Creston Clippers

Creston Clippers
City	Creston, British Columbia, Canada
League	Kootenay International Junior Hockey League
Division	Eastern
Operated	1976-1985
Colours	Kelly green, California gold and snow white
Franchise history
1976-85	Creston Clippers

The Creston Clippers were a junior 'B' ice hockey team based in Creston, British Columbia, Canada. They were members of the Eastern Division of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL).

The Clippers joined the league in 1976 as an expansion team. ^[1] After nine seasons, the team folded in 1985. They won one division title as a member of the Eastern Division.

History

After the Clippers folded in 1985, the Creston Thunder joined the Rocky Mountain Junior Hockey League (RMJHL) as a junior 'A' team as an expansion team in 1992, but by the 1998-99 season, the RMJHL had fallen to four teams and was playing a lot of interleague with the America West Hockey League. The Creston Thunder could not afford the travel and opted to leave the RMJHL, effectively forcing the league to fold, at the end of the 1999 playoffs. The team sat out for the 1999-00 season to reorganize. Prior to the 2000-01 season, the team was renamed the Creston Valley Thunder Cats and joined the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League, as a junior 'B' team.

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

Season	GP	W	L	T	OTL	Pts	GF	GA	Finish	Playoffs
1976–77	44	19	23	2	-	40	167	200	2nd, East
1977–78	42	29	13	0	-	58	223	180	1st, East	Lost in Finals (Rebels)
1978–79	40	10	29	1	-	21	193	287	6th, East
1979–80	40	15	20	5	-	35	211	200	5th, East
1980-81	40	19	20	1	-	39	205	191	3rd, East
1981–82	42	9	32	1	-	19	169	297	6th, East
1982–83	42	14	28	9	-	28	196	259	6th, East
1983-84	42	5	36	1	-	11	155	354	5th, East
1984-85	42	20	20	2	-	42	236	237	3rd, East

Notable alumni

• Jamie Huscroft

References

1. "New clubs home foes for Flames". The Spokesman-Review . October 30, 1976. p. 13. Retrieved March 9, 2025– via Newspapers.com.