The Creston Clippers were a junior 'B' ice hockey team based in Creston, British Columbia, Canada. They were members of the Eastern Division of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL).
The Clippers joined the league in 1976 as an expansion team. After nine seasons, the team folded in 1985. They won one division title as a member of the Eastern Division.
History
After the Clippers folded in 1985, the Creston Thunder joined the Rocky Mountain Junior Hockey League (RMJHL) as a junior 'A' team as an expansion team in 1992, but by the 1998-99 season, the RMJHL had fallen to four teams and was playing a lot of interleague with the America West Hockey League. The Creston Thunder could not afford the travel and opted to leave the RMJHL, effectively forcing the league to fold, at the end of the 1999 playoffs. The team sat out for the 1999-00 season to reorganize. Prior to the 2000-01 season, the team was renamed the Creston Valley Thunder Cats and joined the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League, as a junior 'B' team.
Season-by-season record
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Season GP W L T OTL Pts GF GA Finish Playoffs 1976–77 44 19 23 2 - 40 167 200 2nd, East 1977–78 42 29 13 0 - 58 223 180 1st, East Lost in Finals (Rebels) 1978–79 40 10 29 1 - 21 193 287 6th, East 1979–80 40 15 20 5 - 35 211 200 5th, East 1980-81 40 19 20 1 - 39 205 191 3rd, East 1981–82 42 9 32 1 - 19 169 297 6th, East 1982–83 42 14 28 9 - 28 196 259 6th, East 1983-84 42 5 36 1 - 11 155 354 5th, East 1984-85 42 20 20 2 - 42 236 237 3rd, East
Notable alumni Jamie Huscroft
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