Sylvan Lake Wranglers

Sylvan Lake Wranglers
CitySylvan Lake, Alberta, Canada
LeagueHeritage Junior B Hockey League
FoundedWW2 Expansion year
Home arenaNexSource Centre
ColoursTeal, orange, black, white
       
General managerCanada Jesse Cheetham
Head coachvacant
Franchise history
19xx–2007Lacombe Wranglers
2007–2019Blackfalds Wranglers
2019–presentSylvan 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		 —

See also

Preceded by Keystone Cup Champions
2011 		Succeeded by