North West Junior Hockey League

The North West Junior Hockey League is a Junior "B" Ice Hockey league operating in the Peace River region of Alberta and British Columbia, Canada, sanctioned by Hockey Canada. The winner of Northwest "B" playoffs earns the chance to compete for the Western Canadian Junior "B" Crown, the Keystone Cup. To earn the right to compete, they must face off against the winners of the other Alberta "B" leagues in the Russ Barnes Trophy.

North West Junior Hockey League (NWJHL)
The NWJHL Logo
SportIce Hockey
Founded1994 (1994)–95
CEOAmbrose Ralph
No. of teams6
CountryCanada
ContinentNorth America
Most recent
champion(s)		Fort St. John Huskies
Most titlesFort St. John Huskies (7)
Official websitenwjhl.com

Teams
Team City Arena Founded Joined Head coach Titles
Dawson Creek Jr. Canucks Dawson Creek, BC Dawson Creek Memorial Arena 1994[1] Mike Lazinchuk 2
Fairview Flyers Fairview, AB Fairview Arena 2012 Lance Wiebe 1
Fort St. John Huskies Fort St. John, BC North Peace Arena 1966 1996 Gary Alexander 7
Grande Prairie Kings Grande Prairie, AB Crosslink County Sportsplex 1994[1] Kyle Chapple 1
North Peace Navigators Peace River, AB Baytex Energy Centre 2000 Kenny Quinney 6
Sexsmith Vipers Sexsmith, AB Sexsmith Arena 1994[1] Ron McMullan 1

Former teams
Team City Arena Founded Disbanded Last head coach Titles
Beaverlodge Blades Beaverlodge, AB Beaverlodge Arena 1997 2018 Phil Sykes 0
Moberley Lake Icemen[2] Chetwynd, BC Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown 0
Slave Lake Wolves Slave Lake, AB Arctic Ice Centre 1994[1] 2014 Corey Paleck 3
Whitecourt Wolverines Whitecourt, AB Scott Safety Centre 2007 2012 Normand Lacombe 4

The Whitecourt Wolverines disbanded in the 2012 off-season to make way for the relocation of the St. Albert Steel of the Alberta Junior Hockey League, becoming the new Whitecourt Wolverines.[3]

Champions
Year Winning team Coach Losing team Coach Games Winning goal
1995Slave Lake Wolves
1996Slave Lake Wolves
1997Slave Lake Wolves
1998Sexsmith Vipers
1999Dawson Creek Jr. Canucks
2000Fort St. John Huskies
2001Fort St. John Huskies
2002Dawson Creek Jr. Canucks
2003Fort St. John Huskies
2004North Peace Navigators
2005North Peace Navigators
2006Fort St. John Huskies
2007Fort St. John Huskies
2008North Peace Navigators
2009Whitecourt WolverinesJoey BouchardFort St. John HuskiesBob Kalb4-0Wayne Quaife (1:17, third)[4]
2010Whitecourt WolverinesRichard KazdaGrande Prairie WheelersJesse Reed4–0Kjell Reid (18:00, first)[5]
2011Whitecourt WolverinesShawn GervaisNorth Peace NavigatorsDarcy Haugan4–2Wayne Quaife (16:32, third)[6]
2012Whitecourt WolverinesNormand LacombeNorth Peace NavigatorsDarcy Haugan4–0Mitch Rose (9:45, first)[7]
2013Grande Prairie KingsKyle ChappleNorth Peace NavigatorsDarcy Haugan4–2Nolan Trudeau (5:32, second)[8]
2014North Peace NavigatorsDarcy HauganGrande Prairie KingsKyle Chapple4–2Dylan Moore (3:42, overtime)
2015North Peace NavigatorsDarcy HauganFairview FlyersLance Wiebe4–0Dylan Moore (2:02, first)
2016North Peace NavigatorsCraig FoxFairview FlyersLance Wiebe4–1Brendan Jay (1:11, second)
2017Fairview FlyersLance WiebeNorth Peace NavigatorsSheldon Szmata4–2Ben Moffatt (19:49, third)
2018Fort St. John HuskiesGary AlexanderNorth Peace NavigatorsKen Quinney4–2Ben Moffatt (19:49, third)
2019Fort St. John HuskiesGary Alexander Grande Prairie Kings Kyle Chapple4-2

NHL alumni

See also

References
  1. "Dawson Creek Jr Canucks History". Retrieved 2018-01-22.
  2. "Navs start season with 2 road wins". Peace River Record-Gazette. Sun Media Corporation. 2004-10-05. Retrieved 2012-06-16.
  3. "AJHL Moving to Whitecourt, Alberta". Alberta Junior Hockey League. 2012-05-02. Archived from the original on 2012-05-11. Retrieved 2012-05-03.
  4. "Wolverines Win NWJHL Championship in four straight". NWJHL.com. 2009-03-19. Retrieved April 17, 2011.
  5. "North West Junior Hockey League: Box Scores". NWJHL.com. 2010-03-19. Retrieved April 17, 2011.
  6. "North West Junior Hockey League: Box Scores". NWJHL.com. 2011-03-24. Retrieved April 17, 2011.
  7. "Box Scores". North Peace Navigators Junior Hockey Club. 2012-03-22. Retrieved 2012-06-16.
  8. "North West Junior Hockey League:Box Scores". NWJHL.com. 2013-03-26. Retrieved 2013-04-30.
  9. "Matt Walker". LegendsOfHockey.net. Retrieved April 17, 2011.


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