St. Albert Merchants

St. Albert Merchants
City St. Albert, Alberta
League Capital Junior Hockey League
Division West Division
Founded 1983 (1983)-84
Home arena Akinsdale Arena
Colours Blue, Gold, White
              
General manager Canada Craig Dory
Head coach Canada Scott Rodda
Website www.stalbertmerchants.com
Franchise history
1983-present St. Albert Merchants

The St. Albert Merchants are a Canadian Junior B ice hockey team located in St. Albert, Alberta. They play in the Capital Junior Hockey League out of the Akinsdale Arena. They are coached by Scott Rodda.

The Merchants are among the most successful teams in CJHL history, winning a total of eight league titles during their existence, along with many provincial titles as well.

History

The Merchants were founded in 1983, and have historically been among the more successful teams in the league. They won the league championship, and the provincial championship, in 1985-86, their third year.[1] They won the league championship again in the 1987-88, before finishing second at the provincials. They won the league championship again the next two years, and again in 1994-95. They repeated, yet again, in 1995-96, winning the provincial title, before finishing runner-up at the 1996 Keystone Cup. In 1996-97, the Merchants went undefeated in the regular season, before winning the league championship yet again. The following season, they finished second in the first edition of the new provincial championship, the champion of whom now won the Russ Barnes Trophy. They made the provincials again the next season, before losing in the provincial semi-finals. Since the turn of the century, the Merchants have had a number of difficult seasons, interspersed by a league title in 2004-05. They often did not progress past the first round in many seasons, before the 2012-13 season, when they returned to the league final, where they lost to the Sherwood Park Knights. They made the league final again the following year, losing again, this time to the Fort Saskatchewan Hawks. In 2014-15, they finished first in their division, but were upset in the second round by the Stony Plain Flyers.[2] In January 2014, the Merchants donated all admission ticket sales and money raised from the 50/50 draw to the local RCMP station, in an act of remembrance for the RCMP officer killed in a shooting outside a St. Albert casino the previous year.[3]

Recent 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

Records as of 2014-15 season.[4]

Season GP W L T OTL Pts GF GA Finish Playoffs
2009-10 38 11 25 0 2 24 124 205 6th, West Lost First Round, (Red Wings)
2010–11 38 19 18 0 1 39 165 157 5th, West Lost First Round, (Regals)
2011-12 38 19 15 0 4 42 143 142 4th, West Lost First Round, (Mustangs)
2012-13 38 22 12 0 4 48 168 136 4th, West Lost League Final, (Knights)
2013-14 38 34 3 0 1 69 221 88 1st, West Lost League Final, (Hawks)
2014-15 38 32 6 0 0 64 198 120 1st, West Lost Second Round, (Flyers)
2015-16 38 24 12 0 5 50 185 139 3rd, West Won First Round, 2-1 (Flyers)
Won Quarters, 3-2 (Mustangs)
Lost Semifinals, 1-4 (Icemen)

See also

References

  1. ↑ Merchants Info
  2. ↑ "Flyin' high: Stony Plain advances to third round of CJHL playoffs | Stony Plain Reporter". stonyplainreporter.com. 2015-03-02. Retrieved 2015-11-27.
  3. ↑ "Merchants peaking for playoffs | St. Albert Gazette". stalbertgazette.com. 2015-01-24. Retrieved 2015-11-27.
  4. ↑ League Standings
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