Grande Prairie Storm

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Grande Prairie Storm

City:	Grande Prairie, Alberta
League:	Alberta Junior Hockey League
Division:	North
Founded:	1995
Home Arena:	Canada Games Arena
Colours:	Navy blue, yellow and white

The Grande Prairie Storm are an ice hockey team in the Alberta Junior Hockey League. They play in Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada at the Canada Games Arena, capacity 3228, also known as the Crystal Centre.

Founded: 1995-96

First AJHL Season: 1996-97

Division titles won: 2003-04

League Championships won: 2004

Doyle Cup Titles: None

Royal Bank Cup Titles: None

1 History
2 Season-by-season Record
3 NHL alumni
4 See also
5 References

The Grande Prairie Storm franchise is the successor to the Grande Prairie Chiefs of the Rocky Mountain Junior Hockey League. The Storm came into being after a community led group bought the team with the goal of paying off its $150,000 in debts, and restoring junior A hockey to prominence in the Peace Country.

Already having a brand new arena, the Canada Games Arena, built for the 1995 Canada Winter Games, the group was quickly able to retire the debt, and the Grande Prairie Storm took to the ice for its first season in 1995-96 in the RMJHL, winning the league championship.

In 1996, the Storm jumped to the AJHL, where they have competed since. In their ten year tenure, the Storm have never failed to qualify for the post season. In 2004, the Storm won their first AJHL championship. They also hosted the Royal Bank Cup tournament that season, however they failed to win the Canadian national championship.

The Storm have been a major success off the ice as well, as the franchise perennially leads the AJHL in attendance, and often leads the entire Canadian Junior A Hockey League in attendance. The Storm broke the previous attendance record for the Royal Bank Cup by over 9000 fans in 2004.

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T/OTL = Ties/Overtime losses, SOL = Shootout losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Season	GP	W	L	T/OTL	SOL	Points	GF	GA	Finish	Playoffs
1996-97	60	28	27	-	5	88	236	227	5th Overall	---
1997-98	60	42	15	-	3	87	277	205	2nd Overall	---
1998-99	62	33	22	-	7	73	238	203	4th North	---
1999-00	64	36	26	-	2	74	218	203	4th North	---
2000-01	64	39	22	3	-	81	279	244	2nd North	---
2001-02	64	34	21	9	-	77	233	214	5th North	---
2002-03	64	40	23	1	-	81	267	193	4th North	---
2003-04	60	40	14	6	-	86	241	139	1st North	Won Championship
2004-05	64	38	21	5	-	81	216	160	5th North	Lost in Second Round
2005-06	60	38	18	4	-	80	211	148	4th North	Lost in First Round
2006-07	60	41	15	4	-	86	247	176	2nd North	In progress