong, British Columbia
, Canada
. They are members of the Doug Birks Division of the Okanagan/Shuswap Conference of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League
(KIJHL). They play their home games at Nor-Val Centre.
and the local Armstrong Sharks. Both organizations were not members of Hockey Canada
.
The Knights are precedded by the Armstrong Sharks of the WHA Junior Hockey League
, and the North Okanagan Kings/Enderby Ice Kings of the KIJHL.
Junior ice hockey
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Ice hockey
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team based in Armstrong, British Columbia
Armstrong, British Columbia
The City of Armstrong is located in the North Okanagan of the Canadian province of British Columbia, between Vernon and Enderby. It overlooks the Spallumcheen Valley, which forms a broad pass between the Okanagan Valley to the south and the Shuswap Country to the north, and is about from each of...
, Canada
Canada
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. They are members of the Doug Birks Division of the Okanagan/Shuswap 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 Nor-Val Centre.
History
The expansion of the North Okanagan Knights to Armstrong comes in the aftermath of the folding of the WHA Junior Hockey LeagueWHA Junior Hockey League
The WHA Junior Hockey League was an independent Canadian junior ice hockey league based out of British Columbia, Canada. The league marketed itself as a Junior A league, but was an unsanctioned independent loop with its own rules, processes and procedures, and was marked by franchise instability...
and the local Armstrong Sharks. Both organizations were not members of Hockey Canada
Hockey Canada
Hockey Canada, formally known as the Canadian Hockey Association, is the national governing body of ice hockey in Canada and is a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. Hockey Canada controls a vast majority of ice hockey in Canada, with a few exceptions...
.
The Knights are precedded by the Armstrong Sharks of the WHA Junior Hockey League
WHA Junior Hockey League
The WHA Junior Hockey League was an independent Canadian junior ice hockey league based out of British Columbia, Canada. The league marketed itself as a Junior A league, but was an unsanctioned independent loop with its own rules, processes and procedures, and was marked by franchise instability...
, and the North Okanagan Kings/Enderby Ice Kings of the KIJHL.
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 |
| 2009-10 | 50 | 11 | 35 | 0 | 4 | 26 | 149 | 250 | 1104 | 7th, Okanagan | Did not qualify |
| 2010-11 | 50 | 18 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 146 | 198 | 1141 | 4th, Doug Birks | Lost in Division Semifinals, 1-4 (Grizzlies Revelstoke Grizzlies The Revelstoke Grizzlies are a Junior "B" Ice Hockey team based in Revelstoke, 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 Revelstoke Forum.-History:The... ) |