La Ronge Ice Wolves

La Ronge Ice Wolves
City La Ronge, Saskatchewan
League SJHL
Division Sherwood
Founded 1998
Home arena Mel Hegland Arena
Colours Black, silver, and teal
Head coach Evan Vossen
Website www.icewolves.ca

The La Ronge Ice Wolves are a Canadian junior "A" ice hockey team based out of La Ronge, Saskatchewan. They play out of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League. They play their homes games at the Mel Hegland Uniplex which has a seating capacity of 1,200. Ice Wolves road games are broadcast on CJLR FM 89.9 with Play-by-Play Announcer, Braden Malsbury. Home games are broadcast online by the team of Braden Malsbury (Play-by-Play) and Curtis Skalicky (Colour Commentary).

History

La Ronge Ice Wolves in 2010

Despite finishing in fourth in their division and seventh overall in the league, the La Ronge Ice Wolves defeated the Humboldt Broncos, Flin Flon Bombers, Battlefords North Stars, Yorkton Terriers, all league champions in previous years, to clinch their first SJHL Credit Union Cup. Ice Wolves Forward Liam Brennan was named Playoff MVP after scoring a hat-trick overtime goal winning the series. With the win, the Ice Wolves advanced to the Anavet Cup, but had their ticket stamped to the 2010 Royal Bank Cup because their opponent, the Dauphin Kings of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League, hosted the National Championship. The Ice Wolves fell in five games to the Kings as Dauphin won its way into the National Tournament. The teams met again in the Semi-Finals of the RBC Cup with the Kings defeating the Wolves 5-2 on homeice.

The Ice Wolves weren't the underdogs in the 2011 SJHL Playoffs coming in as the top team in the league with 86 points and their first regular season points title in team history. The Ice Wolves featured the top three scorers from the regular season in Travis Eggum (106), Marc-Andre Carré (106) and Doug Lindensmith (98). After receiving a bye past the first round La Ronge beat the Flin Flon Bombers in five games, the Melfort Mustangs in five games and won their second consecutive SJHL Championship in seven games over the Yorkton Terriers. It was the first time the Ice Wolves won the championship on home ice before a listed attendance of 1339. Ice Wolves defensemen Dayton Fossum and goaltender Joel Danyluk shered the playoff MVP. The Ice Wolves came up short in their bid for their first Anavet Cup win, falling in seven games to the Portage Terriers losing out on a trip to the teams second straight RBC cup appearance in Camrose, AB.

Season-by-season standings

SeasonGPWLTOTLGFGAPResultsPlayoffs
1998-996611532-183371247th SJHL NorthDNQ
1999-006021363-180225457th SJHL NorthDNQ
2000-0162263411225301546th SJHL DodgeDNQ
2001-0264213733195280485th SJHL DodgeDNQ
2002-0360252861222235575th SJHL DodgeDNQ
2003-0460153375172250426th SJHL DodgeDNQ
2004-0555291853196183662nd SJHL ItechLost Semi-final
2005-0655282043190168633rd SJHL ItechLost Semi-final
2006-07582424010207218585th SJHL Itech
2007-08582922-7192200657th SJHL
2008-09561142-31462632512th SJHL
2009-10582921-82091947th SJHLWon League
2010-11584214-2262175861st SJHL Won League
2011-12583020-8189178684th Bauer Div
6th SJHL 		Lost in Quarter-Finals
2012-13542031-3147203436th North Div
11th SJHL 		did not qualify
2013-14562033-3175232434th Sherwood Div
12th SJHL 		did not qualify
2014-1556212735135197504th of 4 Sherwood Div
11th of 12 SJHL 		did not qualify
2015-1658262444166173604th of 4 Sherwood Div
7th of 12 SJHL 		Won Wildcard 3-0 (Terriers)
Lost Quarterfinals 0-4 (Mustangs)
2016-175864714103275174th of 4 Sherwood Div
12th of 12 SJHL 		did not qualify
2017-1858104503125292234th of 4 Sherwood Div
12th of 12 SJHL 		did not qualify

Playoffs

  • 1999 DNQ
  • 2000 Lost Preliminary round robin
Third in round robin (0-4) vs. Notre Dame Hounds and Melville Millionaires
  • 2001 DNQ
  • 2002 DNQ
  • 2003 DNQ
  • 2004 DNQ
  • 2005 Lost Semi-final
First in round robin (3-1) vs. Battlefords North Stars and Kindersley Klippers
La Ronge Ice Wolves defeated Melfort Mustangs 4-games-to-2
Battlefords North Stars defeated La Ronge Ice Wolves 4-games-to-3
  • 2006 Lost Semi-final
Third in round robin (1-2-1) vs. Battlefords North Stars and Nipawin Hawks
La Ronge Ice Wolves defeated Nipawin Hawks 4-games-to-none
Battlefords North Stars defeated La Ronge Ice Wolves 4-games-to-none
  • 2007 Lost Preliminary
Nipawin Hawks defeated La Ronge Ice Wolves 4-games-to-2
  • 2008 Lost Preliminary
Nipawin Hawks defeated La Ronge Ice Wolves 4-games-to-2
La Ronge Ice Wolves defeated Humboldt Broncos 3-games-to-none
La Ronge Ice Wolves defeated Flin Flon Bombers 4-games-to-2
La Ronge Ice Wolves defeated Battlefords North Stars 4-games-to-2
La Ronge Ice Wolves defeated Yorkton Terriers 4-games-to-2 SJHL CHAMPIONS
Dauphin Kings (MJHL) defeated La Ronge Ice Wolves 4-games-to-1
Fourth in 2010 Royal Bank Cup round robin (1-3)
Dauphin Kings (MJHL) defeated La Ronge Ice Wolves 6-2 in semi-final
La Ronge Ice Wolves defeated Flin Flon Bombers 4-games-to-1
La Ronge Ice Wolves defeated Melfort Mustangs 4-games-to-1
La Ronge Ice Wolves defeated Yorkton Terriers 4-games-to-3 SJHL CHAMPIONS
Portage Terriers (MJHL) defeated La Range Ice Wolves 4-games-to-3
  • 2012
Preliminary Round La Ronge Ice Wolves defeated Flin Flon Bombers 3-games-to-0
Quarter-Finals Humboldt Broncos defeated La Ronge Ice Wolves 4-games-to-0
  • 2013
DNQ
  • 2014
DNQ
  • 2015
DNQ
  • 2016
Preliminary Round La Ronge Ice Wolves defeated Yorkton Terriers 3-games-to-0
Quarter-Finals Melfort Mustangs defeated La Ronge Ice Wolves 4-games-to-0
  • 2017
DNQ

See also

References

https://www.icewolves.ca - Official Website https://www.icewolves.ca/page/show/634444-the-northerner-playoff-mvp-award - Awards List

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