Campbell River Storm

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Campbell River Storm
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City Campbell River, British Columbia
League Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League
DivisionNorth
Founded1997 (1997)
Home arenaRod Brind'Amour Arena
ColoursBlack Silver
 
 
Owner(s)Linda Lahtinen
Sean Estabrook
General managerLou Gravel
Head coachTroy Newans

The Campbell River Storm are a junior ice hockey team based in Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the North Division of the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League (VIJHL). The Storm play their home games at Rod Brind'Amour Arena.

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The Storm joined the league in 1997 as an expansion team. In its VIJHL history, the team has won the Cyclone Taylor Cup twice, in 1999 and 2015. The Storm have won the Brent Patterson Memorial Trophy ten times in 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2015, 2017 and 2018. They won the Andy Hebenton Trophy seven times, as the team with the league's best regular season record in 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2018.

In 2015, the Storm became the only team in VIJHL history, to win the VIJHL Championship, The BC Provincial Championship and the Keystone Cup as Western Canada's Junior B champions, all in the same season. [1]

History

The Storm play in the VIJHL, a Junior B hockey league on Vancouver Island consisting of 9 teams. The team began play in the 1997–98 season and went on to capture the Patterson Memorial Trophy as playoff champions in its first season. [2] They would win the trophy 6 more times in a row, then reach the finals the following 2 seasons, losing in six games to the Victoria Cougars in 2005, then again in 6 games to the Kerry Park Islanders in 2006.

They have played in 9 Cyclone Taylor Cup tournaments, winning it twice in 1999 and 2015 and silver in 2017. In 2004 they hosted it, losing to the Richmond Sockeyes of the Pacific International Junior Hockey League in the finals. In 2019, they will once again be the hosts of the Cyclone Taylor Cup.

Three times they have played in the Keystone Cup, capturing bronze in 1999 in Thunder Bay, Ontario, taking silver as hosts in 2006, and winning gold in 2015 in Cold Lake, Alberta. They play out of the Strathcona Gardens Complex in Campbell River, in Rod Brind'Amour Arena. They were previously owned and coached by Jim Revenberg, who was selected in the 7th round of the 1989 NHL Entry Draft by the Vancouver Canucks. [3] Current owners are Linda Lahtinen (2011–Present) and Sean Estabrook (2022–Present) . [4]

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

SeasonGPWLTOTLPtsGFGAFinishPlayoffs
1999–004024106-541871441st, NorthBrent Patterson Memorial
Trophy Champions
2000–014833105-712691451st, NorthBrent Patterson Memorial
Trophy Champions, 4-3 (Islanders)
Cyclone Taylor Cup Runners-Up (Nitehawks)
2001–02484044-842791311st, NorthBrent Patterson Memorial
Trophy Champions, 4-1 (Panthers)
2002–03433670-722671281st, NorthBrent Patterson Memorial
Trophy Champions, 3-0 (Cougars)
Cyclone Taylor Cup Runners-Up, 1-2 (Sockeyes)
2003–044843212893681201st, NorthBrent Patterson Memorial
Trophy Champions, 3-0 (Panthers)
2004–054833112682321861st, North
2005–064223161471681441st, NorthLost in Finals, 2-4 (Islanders)
2006–074826201531931613rd, North
2007–084829153611741233rd, North
2008–094821243451611754th, North
2009–104815303331502124th, North
2010–11449341191112424th, NorthLost Quarterfinals, 0-3 (Panthers)
2011–124216251331371873rd, NorthLost Quarterfinals, 2-4 (Braves)
2012–134812333271502194th, NorthLost Play in Round, 0-1 (Islanders)
2013-1448301422642181412nd, NorthWon Quarterfinals, 4-2 (Buccaneers)
Lost Div finals, 3-4 (Panthers)
2014-154839414832801171st North
2nd VIJHL
Won Div semifinals, 4-0 - (Generals)
Won Div finals, 4-1 (Glacier Kings)
Won VIJHL Finals, 4-0 (Victoria Cougars)
to Cyclone Taylor Cup
2015-164838622802501291st North
2nd VIJHL
Won Div semifinals, 4-2 - (Braves)
Won Div finals, 4-0 (Buccaneers)
Lost League Finals, 2-4 (Cougars)
2016-1748341202702171261st of 4 North
2nd of 9 VIJHL
Won Div semifinals, 4-0 (Panthers)
Won Division Finals, 4-1 (Buccaneers)
Won VIJHL Finals, 4-3 (Cougars)
to Cyclone Taylor Cup
2017-18483664278237951st of 4 North
1st of 9 VIJHL
Won Quarterfinals, 4-1 (Panthers)
Won Div semifinals 4-0 (Wolves)
Won VIJHL Finals 4-3 (Braves)
to Cyclone Taylor Cup
2018-1948341031109207921st of 4 North
1st of 9 VIJHL
Won Quarterfinals, 4-3 (Panthers)
Won Div semifinals 4-0 (Braves)
lost VIJHL Finals 1-4 (Cougars)
2019-2048291603161127614th of 4 North
4th of 9 VIJHL
Won Quarterfinals, 4-2 (Buccaneers)
incomplete semifinals 0-0 (Generals)
Playoffs cancelled due to covid-19
2020-211311200702422Remaining season and playoffs lost due to COVID-19
2021-22464040222298821st of 6 North
4th of 9 VIJHL
Won Quarterfinals, 4-3 (Bombers)
Lost semifinals 0-4 (Generals)
2022-2348341211206137702nd of 6 North
3rd of 11 VIJHL
Won Quarterfinals, 4-3 (Glacier Kings)
Lost semifinals 1-4 (Generals)
2023-2448361011248155741st of 6 North
1st of 11 VIJHL
Lost Div semifinals, 2-4 (Islanders)

Cyclone Taylor Cup

British Columbia Jr B Provincial Championships

SeasonRound RobinRecordStandingBronze Medal GameGold Medal Game
2015 W, North Vancouver 6-3
OTW, Kimberley 4-3
W, Mission City 3-0
3-0-01st of 4n/aW, Kimberley 6-5
Cyclone Taylor Cup Champs
2016* L, Mission City 2-7
L, Victoria 3-5
L, 100 Mile House 3-4
0-3-04th of 4W, Mission City 8-4
Bronze Medalists
did not qualify
2017 L, Beaver Valley 0-6
W, Creston Valley 6-2
OTW, Aldergrove 2-1
1-1-12nd of 4n/aL, Beaver Valley 6-2

Storm Win Silver Medal

2018 L, Richmond Sockeyes 1-4
OTL, Delta Ice Hawks 2-3
W, Kimberley Dynamiters 9-0
1-1-13rd of 4L, Kimberley Dynamiters 1-7did not qualify

Keystone Cup

Western Canadian Jr. B Championships (Northern Ontario to British Columbia)
Six teams in round robin play. 1st vs 2nd for gold/silver & 3rd vs. 4th for bronze.

YearRound RobinRecordStandingSemiFinalBronze Medal
Game
Gold Medal
Game
2015W, Saskatoon - Sask 4-2
W, Cold Lake - Alta 4-2
L, N Edmonton - Alta 4-5
W, Thunder Bay - Ont 5-2
W, Selkirk - Man 6-1
4-1-01st of 6n/an/aW, N Edmonton - Alta 6-3
Keystone Cup Champions

Notable alumni

Awards and trophies

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2015
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