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Sylvan Lake Wranglers | |
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City | Sylvan Lake, Alberta, Canada |
League | Heritage Junior B Hockey League |
Founded | WW2 Expansion year |
Home arena | NexSource Centre |
Colours | Teal, orange, black, white |
General manager | Jesse Cheetham |
Head coach | vacant |
Franchise history | |
19xx–2007 | Lacombe Wranglers |
2007–2019 | Blackfalds Wranglers |
2019–present | Sylvan Lake Wranglers |
The Sylvan Lake Wranglers are a junior "A" ice hockey team based in Sylvan Lake, Alberta, Canada. They are members of the North Division of the Heritage Junior B Hockey League (HJHL). They play their home games at Nexsource Center.
Prior to the 2007–08 season the team was known as the Lacombe Wranglers before re-locating to Blackfalds. The Wranglers have won five HJHL championships, three provincial titles (most of any HJHL team), and a Keystone Cup. For the start of the 2019-20 season, Blackfalds moved up to junior "A" hockey and Sylvan Lake became the home of the Wranglers.
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes
Season | GP | W | L | T | OTL | Pts | GF | GA | PIM | Finish | Playoffs | |
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2004–05 | 40 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 38 | 171 | 157 | — | 5th, North | ||
2005–06 | 38 | 19 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 43 | 176 | 163 | 1506 | 3rd, North | Lost in Division Finals, 0–4 (Vipers) | |
2006–07 | 36 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 58 | 235 | 126 | 1314 | 1st, North | HJHL Champions, 1–0 (Thunder) Russ Barnes Trophy Champions | |
2007–08 | 36 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 184 | 128 | 1074 | 3rd, North | Lost in HJHL Semifinals, 1–4 (Lightning) | |
2008–09 | 36 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 55 | 237 | 134 | 941 | 1st, North | Lost in HJHL Semifinals, 1–4 (Lightning) | |
2009–10 | 36 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 65 | 226 | 97 | 994 | 1st, North | HJHL Champions, 2–0 (Vipers) | |
2010–11 | 36 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 61 | 224 | 80 | 788 | 1st, North | Lost in Finals, 1–2 (Bisons) Russ Barnes Trophy Champions Keystone Cup Champions | |
2011–12 | 38 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 48 | 184 | 129 | — | 1st, North | Lost in Div. Semi-Finals, (Thrashers) | |
2012–13 | 38 | 27 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 59 | 214 | 132 | — | 1st, North | Lost in North Finals, 3–4, (Vipers) | |
2013–14 | 36 | 24 | 9 | — | 3 | 51 | 194 | 132 | — | 1st, North | Lost in HJHL Finals, 2–3, (Bisons) Russ Barnes Trophy Champions Keystone Cup Bronze Champions | |
2014–15 | 38 | 34 | 2 | — | 2 | 70 | 230 | 99 | — | 1st, North | Won Div. Semi-finals, 4–0, (Vipers) Won Div. Finals, 4–0 (Colts) Lost League Finals, 0–3 (Copperheads) Advance to Barnes Cup as runner up | |
2015–16 | 38 | 22 | 12 | — | 4 | 48 | 163 | 121 | — | 4th, North | Won Div. Qualifying, 2–0 (Thrashers) Lost Div. Semi-final, 0–4 (Colts) | |
2016–17 | 38 | 25 | 12 | — | 1 | 51 | 172 | 138 | — | 4th of 7, North 6th of 14, HJHL | Won Div. Qualifying, 2–1 (Lightning) Lost Div. Semi-finals, 1–4 (Colts) | |
2017–18 | 38 | 22 | 12 | — | 2 | 46 | 167 | 117 | — | 3rd of 7, North 6th of 13, HJHL | Won Div. Qualifying, 2–0 (Stampeders) Lost Div. Semi-finals, 1–3 (Thunder) | |
2018–19 | 38 | 14 | 18 | — | 6 | 34 | 148 | 159 | — | 5th of 8, North 10th of 15, HJHL | Won Div. Qualifying, 2–0 (Lightning) Lost Div. Semi-finals, 0–4 (Thunder) | |
2019–20 | 38 | 23 | 13 | — | 2 | 48 | 135 | 116 | — | 3rd of 7, North 7th of 14, HJHL | Won Div. Qualifying, 3-1 (Rams) WonDiv. Semi-finals, 4–3 (Vipers) Incomplete Finals 2-1 (Colts) Remaining playoffs cancelled due to covid | |
2020–21 | 4 | 0 | 4 | — | 0 | 34 | 5 | 15 | — | Remaining season lost to COVID-19 pandemic | ||
2021–22 | 36 | 23 | 10 | — | 3 | 49 | 158 | 102 | — | 3rd of 7, North 5th of 14, HJHL | Lost Div. Qualifying, 1-2 (Rams) | |
2022–23 | 38 | 25 | 9 | — | 4 | 54 | 166 | 124 | — | 1st of 6, North 3rd of 12, HJHL | Won Div. Semifinals, 4-2 (Rams) Won Div. Finals, 4-2 (Thunder) Lost League Finals, 0-3 (Bisons) Advance to Russ Barnes HJHL rep because Okotoks hosts | |
2023–24 | 38 | 33 | 3 | — | 2 | 68 | 217 | 88 | — | 1st of 7, North, 2nd of 13, HJHL | Won Div. Quarters, 3-0 (Thunder) Won Semifinal, 3-1(Cubs) Lost League Finals, 2-4 (Bisons) |
Alberta Jr. B Provincial Championships
Year | Round Robin | Record | Standing | SemiFinal | Bronze Medal Game | Gold Medal Game |
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2003 | L, Fort St. John Huskies, 3–6 L, Edmonton River Kings, 2–4 W, Lloydminster Bandits, 6–5 | 1–2–0 | 4 of 4, Pool | — | — | — |
2007 | W, Saddle Lake Warriors, 8–4 W, St. Albert Merchants, 5–3 L, North Edmonton Red Wings | 2–1–0 | 2 of 4, Pool | W, Fort St. John Huskies, 12–6 | — | W, Spruce Grove Regals, 5–3 Russ Barnes Champions |
2010 | ?, Whitecourt Wolverines T, Beaumont Chiefs, 3–3 ?, Calgary Royals | Data missing | — | — | — | |
2011 | W, Cold Lake Ice, 6–5 L, Whitecourt Wolverines, 4–9 W, Leduc Riggers, 4–3 | 2–1–0 | 2 of 4, Pool | W, North Peace Navigators, 6–2 | — | W, Beaumont Chiefs, 2–1 Russ Barnes Champions |
2012 | L, Edmonton Royals, 2–4 T, Cold Lake Ice, 3–3 L, Calgary Royals, 4–5 | 0–2–1 | 4 of 4, Pool | — | — | — |
2014 | L, Grande Prairie Kings, 4–6 W, Fort Saskatchewan Hawks, 6–2 W, Cold Lake Ice, 2–1 | 2–1–0 | 2 of 4, Pool B | OTW, St. Albert Merchants, 5–4 | — | W, Grande Prairie Kings, 6–0 Russ Barnes Champions |
2015 | W, Stony Plain Flyers, 3–6 L, North Peace Navigators, 0–5 T, Coaldale Copperheads, 2–2 | 1–1–1 | 2nd of 4, Pool | OTL, North Peace Navigators, 4–5 | L, Fairview Flyers, 3–4 | — |
2023 | L, Wainwright Bisons, 1-2 L, Okotoks Bisons, 0–4 W, CBHA Rangers, 5-4 L, Sherwood Park Knights, 4-6 | 1–3–0 | 6th of 6 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
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.
Year | Round Robin | Record | Standing | Bronze Medal Game | Gold Medal Game |
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2007 | Alberta did not participate | ||||
2011 | L, Sherwood Park, 3–4 W, Pilot Butte, 8–1 W, Peninsula, 7–6 W, Arborg, 8–5 W, Thunder Bay, 11–0 | 4–1–0 | 2 of 6 | — | W, Sherwood Park, 2–1 Keystone Cup Champion |
2014 | W, Saskatoon, 8–0 L, Abbotsford, 1–5 L, Beaver Valley, 1–5 W, Thunder Bay, 8–4 W, Selkirk, 6–3 | 3–2–0 | 3 of 6 | W, Thunder Bay, 4–3 Bronze Medal | — |
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