Port Alberni Bombers

The Port Alberni Bombers are a Junior ice hockey team in the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League based in Port Alberni, British Columbia. The team debuted as an expansion franchise in the 2021–22 VIJHL season.

Team identity

The team name, logo and colours allude to the red-and-white Martin JRM Mars water bomber aircraft associated with the Alberni Valley. The team has the same owners as the BCHL Alberni Valley Bulldogs.

Arena

The team plays its home games in the 1,854-seat Alberni Valley Multiplex.

History

The team finished its inaugural regular season in 4th place in the North division before being eliminated from competition after the first round of playoffs. They finished their second year in the same way. The team failed to qualify for the 2023–24 post-season after dropping to 5th place in the division. In 2024–25, the Bombers finished the regular season in second place in their division. After sweeping the Comox Valley Glacier Kings in the first round of the playoffs, they were eliminated by the Campbell River Storm in six games in the semifinal.

|+ style="background:#FFFFFF00; border-top:#E3263C 5px solid; border-bottom:#E3263C 5px solid"|Season-by-season record |- ! style=width:4em |Season ! style=width:2.2em | <abbr title="Games Played">GP</abbr title> ! style=width:2.2em |<abbr title="Wins">W</abbr title> ! style=width:2.2em | <abbr title="Losses">L</abbr title> ! style=width:2.2em | <abbr title="Overtime Losses">OTL</abbr title> ! style=width:2.2em | <abbr title="Shootout Losses">SOL</abbr title> ! style=width:2.2em | <abbr title="Ties">T</abbr title> ! style=width:2.2em | <abbr title="Points">Pts</abbr title> ! style=width:10em | Finish ! style=width:18em | Playoffs |- align="right" | align="left"|2021–22 || 50 || 19 || 28 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 41 || align="left"|4th in division8th overall || align="left"|Lost in 1st round against Campbell River (4:3) |- align="right" | align="left"|2022–23 || 48 || 17 || 27 || 1 || 3 || 0 || 38 || align="left"|4th in division8th overall || align="left"|Lost in 1st round against Oceanside (4:0) |-align="right" | align="left"|2023–24 || 48 || 8 || 37 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 19 || align="left"|5th in division10th overall || align="left"|Did not qualify |- align="right" | align="left"|2024–25 || 48 || 31 || 13 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 66 || align="left"|2nd in division4th overall || align="left"|Won 1st round against Glacier Kings (4:0)Lost in semifinal against Campbell River (4:2) |- align="right" | align="left"|2025–26 || 48 || 17 || 28 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 37 || align="left"|5th in division8th overall || align="left"|Did not qualify

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