North West Junior Hockey League

The North West Junior Hockey League is a Junior "B" Ice Hockey league operating in the Peace River region of Alberta and British Columbia, Canada, sanctioned by Hockey Canada. The winner of Northwest "B" playoffs earns the chance to compete for the Western Canadian Junior "B" Crown, the Keystone Cup. To earn the right to compete, they must face off against the winners of the other Alberta "B" leagues in the Russ Barnes Trophy.

North West Junior Hockey League (NWJHL)

The NWJHL Logo
Sport	Ice Hockey
Founded	1994 (1994)–95
No. of teams	9
Country	Canada
Continent	North America
Most recent champion(s)	La Crete Lumber Barons
Most titles	Fort St. John Huskies (7)
Official website	nwjhl.com

Teams

Team	City	Arena	Founded	Joined	Head coach	Titles
Beaverlodge Blades	Beaverlodge, Alberta	Beaverlodge Arena	1997	2022		0
Dawson Creek Kodiaks	Dawson Creek, British Columbia	Dawson Creek Memorial Arena	1994[1]	Colby Wagar	2
Fairview Flyers	Fairview, Alberta	Fairview Arena	2012	Dolan Bjornson	1
Fort St. John Huskies	Fort St. John, British Columbia	North Peace Arena	1966	1996	Todd Alexander	8
Grande Prairie Kings	Grande Prairie, Alberta	Crosslink County Sportsplex	1994[1]	Lyndin Lewis	1
Hinton Timberwolves	Hinton, Alberta	Dr. Duncan Murray Recreation Centre	2025
La Crete Lumber Barons	La Crete, Alberta		2022		1
North Peace Navigators	Peace River, Alberta	Baytex Energy Centre	2000	Jody Menssa	6
Sexsmith Vipers	Sexsmith, Alberta	Sexsmith Arena	1994[1]	Kyle Weegar	1

Former teams

Team	City	Arena	Founded	Disbanded	Last head coach	Titles
Beaverlodge Blades	Beaverlodge, Alberta	Beaverlodge Arena	1997	2018	Phil Sykes	0
Moberley Lake Icemen[2]	Chetwynd, British Columbia	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	0
Slave Lake Wolves	Slave Lake, Alberta	Arctic Ice Centre	1994[1]	2014	Corey Paleck	3
Whitecourt Wolverines	Whitecourt, Alberta	Scott Safety Centre	2007	2012	Normand Lacombe	4

The Whitecourt Wolverines disbanded in the 2012 off-season to make way for the relocation of the St. Albert Steel of the Alberta Junior Hockey League, becoming the new Whitecourt Wolverines.^[3]

Champions

Year	Winning team	Coach	Losing team	Coach	Games	Winning goal
1995	Slave Lake Wolves
1996	Slave Lake Wolves
1997	Slave Lake Wolves
1998	Sexsmith Vipers
1999	Dawson Creek Jr. Canucks
2000	Fort St. John Huskies
2001	Fort St. John Huskies
2002	Dawson Creek Jr. Canucks
2003	Fort St. John Huskies
2004	North Peace Navigators
2005	North Peace Navigators
2006	Fort St. John Huskies
2007	Fort St. John Huskies
2008	North Peace Navigators
2009	Whitecourt Wolverines	Joey Bouchard	Fort St. John Huskies	Bob Kalb	4-0	Wayne Quaife (1:17, third)[4]
2010	Whitecourt Wolverines	Richard Kazda	Grande Prairie Wheelers	Jesse Reed	4–0	Kjell Reid (18:00, first)[5]
2011	Whitecourt Wolverines	Shawn Gervais	North Peace Navigators	Darcy Haugan	4–2	Wayne Quaife (16:32, third)[6]
2012	Whitecourt Wolverines	Normand Lacombe	North Peace Navigators	Darcy Haugan	4–0	Mitch Rose (9:45, first)[7]
2013	Grande Prairie Kings	Kyle Chapple	North Peace Navigators	Darcy Haugan	4–2	Nolan Trudeau (5:32, second)[8]
2014	North Peace Navigators	Darcy Haugan	Grande Prairie Kings	Kyle Chapple	4–2	Dylan Moore (3:42, overtime)
2015	North Peace Navigators	Darcy Haugan	Fairview Flyers	Lance Wiebe	4–0	Dylan Moore (2:02, first)
2016	North Peace Navigators	Craig Fox	Fairview Flyers	Lance Wiebe	4–1	Brendan Jay (1:11, second)
2017	Fairview Flyers	Lance Wiebe	North Peace Navigators	Sheldon Szmata	4–2	Ben Moffatt (19:49, third)
2018	Fort St. John Huskies	Gary Alexander	North Peace Navigators	Ken Quinney	4–2	Ben Moffatt (19:49, third)
2019	Fort St. John Huskies	Gary Alexander	Grande Prairie Kings	Kyle Chapple	4-2
2020
2021
2022	Fort St. John Huskies	Gary Alexander	Grande Prairie Kings	Kyle Chapple	4-2
2023	Fort St. John Huskies	Todd Alexander	Grande Prairie Kings	Trevor Morrow	4-2
2024	La Crete Lumber Barons	Dion Knelsen	Fort St. John Huskies	Todd Alexander	4-1	Eric Giesbrecht (19:59, first)
2025	Fort St. John Huskies	Todd Alexander	La Crete Lumber Barons	Dion Knelsen	4-2	Jonny Timmons (14:59, third)

NHL alumni

• Matt Walker^[9]

See also

• List of ice hockey teams in Alberta