The Chilliwack Chiefs are a junior hockey team based in Chilliwack , British Columbia , Canada. They are members of the Coastal Conference of the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL). They play their home games at the Chilliwack Coliseum which was vacated after the Chilliwack Bruins of the Western Hockey League (WHL) were sold and moved to Victoria , where they became known as the Victoria Royals .
14-714: The franchise, originally the Quesnel Millionaires , started out in the Peace Cariboo Junior Hockey League (PCJHL) in 1975. The Millionaires are the 1977, 1978, 1979, and 1987 PCJHL Champions. They also won the 1977, 1978, and 1979 Cyclone Taylor Cup Championships. In 1996, the Millionaires moved to the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL). On May 9, 2011, the BCHL approved the sale of
28-762: A BCHL championship team, namely the Vernon Vipers , before losing the series. The BCHL continued to award the Mowat Cup to itself until 2016. From its founding until 1991, the league's champion was awarded the PCJHL Trophy . From 1992 until 1996, the league's champion was awarded the Citizen Cup . From 1997 until 1999, the league's champion was awarded the Subway/Eddie Mountain Trophy . Prince George Spruce Kings The Prince George Spruce Kings are
42-750: A junior ice hockey team based in Prince George, British Columbia , Canada. They are members of the Interior Division of the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL) . They play their home games at the Kopar Memorial Arena , which has a capacity of 2,112. The Spruce Kings won their first Fred Page Cup in the 2018-19 BCHL season . Founded in 1972, the Spruce Kings originally were a part of the Pacific Northwest Hockey League . In 1975,
56-730: The AWHL of USA Hockey . In 1999, the RMJHL proposed that the remaining four teams join the BCHL as a "Kootenay Division", however the BCHL rejected the proposal. The league folded after the 1998–99 season. The Creston Valley Thunder and Nelson Leafs moved to the KIJHL , and the Kimberley Dynamiters and Fernie Ghostriders joined the AWHL . The Mowat Cup was the championship trophy of Junior A hockey in British Columbia . From 1981 to 1999, it
70-663: The Quesnel Millionaires and Prince George Spruce Kings joined the Peace Junior B Hockey League (PJBHL). The PJBHL already included the Fort St. John Huskies , Dawson Creek Canucks , and Grande Prairie North Stars . Previously, Fort St. John won the Cyclone Taylor Cup as British Columbia Jr. B Champions in 1969 as a member of the Peace Jr. B League. With the expansion, the PJBHL became
84-627: The Royal City Outlaws had joined the British Columbia Hockey League as an expansion franchise. In 1996, the Spruce Kings bought out the BCHL rights of the Outlaws, using the rights to move the Spruce Kings into the BCHL. The Prince George Spruce Kings hosted the Royal Bank Cup in 2007. They lost in an anticlimactic final after surviving a record-setting quintuple overtime match in the semi-final versus
98-469: The Williams Lake Mustangs folded, and the Fort St. John Huskies moved to Hockey Alberta 's North West Junior Hockey League . The Castlegar Rebels joined in 1996, but returned to the KIJHL in 1998. The Cranbrook Colts folded in 1998. The remaining four teams ( Creston Valley Thunder , Kimberley Dynamiters , Nelson Leafs , and Fernie Ghostriders ) played an interlocking schedule with
112-557: The 2013 season. Canadian Jr. A National Championships Dudley Hewitt Champions – Central , Fred Page Champions – Eastern , Doyle Cup Champion – Pacific , ANAVET Cup Champion – Western , and Host Round-robin play with top four in semifinal games and winners to finals. Rocky Mountain Junior Hockey League The Rocky Mountain Junior Hockey League was a Junior "A" ice hockey league in British Columbia , Canada . In 1975,
126-1107: The Millionaires to the Chiefs Development Group in Chilliwack . The former Chiefs franchise was renamed the Langley Rivermen in preparation for the Millionaires' move to Chilliwack to become the Chiefs. On May 20, 2018, the Chiefs won their first RBC Cup , 4–2 over the Wellington Dukes while hosting the tournament. Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points Western Canada Championships : BCHL – AJHL – SJHL – MJHL – Host Round-robin play with 1st vs. 2nd - winner advance to National Championship & loser to runner-up game 3rd vs. 4th in 2nd semifinal winner to runner-up game loser eliminated. Runner-up game determines 2nd representative to National Championship. WCC competition began after
140-839: The Peace-Cariboo Junior Hockey League (PCJHL). The first championship of the new PCJHL was won by Prince George, but Quesnel won the league and the Cyclone Taylor Cup as BC Champions in 1977, 1978, and 1979 and the Grande Prairie North Stars won the Russ Barnes Trophy and Alberta champions in 1976. In 1980 the PCJHL became a Junior "A" League, one season after the British Columbia Junior Hockey League - Pacific Coast Junior Hockey League merger. The league's most successful team, by far,
154-581: The Spruce Kings and the neighboring Quesnel Millionaires joined the Peace Junior B Hockey League, which renamed itself the Peace-Cariboo Junior Hockey League . In 1980, the league was promoted to Junior A and the Spruce Kings won the league's first Junior A championship. From 1980 until 1996, the Kings won nine league titles. In 1981, the Spruce Kings defeated Fort St. John Golden Hawks 4-games-to-3 to claim their first Junior A title. In 1994,
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#1732845270576168-761: The southern region, formed the Kootenay Division, and the teams in the northern region formed the Peace-Cariboo Division. In 1995, the Trail Smoke Eaters moved to the British Columbia Hockey League . In 1996, the entire Peace-Cariboo Division departed the league: the Prince George Spruce Kings and Quesnel Millionaires moved to the BCHL , the Grande Prairie Chiefs moved to the AJHL ,
182-479: Was awarded to the winner between the championship team from the RMJHL and the championship team from the BCHL . The winner would then go on to play the AJHL championship team for the Doyle Cup . In the end, the BCHL had a near spotless record against the RMJHL, winning all 19 series with a record 48 wins and 1 loss. In the final year of the competition, the Kimberley Dynamiters recorded the league's only win against
196-726: Was the Prince George Spruce Kings . Every season, their playoff champion earned the right to play for the Mowat Cup , the British Columbia Junior "A" Title. The PCJHL/RMJHL was eligible for the Royal Bank Cup , the Junior "A" National Title. In 1991, the PCJHL doubled in size when it took in a portion of the Jr. B KIJHL and was renamed the Rocky Mountain Junior Hockey League (RMJHL). The newcomers, which were concentrated in
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