Kelowna Buckaroos
City	Kelowna, British Columbia Kelowna Kelowna is a city on Okanagan Lake in the Okanagan Valley, in the southern interior of British Columbia, Canada. Its name derives from a Okanagan language term for "grizzly bear"...
League	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...
Operated	1961–1988
Home Arena	Kelowna Memorial Arena Kelowna Memorial Arena The Kelowna Memorial Arena is an ice hockey arena located in Kelowna, British Columbia. It was built in 1945 and has a capacity of 2,600. It is notable for its small ice surface of 180' X 80'. It once hosted the Western Hockey League's Kelowna Wings and the Kelowna Rockets before they moved into...
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The Kelowna Buckaroos were a Tier II Junior "A" ice hockey

Ice hockey

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 team from Kelowna

Kelowna

Kelowna is a city on Okanagan Lake in the Okanagan Valley, in the southern interior of British Columbia, Canada. Its name derives from a Okanagan language term for "grizzly bear"...

, British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

, Canada

Canada

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. They were a part 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...

.

Kelowna Buckaroos 1961 - 1983

Summerland Buckaroos 1983 - 1988

History

The Kelowna Buckaroos are one of the original four 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...

. They won two league titles, a British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

 title (the Mowat Cup

Mowat Cup

The Mowat Cup is emblematic of the Junior "A" ice hockey Championship of British Columbia .The cup was donated to the British Columbia Amateur Hockey Association by Mr...

), and a Doyle Cup

Doyle Cup

The Doyle Cup is a championship ice hockey trophy, won through a best-of-7 series, conducted by the Canadian Junior Hockey League. The series is played between the Fred Page Cup champions of the British Columbia Hockey League and the Enerflex Cup champions of the Alberta Junior Hockey League...

 as Alberta

Alberta

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/BC Champions. In 1983, the Buckaroos moved to Summerland, British Columbia

Summerland, British Columbia

Summerland is a community on the west side of Okanagan Lake in the interior of British Columbia, Canada. The district is between Peachland to the north and Penticton to the south...

. Their season-to-season success dwindled in Summerland as they were replaced in Kelowna by the Kelowna Packers

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:...

 in 1985. The Buckaroos played their final game in 1988 after four straight losing records.

Season-by-season record

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
1961-62	28	17	10	1
148	109	35	2nd OMJHL	Lost Final
1962-63	32	26	3	3
243	100	55	1st OMJHL	Lost Final
1963-64	35	17	16	2
165	171	36	2nd OJHL	Lost Final
1964-65	30	14	11	5
137	99	33	2nd OJHL	Won League
1965-66	30	24	6	0
180	87	48	1st OJHL	Lost Final
1966-67	40	26	14	0
52	2nd OJHL	Lost Final
1967-68	40	14	20	6
180	179	34	4th BCJHL	Lost Semi-final
1968-69	40	18	14	8
182	173	44	4th BCJHL	Lost Semi-final
1969-70	48	17	29	2
200	260	36	6th BCJHL	DNQ
1970-71	60	8	50	2
178	364	18	4th BCJHL Interior	Lost Quarter-final
1971-72	60	21	30	9
51	5th BCJHL	DNQ
1972-73	62	34	27	1
347	310	69	3rd BCJHL Interior	Lost Quarter-final
1973-74	64	44	18	2
375	235	90	1st BCJHL Interior	Won League, Won Mowat Cup Mowat Cup The Mowat Cup is emblematic of the Junior "A" ice hockey Championship of British Columbia .The cup was donated to the British Columbia Amateur Hockey Association by Mr... , Won Doyle Cup Doyle Cup The Doyle Cup is a championship ice hockey trophy, won through a best-of-7 series, conducted by the Canadian Junior Hockey League. The series is played between the Fred Page Cup champions of the British Columbia Hockey League and the Enerflex Cup champions of the Alberta Junior Hockey League...
1974-75	66	46	20	0
458	297	92	1st BCJHL Interior	Lost Final
1975-76	66	37	28	1
348	307	75	3rd BCJHL	Lost Quarter-final
1976-77	68	49	18	1
451	300	99	1st BCJHL Interior	Lost Semi-final
1977-78	66	40	26	0
355	290	80	3rd BCJHL Interior	Lost Quarter-final
1978-79	62	28	32	2
265	323	58	4th BCJHL Interior	Lost Quarter-final
1979-80	60	25	33	2
335	327	52	3rd BCJHL Interior	Lost Semi-final
1980-81	56	36	20	0
390	261	72	1st BCJHL Interior	Lost Semi-final
1981-82	48	33	14	1
287	208	67	2nd BCJHL Interior	Lost Semi-final
1982-83	56	35	19	2
338	218	72	1st BCJHL Interior	Lost Final
1983-84	60	31	29	0
328	304	62	3rd BCJHL Interior	Lost Semi-final
1984-85	52	24	28	0
289	324	48	4th BCJHL Interior	Lost Quarter-final
1985-86	52	19	30	3
311	379	41	5th BCJHL Interior	Lost Semi-final
1986-87	52	5	45	2
169	440	12	5th BCJHL Interior	DNQ
1987-88	51	6	44	1
191	474	13	6th BCJHL Interior	DNQ