Estevan Bruins


The Estevan Bruins are a junior ice hockey team playing in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League. The team is based in Estevan, Saskatchewan, Canada, and plays at Affinity Place.
Radio station CKSE-FM broadcasts Bruins games. DiscoverEstevan.com covers the team on a daily basis. The team is also covered in print on a weekly basis by the Estevan Mercury and Estevan Lifestyles.

History

In 1956, Roderick "Scotty" Munro made a presentation to the leaders of the oil booming town of Estevan. His plan was to move his Humboldt/Melfort Indians to the oil capital of Saskatchewan. "The league that we play in is the best junior hockey in the world," he said. Should the citizens of Estevan finance the building of a new arena Scotty would bring top-notch hockey entertainment and much-needed help for minor hockey here.
His pitch was successful and one year later his newly named "Bruins" arrived in Estevan to begin the 1957/58 season in the newly built Agricultural Auditorium.
The Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League would have six members. The Estevan Bruins would have to travel eight hundred kilometers to play the 1956/57 Memorial Cup champions, the Flin Flon Bombers, and would make shorter trips to play the Prince Albert Minto's, Regina Pats, Saskatoon Quakers and Melville Millionaires. Thus began many years of highly entertaining hockey featuring many future NHL players. The SJHL thrived and grew to eight teams, adding Weyburn Red Wings and Brandon Wheat Kings until the Canadian Major Junior Hockey league was formed in 1966.
The Bruins continued play in Estevan for five more years. During this time the league changed it name for various political reasons and in 1971, the Bruins moved to New Westminster, British Columbia ending fourteen years of major junior hockey in Estevan.
Summary of League Participation:
Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League
Canadian Major Junior Hockey League
Western Canada Junior Hockey League
Western Canada Hockey League
The Bruins won the league's President's Cup in 1967–68, then won the Abbott Cup that year to become the Junior Champion for Western Canada and compete against the George Richardson Memorial Trophy winning Eastern Champion for the Memorial Cup. The Bruins lost that Memorial Cup competition against the Niagara Falls Flyers.
In 1971 the WHL Bruins moved to New Westminster, British Columbia, where they became the New Westminster Bruins. The franchise moved again in 1981 to become the current WHL Kamloops Blazers.
With the departure of the major junior Bruins, a new Bruins team was founded in Estevan that same year, which has played in the SJHL ever since. The Estevan Bruins won the SJHL championship in 1985 and 1999.

Season-by-season results

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
SeasonGP W L T OTLGF GA PointsFinishPlayoffs
1966–675633185-273197712nd WCHLLost semi-final
1967–686045132-262169902nd WCHLWon Championship
1968–696040280-294195802nd WCHL EastLost semi-final
1969–706028311-237255572nd WCHL EastLost quarter-final
1970–716641205-283201871st WCHL EastLost quarter-final
1971–724626200-227184405th SJHL
1972–734834140-243163682nd SJHL South
1973–745034142-233150701st SJHL
1974–755841170-302202822nd SJHL
1975–765829281-300291593rd SJHL South
1976–776020400-237358405th SJHL South
1977–786032262-309265663rd SJHL South
1978–796014451-211339296th SJHL South
1979–806034260-318273682nd SJHL SouthLost 2nd Round
1980–816034242-326272702nd SJHL SouthDNQ
1981–826017403-246332375th SJHL SouthDNQ
1982–836423410-294353467th SJHLLost 1st Round
1983–846430331-301341616th SJHLLost 1st Round
1984–856444182-382275902nd SJHLWon League, Won Anavet Cup
1985–866047112-461242962nd SJHL
1986–876425363-301340536th SJHLLost 1st Round
1987–886029292-289305605th SJHL
1988–896430331-347357614th SJHL South
1989–906830308-239261683rd SJHL SouthLost 1st Round
1990–916826375-260330575th SJHL SouthDNQ
1991–926445163-328224941st SJHLLost Final
1992–936432262-256232703rd SJHL SouthLost Semi-final
1993–946827329-245252634th SJHL SouthLost 1st Round
1994–956429296-259271644th SJHL SouthLost Quarter-final
1995–966438179-273202852nd SJHL SouthLost Semi-final
1996–976419378-230282465th SJHL SouthLost Quarter-final
1997–986428297-220234633rd SJHL SouthLost Quarter-final
1998–996644148-288191961st SJHLWon League, Won Anavet Cup
1999–006020328-190246485th SJHL SouthLost Quarter-final
2000–0162203831225299446th SJHL SouthDNQ
2001–0264292546243259683rd SJHL SherwoodLost Quarter-final
2002–0360193254212262475th SJHL SherwoodDNQ
2003–0460212388188209585th SJHL SherwoodDNQ
2004–0555341461195143751st SJHLLost Semi-final
2005–0655133633140223326th SJHL SherwoodDNQ
2006–0758312106203203681st SJHL SherwoodLost Quarter-final
2007–08582925-4197184624th SJHL SherwoodLost Survivor Series
2008-09562425-7203185555th SJHL SherwoodLost Survivor Series
2009-10581836-4160209406th SJHL SherwoodDNQ
2010-11582923-6228229647th SJHLLost Quarter-final
2011-12582828-2208211589th SJHLLost Quarter-final
2012-1354212940153199469th SJHLLost Quarter-final
2013-1456272036164173633 of 4 Viterra Div
6th SJHL		Lost Quarter-final
2014-155622277146203513 of 4 Viterra Div
10th of 12 SJHL		Lost Wild Card, 2-3
2015-1658352003231203732 of 4 Viterra Div
5th of 12 SJHL		Lost Quarterfinals, 2-4
Western Canada Cup as Hosts
2016-1758371821225201771 of 4 Viterra Div
4th of 12 SJHL		Won Quarterfinals, 4-1
Lost Semifinals 0-4
2017-1858341932239184731 of 4 Viterra Div
4th of 12 SJHL		Won Quarterfinals 4-0
Won Semifinals 4-1
Lost SJHL Finals 3-4
2018-1958312232210171671 of 4 Viterra Div
7th of 12 SJHL		Won Quarter Finals 4–3
Lost Semifinals 3–2
2019-2058312331211192662 of 4 Viterra Div
6th of 12 SJHL		Played 5 games of Quarter Finals 3-2
Playoffs ended due to Covid-19

Western Canada Cup

Western Canada Championships ** BCHL - OJHLAJHL- SJHL - MJHL - Host **
Round robin play with 1st vs 2nd - winner advance to National Championship & loser to Runner Up Game
3rd vs 4th in 2nd semi-final winner to Runner Up game loser eliminated.
Runner Up game determines 2nd representative to National Championship.
Competition began 2013 season.

Playoffs