The Cowichan Valley Capitals are a Junior "A" Ice Hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 team based in Duncan, British Columbia

Duncan, British Columbia

Duncan is a city on southern Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada.-History:The community is named after William Chalmers Duncan . He arrived in Victoria in May 1862, then in August of that year he was one of the party of a hundred settlers which Governor Douglas took to Cowichan Bay...

, Canada

Canada

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. They are members of the Coastal Conference of the British Columbia Hockey League

British Columbia Hockey League

The British Columbia Hockey League is a Junior "A" ice hockey league from British Columbia under Hockey Canada, a subsection of the Canadian Junior Hockey League. Founded in Vernon in 1961, the BCHL now includes 16 teams. These teams play in two conferences, known as the Coastal and the Interior...

 (BCHL). They play their home games at Island Savings Centre.

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, PIM = Penalties in minutes

Season	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts	PIM	Finish	Playoffs
1980-81	42	29	13	0	-	329	204	58	925	3rd, Coastal	Lost in Division Quarterfinals, 1-5 (Clippers Nanaimo Clippers The Nanaimo Clippers are a Junior "A" Ice Hockey team based in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Coastal Conference of the British Columbia Hockey League... )
1981-82	48	32	16	0	-	347	244	64		3rd, Coastal	Lost in Division Finals, 3-4 (Royals New Westminster Royals The New Westminster Royals was the name of several professional and junior ice hockey teams based in New Westminster, British Columbia.The first team played from 1912-1914 in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association which was established in 1911.... )
1982-83	56	17	38	1	-	247	350	35	1477	7th, Coastal	Did not qualify
1983-84	50	8	41	1	-	208	347	17		6th, Coastal	Did not qualify
1984-85	52	9	42	1	-	222	438	19		6th, Coastal	Did not qualify
1985-86	52	13	38	1	-	216	312	27		5th, Coastal	Did not qualify
1986-87	52	20	32	0	-	238	276	40		5th, Coastal	Did not qualify
1987-88	52	25	25	2	-	248	241	52		4th, Coastal	Lost in Division Semifinals, 2-4 (Sockeyes Richmond Sockeyes The Richmond Sockeyes are a Junior "B" Ice Hockey team based in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Tom Shaw Conference of the Pacific International Junior Hockey League... )
1988-89	60	14	44	2	-	286	420	30	2960	6th, Coastal	Did not qualify
1989-90	61	16	44	1	-	308	468	33		6th, Coastal	Lost in Preliminary, 3-4
1993-94	60	29	29	2	-	287	301	60		2nd, Coastal	Lost in Finals, 1-4 (Spartans Kelowna Spartans The Kelowna Spartans were a Junior "A" ice hockey team from Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. They were a part of the British Columbia Hockey League.-History:... )
1994-95	60	32	24	4	-	351	270	68		2nd, Island	Lost in Quarterfinals, 1-4 (Paper Kings)
1995-96	60	36	22	2	-	272	255	74		1st, Island	Lost in Semifinals, 0-4 (Vipers Vernon Vipers The Vernon Vipers are a Junior "A" Ice Hockey team based in Vernon, British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Interior Conference of the British Columbia Hockey League . They play their home games at Wesbild Centre.-History:... )
1996-97	60	32	24	4	-	230	196	68	1281	4th, Coastal	Lost in Preliminary, 1-2 (Chiefs)
1997-98	60	19	37	4	-	212	261	42	1158	7th, Coastal	Did not qualify
1998-99	60	36	20	-	4	290	256	76		2nd, Coastal	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 0-3 (Chiefs)
1999-00	60	32	21	-	7	263	243	71		2nd, Coastal	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 0-4 (Chiefs)
2000-01	60	28	24	-	8	236	249	64	1158	3rd, Island	Did not qualify
2001-02	60	39	16	-	5	291	171	83		2nd, Island	Lost in Conference Semifinals, 1-3 (Clippers Nanaimo Clippers The Nanaimo Clippers are a Junior "A" Ice Hockey team based in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Coastal Conference of the British Columbia Hockey League... )
2002-03	60	30	21	2	7	234	207	69		3rd, Island	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 1-4 (Kings Powell River Kings The Powell River Kings are a Junior "A" Ice Hockey team based in Powell River, British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Coastal Conference of the British Columbia Hockey League... )
2003-04	60	38	13	4	5	242	183	85	1979	1st, Island	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 2-4 (Bulldogs Alberni Valley Bulldogs The Alberni Valley Bulldogs are a Junior "A" ice hockey team based in Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Coastal Conference of the British Columbia Hockey League . They play their home games at Weyerhaeuser Arena.-History:... )
2004-05	60	26	29	1	4	213	235	57	1362	4th, Island	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 0-4 (Clippers Nanaimo Clippers The Nanaimo Clippers are a Junior "A" Ice Hockey team based in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Coastal Conference of the British Columbia Hockey League... )
2005-06	60	25	28	2	5	188	212	57	1152	3rd, Island	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 0-4 (Bulldogs Alberni Valley Bulldogs The Alberni Valley Bulldogs are a Junior "A" ice hockey team based in Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Coastal Conference of the British Columbia Hockey League . They play their home games at Weyerhaeuser Arena.-History:... )
2006-07	60	36	16	2	6	254	209	80	1123	3rd, Coastal	Lost in Conference Final, 2-4 (Clippers Nanaimo Clippers The Nanaimo Clippers are a Junior "A" Ice Hockey team based in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Coastal Conference of the British Columbia Hockey League... )
2007-08	60	27	28	2	3	200	200	59	829	7th, Coastal	Did not qualify
2008-09	60	34	20	1	5	224	198	74	1107	2nd, Island	Lost in Conference Semifinals, 3-4 (Grizzlies Victoria Grizzlies The Victoria Grizzlies are a Junior "A" ice hockey team based in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Coastal Conference of the British Columbia Hockey League . They play their home games at Bear Mountain Arena.... )
2009-10	60	25	32	0	3	181	243	53	951	7th, Coastal	Lost in Conference Quarterfinals, 1-4 (Kings Powell River Kings The Powell River Kings are a Junior "A" Ice Hockey team based in Powell River, British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Coastal Conference of the British Columbia Hockey League... )
2010-11	60	21	30	1	8	187	253	51		8th, Coastal	Did not qualify

Defencemen

4. Darrin Robak

5. Vinny Muto

6. David London

7. Karver Everson

22. Christian Cordier

24. Troy Paterson

27. Josh Monk

Forwards

8. Steven Iacobellis

9. Brandon Mistal

12. Mikael Jung

13. David Pope

14. Steen Cooper

16. Dylan Rota

17. Matt Brown

18. Keyler Bruce

19. Brendon MacDonald (Captain)

20. Devin Gannon

21. Travis Stephens

26. Jake Charles

91. Matt Grant

Honored Members

The Capitals have only one number retired,

10. Matt Ellison

Matt Ellison

Matt Ellison is a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who currently plays for Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod of the Kontinental Hockey League .-Playing career:...

The jersey with his number & name have recently been replaced with a proper banner, which hangs near the scoreboard in the arena.

NHL Alumni

Doug Bodger Doug Bodger Doug Bodger is a former Canadian ice hockey defenceman in the National Hockey League. Selected by the Pittsburgh Penguins ninth overall in the 1984 NHL Draft he would play in over 1,000 games in the NHL with the Penguins, Buffalo Sabres, San Jose Sharks, New Jersey Devils, Los Angeles Kings, and... Spencer Carbery Spencer Carbery Spencer Carbery is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger who is currently the head coach for the South Carolina Stingrays of the ECHL.-Playing career:... Geoff Courtnall Geoff Courtnall Geoffrey Lawton Courtnall is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player in the National Hockey League from 1983 to 2000. He was the head coach of the Victoria Grizzlies of the BCHL as well as the University of Victoria Vikes of the BCIHL.Courtnall was born in Victoria, British Columbia,...

Matt Ellison Matt Ellison Matt Ellison is a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who currently plays for Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod of the Kontinental Hockey League .-Playing career:... Dan Gendur Dan Gendur Dan Gendur is a professional ice hockey winger currently playing for the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees of the Central Hockey League... Geoff Kinrade Geoff Kinrade Geoffrey "Geoff" Kenneth Kinrade is a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He is a member of the HC Plzen 1929 team. He previously played in the organizations of the Ottawa Senators and Tampa Bay Lightning of the National Hockey League . Kinrade has played one game in the NHL...

Glenn Kulka Glenn Kulka Glenn Kulka is a retired Canadian professional wrestler, hockey and football player who competed in Canadian independent promotions during the late 1990s and had a brief stint in the World Wrestling Federation in 1997.... Scott Robinson Scott Robinson (ice hockey) Scott Douglas Robinson is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player. He played one game in the National Hockey League for the Minnesota North Stars in the 1989–90 season...

External links

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• Official website of the British Columbia Hockey League
• CapsSuperFans.com