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Kam River Fighting Walleye
City: Oliver Paipoonge, Ontario
League: Superior International Junior Hockey League
Founded: 2020
Home Arena: NorWest Recreation Centre
Colors: Orange, Black, Gray and White
General Manager: Kevin McCallum
Head Coach: Matt Valley

The Kam River Fighting Walleye are an expansion junior A team that began play in the Superior International Junior Hockey League in the fall of 2020.  The team was announced in February of 2020.[1] The team is actually the Thunder Bay Fighting Walleye organization moving up from the Junior B level of play in the Lakehead Junior Hockey League. As of the announcing of the hiring of a head coach.

The Kam River moniker is taken from the Kaministiquia River which runs through the city of Thunder Bay an is frequently shortened to Kam River.

The team would win the 2023 Bill Salonen Cup playoffs and would advance to the 2023 Centennial Cup where they were eliminated in the round robin portion of the tournament.

Season-by-season results[]

Season GP W L OL SL GF GA Pts. Results Playoffs
2020-21 4 3 1 0 0 19 17 6 N/A Season cancelled
2021-22 44 35 7 2 0 193 114 72 1st Lost Final
2022-23 54 40 11 1 1 225 143 83 1st Won Championship
2023-24 49 39 9 0 1 269 130 79 1st Lost Final

Centennial Cup[]

Season GP W OW OL L GF GA Pts. Results Playoffs
2023 Centennial Cup 4 0 0 0 4 6 25 0 5th Pool B Eliminated in round robin

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