Grande Prairie, Alberta



Grande Prairie is a city of over 50,000 in northwestern Alberta, Canada.

Teams

 * Grand Prairie Athletics (North Peace Senior Hockey League)
 * Grand Prairie Chiefs (Rocky Mountain Junior Hockey League, 1991-1995) renamed Storm
 * Grand Prairie North Stars Peace-Cariboo Junior Hockey League, 1980-1982; 1983-1989) sit out two season due to financial difficulties; return in 1991 as Chiefs in Rocky Mountain Junior Hockey League
 * Grande Prairie Storm
 * 1) (Rocky Mountain Junior Hockey League, 1995-1996) join Alberta Junior Hockey League
 * 2) (Alberta Junior Hockey League, 1996-present)

Arenas
The first ever games in the town took place on Saskatoon Lake around around the year 1915. The town's first indoor rink was the 70'x100' Wapiti Arena which was located near the Canada Games Arena. The arena would collapse during the 1940's and would be replaced by the Grande Prairie Memorial Arena which opened in December of 1949.
 * Canada Games Arena
 * Crystal Park School Rink
 * Coca-Cola Centre
 * Crystal Centre
 * Swanavon School Rink
 * Dave Barr Arena
 * Montrose Jr. High School Rink
 * Alexander Forbes School Rink
 * Hillside School Rink
 * Grande Prairie Memorial Arena

Players

 * Galen Head
 * Howard Walker