The Kimberley Dynamiters are a Junior "B"

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team based in

Kimberley, British Columbia Kimberley is a city in southeast British Columbia, Canada along Highway 95A between the Purcell and Rocky Mountains. Kimberley was named in 1896 after the Kimberley mine in South Africa. From 1917 to 2001, it was the home to the world's largest ...

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. They are members of the Eddie Mountain Division of the Kootenay Conference of the

Kootenay International Junior Hockey League The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL) is a Junior "B" Ice Hockey league in British Columbia, Canada sanctioned by Hockey Canada. The winner of the Teck Cup competes with the champions of the Pacific Junior Hockey League ...

(KIJHL). They play their home games at Kimberley Civic Centre. The team began play in 1991, in the Rocky Mountain Junior Hockey League. Kimberley also had a team, the Knights, in the KIJHL between 1972 and 1989.

History

The Kimberley Dynamiters name was previously used by Kimberley's now defunct senior hockey clubs that played in the WKHL, the ABCSL, and the

WIHL The Western International Hockey League (WIHL) was a senior level ice hockey league that featured teams from the Western United States and Western Canada. It operated from 1946–62 and 1963–88. It grew out of the West Kootenay League, whi ...

between 1932 and 1981. The Kimberley Knights won the KIJHL in 1979/80 and the same year won the Cyclone Taylor Cup. Later, as the Dynamiters, Kimberley won the Rocky Mountain Junior Hockey League championship in 1994 and 1999 as a Junior "A" team. Under head Coach Jerry Bancks who previously coached the Junior "A" team to a Rocky Mountain championship, The Dynamiters won the 2014/15 KIJHL Championship against the Kamloops Storm in a seven-game series 4 games to 2, They also placed second at the Cyclone Taylor Cup losing to the eventual Western Canadian Champions Campbell River Storm. Captain Jason Richter was named divisional most valuable player and top scorer for division and league, Jordan Busch was named top Defenseman in the Eddie Mountain division while Coy Prevost was awarded Divisional Rookie of the year. Goaltender Tyson Brouwer was awarded the Playoff most valuable player.

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'' Records as of February 22, 2014.

Playoffs

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Mowat Cup

Cyclone Taylor Cup

; Notes # ''The Kimberley Dynamiters hosted the 2008 Cyclone Taylor Cup in

, at the Kimberley Civic Centre.''

NHL alumni

Awards and trophies

Most Sportsmanlike * Leo Keefer: 2008-2009 * Leo Keefer: 2007-2008 * James Jowsey: 2014-2015 Top Scorer * Tommy Latouche-Gauvin: 2007-2008 * Mike Whitequills: 2006-2007 * Chris Kostiuk: 2005-2006 * Chris Kostiuk: 2004-2005 *Jason Richter: 2014-2015 *Eric Buckely: 2015-2016 Most Valuable Player * Chris Kostiuk: 2005-2006 * Chris Kostiuk: 2004-2005 * Jason Richter: 2014-2015 *Tyson Brouwer: 2015-2016 Rookie of the year * Drayson Bowman: 2004-2005 *Coy Prevost: 2014-2015 *George Bertoia: 2015-2016

References

External links

Official website of the Kimberley Dynamiters
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