Canmore Eagles

Canmore Eagles
City	Canmore, Alberta
League	Alberta Junior Hockey League
Division	South
Founded	1995 (1995)
Home arena	Canmore Recreation Centre
Colors	Blue, navy blue and white
General manager	Andrew Milne
Head coach	Andrew Milne
Franchise history
1995-2001	Bow Valley Eagles
2001-Present	Canmore Eagles

The Canmore Eagles are an ice hockey team in the Alberta Junior Hockey League. They play in Canmore, Alberta, Canada at the Canmore Recreation Centre, capacity 1000.

Founded: 1995-96 (as Bow Valley Eagles)

Division titles won: 2001-02, 2002-03

Regular season titles won: 2001-02

League Championships won: None

Doyle Cup Titles: None

Royal Bank Cup Titles: None

History

The Eagles franchise was established in 1995-96 as the Bow Valley Eagles. The franchise renamed itself the Canmore Eagles prior to the 2001-02 season.

The most recent logo incorporates an outline making a C for Canmore, the base of the eagle's neck representing the Three Sisters which is an iconic local mountain range, and a 7 on the neck of the eagle representing Treaty 7 land.

Season-by-season record

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T/OL = Ties/Overtime losses, SL = Shootout losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Season	GP	W	L	T/OL	SL	Pts	GF	GA	Finish	Playoffs
1995-96	60	22	37	-	1	45	237	266	9th Overall	DNQ
1996-97	60	37	21	-	2	76	224	214	2nd Overall	---
1997-98	60	28	31	-	1	52	237	236	7th Overall	---
1998-99	62	23	35	-	4	50	222	290	5th South	---
1999-00	64	29	32	-	3	61	278	296	5th South	Lost in first round
2000-01	64	27	30	7	-	61	308	307	5th South	Lost in second round
2001-02	64	47	14	3	-	97	297	209	1st South	Lost in semi finals
2002-03	64	43	19	2	-	88	259	215	1st South	Lost in semi finals
2003-04	60	30	26	4	-	64	215	232	5th South	Lost in first round
2004-05	64	28	25	11	-	67	169	201	4th South	Lost in first round
2005-06	60	25	30	5	-	55	146	172	6th South	Lost in second round
2006-07	60	29	28	3	-	61	179	190	3rd South	Lost in first round
2007-08	62	25	29	8	-	58	199	225	5th South	Lost in first round
2008-09	62	19	39	4	-	42	185	290	7th South	Lost in first round
2009-10	60	26	26	8	-	52	202	217	6th South	Lost in second round
2010-11	60	20	36	4	-	44	189	246	7th South	Lost in first round
2011-12	60	18	39	3	-	39	160	257	8th South	DNQ
2012-13	60	24	30	6	-	54	155	222	5th South	lost Div. Quarter Finals
2013-14	60	32	25	3	-	67	175	186	5th South	lost Div. Semi Finals
2014-15	60	27	31	2	-	56	194	230	6th South	lost Div. Quarter Finals
2015-16	60	26	27	7	-	59	205	240	4th of 8 South	lost Div. Semi Finals
2016-17	60	36	18	6	-	78	250	199	2nd of 8 South	Lost Div. Quarters Finals
2017-18	60	21	37	2	-	44	180	233	7th of 8 South	Lost Div. Quarters Finals
2018-19	60	30	25	5	-	65	233	234	6th of 8 South	Lost Div. Semi Finals
2019-20	58	23	31	4	-	50	207	248	5th of 7 South	Lost Div. Quarters Finals
2020-21	2	2	0	-	1.000	10	6	N/A	Playoffs cancelled
2021-22	60	20	31	9	-	49	150	237	6th South	Lost Division Quarterfinals
2022-23	60	24	32	2	2	52	181	223	6th South	Lost Division Quarterfinals
2023-24	57	25	29	2	1	53	175	204	7th	Lost Semifinals

Playoffs

• 1996 DNQ
• 1997 Lost Quarter-final

Grande Prairie Storm defeated Bow Valley Eagles 4-games-to-2

• 1998 Lost Quarter-final

Grande Prairie Storm defeated Bow Valley Eagles 4-games-to-1

• 1999 Lost Preliminary

Camrose Kodiaks defeated Bow Valley Eagles 2-games-to-none

• 2000 Lost Quarter-final

Bow Valley Eagles defeated Calgary Royals 3-games-to-none

Drayton Valley Thunder defeated Bow Valley Eagles 4-games-to-1

• 2001 Lost Preliminary

Crowsnest Pass Timberwolves defeated Bow Valley Eagles 3-games-to-2

• 2002 Lost Semi-final

Canmore Eagles defeated Calgary Royals 4-games-to-3

Grande Prairie Storm defeated Canmore Eagles 4-games-to-3

• 2003 Lost Semi-final

Canmore Eagles defeated Crowsnest Pass Timberwolves 4-games-to-none

Camrose Kodiaks defeated Canmore Eagles 4-games-to-1

• 2004 Lost Preliminary

Calgary Royals defeated Canmore Eagles 3-games-to-none

• 2005 Lost Quarter-final

Canmore Eagles defeated Calgary Royals 3-games-to-none

Camrose Kodiaks defeated Canmore Eagles 4-games-to-none

• 2006 Lost Quarter-final

Canmore Eagles defeated Drumheller Dragons 3-games-to-2

Brooks Bandits defeated Canmore Eagles 4-games-to-2

• 2007 Lost Preliminary

Olds Grizzlys defeated Canmore Eagles 3-games-to-1

• 2008 Lost Preliminary

Olds Grizzlys defeated Canmore Eagles 3-games-to-none

• 2009 Lost Preliminary

Okotoks Oilers defeated Canmore Eagles 3-games-to-none

• 2010 Lost Quarter-final

Canmore Eagles defeated Olds Grizzlys 3-games-to-none

Okotoks Oilers defeated Canmore Eagles 4-games-to-2

• 2011 Lost Preliminary

Brooks Bandits defeated Canmore Eagles 3-games-to-none

• 2012 DNQ
• 2013 Lost Division Quarter Finals

Drumheller Dragons defeated Canmore Eagles 3-games-to-none

• 2014 Lost Division Semi-Finals

Canmore Eagles defeated Camrose Kodiaks 3-games-to-1

Drumheller Dragons defeated Canmore Eagles 4-games-to-1

• 2015 Lost Division Quarter Finals

Okotoks Oilers defeated Canmore Eagles 3-games-to-none

• 2016

Canmore Eagles defeated Drumheller Dragons 3-games-to-1 - Div. Quarters

Brooks Bandits defeated Canmore Eagles 4-games-to-none Div. Semi's

• 2017 Lost Division Quarter-finals

Olds Grizzlys defeated Canmore Eagles 3-games-to-none in Div. Quarterifinals

• 2018 Lost Division Quarterfinals

Brooks Bandits defeated Canmore Eagles 3-games-to-none

• 2019 Lost Division Semi-finals

Canmore Eagles defeated Drumheller Dragons 3-games-to-2 - Div. Quarters

Brooks Bandits defeated Canmore Eagles 4-games-to-1 Div. Semi's

• 2020 Lost Division Quarterfinals

Camrose Kodiaks defeated Canmore Eagles 4-games-to-3

Balance of playoffs cancelled

• 2021

Playoffs cancelled

NHL alumni

The following former Eagles have gone on to play in the NHL:

• Dan Blackburn
• Darcy Campbell
• Shane Joseph

Other notable alumni

• Mark Bomersback - AJHL All time leading scorer
• Brock Michalsky - AJHL All time leading Iron Man for number of total games played

See also

• List of ice hockey teams in Alberta

References

Alberta Junior Hockey League website

Canmore Eagles website