Selkirk College Saints

Overview
"Saints" is the name of the sports teams from Selkirk College, located in Castlegar, British Columbia. Selkirk College was in the British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League (BCIHL) from 2006-07, the league's second year of existence, until the team folded in 2021.

SOURCE: College's Announcement.

In other sports, the Saints are a member of the Pacific West Athletic Association (PWAA), also referred to as "Pac West", which is affiliated with the Canadian Colleges Athletic Association (CCAA), the second tier of university/college sport in Canada. The CCAA has not held a national hockey playoff since 2001. However, the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference (ACAC) continues to operate, and the Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec (RSEQ) operates a league of mostly Cégep teams.

History
The hockey team started in the Pacific Intercollegiate Hockey League (PIHL) by no later than 1971, where they competed against Cariboo College, Simon Fraser University, the University of British Columbia, the B.C. Institute of Technology, Gonzaga University, Notre Dame University, and Alaska Methodist of Anchorage. There are no Wikia records for the PIHL.

At some point in the 1970s they joined the Totem Conference or Totem Colleges Athletic Association (TCAA) {which changed names to British Columbia Colleges Athletic Association (BCCAA) in 1987-88 and the Pacific West Athletic Association (PWAA) in 2011-12}, which is governed by the CCAA. The BCCAA discontinued its hockey competition after 1988-89 and the CCAA has not held a national championship since 2001.

The program was revived by the 2006-07 debut of the BCIHL. After many seasons of 1 or 2 wins per season, and always finishing last or second last, the team came alive in 2012-13, finishing first with a 21-3-0 record. They swept the Victoria Vikings and Simon Fraser Clan to take the title. In 2013-14 they went 20-3-1 and swept the Thompson Rivers Wolfpack and Trinity Western Spartans to repeat. So in two seasons they were 41-6-1 in regular season and 8-0-0 in playoffs. They then accomplished the three-peat in 2014-15 and a four-peat in 2015-16.

PIHL/TCAA/BCCAA Seasons: 1971-1989
Note: No season records are available on Wikia for the PIHL, TCAA, or BCCAA seasons.
 * 1976 CCAA Championship Bowl

BCIHL Seasons: 2006-07 to present

 * Note: Until 2011-12 there were tie games in the regular season and a playoff tournament was held.
 * Note: From 2012-13 onwards the top 4 teams qualified for best-of-three semi-finals and all regular season games were decided by overtime or shootout.

Championships

 * BCCAA: 1975, 1976
 * 4-West: 1976
 * BCIHL: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016

CCAA Nationals/Westerns

 * 1975 4-West Championship
 * 1976 4-West Championship
 * 1976 CCAA Championship Bowl

1975 4-West
 * Selkirk College Saints 5 Kelsey Amaruks 3
 * Camrose Lutheran College Vikings 8 Selkirk College Saints 0

Camrose Lutheran College Vikings won the 1975 4-West title and advanced to nationals.

1976 4-West
 * Selkirk College 12 Red River College 3
 * Selkirk College 5 Kelsey College 4

Selkirk College Saints won the 1976 4-West title and advanced to nationals.

1976 CCAA Nationals
 * Selkirk College 7 Levis-Lauzon Faucons 6
 * St. Clair College Saints 11 Selkirk College 2

St. Clair College Saints won gold and Selkirk College Saints won silver at the 1976 CCAA Championship Bowl.


 * Source: ACAC Story on 1976
 * Source: ACAC BC champions
 * Source: CCAA BC champions

College links

 * Canadian Colleges Athletic Association
 * 4-West Championship
 * British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League
 * Pacific West Athletic Association
 * Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference
 * Prairie Athletic Conference (Saskatchewan)
 * Manitoba Colleges Athletic Conference
 * Ontario Colleges Athletic Association
 * RSEQ College League
 * Atlantic Collegiate Athletic Association

Current Teams

 * Simon Fraser Clan (GNAC - NCAA)
 * Vancouver Island Mariners (PWAA - CCAA)
 * Victoria Vikings (CWUAA - USports)
 * Okanagan Lakers (independent collegiate transfer team, starting 2021-22)
 * Fraser Valley Brigade (independent collegiate transfer team, starting 2022-23)
 * Thompson Okanagan Pioneers (independent collegiate transfer team, starting 2022-23)

Former Teams

 * Eastern Washington Eagles (2011-2018) (Big Sky - NCAA)
 * Selkirk College Saints (2006-2020) (PWAA - CCAA)
 * Trinity Western Spartans (2005-2020) (CWUAA - CIS)
 * UNBC Timberwolves (2006) (CWUAA - USports)
 * Douglas College Royals (BCCAA team)
 * BCIT Cougars (BCCAA team)

Former Teams now in Independent Collegiate Transfer Program

 * Fraser Valley Cascades (2006-2011) (CWUAA - USports)
 * Okanagan College Coyotes (2010-2012) (PWAA - CCAA)
 * Thompson Rivers Wolfpack (2010-2014) (CWUAA - USports)

Independent Collegiate Transfer Program

 * Columbia Bible College Bearcats (PWAA - CCAA)
 * UBC Okanagan Heat (CWUAA - USports)
 * Ashton College (none)
 * CDI College (none)
 * Nicola Valley Institute of Technology (none)
 * Summit Pacific College (none)

University Links

 * Canadian Interuniversity Sport
 * Canada West Universities Athletic Association