White Rock Whalers | |
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City | White Rock, British Columbia |
League | Pacific Junior Hockey League |
Conference | Tom Shaw |
Founded | 2018 |
Home arena | Centennial Arena |
Colours | Green, Blue, White |
Head coach | David Rutherford |
Website | whiterockwhalers |
The White Rock Whalers are a Junior ice hockey team based in White Rock, British Columbia. They are members of the Tom Shaw Conference of the Pacific Junior Hockey League (PJHL). The Whalers play their home games at Centennial Arena.
The Whalers joined the league in 2018–19 as an expansion team [1] They played their first regular season game on September 8, 2018 against the Richmond Sockeyes. [2] Matt Rogers was named as the franchises first ever captain. [3]
In 2025, the league announced plans to promote the Chilliwack Jets, Coastal Tsunami, Delta Ice Hawks, Grandview Steelers, Langley Trappers, Richmond Sockeyes and Ridge Meadows Flames to a new Tier 1 division beginning in the 2025–26 season. [4] [5] Under the plan, the Abbotsford Pilots, Aldergrove Ironmen, Mission City Outlaws, North Vancouver Wolf Pack, Port Coquitlam Trailblazers, Port Moody Panthers, Surrey Knights and White Rock Whalers would remain as Tier 2, as well as a planned expansion team to be based in Cloverdale. [6] However, when the plan was put to the franchise owners for a vote, it failed to pass by the required two-thirds majority, with 8 members voting for and 7 voting against. [7] The vote was divided between the franchises that had been selected for promotion, who voted in favour of the motion, and those not selected for promotion, who voted against it. [7]
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 |
2018-19 | 44 | 14 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 30 | 108 | 175 | 6th of 6 Shaw Conf 10th of 12 PJHL | Did not Qualify |
2019-20 | 44 | 24 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 136 | 146 | 4th of 6 Shaw Conf 6th of 12 PJHL | Lost Conf Semi Finals, 1-4 (Wolf Pack) |
2020-21 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 7 | 2nd of 6 Shaw Conf 3rd of 12 PJHL | **Season Cancelled due to COVID-19 |
2021-22 | 44 | 27 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 161 | 140 | 4th of 6 Shaw Conf 7th of 13 PJHL | Won Conf Semi Finals, 4-2 (Wolf Pack) Won Conf Finals, 4-2 (Ice Hawks) Lost League Finals 1-4 (Trappers) |
2022-23 | 48 | 30 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 62 | 191 | 146 | 3rd of 6 Shaw Conf 5th of 13 PJHL | Won Conf Semi Finals, 4-1 (Sockeyes) Lost Conf Finals, 1-4 (Ice Hawks) |
2023-24 | 48 | 27 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 58 | 186 | 158 | 4th of 7 Shaw Conf 6th of 14 PJHL | Won Conf Playin, 2-1 (Steelers) Lost Conf Semifinals, 0-4 (Sockeyes) |
2024-25 | 48 | 29 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 63 | 206 | 166 | 3rd of 8 Shaw Conf 5th of 15 PJHL | Lost Conf Semi Finals, 2-4 (Sockeyes) |
Season | Conference Semifinals | Conference Finals | PJHL Championship | |
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2018-19 | Did not qualify | |||
2019-20 | L, 1–4, Wolf Pack | — | — | |
2020-21 | **Playoffs Cancelled due to COVID-19 | |||
2021-22 | W, 4-2, Wolf Pack | W, 4-2, Ice Hawks | L, 1-4, Trappers |
PJHL Coach of the Year