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Prince George Spruce Kings
Ice hockey team in British Columbia, Canada
Ice hockey team in British Columbia, Canada
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| team | Prince George Spruce Kings |
| bg_colour | background:#FFFFFF; border-top:red 5px solid; border-bottom:blue 5px solid; |
| text_colour | black |
| logo | Prince George Spruce Kings logo.svg |
| city | Prince George, British Columbia, Canada |
| league | British Columbia Hockey League |
| division | Interior |
| founded | –73 |
| arena | Kopar Memorial Arena |
| colours | Blue, red, and white |
| coach | Alex Evin |
| gm | Mike Hawes |
| website | |
| name1 | Prince George Spruce Kings |
| dates1 | 1972–present |
The Prince George Spruce Kings are a junior ice hockey team based in Prince George, British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Coastal East Division of the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL). They play their home games at the Kopar Memorial Arena, which has a capacity of 2,112. The Spruce Kings won their first Fred Page Cup in the 2018-19 BCHL season.
History
Founded in 1972, the Spruce Kings originally were a part of the Pacific Northwest Hockey League. In 1975, the Spruce Kings and the neighboring Quesnel Millionaires joined the Peace Junior B Hockey League, which renamed itself the Peace-Cariboo Junior Hockey League. In 1980, the league was promoted to Junior A and the Spruce Kings won the league's first Junior A championship. From 1980 until 1996, the Kings won nine league titles. In 1981, the Spruce Kings defeated Fort St. John Golden Hawks 4-games-to-3 to claim their first Junior A title.
In 1994, the Royal City Outlaws had joined the British Columbia Hockey League as an expansion franchise. In 1996, the Spruce Kings bought out the BCHL rights of the Outlaws, using the rights to move the Spruce Kings into the BCHL.
The Prince George Spruce Kings hosted the Royal Bank Cup in 2007. They lost in an anticlimactic final after surviving a record-setting quintuple overtime match in the semi-final versus the Camrose Kodiaks. Spruce King goalie Jordan White made 91 saves in the 3–2 victory. At 146 minutes, it was the longest game in Royal Bank Cup history.
Season-by-season record
Pacific Northwest Hockey League
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PTS = Points
| Season | style=width:2.2em | GP | style=width:2.2em | W | style=width:2.2em | L | style=width:2.2em | T | style=width:2.2em | OTL | style=width:2.2em | GF | style=width:2.2em | GA | style=width:2.2em | PTS | style=width:10em | Finish | style=width:18em | Playoffs | ||||||||||
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| 1974–75 |
Peace-Cariboo Junior Hockey League
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PTS = Points
| Season | style=width:2.2em | GP | style=width:2.2em | W | style=width:2.2em | L | style=width:2.2em | T | style=width:2.2em | OTL | style=width:2.2em | GF | style=width:2.2em | GA | style=width:2.2em | PTS | style=width:10em | Finish | style=width:18em | Playoffs | ||||||||||
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| 1990–91 |
Rocky Mountain Junior Hockey League
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PTS = Points
| Season | style=width:2.2em | GP | style=width:2.2em | W | style=width:2.2em | L | style=width:2.2em | T | style=width:2.2em | OTL | style=width:2.2em | GF | style=width:2.2em | GA | style=width:2.2em | PTS | style=width:10em | Finish | style=width:18em | Playoffs | ||||||||||
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| 1995–96 |
British Columbia Hockey League
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PTS = Points
| Season | style=width:2.2em | GP | style=width:2.2em | W | style=width:2.2em | L | style=width:2.2em | T | style=width:2.2em | OTL | style=width:2.2em | GF | style=width:2.2em | GA | style=width:2.2em | PTS | style=width:10em | Finish | style=width:18em | Playoffs | ||||||||||
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| 2024–25 |
Playoffs
- 1981 Won League, Lost Mowat Cup :Prince George Spruce Kings defeated Dawson Creek Kodiaks 4-games-to-2 :Prince George Spruce Kings defeated Fort St. John Golden Hawks 4-games-to-3 PCJHL CHAMPIONS :Penticton Knights (BCJHL) defeated Prince George Spruce Kings 2-games-to-none
- 1982 Won League, Lost Mowat Cup :Prince George Spruce Kings defeated Fort St. John Huskies 4-games-to-3 :Prince George Spruce Kings defeated Grande Prairie North Stars 4-games-to-1 PCJHL CHAMPIONS :Penticton Knights (BCJHL) defeated Prince George Spruce Kings 2-games-to-none
- 1983 Lost semi-final :Quesnel Millionaires defeated Prince George Spruce Kings 3-games-to-1 :Dawson Creek Kodiaks defeated Prince George Spruce Kings 3-games-to-2
- 1984 Won League, Lost Mowat Cup :Prince George Spruce Kings defeated Quesnel Millionaires 4-games-to-1 :Prince George Spruce Kings defeated Williams Lake Mustangs 4-games-to-1 PCJHL CHAMPIONS :Langley Eagles (BCJHL) defeated Prince George Spruce Kings 2-games-to-none
- 1985 Won League, Lost Mowat Cup :Prince George Spruce Kings defeated Williams Lake Mustangs 4-games-to-none :Prince George Spruce Kings defeated Fort St. John Huskies 4-games-to-none PCJHL CHAMPIONS :Penticton Knights (BCJHL) defeated Prince George Spruce Kings 2-games-to-none
- 1986 Won League, Lost Mowat Cup :Prince George Spruce Kings defeated Grande Prairie North Stars 4-games-to-none :Prince George Spruce Kings defeated Williams Lake Mustangs 4-games-to-1 PCJHL CHAMPIONS :Penticton Knights (BCJHL) defeated Prince George Spruce Kings 2-games-to-none
- 1987 Lost semi-final :Quesnel Millionaires defeated Prince George Spruce Kings 4-games-to-2
- 1988 Lost final :Prince George Spruce Kings defeated Quesnel Millionaires 4-games-to-none :Grande Prairie North Stars defeated Prince George Spruce Kings 4-games-to-3
- 1989 Lost semi-final :Grande Prairie North Stars defeated Prince George Spruce Kings 4-games-to-1
- 1990 Won League, Lost Mowat Cup :Prince George Spruce Kings defeated Williams Lake Mustangs 4-games-to-1 :Prince George Spruce Kings defeated Fort St. John Huskies 4-games-to-none PCJHL CHAMPIONS :New Westminster Royals (BCJHL) defeated Prince George Spruce Kings 3-games-to-none
- 1991 Won League, Lost Mowat Cup :Prince George Spruce Kings advance to final due to DQ of Quesnel Millionaires :Prince George Spruce Kings defeated Williams Lake Mustangs 4-games-to-1 PCJHL CHAMPIONS :Vernon Lakers (BCHL) defeated Prince George Spruce Kings 3-games-to-none
- 1992 Won League, Lost Mowat Cup :Prince George Spruce Kings defeated Quesnel Millionaires 4-games-to-none :Prince George Spruce Kings defeated Fort St. John Huskies 4-games-to-2 :Prince George Spruce Kings defeated Trail Smoke Eaters 3-games-to-2 RMJHL CHAMPIONS :Vernon Lakers (BCHL) defeated Prince George Spruce Kings 3-games-to-none
- 1993 Lost semifinals :Prince George Spruce Kings defeated Grande Prairie Chiefs 4-games-to-none :Williams Lake Mustangs defeated Prince George Spruce Kings 4-games-to-none
- 1994 Lost semifinals :Prince George Spruce Kings defeated Williams Lake Mustangs 4-games-to-none :Fort St. John Huskies defeated Prince George Spruce Kings 4-games-to-2
- 1995 Lost final :Prince George Spruce Kings defeated Fort St. John Huskies 4-games-to-none :Prince George Spruce Kings defeated Williams Lake Mustangs 4-games-to-none :Cranbrook Colts defeated Prince George Spruce Kings 4-games-to-2
- 1996 Won League, Lost Mowat Cup :Prince George Spruce Kings defeated Fort St. John Huskies 4-games-to-1 :Prince George Spruce Kings defeated Quesnel Millionaires 4-games-to-1 :Prince George Spruce Kings defeated Fernie Ghostriders 4-games-to-1 RMJHL CHAMPIONS :Vernon Vipers (BCHL) defeated Prince George Spruce Kings 3-games-to-none 2023-24 (BCHL) Penticton Vees Defeated Prince George Spruce Kings “ 4-games-to-none’’ --
Royal City Outlaws standings
Starting in 1994, the Outlaws played two seasons in the BCHL. In 1996, the Spruce Kings bought the rights to the Outlaws' franchise and brought their Rocky Mountain Junior Hockey League team in their place.
Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
| Season | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | Finish | Playoffs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994–95 | 60 | 4 | 56 | 0 | 203 | 454 | 8 | 5th, Mainland | did not qualify |
| 1995–96 | 60 | 16 | 39 | 5 | 190 | 274 | 37 | 4th, Mainland | Lost in preliminary, 1–2 (Clippers) |
References
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