Chase Heat

Chase Heat
City	Chase, British Columbia
League	Kootenay International Junior Hockey League
Conference	Okanagan/Shuswap
Division	Doug Birks
Founded	2011 (2011)–12
Home arena	Art Holding Memorial Arena
Colours	White, Red and Black
President	Darryl Adamson
General manager	Kyle Evans
Head coach	Kyle Evans
Captain	Vacant
Website	chaseheat.com
Franchise history
2007-10	Chase Chiefs
2011-present	Chase Heat

The Chase Heat are a Junior 'A' ice hockey team based in Chase, British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Doug Birks Division of the Okanagan/Shuswap Conference of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL). The Heat play their home games at the Art Holding Memorial Arena. Darryl Adamson is the team's president, and Kyle Evans is the head coach of the franchise.

The Heat joined the league in 2011 as an expansion team.

History

The 2011-12 Chase Heat entered their first season as a member of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL), as an expansion team. Before the Heat, Chase also had a KIJHL team named the Chase Chiefs, before relocating to Kelowna, British Columbia prior to the 2010–11 KIJHL season to become the Kelowna Chiefs.

The 2016-17 season saw the Heat earn their first Doug Birks Division title.

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 17, 2024. ^{[1] [2]}

Season	GP	W	L	T	OTL	Pts	GF	GA	Finish	Playoffs
2011-12	52	5	45	1	1	12	123	319	5th, Doug Birks	Did not qualify
2012-13	52	11	35	3	3	28	124	242	5th, Doug Birks	Did not qualify
2013-14	52	27	23	0	2	56	198	181	2nd, Doug Birks	Lost div. semi-finals, 1-4 (Wranglers)
2014-15	52	25	19	2	6	58	174	172	2nd, Doug Birks	Lost div. semi-finals, 2-4 (Wranglers)
2015-16	52	31	16	3	2	67	176	135	3rd, Doug Birks	Lost division finals, 2-4 (Wranglers)
2016-17	47	31	12	2	2	66	188	131	1st of 5 Doug Birks 3rd of 10 - Conf. 6th of 20 - KIJHL	Lost League Finals, 0-3 (Nitehawks)
2017-18	47	24	18	0	2	54	182	157	2nd of 5 Doug Birks 6th of 10 - Conf. 11th of 20 - KIJHL	Lost div. semi-finals, 0-4 (Wranglers)
2018-19	49	14	31	2	2	32	146	218	5th of 5 Doug Birks 10th of 10 - Conf. 18th of 20 - KIJHL	Did not qualify for playoffs
2019-20	49	30	16	1	2	63	182	139	2nd of 5 Doug Birks 3rd of 10 - Conf. 7th of 20 - KIJHL	Lost div. semi-finals, 1-4 (Wranglers)
2020-21	3	2	0	0	1	3	15	11	Remaining season cancelled due to COVID-19
2021-22	42	20	15	0	7	47	152	13	3rd of 5 Doug Birks 6th of 10 - Conf. 10th of 19 - KIJHL	Lost div. semi-finals, 3-4 (Kamloops)
2022-23	44	10	30	-	4	24	93	194	5th of 5 Doug Birks	Did not qualify for playoffs
2023-24	44	12	29	0	3	27	123	192	4rd of 5 Doug Birks 8th of 10 - Conf. 16th of 19 - KIJHL	Lost div. semi-finals, 0-4 (Grizzlies)

Playoffs

Records as of February 28, 2024. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Season	Division Semifinals	Division Finals	Conference Finals	KIJHL Championship
2011-12	Did not qualify
2012-13	Did not qualify
2013–14	L, 1-4, 100 Mile House	―	―	―
2014-15	L, 2-4, 100 Mile House	―	―	―
2015–16	W, 4-1, Kamloops	L, 2-4, 100 Mile House	―	―
2016-17	W, 4-1, Revelstoke	W, 4-1, Kamloops	W, 3-2, Osoyoos	L, 0-3 Beaver Valley
2018-19	Did not qualify
2019-20	L, 1-4, 100 Mile House	—	—	—
2020-21	Playoffs cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic
2021-22	L, 3-4, Kamloops	—	—	—
2022-23	Did not qualify
2023-24	L, 0-4, Revelstoke	—	—	—

References

1. KIJHL.ca, Final 2013-14 regular season standings. Archived 2014-02-26 at the Wayback Machine
2. "KIJHL.ca – Year end standings". Archived from the original on 2012-09-18. Retrieved 2012-04-02.
3. KIJHL.ca, Current playoff bracket. Archived 2012-05-05 at the Wayback Machine
4. "KIJHL.ca – 2013-14 playoff standings". Archived from the original on 2014-02-26. Retrieved 2014-03-09.
5. KIJHL.ca, League champions. Archived 2013-02-09 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Official website of the Chase Heat