Summerland Steam

The Summerland Steam were founded in 2011, and began play in the 2011-12 season in the Okanagan Division of the KIJHL. The town of Summerland previously had a franchise in the KIJHL, called the Summerland Sting, which relocated to Penticton for the 2009-10 KIJHL season, only two seasons before the Steam were founded. In the 1980s, the town was home to the Summerland Buckaroos, a Junior A team in the British Columbia Hockey League. The Buckaroos only lasted five seasons due to continuous losing records. In the Steam's first season, they missed the playoffs, finishing with a record of 15-35-0-2 and 32 points in 52 games, 24 points behind 4th place Kelowna. In their second season, the Steam qualified for the playoffs with a 21-28-1-2 record. They fell, 4-2, to the Kelowna Chiefs in the first round, losing four straight after winning the first two games of the series in Kelowna. In 2013-14, the Steam won the Okanagan Division, winning their last seven games and pulling ahead of Kelowna in the final few games of the regular reason. They were, however, upset in the first round of the divisional playoffs by North Okanagan. In 2014-15, the Steam finished second in the Okanagan Division, with a record of 28-19-2-3. They defeated the rival Chiefs in the first round, advancing to the division final. They lost, narrowly, to the division champion Osoyoos Coyotes. 12 players returned for the Steam for the 2015-16 season.[1] Despite their recent conception, the Steam hold intense rivalries with all of their fellow Okanagan Division teams, most notably the Kelowna Chiefs and Osoyoos Coyotes. They were also fierce geographic rivals with the Penticton Lakers for a few seasons, before the forced relocation of the Lakers to 100 Mile House. The Steam finished the 2015-16 KIJHL season with a record of 34-16-0-0-2, 2nd in the Okanagan Division behind the Osoyoos Coyotes. In the first round of the playoffs, the Steam defeated the Kelowna Chiefs 4-2 in a violent series, the second straight year the Steam have done so.[2] They then defeated the regular-season division champions Osoyoos Coyotes in the second round, advancing to play the 100 Mile House Wranglers in the conference finals.[3] The Wranglers would defeat the Steam 4-1, including a controversial Game 4 overtime winner. On August 10, 2016, the Steam named defenceman Alex Williams as team captain.[4] The Steam finished the 2016-17 season with a record of 34-9-1-3, and defeated Kelowna in the first round, in seven games, before being swept by the Osoyoos Coyotes in the second round.[5]

The Steam's name was taken from the famous Kettle Valley Steam Railway, the only remaining line of the trans-provincial Kettle Valley Railway, which runs through Summerland, and is a popular tourist destination in the town. The steam engine is pictured in the team's logo.

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Records as of March 14, 2017.[6]

Records as of March 14, 2016.[7][8]

Accurate as of 2016-17 season.[9]

Goaltenders
Number	Province/State	Player	Catches	DOB	Hometown
31		Matthew Huber		22/07/97	Calgary, Alberta
35		Matthew Kostiw		30/04/96	Aurora, Ontario
-		Jared Brietkreuz		01/07/98	Summerland, British Columbia

Defensemen
Number	Province/State	Player	Shoots	DOB	Hometown
2		Alex Williams	R	01/02/96	West Kelowna, British Columbia
4		Adam Jones		10/01/96	Penticton, British Columbia
5		Matthew Alcorn		09/10/99	Kelowna, British Columbia
6		Calvin Hadley		25/02/96	Kelowna, British Columbia
7		Cole Williams		28/04/97	Kelowna, British Columbia
8		Brogan Lautard		31/01/97	Midway, British Columbia
12		Scott Robinson		02/01/97	Penticton, British Columbia
18		Michael McEachern		02/02/96	West Kelowna, British Columbia
20		Lathan McKinney		25/03/96	Kelowna, British Columbia

Forwards
Number	Province/State	Player	Shoots	DOB	Hometown
9		Braden Eliuk		05/03/97	Kelowna, British Columbia
10		Josh Pilon		11/05/98	Revelstoke, British Columbia
11		Jeremy Hite		25/01/99	Kelowna, British Columbia
13		Wyatt Gale	L	18/04/96	Whitehorse, Yukon
14		Jarrett Malchow		14/04/96	Whitehorse, Yukon
15		Calvin Rout		17/04/98	Kelowna, British Columbia
17		Everett Scherger		07/05/98	Devon, Alberta
19		Steven Fiust		29/01/97	Kelowna, British Columbia
21		Riley Pettitt		11/10/96	Whitehorse, Yukon
44		Michael MacLean		09/07/98	Penticton, British Columbia
84		Andrew York		28/11/99	Dawson Creek, British Columbia
89		Ben Dietrich-Scammel		24/09/1998	Kelowna, British Columbia
91		Morey Babakaiff		05/11/1999	Penticton, British Columbia
91		Cody Egilson		20/01/96	Summerland, British Columbia

GENERAL MANAGER/COACH - Nick Deschenes

ASST COACH - GEOFF GOODMAN

ANALYST & SYSTEMS - KYLE SUNDERMAN

TRAINER - JEFF MARSDEN

Most Sportsmanlike

• Steve Semenoff: 2011-12 (Divisional)

Rookie of the Year

• Kienan Scott: 2013-14

• List of ice hockey teams in British Columbia
• Summerland Sting

• Official website of the Summerland Steam