The Vancouver Nats were a junior ice hockey

Junior ice hockey

Junior hockey is a catch-all term used to describe various levels of ice hockey competition for players generally between 16 and 20 years of age...

 team based in Vancouver, British Columbia that played two seasons in the Western Canada Hockey League

Western Hockey League

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

 from 1971–73. The team relocated in 1973 to Kamloops

Kamloops, British Columbia

Kamloops is a city in south central British Columbia, at the confluence of the two branches of the Thompson River and near Kamloops Lake. It is the largest community in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District and the location of the regional district's offices. The surrounding region is more commonly...

 to become the Kamloops Chiefs

Kamloops Chiefs

The Kamloops Chiefs were a junior ice hockey team based in Kamloops, British Columbia that played in the Western Canada Hockey League from 1973–77...

 before settling in Seattle

Seattle, Washington

Seattle is the county seat of King County, Washington. With 608,660 residents as of the 2010 Census, Seattle is the largest city in the Northwestern United States. The Seattle metropolitan area of about 3.4 million inhabitants is the 15th largest metropolitan area in the country...

 as the Seattle Breakers (later Thunderbirds

Seattle Thunderbirds

The Seattle Thunderbirds are a junior ice hockey team based in Kent, a suburb of Seattle, Washington. They are part of the U.S. Division of the Western Hockey League, and play in the ShoWare Center...

) in 1977.

On the ice, the Nats finished last overall in the league both years, winning just 27 games in their two years. After their demise, it would be nearly thirty years before the WHL would return to the city of Vancouver, with the Vancouver Giants

Vancouver Giants

The Vancouver Giants are a major junior ice hockey team playing in the Western Hockey League . Inaugurated in 2001–02, the Giants have won one President's Cup in 2006 and one Memorial Cup in 2007 in their ten-season history...

 established as an expansion team in 2001.

Season-by-season record

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Season	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Points	Finish	Playoffs
1971–72	68	17	50	1	213	379	35	6th West	Out of playoffs
1972–73	68	10	55	3	198	428	23	6th West	Out of playoffs

NHL alumni

• Bruce Greig
  Bruce Greig
  Bruce Greig was a professional ice hockey winger who played nine games for the California Golden Seals of the National Hockey League and 60 games for the Calgary Cowboys, Cincinnati Stingers and Indianapolis Racers of the World Hockey Association.After retiring from hockey he turned his exploits...
  
  
• Dale Lewis
  Dale Lewis (ice hockey)
  Robert Dale Lewis was a professional ice hockey player who played eight games in the National Hockey League. He played with the New York Rangers.- References :...
  
  
• Brian Ogilvie
  Brian Ogilvie
  Brian Hugh Ogilvie is a retired Canadian ice hockey player who played 90 games in the National Hockey League for the Chicago Black Hawks and St. Louis Blues.- Career statistics :-External links:...
  
  
• Barry Smith
  Barry Smith (ice hockey b. 1955)
  Barry Edward Smith is a former NHL player for the Boston Bruins and the Colorado Rockies. Smith was drafted 32nd overall by the Boston Bruins in the 1975 NHL Amateur Draft. He played a total of 114 regular season games, scoring 7 goals and 7 assists for 14 points...