Grande Prairie Kings


The Grande Prairie Kings, formerly the Grande Prairie Wheelers until April 2011, are a Junior "B" Ice Hockey team based in Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada. They are members of the North West Junior Hockey League. The Kings moved from the Coca-Cola Centre to the Crosslink Sports Centre in January 2014, which has a capacity of 600.

History

The Kings joined the NWJHL when the league began operations in 1994. It took the Kings nearly 20 years to capture their first league championship but did so on March 26, 2013.
In the 2013-2014 NWJHL season the Kings hosted the Hockey Alberta Investors Group Junior B Provincial Championship. Despite losing the NWJHL finals to the North Peace Navigators, Grande Prairie had already secured a spot as tournament host. The Kings captured a silver medal falling 6 to 0 to the Blackfalds Wranglers in the provincial final.

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
SeasonGPWLOTLPtsGFGAPIMFinishPlayoffs
2009-1035191424015316214713rd
NWJHL
Won QuarterFinals 3-0,
Won SemiFinals 4-0,
Lost in Finals, 0-4
2010-11352096461581129983rd
NWJHL
Won QuarterFinals 3-0,
Lost in Semifinals, 1-4
2011-1236306060228939412nd
NWJHL
Won QuarterFinals 3-0,
Lost in Semi-Finals, 0-4
2012-1335323064257981st
NWJHL
Won QuarterFinals 3-0,
Won Semi-Finals, 4-1
Won Finals, 4-2
League Champions
2013-143527625622812814712nd
NWJHL
Won QuarterFinals 3-0,
Won SemiFinals 1-1,
Lost Finals, 1-4
2014-1530245149---2nd of 7
NWJHL
Won QuarterFinals,
Lost Semi-Finals, 2-4
2015-16362114143173131-3rd of 7
NWJHL
Won QuarterFinals 3-0,
Lost Semi-Finals, 4-1
2016-17301313430104105-5th of 6
NWJHL
Won QuarterFinals 3-1,
Lost Semifinals 3-4,
2017-18362113244146128-4th of 7
NWJHL
Won QuarterFinals 3-2,
lost Semifinal 1-4
2018-19361915240151141-3rd of 7
NWJHL
Won QuarterFinals 3-2,
Won Semifinal 4-3
Lost League Finals 2-4
advance to Barnes Cup as League finalist

Russ Barnes Trophy

Alberta Jr B Provincial Championships
YearRound RobinRecordStandingSemiFinalBronze Medal GameGold Medal Game
2013L, Red Deer Vipers 4-6
W, Wetaskiwin Icemen 6-2
L, Cold Lake Ice 4-6
1-2-03rd of 4 Pool ?n/an/an/a
2014
HOST
W, Blackfalds Wranglers 6-4
L, Cold Lake Ice 5-3
W, Ft. Sask Hawks 2-1
2-1-01st of Pool BW, North Peace Navigators 6-2n/aL, Blackfalds Wranglers 6-0
2019tbd, Calgary Royals Gold 0-0
tbd, Airdrie Thunder 0-0
tbd, Beverly Warriors 0-0
0-0-0tbd of Pool Atbdn/an/a