The Chilliwack Chiefs were a Junior "A" ice hockey team from Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada. They were a part of the British Columbia Hockey League and played in the Mainland Division/Coastal Conference.
The BCHL franchise was founded as the Richmond Sockeyes in 1972 in the Pacific Junior A Hockey League. In 1990, Sockeyes returned to the junior B level and sold the franchise to become the Chilliwack Chiefs. Chilliwack previously had teams such as the Chilliwack Bruins from 1970 until 1976, who moved to Maple Ridge, British Columbia, and the Chilliwack Colts from 1978 until 1981 who seem to have become the Langley Eagles and later the Chilliwack Eagles from 1987 until 1989.
Following the expansion of the Western Hockey League into Chilliwack with the Chilliwack Bruins, the franchise was sold and moved to Langley, where they became the Langley Chiefs. The former owners retained ownership of the Chiefs name and, in 2011, the Chiefs Development Group purchased the Quesnel Millionaires, which debuted as the Chilliwack Chiefs in the 2011–12 season.
Season-by-season record Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against Season League GP W L T OTL GF GA Points Finish Playoffs 1990-91 BCJHL 60 39 18 3 - 361 323 81 1st in Interior Lost in semi-finals 1991-92 BCJHL 60 38 19 3 - 305 259 79 2nd in Interior Lost in semi-finals 1992-93 BCJHL 60 20 38 2 - 250 392 42 5th in Interior DNQ 1993-94 BCJHL 60 28 28 4 - 339 332 60 4th in Interior Lost in quarter-finals 1994-95 BCJHL 60 39 18 3 - 295 229 81 1st in Mainland Won League, Mowat Cup 1995-96 BCJHL 60 44 12 4 - 330 219 92 1st in Mainland Lost in semi-finals 1996-97 BCHL 60 32 27 1 - 245 265 65 5th in Coastal Lost in quarter-finals 1997-98 BCHL 60 33 25 2 - 248 250 68 2nd in Coastal Lost in semi-finals 1998-99 BCHL 60 35 20 OTW 3 2 354 272 78 2nd in Mainland Lost in Finals 1999-00 BCHL 60 35 20 - 5 307 251 75 2nd in Mainland Won League, Mowat Cup 2000-01 BCHL 60 34 22 - 4 274 249 72 2nd in Mainland Lost in quarter-finals 2001-02 BCHL 60 46 10 - 4 341 212 96 1st in Mainland Won League, Mowat Cup, Doyle Cup, lost semi-final of Royal Bank Cup 2002-03 BCHL 60 36 17 1 6 251 192 79 1st in Mainland Lost in Finals 2003-04 BCHL 60 36 20 0 4 259 243 76 2nd in Mainland Lost in semi-finals 2004-05 BCHL 60 37 21 0 2 231 187 76 2nd in Mainland Lost in semi-finals 2005-06 BCHL 60 36 16 3 5 243 192 80 1st in Mainland Lost in semi-finals
NHL alumni
See also Chilliwack Bruins (BCJHL) Langley Rivermen Chilliwack Bruins List of ice hockey teams in British Columbia
External links Chilliwack Chiefs Website