The Whitecourt Wolverines were a junior "B"

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team based in

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, Canada. They were members of the

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(NWJHL) and played their home games out of the Scott Safety Centre.

History

Founded in August 2007, the Wolverines played their inaugural season in 2007–08, appearing in the league finals, losing in the seventh game to the Peace River Navigators. The Wolverines have appeared in the NWJHL finals in each of its five seasons. Its four consecutive championships from 2008–09 to 2011–12 is a league record for consecutive championships by a team. The team also holds the league record for most championships by a team. The Wolverines won silver medals in the 2008–09 and 2009–10 Hockey Alberta Junior "B" Provincial Championships, losing to the Russ Barnes Trophy winners

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and Beaumont Chiefs respectively. After losing in the bronze medal game in 2010–11, the team defeated the host

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in the gold medal game in 2011–12 to win its first provincial title. The team proceeded to the

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tournament where it took home the bronze medal. On May 2, 2012, shortly after its first Keystone Cup appearance, the

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(AJHL) announced it approved a request to relocate the

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from St. Albert to Whitecourt for play in the 2012–2013 season. As a result, the junior "B" Wolverines disbanded and relinquished its team name to the relocated AJHL franchise, the

Whitecourt Wolverines The Whitecourt Wolverines are a Junior ice hockey#Junior A, junior "A" ice hockey team in North Division of the Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL) based in Whitecourt, Alberta, Canada. The 2012–13 season was their inaugural season in Whitecou ...

Season-by-season record

''Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, OTL = Overtime Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes''

Awards and trophies

NWJHL championship *2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12 Provincial championship * Russ Barnes Trophy (gold medal): 2011–12 *Silver medal: 2008–09, 2009–10

western Canada championship *Bronze medal: 2011–12

Honoured members

The number 22 was retired for Elias Lachance at the start of the 2011–12 season. Lachance, who played for the Wolverines during its 2008–09 and 2009–10 seasons, died in a car accident in 2011.

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