Vermilion Tigers
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The Vermilion Tigers are a Junior "B"
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...

 Ice Hockey
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 Vermilion
Vermilion, Alberta
Vermilion is a town in Vermilion River County, central Alberta, Canada. It is located along Highway 41 and Highway 16 .The economy is largely service industry to agriculture....

, 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 Eastern Alberta Junior B Hockey League
North Eastern Alberta Junior B Hockey League
The North Eastern Alberta Junior B Hockey League is a Junior "B" Ice Hockey league in Alberta, Canada, sanctioned by Hockey Canada. The winner of Central "B" playoffs earns the chance to compete for the Western Canadian Junior "B" Crown, the Keystone Cup...

 (NEAJBHL). They play their home games at Vermilion Arena.

History

The Tigers are two-time Canadian Western Junior B Keystone Cup
Keystone Cup
The Keystone Cup is the Junior "B" ice hockey championship and trophy for Western Canada. The Championship is the culmination of the champions of 12 hockey leagues in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Northwestern Ontario.-History:...

 Champions. The first team from 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...

 ever win the Keystone Cup, winning in 1984 and 1985.

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
2010-11 32 17 14 1 35 150 142 726 6th, NEAJBHL Lost in Quarterfinals, 1-3 (Rangers
Vegreville Rangers
The Vegreville Rangers are a Canadian Junior "B" Ice Hockey team based in Vegreville, Alberta, Canada. They are members of the North Eastern Alberta Junior B Hockey League . They play their home games at Vegreville Recreation Centre...

)

NHL alumni

  • Rich Healey
    Rich Healey
    Richard Thomas Healey is a former professional ice hockey defenceman who played one game in the National Hockey League with the Detroit Red Wings.-External links:...


  • Miles Zaharko
    Miles Zaharko
    Miles Zaharko is a Canadian professional ice hockey player whose career extended from 1977 to 1984....




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