Skycity Stampede

The SKYCITY Stampede (formerly Southern Stampede) is one of the original teams competing in the New Zealand Ice Hockey League. It is based in Queenstown, New Zealand and was founded in 2005. The team was known as the Southern Stampede until 2016, when Skycity became the sides title sponsor. The team's home ice is the Queenstown Ice Arena.^[1]

SKYCITY Stampede
City	Queenstown, New Zealand
League	New Zealand Ice Hockey League
Founded	2005
Operated	2005–present
Home arena	Queenstown Ice Arena
Colours	Yellow, blue, white
Mascot	The Beast
General manager	Lee Summer, Nate Hedwig
Head coach	Cameron Frear
Asst. coaches	Jaden Skipper
Captain	Mitchell Frear
Parent club(s)	Queenstown Ice Hockey Club
Website	www.skycitystampede.com
Franchise history
2005-2016	Southern Stampede
2016-present	SKYCITY Stampede
Championships
League champions	2005, 2006, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024

The team has won 9 NZIHL Championships, the latest being the 2024 season.^[2]

Season by season results

Season	GP	W	OTW	T	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS	Finish	Playoff	Ref
2005	6	4	–	2	–	0	32	21	16	1st	Won final (West Auckland Admirals)	[3]
2006	6	4	–	0	–	2	25	19	13	2nd	Won final (South Auckland Swarm)	[4]
2007	10	4	–	0	–	6	42	53	12	3rd	Did not qualify	[5]
2008	12	5	–	1	–	6	58	56	18	3rd	Did not qualify	[6]
2009	16	12	–	2	–	2	97	37	26	2nd	Lost final (Canterbury Red Devils)	[7]
2010	16	4	1	–	1	9	51	78	16	5th	Did not qualify	[8]
2011	16	11	0	–	0	5	87	63	33	2nd	Lost final (Botany Swarm)	[9]
2012	16	10	1	–	0	5	81	61	32	1st	Lost final (Canterbury Red Devils)	[10]
2013	16	5	2	–	4	5	85	86	23	4th	Did not qualify	[11]
2014	16	6	1	–	2	7	71	74	22	3rd	Did not qualify	[12]
2015	16	13	2	–	1	0	112	55	44	1st	Won final (Canterbury Red Devils)	[13]
2016	16	12	0	–	1	3	78	37	37	1st	Won final (Canterbury Red Devils)	[14]
2017	16	13	0	–	0	3	88	42	39	1st	Won final (West Auckland Admirals)	[15]
2018	16	13	0	–	0	3	110	44	39	1st	Lost final (West Auckland Admirals)	[16]
2019	16	14	1	–	0	1	77	23	44	1st	Won final (West Auckland Admirals)	[17]
2020	8	8	0	–	0	0	72	15	24	1st	Playoffs not held	[18]
2021	14	14	0	–	0	0	113	33	42	–	Playoffs cancelled	[19]
2022	16	9	2	–	2	3	56	36	34	1st	Won final (West Auckland Admirals)	[20]
2023	18	14	1	–		3	108	49	38	1st	Won final (Botany Swarm)	[21]
2024	18	14	1	–	1	2	122	44	39	1st	Won final (West Auckland Admirals)	[22]