Campbell River Storm

Campbell River Storm
CityCampbell River, British Columbia
LeagueVancouver 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.

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

Season GP W L T OTL Pts GF GA Finish Playoffs
1999–00 40 24 10 6 - 54 187 144 1st, North Brent Patterson Memorial
Trophy Champions
2000–01 48 33 10 5 - 71 269 145 1st, North Brent Patterson Memorial
Trophy Champions, 4-3 (Islanders)
Cyclone Taylor Cup Runners-Up (Nitehawks)
2001–02 48 40 4 4 - 84 279 131 1st, North Brent Patterson Memorial
Trophy Champions, 4-1 (Panthers)
2002–03 43 36 7 0 - 72 267 128 1st, North Brent Patterson Memorial
Trophy Champions, 3-0 (Cougars)
Cyclone Taylor Cup Runners-Up, 1-2 (Sockeyes)
2003–04 48 43 2 1 2 89 368 120 1st, North Brent Patterson Memorial
Trophy Champions, 3-0 (Panthers)
2004–05 48 33 11 2 68 232 186 1st, North
2005–06 42 23 16 1 47 168 144 1st, North Lost in Finals, 2-4 (Islanders)
2006–07 48 26 20 1 53 193 161 3rd, North
2007–08 48 29 15 3 61 174 123 3rd, North
2008–09 48 21 24 3 45 161 175 4th, North
2009–10 48 15 30 3 33 150 212 4th, North
2010–11 44 9 34 1 19 111 242 4th, North Lost Quarterfinals, 0-3 (Panthers)
2011–12 42 16 25 1 33 137 187 3rd, North Lost Quarterfinals, 2-4 (Braves)
2012–13 48 12 33 3 27 150 219 4th, North Lost Play in Round, 0-1 (Islanders)
2013-14 48 30 14 2 2 64 218 141 2nd, North Won Quarterfinals, 4-2 (Buccaneers)
Lost Div finals, 3-4 (Panthers)
2014-15 48 39 4 1 4 83 280 117 1st 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
2015-16 48 38 6 2 2 80 250 129 1st North
2nd VIJHL		 Won Div semifinals, 4-2 - (Braves)
Won Div finals, 4-0 (Buccaneers)
Lost League Finals, 2-4 (Cougars)
2016-17 48 34 12 0 2 70 217 126 1st 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
2017-18 48 36 6 4 2 78 237 95 1st 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
2018-19 48 34 10 3 1 109 207 92 1st of 4 North
1st of 9 VIJHL		 Won Quarterfinals, 4-3 (Panthers)
Won Div semifinals 4-0 (Braves)
lost VIJHL Finals 1-4 (Cougars)
2019-20 48 29 16 0 3 161 127 61 4th of 4 North
4th of 9 VIJHL		 Won Quarterfinals, 4-2 (Buccaneers)
incomplete semifinals 0-0 (Generals)
Playoffs cancelled due to covid-19
2020-21 13 11 2 0 0 70 24 22 Remaining season and playoffs lost due to COVID-19
2021-22 46 40 4 0 2 222 98 82 1st of 6 North
4th of 9 VIJHL		 Won Quarterfinals, 4-3 (Bombers)
Lost semifinals 0-4 (Generals)
2022-23 48 34 12 1 1 206 137 70 2nd of 6 North
3rd of 11 VIJHL		 Won Quarterfinals, 4-3 (Glacier Kings)
Lost semifinals 1-4 (Generals)
2023-24 48 36 10 1 1 248 155 74 1st of 6 North
1st of 11 VIJHL		 Lost Div semifinals, 2-4 (Islanders)

Cyclone Taylor Cup

British Columbia Jr B Provincial Championships

Season Round Robin Record Standing Bronze Medal Game Gold Medal Game
2015 W, North Vancouver 6-3
OTW, Kimberley 4-3
W, Mission City 3-0		 3-0-0 1st of 4 n/a W, Kimberley 6-5
Cyclone Taylor Cup Champs
2016* L, Mission City 2-7
L, Victoria 3-5
L, 100 Mile House 3-4		 0-3-0 4th of 4 W, Mission City 8-4
Bronze Medalists		 did not qualify
2017 L, Beaver Valley 0-6
W, Creston Valley 6-2
OTW, Aldergrove 2-1		 1-1-1 2nd of 4 n/a L, 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		 1-1-1 3rd of 4 L, Kimberley Dynamiters 1-7 did not qualify
  • - VIJHL Champs Victoria Cougars were Cyclone Cup hosts - Storm advanced as VIJHL representative

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.

Year Round Robin Record Standing SemiFinal Bronze Medal
Game		 Gold Medal
Game
2015 W, 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		 4-1-0 1st of 6 n/a n/a W, N Edmonton - Alta 6-3
Keystone Cup Champions

Notable alumni

Awards and trophies

References

  1. ^ "Campbell River storm past North Edmonton Red Wings to capture Keystone Cup gold | Bonnyville Nouvelle". bonnyvillenouvelle.ca. 2015-04-21. Archived from the original on 2015-11-18. Retrieved 2015-11-17.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-09-29. Retrieved 2010-08-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Jim Revenberg Stats and Profile". hockeydb.com.
  4. ^ "Riverite new owner behind the Storm". Archived from the original on 2012-09-15. Retrieved 2011-09-16.
Preceded by Keystone Cup Champions
2015 		Succeeded by