Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League

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Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League (VIJHL)
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The VIJHL Logo
SportIce hockey
Founded1965
Inaugural season1965–66
No. of teams11
CountryCanada
Most recent
champion(s)
Victoria Cougars
Most titlesCampbell River Storm (10)
Related
competitions
Cyclone Taylor Cup (Provincial Championship)
Official websiteVIJHL.com

The Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League (VIJHL) is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a junior "B" ice hockey league of 11 franchised member clubs, all of which are currently located in Canada, on Vancouver Island. The Brent Patterson Memorial Trophy is awarded annually to the league playoff champion at the end of each season. The winner of the Brent Patterson Memorial Trophy competes with the champions of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League and the Pacific International Junior Hockey League for the Cyclone Taylor Cup, the British Columbia Provincial Title.

History[]

The most recent provincial Jr. B champions to come from the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League are the Campbell River Storm in 2015, the Peninsula Panthers in 2011, the Victoria Cougars in 2007, and the Campbell River Storm again in 1999 during their dynasty of the league. The only team in VIJHL history to ever win the Keystone Cup as Western Canadian champions are the 2015 Campbell River Storm. This has been accomplished multiple times by teams in the rival Pacific International Junior Hockey League and Kootenay International Junior Hockey League.

In 2012, the VIJHL announced the addition of two new franchises, the Nanaimo Buccaneers and the Westshore Wolves. The Buccaneers are the namesake of a team that played in the VIJHL in the 1970s. The Wolves are not new to the area either, but are replacing an unsuccessful team, the Westshore Stingers, that folded on December 4, 2010. On May 29th, 2021 the league announced two additional teams. The Lake Cowichan Kraken and the Port Alberni Bombers.

List of teams[]

Division Team City/Area Arena Founded Joined Head Coach Captain
North Campbell River Storm Campbell River, BC Rod Brind'Amour Arena 1997 Lee Stone Kyle Jennings
Comox Valley Glacier Kings Courtenay, BC Comox Valley Sports Centre 1992 Jordan Kamprath Damien Rennie
Nanaimo Buccaneers Nanaimo, BC Nanaimo Ice Centre 2012
Oceanside Generals Parksville, BC Oceanside Place 1990 Trae St. Pierre
Port Alberni Bombers Port Alberni, BC Alberni Valley Multiplex 2021 Gaelen Patterson TBD
South Lake Cowichan Kraken Lake Cowichan, BC Cowichan Lake Sport Arena 2021 Rey Tremblay TBD
Kerry Park Islanders Mill Bay, BC Kerry Park Arena 1970 Aaron Spotts
Peninsula Panthers North Saanich, BC Panorama Recreation Centre 1980's Brad Tippett Carson Cox
Saanich Predators Saanich, BC George Pearkes Arena 1967 Brent Polischuk
Victoria Cougars Esquimalt, BC Archie Browning Sports Centre 1998 Brody Coulter Dylan Jessa
Westshore Wolves Colwood, BC The Q Centre 2012 Ian Birnie Kahlil Fontana
Notes
  1. An asterisk (*) denotes a franchise move. See the respective team articles for more information.
2010-11 VIJHL Team Locations Map

Brent Patterson Memorial Trophy Champions[]

Teams that went on to win the Cyclone Taylor Cup are listed in bold.

Season Winning team Coach Losing team Coach Games Winning goal
1977–78 Saanich Braves
1978–79 Saanich Braves
1979–80 Saanich Braves
1980–81 Oak Bay Flyers
1981–82 Kerry Park Islanders
1982–83 Oak Bay Flyers
1983–84 Saanich Braves
1984–85 Oak Bay Flyers
1985–86 Kerry Park Islanders
1986–87 Juan de Fuca Gulls
1987–88 Saanich Braves
1988–89 Peninsula Eagles
1989–90 Kerry Park Islanders
1990–91 Kerry Park Islanders
1991–92 Parksville Generals
1992–93 Kerry Park Islanders
1993–94 Kerry Park Islanders
1994–95 Comox Valley Glacier Kings
1995–96 Saanich Braves
1996–97 Parksville Generals
1997–98 Campbell River Storm
1998–99 Campbell River Storm
1999–00 Campbell River Storm
2000–01 Campbell River Storm Kerry Park Islanders 4–3
2001–02 Campbell River Storm Peninsula Panthers 4–1
2002–03 Campbell River Storm Victoria Cougars Craig Didmon 3–0
2003–04 Campbell River Storm Peninsula Panthers 3–0
2004–05 Victoria Cougars Craig Didmon Campbell River Storm 2–0
2005–06 Kerry Park Islanders Jim Ingram Campbell River Storm 4–2
2006–07 Victoria Cougars Craig Didmon Kerry Park Islanders
2007–08 Victoria Cougars Mark Van Helvoirt Kerry Park Islanders 4–2
2008–09 Oceanside Generals Dave Johnson Victoria Cougars Mark Van Helvoirt 4–1
2009–10 Peninsula Panthers Geoff Grimwood Comox Valley Glacier Kings Jordan Butcher 3–1
2010–11 Peninsula Panthers Jackson Penney Victoria Cougars Mark Van Helvoirt 4–3 Ryan Reynolds (9:02, first)
2011–12 Victoria Cougars Mark Van Helvoirt Peninsula Panthers Peter Zubersky 4–0 Steve Axford (4:32, second)
2012–13 Victoria Cougars Mark Van Helvoirt Comox Valley Glacier Kings 4–0
2013–14 Victoria Cougars Mark Van Helvoirt Peninsula Panthers Peter Zubersky 4–2
2014–15 Campbell River Storm Lee Stone Victoria Cougars Mark Van Helvoirt 4–0 Connor Logan (2:31, 1st period)
2015–16 Victoria Cougars Mark Van Helvoirt Campbell River Storm Lee Stone 4–2 Nathan Looysen (6:46 2nd period)
2016–17 Campbell River Storm Lee Stone Victoria Cougars Suneil Karod 4–3 Christian Brandt (4:48 4OT period)
2017–18 Campbell River Storm Lee Stone Saanich Braves Sam Waterfield 6-0 Darrin Hards (11:12 - 1st period)
2018–19 Victoria Cougars Suneil Karod Campbell River Storm Mike Wilson 4-1 Matthew Clark(17:47 - 3rd period)
2019–20 Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic – VIJHL Championship not awarded
2020-21 Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic – VIJHL Championship not awarded

Total League Championships By Team[]

# Team Championships Active/Defunct Notes
1 Campbell River Storm 10 Active
2 Victoria Cougars 8 Active
3 Kerry Park Islanders 7 Active
4 Saanich Braves 6 Active
5 Oak Bay Flyers 3 Defunct
Oceanside Generals 3 Active 91-92 and 96-97 Championship won

under the name "Parksville Generals"

Peninsula Panthers 3 Active 88-89 Championship won

under the name "Peninsula Eagles"

8 Comox Valley Glacier Kings 1 Active
Juan de Fuca Gulls 1 Defunct

NHL alumni[]

See also[]

External links[]

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