Richmond Sockeyes

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Richmond Sockeyes
City Richmond, British Columbia
League Pacific International Junior Hockey League
Founded 1970s
Home Arena Richmond Arena
Colours Red, Black, and White

The Richmond Sockeyes were a Tier II Junior "A" ice hockey team from Richmond, British Columbia, Canada. They were a part of the British Columbia Hockey League. They currently exist as a Junior "B" team in the Pacific International Junior Hockey League

Founded in the Pacific Coast Junior Hockey League in the 1970s. As PCJHL Champions, the Sockeyes defeated the BCJHL Champions in 1977 and 1979 for the Mowat Cup as British Columbia Junior "A" hockey champions. In 1977 the Sockeyes lost out to the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League's Prince Albert Raiders for the Abbott Cup as Western Canadian Champions after winning the Doyle Cup as Alberta/BC Champions.

In 1979, the PCJHL merged with the BCJHL and along with it came the Richmond Sockeyes. From 1979 until 1990, the Sockeyes finished first place in the league 3 times and won the league in 1987. After winning the league, they defeated the Peace Cariboo Junior Hockey League's Quesnel Millionaires 2-games-to-none to win the Mowat Cup. Then they defeated the Red Deer Rustlers of the Alberta Junior Hockey League for the Doyle Cup 4-games-to-3. They moved on from there to beat the Humboldt Broncos of the SJHL to win the Abbott Cup and to earn a birth to the Centennial Cup.

They started out the National title beating the Dartmouth Fuel Kids of the Metro Valley Junior Hockey League 7-3. They then lost out to the Host Humboldt Broncos 6-1. They pulled themselves together in the final game of the Round Robin to defeat the Central Junior A Hockey League's Pembroke Lumber Kings 4-1. The next day, Richmond and Pembroke squared off again, resulting in a 9-3 victory for the Sockeyes. This set up a Humboldt-Richmond final, their ninth game against each other in less than a month. The Richmond Sockeyes came out strong and pulled off a 5-2 victory to clinch their only National title.

In 1990, the town of Chilliwack, British Columbia bought the franchise rights to the team and created the Chilliwack Chiefs to make up for the the Chilliwack Eagles ownership moving to Ladner, British Columbia. The Sockeyes reformed in the Junior "B" Pacific International Junior Hockey League.

Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Season GP W L T OTL GF GA Points Finish Playoffs
1977-78 48 41 5 2 - 353 140 84 1st PJHL Won League
1978-79 48 39 9 0 - 377 191 78 1st PJHL Won League, Won Mowat Cup, Won Doyle Cup
1979-80 66 30 35 1 - 320 327 61 4th BCJHL Coastal Lost Semi-final
1980-81 42 33 9 0 - 271 167 66 2nd BCJHL Coastal Lost 1st Round
1981-82 48 23 25 0 - 255 282 46 4th BCJHL Coastal Lost Quarter-final
1982-83 56 21 33 2 - 265 314 44 5th BCJHL Coastal DNQ
1983-84 50 29 20 1 - 293 243 59 3rd BCJHL Coastal Lost Quarter-final
1984-85 52 31 19 2 - 342 279 64 2nd BCJHL Coastal Lost Quarter-final
1985-86 52 39 13 0 - 367 200 76 1st BCJHL Coastal Lost Final
1986-87 52 38 14 0 - 347 192 76 1st BCJHL Coastal Won League, Won Mowat Cup, Won Doyle Cup,
Won Abbott Cup, Won Centennial Cup
1987-88 52 34 16 2 - 325 216 70 1st BCJHL Coastal Lost Final
1988-89 60 33 27 0 - 325 289 66 4th BCJHL Coastal Lost Quarter-final
1989-90 60 33 27 0 - 325 289 66 5th BCJHL Coastal Lost Quarter-final Round Robin


British Columbia Hockey League

Interior Conference: Merritt Centennials | Penticton Vees | Prince George Spruce Kings | Quesnel Millionaires | Salmon Arm Silverbacks | Trail Smoke Eaters | Vernon Vipers | Westside Warriors | Williams Lake TimberWolves

Coastal Conference: Alberni Valley Bulldogs | Burnaby Express | Cowichan Valley Capitals | Langley Chiefs | Nanaimo Clippers | Powell River Kings | Surrey Eagles | Victoria Grizzlies


Former Member Teams: Abbotsford Falcons | Kamloops Rockets | Kelowna Buckaroos | Kelowna Spartans | Revelstoke Rangers | Richmond Sockeyes
CJAHL | Mowat Cup | Abbott Cup | Doyle Cup | Royal Bank Cup
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