La Ronge Ice Wolves
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City | La Ronge, Saskatchewan |
League | SJHL |
Division | Bauer |
Founded | 1998 |
Home arena | Mel Hegland Arena |
Colours | Black, silver, and teal |
Head coach | Evan Vossen |
Website | www.icewolves.ca |
The La Ronge Ice Wolves are a Junior "A" team based out of La Ronge, Saskatchewan. They play out of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League. They play their homes games at the Mel Hegland Uniplex which has a seating capacity of 1,200. Ice Wolves road games are broadcast on CJLR FM 89.9 with Play-by-Play Announcer, Braden Malsbury. Home games are broadcast online by the team of Braden Malsbury (Play-by-Play) and Curtis Skalicky (Colour Commentary).
History
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Despite finishing in fourth in their division and seventh overall in the league, the La Ronge Ice Wolves defeated the Humboldt Broncos, Flin Flon Bombers, Battlefords North Stars, Yorkton Terriers, all league champions in previous years, to clinch their first SJHL Credit Union Cup. With the win, the Ice Wolves advanced to the Anavet Cup, but had their ticket stamped to the 2010 Royal Bank Cup because their opponent, the Dauphin Kings of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League, hosted the National Championship. The Ice Wolves fell in five games to the Kings as Dauphin won its way into the National Tournament. The teams met again in the Semi-Finals of the RBC Cup with the Kings defeating the Wolves again.
The Ice Wolves weren't the underdogs in the 2011 SJHL Playoffs coming in as the top team in the league with 86 points and their first regular season points title in team history. The Ice Wolves featured the top three scorers from the regular season in Travis Eggum (106), Marc-Andre Carré (106) and Doug Lindensmith (98). After receiving a bye past the first round La Ronge beat the Flin Flon Bombers in five games, the Melfort Mustangs in five games and won their second consecutive SJHL Championship in seven games over the Yorkton Terriers. It was the first time the Ice Wolves won the championship on home ice before a listed attendance of 1339. Ice Wolves Goaltender Adam Bartko and defenceman Dayton Fossum were named Co-Playoff MVP's. The Ice Wolves came up short in their bid for their first Anavet Cup win, falling in seven games to the Portage Terriers.
Season-by-season standings
Season | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | P | Results | Playoffs |
1998-99 | 66 | 11 | 53 | 2 | - | 183 | 371 | 24 | 7th SJHL North | DNQ |
1999-00 | 60 | 21 | 36 | 3 | - | 180 | 225 | 45 | 7th SJHL North | DNQ |
2000-01 | 62 | 26 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 225 | 301 | 54 | 6th SJHL Dodge | DNQ |
2001-02 | 64 | 21 | 37 | 3 | 3 | 195 | 280 | 48 | 5th SJHL Dodge | DNQ |
2002-03 | 60 | 25 | 28 | 6 | 1 | 222 | 235 | 57 | 5th SJHL Dodge | DNQ |
2003-04 | 60 | 15 | 33 | 7 | 5 | 172 | 250 | 42 | 6th SJHL Dodge | DNQ |
2004-05 | 55 | 29 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 196 | 183 | 66 | 2nd SJHL Itech | Lost Semi-final |
2005-06 | 55 | 28 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 190 | 168 | 63 | 3rd SJHL Itech | Lost Semi-final |
2006-07 | 58 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 10 | 207 | 218 | 58 | 5th SJHL Itech | |
2007-08 | 58 | 29 | 22 | - | 7 | 192 | 200 | 65 | 7th SJHL | |
2008-09 | 56 | 11 | 42 | - | 3 | 146 | 263 | 25 | 12th SJHL | |
2009-10 | 58 | 29 | 21 | - | 8 | 209 | 194 | 7th SJHL | Won League | |
2010-11 | 58 | 42 | 14 | - | 2 | 262 | 175 | 86 | 1st SJHL | Won League |
2011-12 | 58 | 30 | 20 | - | 8 | 189 | 178 | 68 | 4th Bauer Div 6th SJHL | Lost in Quarter-Finals |
2012-13 | 54 | 20 | 31 | - | 3 | 147 | 203 | 43 | 6th North Div 11th SJHL | did not qualify |
2013-14 | 56 | 20 | 33 | - | 3 | 175 | 232 | 43 | 4th Sherwood Div 12th SJHL | did not qualify |
2014-15 | 56 | 21 | 27 | 3 | 5 | 135 | 197 | 50 | 4th of 4 Sherwood Div 11th of 12 SJHL | did not qualify |
2015-16 | 58 | 26 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 166 | 173 | 60 | 4th of 4 Sherwood Div 7th of 12 SJHL | Won Wildcard 3-0 (Terriers) Lost Quarterfinals 0-4 (Mustangs) |
Playoffs
- 1999 DNQ
- 2000 Lost Preliminary round robin
- Third in round robin (0-4) vs. Notre Dame Hounds and Melville Millionaires
- 2001 DNQ
- 2002 DNQ
- 2003 DNQ
- 2004 DNQ
- 2005 Lost Semi-final
- First in round robin (3-1) vs. Battlefords North Stars and Kindersley Klippers
- La Ronge Ice Wolves defeated Melfort Mustangs 4-games-to-2
- Battlefords North Stars defeated La Ronge Ice Wolves 4-games-to-3
- 2006 Lost Semi-final
- Third in round robin (1-2-1) vs. Battlefords North Stars and Nipawin Hawks
- La Ronge Ice Wolves defeated Nipawin Hawks 4-games-to-none
- Battlefords North Stars defeated La Ronge Ice Wolves 4-games-to-none
- 2007 Lost Preliminary
- Nipawin Hawks defeated La Ronge Ice Wolves 4-games-to-2
- 2008 Lost Preliminary
- Nipawin Hawks defeated La Ronge Ice Wolves 4-games-to-2
- 2009 DNQ
- 2010 Won League, Lost Anavet Cup, Lost 2010 Royal Bank Cup semi-final
- La Ronge Ice Wolves defeated Humboldt Broncos 3-games-to-none
- La Ronge Ice Wolves defeated Flin Flon Bombers 4-games-to-2
- La Ronge Ice Wolves defeated Battlefords North Stars 4-games-to-2
- La Ronge Ice Wolves defeated Yorkton Terriers 4-games-to-2 SJHL CHAMPIONS
- Dauphin Kings (MJHL) defeated La Ronge Ice Wolves 4-games-to-1
- Fourth in 2010 Royal Bank Cup round robin (1-3)
- Dauphin Kings (MJHL) defeated La Ronge Ice Wolves 6-2 in semi-final
- 2011 Won League, Lost Anavet Cup
- La Ronge Ice Wolves defeated Flin Flon Bombers 4-games-to-1
- La Ronge Ice Wolves defeated Melfort Mustangs 4-games-to-1
- La Ronge Ice Wolves defeated Yorkton Terriers 4-games-to-3 SJHL CHAMPIONS
- Portage Terriers (MJHL) defeated La Range Ice Wolves 4-games-to-3
- 2012
- Preliminary Round La Ronge Ice Wolves defeated Flin Flon Bombers 3-games-to-0
- Quarter-Finals Humboldt Broncos defeated La Ronge Ice Wolves 4-games-to-0
- 2013
- DNQ
- 2014
- DNQ
See also
External links
- [http3//www.icewolves.ca La Ronge Ice Wolves] official website