100 Mile House Wranglers | |
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City | 100 Mile House, British Columbia |
League | Kootenay International Junior Hockey League |
Conference | Okanagan/Shuswap |
Division | Doug Birks |
Founded | 2001Summerland) | –02 (as
Home arena | South Cariboo Rec Centre |
Colours | Navy, Gold, Aluminum Silver and White |
General manager | Dale Hladun |
Head coach | Dale Hladun |
Captain | Stephen Egan |
Championships | 2016 Keystone Cup Champions 2016 Cyclone Taylor Cup Champions 2016 KIJHL Champions |
Website | www.100milewranglers.com |
Franchise history | |
2001-09 | Summerland Sting |
2009-13 | Penticton Lakers |
2013-present | 100 Mile House Wranglers |
The 100 Mile House Wranglers are a junior 'B' ice hockey team based in 100 Mile House, British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Doug Birks Division of the Okanagan/Shuswap Conference of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL). The Wranglers play their home games at South Cariboo Rec Centre. Tom Bachynski is the team's governor and Dale Hladun is the general manager and coach. They are captained by forward third-year Wrangler Stephen Egan.
The Wranglers joined the league in 2013 as a relocated team. The franchise originally started as the Summerland Sting in 2001, then relocated to Penticton as the Penticton Lakers in 2009. The Lakers' short-lived era would come to an end, when they relocated prior to the 2013-14 season, to 100 Mile House to become the Wranglers. In its short KIJHL history, the team has won the Keystone Cup, the Cyclone Taylor Cup and the KIJHL Championship once, in 2016. They won one division playoff title as a member of the Doug Birks Division from 2013-2017 and one conference playoff title as a member of the Okanagan/Shuswap Conference from 2013-2017.
The start of the new expansion franchise saw the Sting finish third in the Okanagan Shuswap Division in their first year (2001-02 season) and lost to the Revelstoke Grizzlies, 0-4 in the Division Semifinals. In the Sting's eight-year existence, they never advanced past the second round. Due to poor records and attendance, they were relocated prior to the start of the 2009-10 season to Penticton, to become the Penticton Lakers.