The County of Grande Prairie Wheat Kings, formerly the Grande Prairie Wheelers until April 2011 and the County of Grande Grande Prairie Kings until 2024, are a Junior "B" Ice Hockey team based in Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada. They are members of the North West Junior Hockey League (NWJHL). The Kings moved from the Coca-Cola Centre to the Crosslink Sports Centre in January 2014, which has a capacity of 600.
History The Kings (formerly the Wheelers) joined the NWJHL when the league began operations in 1994. It took the Kings nearly 20 years to capture their first league championship but did so on March 26, 2013.
In the 2013-2014 NWJHL season the Kings hosted the Hockey Alberta Investors Group Junior B Provincial Championship. Despite losing the NWJHL finals to the North Peace Navigators, Grande Prairie had already secured a spot as tournament host. The Kings captured a silver medal falling 6 to 0 to the Blackfalds Wranglers in the provincial final.
Season-by-season record
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, OTL = Overtime Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes
Season GP W L OTL Pts GF GA PIM Finish Playoffs 2009-10 35 19 14 2 40 153 162 1471 3rd NWJHL Won quarterfinals 3-0, (Vipers) Won semifinals 4-0, (Huskies)Lost in Finals, 0-4 (Wolverines) 2010-11 35 20 9 6 46 158 112 998 3rd NWJHL Won quarterfinals 3-0, (Huskies)Lost in Semifinals, 1-4 (Navigators) 2011-12 36 30 6 0 60 228 93 941 2nd NWJHL Won quarterfinals 3-0, (Jr. Canucks)Lost in semi-finals, 0-4 (Wolverines) 2012-13 35 32 3 0 64 257 98 1st NWJHL Won quarterfinals 3-0, (Vipers)Won semi-finals, 4-1 (Huskies)Won finals, 4-2 (Navigators)League champions 2013-14 35 27 6 2 56 228 128 1471 2nd NWJHL Won quarterfinals 3-0, (Vipers) Won semifinals 1-1, (Fairview Flyers)Lost finals, 1-4 (Navigators) 2014-15 30 24 5 1 49 - - - 2nd of 7 NWJHL Won quarterfinals (forfeit), (Blades)Lost semi-finals, 2-4 (Fairview Flyers) 2015-16 36 21 14 1 43 173 131 - 3rd of 7 NWJHL Won quarterfinals 3-0, (Jr. Canucks)Lost semi-finals, 4-1 (Navigators) 2016-17 30 13 13 4 30 104 105 - 5th of 6 NWJHL Won quarterfinals 3-1, (Jr. Canucks)Lost semifinals 3-4, (Fairview Flyers) 2017-18 36 21 13 2 44 146 128 - 4th of 7 NWJHL Won quarterfinals 3-2, (Fairview Flyers)lost semifinal 1-4 (Huskies) 2018-19 36 19 15 2 40 151 141 - 3rd of 7 NWJHL Won quarterfinals 3-2, (Vipers)Won semifinal 4-3 (Jr. Canucks)Lost League Finals 2-4 (Huskies)advance to Barnes Cup as League finalist 2019-20 40 14 21 5 33 128 161 - 5th of 7 NWJHL Lost quarterfinals 2-3, (Fairview Flyers) 2020–21 5 5 0 0 10 32 13 — Season cancelled due to covid-19 pandemic 2021-22 40 19 20 0 38 148 147 - 3rd of 7 NWJHL Won quarterfinals 3-0, (Navigators)Won semifinals 2-4(Kodiaks)Lost finals, 2-4 (Huskies) 2022–23 42 32 7 3 67 148 147 - 2nd of 8 NWJHL Won quarterfinals 3-0, (Blades)Won semifinals 4-0(Vipers)Lost finals, 2-4 (Huskies) 2023-24 42 18 10 4 60 181 122 - 3rd of 8 NWJHL Lost quarterfinals 1-3, (Navigators) 2024-25 40 25 15 0 50 179 149 - 2nd of 4 N/S Div3 of 8 NWJHL Lost Div Semi 2-3, (Blades) 2025-26 40 22 17 1 45 168 149 - 2nd of 4 N/S Div3rd of 8 NWJHL Won Div Semifinal 3-0, (Navigators)Lost Div Finals 1-4 (Lumber Barons)
Russ Barnes Trophy Alberta Jr B Provincial Championships
Year Round Robin Record Standing Semifinal Bronze Medal Game Gold Medal Game 2013 L, Red Deer Vipers 4-6W, Wetaskiwin Icemen 6-2L, Cold Lake Ice 4-6 1-2-0 3rd of 4 Pool ? n/a n/a n/a 2014HOST W, Blackfalds Wranglers 6-4L, Cold Lake Ice 5-3W, Ft. Sask Hawks 2-1 2-1-0 1st of Pool B W, North Peace Navigators 6-2 n/a L, Blackfalds Wranglers 6-0 2019 tbd, Calgary Royals Gold 0-0tbd, Airdrie Thunder 0-0tbd, Beverly Warriors 0-0 0-0-0 tbd of Pool A tbd n/an/a
References
External links Official website of the Grande Prairie Kings