Columbia Valley Rockies

Columbia Valley Rockies
	Columbia Valley Rockies
City	Invermere, British Columbia
League	Kootenay International Junior Hockey League
Conference	Kootenay
Division	Eddie Mountain
Founded	1978–79
Home arena	Eddie Mountain Memorial Arena
Colors	Royal Blue, Orange and White ;
General manager	Ross Bidinger
Head coach	Wade Dubielewicz
	Website; rockieshockey.ca
Franchise history
1978-present	Columbia Valley Rockies

The Columbia Valley Rockies are a junior "B" ice hockey team based in Invermere, British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Eddie Mountain Division of the Kootenay Conference of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL). The Rockies play their home games at Eddie Mountain Memorial Arena. Al Miller is the team's president, Ross Bidinger is the General Manager and Wade Dubielewicz, former NHL goaltender for The New York Islanders and Minnesota Wild, is the coach.

The Rockies joined the league in 1978 as an expansion team. In its KIJHL history, the team has won the Keystone Cup twice, in 1989 and 1990; the Cyclone Taylor Cup once, in 1989. The Rockies have won the KIJHL Championship three times, in 1988, 1989 and 1990. They won five division playoff titles as a member of the Eastern Division from 1978-1996 and three division playoff titles as a member of the Eddie Mountain Division from 1996-2012.

History[]

The team was founded by Eddie Mountain, of whom a KIJHL division was recently named. The team won three straight KIJHL Championships in the late 1980s and in 1989 took home the Cyclone Taylor Cup and the Keystone Cup under the direction of Tom Renney, who is currently an assistant coach of the Detroit Red Wings of the NHL.

Season-by-season record[]

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Records as of February 22, 2014.^[1]^[2]

Season	GP	W	L	T	OTL	Pts	GF	GA	Finish	Playoffs
1978–79	40	18	22	0	―	36	211	246	4th, East
1979–80	40	18	22	0	―	36	239	250	4th, East
1980-81	40	19	21	0	―	38	228	236	4th, East
1981–82	42	25	16	1	―	51	253	224	3rd, East
1982–83	42	28	13	1	―	57	266	209	2nd, East
1983-84	42	34	8	0	―	68	298	158	1st, East
1984-85	42	33	9	0	―	66	309	196	2nd, East
1985-86	39	23	15	1	―	47	258	233	3rd, East
1986-87	42	28	14	0	―	56	308	165	3rd, East
1987-88	42	35	7	0	―	70	315	165	1st, East	KIJHL Champions (Smoke Eaters)
1988-89	44	38	5	1	―	77	341	107	1st, East	KIJHL Champions (Leafs) Cyclone Taylor Cup Champions Keystone Cup Champions (Tigers)
1989-90	40	35	4	1	―	71	281	120	1st, East	KIJHL Champions (Leafs) Keystone Cup Champions (Bruins)
1990-91	41	35	6	0	―	70	299	120	1st, East	Lost Finals (Smoke Eaters)
1991-92	38	14	22	2	―	30	199	200	2nd, East
1992-93	42	22	30	0	―	44	256	237	1st, East	Lost Finals (Leafs)
1993-94	40	23	14	3	―	49	239	173	2nd, East
1994-95	43	27	15	―	1	55	232	209	3rd, East
1995-96	42	20	22	0	―	40	221	253	4th, East
1996–97	41	23	17	1	―	47	198	208	1st, Eddie Mountain	Lost Finals (Nitehawks)
1997–98	50	36	14	0	―	72	265	178	1st, Eddie Mountain
1998-99	52	22	30	0	―	44	184	210	4th, Eddie Mountain
1999-00	46	32	13	1	―	65	240	172	1st, Eddie Mountain	Unable to secure victory, however their ability to act like NHLers and look down on other local kids will be forever remembered.
2000-01	54	19	34	1	0	39	193	306	4th, Eddie Mountain	Lost Division Semifinals, 0-4 (Grizzlies)
2001-02	50	29	16	4	1	63	234	208	1st, Eddie Mountain	Lost League Semifinals, 0-3 (Nitehawks)
2002–03	50	27	18	3	2	59	176	168	1st, Eddie Mountain	Lost Division Finals, 2-4 (Dynamiters)
2003–04	50	32	11	6	1	71	228	164	1st, Eddie Mountain	Lost League Semifinals Round-robin, 1-3
2004–05	50	27	13	4	6	64	194	161	2nd, Eddie Mountain	Lost Division Finals, 3-4 (Dynamiters)
2005–06	50	26	20	0	4	56	200	174	3rd, Eddie Mountain	Lost Division Semifinals, 2-4 (Dynamiters)
2006–07	52	22	26	―	4	48	194	217	4th, Eddie Mountain	Lost Division Semifinals, 0-4 (Ghostriders)
2007–08	52	15	33	―	4	34	137	187	3rd, Eddie Mountain: East	Lost Division Semifinals, 1-3 (Eagles)
2008–09	52	19	24	―	9	47	178	215	5th, Eddie Mountain	Did not qualify
2009–10	50	4	43	1	2	11	115	354	5th, Eddie Mountain	Did not qualify
2010-11	50	11	35	0	4	26	134	243	5th, Eddie Mountain	Did not qualify
2011–12	52	3	48	0	1	7	119	369	5th, Eddie Mountain	Did not qualify
2012–13	52	21	25	0	6	48	160	202	4th, Eddie Mountain	Lost Division Semifinals, 2-4 (Ghostriders)
2013–14	52	13	28	3	8	37	157	230	4th, Eddie Mountain	Lost Div Semifinals, 0-4 (Thunder Cats)
2014–15	52	12	34	0	6	30	142	245	5th, Eddie Mountain	Did not qualify
2015–16	52	30	22	0	0	60	203	183	3rd, Eddie Mountain	Lost Div Semifinals, 0-4, (Thunder Cats)
2016–17	47	14	29	0	4	32	139	222	4 of 5, Eddie Mountain 16 of 20 KIJHL	Lost Div Semifinals, 0-4, (Thunder Cats)
2017–18	47	19	21	3	4	45	167	188	3 of 5, Eddie Mountain	Lost Div Semifinals, 2-4, (Thunder Cats)
2018-19	49	22	21	2	4	50	159	182	3 of 5, Eddie Mountain	Lost Div Semifinals, 0-4, (Ghostriders)
2019-20	49	22	19	2	6	50	166	158	3 of 5, Eddie Mountain
2020-21	3	3	0	0	0	6	16	6	N/A	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021–22	42	30	9	0	3	63	158	123	3rd, Eddie Mountain	Won Div Semifinals, 4-2, (Ghostriders) Lost Div Final 2-4 (Dynamiters)
2022-23	44	31	9	—	4	66	218	126	1st, Eddie Mountain	Lost div semi-finals, 2-4 (Ghostriders)
2023-24	44	25	14	3	2	55	149	122	3rd, Eddie Mountain	Won div semi-finals, 4-1 (Dynamiters) Lost Div Finals, 2-4 (Ghostriders)

Playoffs[]

Season	1st Round	2nd Round	3rd Round	Finals
2000–01	L, 0-4, Revelstoke	—	—	—
2001–02	W, 4-0, Golden	W, 4-2, Kimberley	L, 0-3, Beaver Valley	—
2002–03	W, 4-3, Golden	L, 2-4, Kimberley	—	—
2003–04	W, 4-0, Princeton	W, 4-1, Kimberley	L, 1-3, Round-robin (Nitehawks) and (Storm)	—
2004–05	W, 4-2, Creston Valley	L, 3-4, Kimberley	—	—
2005–06	L, 2-4, Kimberley	—	—	—
2006–07	L, 0-4, Fernie	—	—	—
2007–08	L, 1-3, Sicamous	—	—	—
2008–09	Did not qualify
2009–10	Did not qualify
2010-11	Did not qualify
2011-12	Did not qualify
2012–13	L, 2-4, Fernie	—	—	—
2013-14	L, 0-4, Creston Valley	—	—	—
2014–15	Did not qualify
2015-16	L, 0-4, Creston Valley	—	—	—
2016-17	L, 0-4, Creston Valley	—	—	—
2017-18	L, 2-4 Creston Valley	—	—	—
2018–19	L, 0-4, Fernie	—	—	—
2019-20	W, 4-1 Fernie	Trail 0-2 Kimberley when balance of playoffs cancelled
2020-21	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021-22	W, 4-2 Fernie	L, 2-4 Kimberley	-	-
2022-23	L, 2-4, Fernie	—	—	—
2023-24	W, 4-1, Kimberley	L, 2-4, Fernie	—	—

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Cyclone Taylor Cup[]

Year	Gold Medal Game				Bronze Medal Game
Year	Champions	Score	Finalists		Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
1989	Columbia Valley Rockies KIJHL	―	―		―	―	―

Keystone Cup[]

Keystone Cup Champions
Year	Champions	Runners-Up	Consolation Champions	Host City
1989	Columbia Valley Rockies	Kinistino Tigers	Stony Plain Flyers	Gimli, Manitoba
1990	Columbia Valley Rockies	Calgary Bruins		Invermere, BC

Alumni[]

Cory Flett^[3]
Marc Garthe
Logan Koopmans

Tom Renney
Craig Stahl^[5]

Awards and trophies[]

Keystone Cup

1988-89
1989-90

Cyclone Taylor Cup

1988-89

KIJHL Championship

1987-88
1988-89
1989-90

Coach of the Year

Matt Hughes: 2005-06 (Divisional)

Most Sportsmanlike

Darryl Mcivor: 2003-04 (Divisional)
Cody Steele: 2005-06 (Divisional)
Cody Steele: 2006-07 (Divisional)

Most Valuable Player

Andrew Billinghurst: 2001-02 (Divisional)
Jason Botterill: 2002-03 (Divisional And League)
Reid Mitchell:2007-08, 2008-2009 (Team)

Rookie of the Year

Taylor Dakers: 2002-03 (Divisional)
Trevor Bailey: 2005-06 (Divisional)

Top Goaltender

Taylor Dakers: 2002-03 (Divisional)
Tyler Bilton: 2003-04 (Divisional)

Top Scorer

Rocky Mix: 2002-03 (Divisional)
Brett Bjorkman: 2007-08 (Divisional)

References[]

External links[]

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[1] KIJHL.ca, Final 2013-14 regular season standings.

[2] KIJHL.ca – Year end standings.

[3] ttp://www.whl.ca/page/whl-staff_89852

[4] ttp://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=30745

[5] ttp://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=24647

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