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Sylvan Lake Wranglers
Sylvan Lake Wranglers
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.

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, PIM = Penalties in minutes

Season	GP	W	L	T	OTL	Pts	GF	GA	PIM	Finish	Playoffs
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)

Russ Barnes Trophy

Alberta Jr. B Provincial Championships

Year	Round Robin	Record	Standing	SemiFinal	Bronze Medal Game	Gold Medal Game
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

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	Bronze Medal Game	Gold Medal Game
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	—