Grande Prairie Kings

Grande Prairie Kings
City:	Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada
League:	NWJHL
Founded:	1994 (1994)–95
Home Arena:	Crosslink County Sportsplex
Colours:	Black, White, Silver
Head Coach:	Kyle Chapple
General Manager:	Kyle Chapple
Franchise history
1994-2011:	Grande Prairie Wheelers
2011-present:	Grande Prairie Kings

The Grande Prairie Kings are a Junior "B" Ice Hockey team based in Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada. They are members of the North West Junior Hockey League (NWJHL). They played their home games at Coca-Cola Centre, which has a capacity of 1,600 until January of 2014. The team then moved to the Crosslink County Sportsplex which has a capacity of 600.

They changed their name in April, 2011, from the Grande Prairie Wheelers because of a change in sponsorship.

History

The Kings (formerly the Wheelers) joined the NWJHL when the league began operations in 1994. It took the Kings nearly 20 years to capture their first league championship but did so on March 26, 2013.

In the 2013-2014 NWJHL season the Kings hosted the Hockey Alberta Investors Group Junior B Provincial Championship. Despite losing the NWJHL finals to the North Peace Navigators, Grande Prairie had already secured a spot as tournament host. The Kings captured a silver medal falling 6 to 0 to the Blackfalds Wranglers in the provincial final.

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

Season	GP	W	L	OL	Pts	GF	GA	Finish	Playoffs
2009-10	35	19	14	2	40	153	162	3rd, NWJHL	Won QuarterFinals 3-0, (Vipers) Won SemiFinals 4-0, (Huskies) Lost in Finals, 0-4 (Wolverines)
2010-11	35	20	9	6	46	158	112	3rd, NWJHL	Won QuarterFinals 3-0, (Huskies) Lost in Semifinals, 1-4 (Navigators)
2011-12	36	30	6	0	60	228	93	2nd, NWJHL	Won QuarterFinals 3-0, (Jr. Canucks) Lost in Semi-Finals, 0-4 (Wolverines)
2012-13	35	32	3	0	64	257	98	1st, NWJHL	Won QuarterFinals 3-0, (Vipers) Won Semi-Finals, 4-1 (Huskies) Won Finals, 4-2 (Navigators) League Champions
2013-14	35	27	6	2	56	228	128	2nd, NWJHL	Won QuarterFinals 3-0, (Vipers) Won SemiFinals 1-1, (Fairview Flyers) Lost Finals, 1-4 (Navigators)
2014-15	30	24	5	1	49	-	-	2nd of 7 NWJHL	Won QuarterFinals (forfeit), (Blades) Lost Semi-Finals, 2-4 (Fairview Flyers)
2015-16	36	21	14	1	43	173	131	3rd of 7 NWJHL	Won QuarterFinals 3-0, (Jr. Canucks) Lost Semi-Finals, 4-1 (Navigators)
2016-17	30	13	13	4	30	104	105	5th of 6 NWJHL	Won QuarterFinals 3-1, (Jr. Canucks) Lost Semifinals 3-4, (Fairview Flyers)
2017-18	36	21	13	2	44	146	128	4th of 7 NWJHL	Won QuarterFinals 3-2, (Fairview Flyers) lOST Semifinal 1-4 (Huskies)
2018-19	36	19	15	2	40	151	141	3rd of 6 NWJHL	Won QuarterFinals 3-2, (Vipers) Won Semifinals 4-3, (Jr. Canucks) Lost Final 2-4, (Huskies)
2019-20	40	14	21	5	33	128	161	5th of 6 NWJHL	Lost Quarterfinals 2-3, (Flyers)
2020-21	5	5	0	0	10	32	13	N/A	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 Pandemic
2021-22	40	19	19	2	40	148	147	3rd of 6 NWJHL	Won Quarterfinals 3-0, (Navigators) Won Semifinals 4-2, (Vipers) Lost Final 2-4, (Huskies)
2022-23	42	32	7	3	67	221	115	2nd	Lost Final

Russ Barnes Trophy

Alberta Jr B Provincial Championships

Year	Round Robin	Record	Standing	SemiFinal	Bronze Medal Game	Gold Medal Game
2013	L, Red Deer Vipers 4-6 W, Wetaskiwin Icemen 6-2 L, Cold Lake Ice 4-6	1-2-0	3rd of 4 Pool ?	n/a	n/a	n/a
2014 HOST	W, Blackfalds Wranglers 6-4 L, Cold Lake Ice 5-3 W, Ft. Sask Hawks 2-1	2-1-0	1st of Pool B	W, North Peace Navigators 6-2	n/a	L, Blackfalds Wranglers 6-0

External links

• Official website of the Grande Prairie Kings
• Official website of the North West Junior Hockey League
• Official website of the Keystone Cup