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Spruce Grove Saints
Sgsaints
City Spruce Grove, Alberta
League British Columbia Hockey League
Division North
Founded 1963 (1963)
Home arena Grant Fuhr Arena
Colors Blue, white and gold               
Owner(s) Darren Myshak
General manager Rob Sklaruk
Head coach Bram Stephen (2017-18)

Website
www.sgsaints.com
Franchise history
1963-1965 Edmonton Canadians
1965-1972 Edmonton Movers
1972-1974 Edmonton Mets
1974-1977 Spruce Grove Mets
1977-2004 St. Albert Saints
2004-Present Spruce Grove Saints
Previous franchise history
1963-1972 Edmonton Maple Leafs

The Spruce Grove Saints are an ice hockey team in the British Columbia Hockey League. They play in Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada at the Grant Fuhr Arena, capacity 1,259.

Founded: 1963-64
Division titles won: 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11, 2012-13, 2013-14, 2017-18
Regular Season titles won: 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11, 2013-14, 2014-15
League Championships won: 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017
Western Canada Cup Titles: None
Doyle Cup Titles: None
Royal Bank Cup Titles: None

History[]

The Saints franchise is perhaps the most storied in the history of Canadian Junior A hockey. The only franchise remaining from the inception of the AJHL in 1963, the team began as the Edmonton Movers, and a season following a merger with the Edmonton Maple Leafs in 1972, the franchise first relocated to Spruce Grove as the Spruce Grove Mets. After three years in Spruce Grove, the franchise relocated again to nearby St. Albert to become the St. Albert Saints for the 1977-78 season. After 27 years in St. Albert, arena issues allowed the franchise to return for its second stint in Spruce Grove in 2004-05.

Over 50 former players have gone on to play in the NHL, including Mark Messier, Stu Barnes, Mike Comrie and Steve Reinprecht.

During its first stint in Spruce Grove, the Mets won the Centennial Cup 1975 as Canadian Jr. A national champions. The franchise also captured four more AJHL championships during its time in St. Albert.

The team won the 2018 Inter Pipeline AJHL Playoffs advancing to the 2018 Doyle Cup where they lost to the Wenatchee Wild 4-games-to-1.

On January 20, 2024 the British Columbia Hockey League announced the addition of the the Blackfalds Bulldogs, Brooks Bandits, Okotoks Oilers, Sherwood Park Crusaders and Spruce Grove Saints from the Alberta Junior Hockey League for the 2024-25 season.[1] As a result of the announcement and the circumstances involved the five teams would be expelled from the AJHL[2] and would continue to play as an Alberta Division of the BCHL for the balance of the season and would play the BC champion in some sort of post-season event.

Season-by-season record[]

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

Season GP W L T/OL Pts GF GA Finish Playoffs
2004-05 64 42 16 6 90 208 147 2nd North Lost in second round
2005-06 60 39 18 3 81 197 160 3rd North Lost in third round
2006-07 60 32 20 8 72 213 186 3rd North Lost in second round
2007-08 62 34 16 12 80 248 203 3rd North Lost in third round
2008-09 62 46 7 9 101 274 139 1st North Lost final
2009-10 60 52 4 4 108 252 99 1st North Won Championship
2010-11 60 48 8 4 100 233 106 1st North Won Championship
2011-12 60 46 6 8 100 214 129 1st North Lost in third Round
2012-13 60 35 16 9 79 181 157 1st North Lost final
2013-14 60 47 10 3 97 235 135 1st North Won Championship
2014-15 60 48 7 5 101 254 121 1st North Elim RR Western Cup
2015-16 60 49 7 4 101 263 123 1st North Lost final
2016-17 60 40 18 2 82 198 145 3rd North Lost in Div. Semifinals
2017-18 60 47 10 3 97 262 138 1st North Won Championship
Lost 2018 Doyle Cup
2018-19 60 40 17 3 83 204 141 3rd North Lost Final
2019-20 58 43 13 2 88 246 155 2nd North Win Division quarterfinals then playoffs suspended
2020-21 21 9 12 0 .429 70 94 6th North Playoffs cancelled
2021-22 60 46 9 5 97 287 166 1st North Lost Final
2022-23 60 49 7 4 102 261 152 1st North Lost Final
2023-24 66 26 24 5 1 82 108 58 5th Alberta Lost Division Quarterfinal

*Note: 2023-24 goal totals are for BCHL sanctioned games only, despite record including games played while team was a member of AJHL.

Playoffs[]

  • 2005 Lost Quarter-final
Spruce Grove Saints defeated Lloydminster Blazers 3-games-to-none
Drayton Valley Thunder defeated Spruce Grove Saints 4-games-to-2
  • 2006 Lost Semi-final
Spruce Grove Saints defeated Fort Saskatchewan Traders 3-games-to-none
Spruce Grove Saints defeated Drayton Valley Thunder 4-games-to-3
Camrose Kodiaks defeated Spruce Grove Saints 4-games-to-2
  • 2007 Lost Quarter-final
Spruce Grove Saints defeated Bonnyville Pontiacs 3-games-to-2
Grande Prairie Storm defeated Spruce Grove Saints 4-games-to-1
  • 2008 Lost Semi-final
Spruce Grove Saints defeated Lloydminster Bobcats 3-games-to-none
Spruce Grove Saints defeated Grande Prairie Storm 4-games-to-3
Fort McMurray Oil Barons defeated Spruce Grove Saints 4-games-to-1
  • 2009 Lost Final
Spruce Grove Saints defeated Fort McMurray Oil Barons 4-games-to-1
Spruce Grove Saints defeated Olds Grizzlys 4-games-to-none
Grande Prairie Storm defeated Spruce Grove Saints 4-games-to-none
Spruce Grove Saints defeated Bonnyville Pontiacs 4-games-to-none
Spruce Grove Saints defeated Camrose Kodiaks 4-games-to-1
Spruce Grove Saints defeated Fort McMurray Oil Barons 4-games-to-3 AJHL CHAMPIONS
Vernon Vipers (BCHL) defeated Spruce Grove Saints 4-games-to-3
Spruce Grove Saints defeated Lloydminster Bobcats 4-games-to-none
Spruce Grove Saints defeated Fort McMurray Oil Barons 4-games-to-none
Spruce Grove Saints defeated Camrose Kodiaks 4-games-to-1 AJHL CHAMPIONS
Vernon Vipers (BCHL) defeated Spruce Grove Saints 4-games-to-3
  • 2012 Lost Divisional Finals
Spruce Grove Saints defeated Drayton Valley Thunder 4-games-to-none
Fort McMurray Oil Barons defeated Spruce Grove Saints 4-games-to-3
  • 2013 Lost Divisional Finals
Spruce Grove Saints defeated Sherwood Park Crusaders 4-games-to-2
Spruce Grove Saints defeated Whitecourt Wolverines 4-games-to-1 Div. Champs
Brooks Bandits defeated Spruce Grove Saints 4-games-to-1 League Finalists
Spruce Grove Saints defeated Sherwood Park Crusaders 4-games-to-3
Spruce Grove Saints defeated Fort McMurray Oil Barons 4-games-to-3 Div. champs
Spruce Grove Saints defeated Drumheller Dragons 4-games-to-none AJHL CHAMPIONS
Spruce Grove Saints defeated Sherwood Park Crusaders 4-games-to-2 Div. Semi Finals
Spruce Grove Saints defeated Bonnyville Pontiacs 4-games-to-2 Div. champs
Spruce Grove Saints defeated Brooks Bandits 4-games-to-2 AJHL CHAMPIONS
  • 2016
Spruce Grove Saints defeated Sherwood Park Crusaders 4-games-to-0 Div. Semi Finals
Spruce Grove Saints defeated Lloydminster Bobcats 4-games-to-1 Div. Finals
Brooks Bandits defeated Spruce Grove Saints 4-games-to-1 League Finals
  • 2017
Spruce Grove Saints defeated Drayton Valley Thunder 3-games-to-0 Div. Quarter Finals
Whitecourt Wolverines defeated Spruce Grove Saints 4-games-to-3 Div. Semi Finals
  • 2018
Spruce Grove Saints defeated Grande Prairie Storm 4-games-to-none
Spruce Grove Saints defeated Whitecourt Wolverines 4-games-to-none
Spruce Grove Saints defeated Okotoks Oilers 4-games-to-1
AJHL Champions
  • 2019
Spruce Grove Saints defeated Drayton Valley Thunder 3-games-to-1
Spruce Grove Saints defeated Bonnyville Pontiacs 4-games-to-none
Spruce Grove Saints defeated Sherwood Park Crusaders 4-games-to-2
Brooks Bandits defeated Spruc Grove Saints 4-games-to-none
  • 2020
Spruce Grove Saints defeated Grande Prairie Storm 4-games-to-2
  • 2021
Playoffs Cancelled


Western Canada Cup[]

Western Canada Championships ** BCHL - AJHL- SJHL - MJHL - Host **
Round robin play with 1st vs 2nd - winner advance to National Championship & loser to Runner Up Game
3rd vs 4th in 2nd semi-final winner to Runner Up game loser eliminated.
Runner Up game determines 2nd representative to National Championship.
Competition began 2013 season.

Year Round Robin Record Standing SemiFinal Gold Medal Game Runner Up Game
2014 L, Dauphin Kings - 2-4
L, Coquitlam Express 1-3
OTW, Yorkton Terriers 3-2
W, Winnipeg Blues 5-3
2-2-0 3 of 5 W, Coquitlam Express 5-3 n/a L, Dauphin Kings 2-4
2015 L, Penticton Vees - 3-11
OTL, Melfort Mustangs - 3-4
L, Fort McMurray Oil Barons - 4-5
L, Portage Terriers - 2-4
0-4-0 5 of 5 n/a n/a n/a

Doyle Cup[]

  • 2018
Wenatchee Wild defeated Spruce Grove Saints 4-games-to-1

See also[]

References[]

Alberta Junior Hockey League website
Spruce Grove Saints website
Preceded by
Selkirk Steelers
Centennial Cup Champions
1975
Succeeded by
Rockland Nationals


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