The Pass Red Devils were a

Junior A Junior hockey is a level of competitive ice hockey generally for players between 16 and 21 years of age. Junior hockey leagues in the United States and Canada are considered amateur (with some exceptions) and operate within regions of each cou ...

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team in the

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that played in the municipality of

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, from 1972 to 1976. The team relocated to nearby

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for two years before settling in

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as the

Calgary Spurs The Calgary Spurs were a Junior A ice hockey team in the Alberta Junior Hockey League. Founded in 1972 as The Pass Red Devils and following a two-year stop as the Pincher Creek Panthers, the franchise became the second AJHL franchise in Calgary ( ...

. Their four-season tenure in Crowsnest Pass was mostly unsuccessful. The Red Devils never finished a season with more wins than losses and still hold the record for the worst full season in terms of wins and points in Alberta Junior Hockey League history with their 3–56–1 record in 1974–75, although the

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and

Drumheller Falcons The Drumheller Falcons were a Junior A ice hockey team in the Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL) based in Drumheller, Alberta. The Falcons joined the AJHL in the 1971–72 season as the league's seventh team after acquiring the assets of the Pon ...

recorded worse records before folding mid-season. Their 28-game losing streak that season is also still a league record2005-06 Alberta Junior Hockey League Regular Season Record Book

(accessed March 29, 2007) as 2005. Crowsnest Pass was later represented in the AJHL by the

Crowsnest Pass Timberwolves The Crowsnest Pass Timberwolves were a Junior 'A' ice hockey team in the Alberta Junior Hockey League. Based out of the town of Blairmore, Alberta and playing at the Coleman Complex in Coleman, the team represented the Municipality of Crowsn ...

from 1998 to 2004.

Season-by-season records

''Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against''

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Season-by-season records

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