The Winnipeg Ice (officially stylized as ICE) are a Canadian major

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team based in

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, Manitoba. The team began competing in the

Western Hockey League The Western Hockey League (WHL) is a major junior ice hockey league based in Western Canada and the Northwestern United States. The WHL is one of three leagues that constitutes the Canadian Hockey League (CHL) as the highest level of junior h ...

(WHL) in the 2019–20 WHL season, and plays home games at the Wayne Fleming Arena (Max Bell Centre) while construction on a new arena near

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is completed.

History

The Ice were founded in 1996 as the

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, an expansion team owned by

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, the WHL's longtime president. The team relocated to

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in 1998, becoming the

Kootenay Ice The Kootenay Ice (officially stylized as ICE) were a major junior ice hockey team based in Cranbrook, British Columbia, and competed in the Western Hockey League (WHL). The team played its home games at Western Financial Place. The franchise wa ...

. The Kootenay Ice were three-time WHL champions (

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) and captured the

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. The team was purchased by 50 Below Sports + Entertainment Inc. in 2017. In January 2019, Ice management indicated the team would be relocating to

after the 2018–19 season and play out of the Wayne Fleming Arena on the

University of Manitoba The University of Manitoba (U of M, UManitoba, or UM) is a Canadian public research university in the province of Manitoba. As part of the relocation, the Ice were moved to the WHL's East Division. The Winnipeg Ice played their first regular season game on September 20 in

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, defeating the

Brandon Wheat Kings The Brandon Wheat Kings are a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in Brandon, Manitoba. They are members of the Western Hockey League (WHL) since joining the league in the 1967–68 season. Previously, they played in the Manitoba Junior Hoc ...

by a score of 3–2.

Season-by-season record

''Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, OTL = Overtime losses, SOL = Shootout losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against''

Current roster

Updated January 8, 2023.

NHL alumni

* Peyton Krebs

References

External links

* Ice hockey clubs established in 2019 Ice hockey teams in Winnipeg Western Hockey League teams {{Canada-icehockey-team-stub