Wainwright Bisons

The Wainwright Bisons are a Junior "B" Ice Hockey team based in Wainwright, Alberta, Canada. They are members of the North Eastern Alberta Junior B Hockey League (NEAJBHL). They play their home games at Peace Memorial Multiplex.

History
Since the 1990-91 season the Wainwright Bison have one league championship which they won in the 2001 playoffs. The victory advanced the Bison to the Russ Barnes Trophy championships which is the Alberta Provincial Jr B Championships featuring eight teams. The Heritage and Capital Hockey leagues qualify their playoff champion and playoff finalist, while the Calgary Jr B, North West, and the North East Hockey leagues send just their playoff champions. The final team is the team selected to host the tournament event.

In 2013, Wainwright was the Russ Barnes host and as such participated in their second Provincial Championship. In 2016 the Bisons advanced to the Provincial Championship but this time as the league champion. In 2017 the won the league championship to advance and win the Russ Barnes Trophy (Provincial Champion) and therefore advancing to the Keystone Cup. Here they won the Western Canadian Junior B Championship with and overtime win in the final game.

In 2018 the team won the league playoffs and the 2018 Russ Barnes Trophy. However, they were unable to compete in the 2018 Keystone Cup as per a ruling by Hockey Alberta prior to the season that would not allow the Russ Barnes Trophy champion to compete in the Keystone Cup citing cost and player safety. The 2018 Cyclone Taylor Cup champions from British Columbia also were not participating in the Keystone Cup with similar concerns bieng raised by the leagues in that province as the provincial champion is not mandated to participate in the event. The Saskatchewan champion also would not participate in the Keystone Cup for 2018.

Season-by-season record
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, OL = Overtime Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes

Russ Barnes Trophy
Alberta Jr B Provincial Championships

Keystone Cup
Western Canadian Jr. B Championships(Northern Ontario to British Columbia) Six teams in round robin play. 1st vs 2nd for gold/silver & 3rd vs. 4th for bronze.

NHL alumni

 * Shawn Heins
 * Gordon Mark
 * Glen Sather
 * Jeff Woywitka