The Lethbridge Hurricanes are 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 in the Eastern Conference (Central Division) of the Western 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...

 in Lethbridge

Lethbridge

Lethbridge is a city in the province of Alberta, Canada, and the largest city in southern Alberta. It is Alberta's fourth-largest city by population after Calgary, Edmonton and Red Deer, and the third-largest by area after Calgary and Edmonton. The nearby Canadian Rockies contribute to the city's...

, Alberta

Alberta

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. They play their home games at the ENMAX Centre

ENMAX Centre

The ENMAX Centre is a 5,479-seat multi-purpose arena, in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.It features a full-size ice rink, a running track, racquetball courts and squash courts. An outdoor sports field, with capacity for 2,000 people, is adjacent to the centre...

.

History

When the Lethbridge Broncos

Lethbridge Broncos

The Lethbridge Broncos were a junior ice hockey team in the Western Hockey League from 1974 until 1986. They played at the Lethbridge Sportsplex.-Season-by-season record:...

 returned to their original home of Swift Current following the 1985–86 season, hockey fans in Lethbridge did not have to wait long for a new team. After only one year out of the league, Lethbridge returned to the WHL in 1987–88 when the Calgary Wranglers

Calgary Wranglers

The Calgary Wranglers were a junior ice hockey team that played in the Western Hockey League from 1977 until 1987. The Wranglers played their home games in Calgary, Alberta, at the Stampede Corral.-Season-by-season Record:...

 moved south to become the Hurricanes.

The team's crowning achievement came in 1996–97, when the Hurricanes captured their first, and only, WHL Championship. The Hurricanes would finish as Memorial Cup

Memorial Cup

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 runners-up when they lost the title game

1997 Memorial Cup

The 1997 Memorial Cup occurred May 10-18 at the Robert Guertin Arena in Hull, Quebec. Participating teams were the host Hull Olympiques, who were also the champions of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, as well as the QMJHL runner-up Chicoutimi Saguenéens, and the winners of the Ontario Hockey...

 to the Hull Olympiques. That same year, they also won their division title (only done twice before, 1989–90 and 1990–91) and the regular season title. In the 2007-08 season, the Hurricanes won the eastern conference championship.

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
1987–88	72	20	48	4	-	257	357	44	7th East	Out of Playoffs
1988–89	72	27	39	6	-	356	380	60	5th East	Lost East division semi-final
1989–90	72	51	17	4	-	465	270	106	1st East	Lost WHL final
1990–91	72	45	21	6	-	373	281	96	1st East	Lost WHL final
1991–92	72	39	31	2	-	350	284	80	4th East	Lost in first round
1992–93	72	33	36	3	-	317	328	69	4th East	Lost in first round
1993–94	72	35	32	5	-	306	317	75	3rd East	Lost East division semi-final
1994–95	72	22	48	2	-	263	341	46	8th East	Out of playoffs
1995–96	72	33	36	3	-	259	270	69	2nd Central	Lost in first round
1996–97	72	47	22	3	-	342	248	97	1st Central	Won Championship President's Cup (WHL) The Ed Chynoweth Cup is an ice hockey club championship trophy awarded to the playoff champion of the Western Hockey League . Originally called the President's Cup when the league was founded in 1966, the trophy was renamed in 2007 to honour Ed Chynoweth's long service to junior hockey in Canada...
1997–98	72	32	29	11	-	261	237	75	2nd Central	Lost in first round
1998–99	72	31	32	9	-	224	215	71	3rd Central	Lost in first round
1999–00	72	25	38	4	5	220	250	59	4th Central	Out of playoffs
2000–01	72	29	35	4	4	200	229	66	4th Central	Lost in first round
2001–02	72	33	33	6	0	266	247	72	4th Central	Lost Eastern Conference quarter-final
2002–03	72	28	40	2	2	236	303	60	5th Central	Out of playoffs
2003–04	72	27	28	10	7	196	203	71	5th Central	Out of playoffs
2004–05	72	39	20	12	1	222	162	91	2nd Central	Lost Eastern Conference quarter-final
Season	GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	GF	GA	Points	Finish	Playoffs
2005–06	72	27	36	3	6	195	250	63	3rd Central	Lost Eastern Conference quarter-final
2006–07	72	33	34	2	3	254	265	71	5th Central	Out of playoffs
2007–08 2007–08 WHL season The 2007–08 WHL season was the 42nd season of the Western Hockey League . The regular season began on September 20, 2007, and ended on March 16, 2008. The WHL Playoffs began on March 21, 2008, and ended on May 7, 2008....	72	45	21	2	4	245	175	96	2nd Central	Lost final
2008–09 2008–09 WHL season The 2008–09 WHL season was the 43rd season of the Western Hockey League . The regular season began on September 18, 2008, and ended on March 15, 2009. The WHL Playoffs commenced on March 20, 2009, and the 2008 ADT Canada Russia Challenge series, featuring Team WHL versus the Russian Selects, took...	72	35	32	3	2	227	228	75	4th Central	Lost Eastern Conference semi-final
2009–10 2009–10 WHL season The 2009–10 WHL season is the 44th season of the Western Hockey League . The regular season began on September 17, 2009 and ended on March 14, 2010...	72	20	44	5	3	178	275	48	5th Central	Out of playoffs
2010–11 2010–11 WHL season The 2010–11 WHL season is the 45th season of the Western Hockey League . The regular season began on September 24, 2010 and ended on March 20, 2011. The 2010 Subway Super Series, featuring Team WHL versus Team Russia, took place from November 17–18, 2010....	72	23	36	5	8	205	295	59	5th Central	Out of playoffs

Team records

Team records for a single season
Statistic	Total	Season
Most points	106	1989–90
Most wins	51	1989–90
Most goals for	465	1989–90
Least goals for	195	2005–06
Least goals against	162	2004–05
Most goals against	380	1988–89

Individual player records for a single season
Statistic	Player	Total	Season
Most goals	Kevin St. Jacques	65	1991–92
Most assists	Bryan Bosch	90	1989–90
Most points	Corey Lyons	142	1989–90
Most points, rookie	Corey Lyons	112	1988–89
Most points, defenceman	Shane Peacock Shane Peacock (ice hockey) Shane Peacock is a professional ice hockey defenseman. He was drafted in the third round, 60th overall, by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft.-Career:...	102	1992–93
Best GAA (goalie)	Aaron Sorochan Aaron Sorochan Aaron Sorochan is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who has played for the Springfield Falcons of the American Hockey league...	2.19	2004–05
Goalies = minimum 1500 minutes played

NHL alumni

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External links

• Lethbridge Hurricanes site