Prince George Spruce Kings
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| City | Prince George, British Columbia |
| League | British Columbia Hockey League |
| Founded | 1972 |
| Home Arena | Prince George Coliseum |
| Colours | White, Blue, and Red |
| Coach/GM | Ed Dempsey |
| Assistant GM | Mike Hawes |
| Associate Coach | Stewart Malgunas |
The Prince George Spruce Kings are a Tier II Junior "A" ice hockey team from Prince George, British Columbia, Canada. They are a part of the British Columbia Hockey League and the Canadian Junior A Hockey League.
- Royal City Outlaws 1994-96
- Prince George Spruce Kings 1996 to Present
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[edit] History
Founded in 1972, the Spruce Kings originally were a part of the Junior "B" Pacific Northwest Hockey League in the 1975-1976 season. In 1980, the Spruce Kings joined the Tier II Junior "A" Peace Cariboo Junior Hockey League for its inaugural year, winning the inaugural title. From 1980 until 1996, the Kings won 9 league titles. In 1996, the Spruce Kings bought out the rights of the BCHL's New West Outlaws and moved in the Prince George team.
The Prince George Spruce Kings hosted the Royal Bank Cup in 2007. They lost in an anti-climactic final after surviving a record-setting quintuple overtime match in the semi-final versus the Camrose Kodiaks. Spruce King goalie Jordan White made 91 saves in the 3-2 victory. At 146 minutes, it was the longest game in RBC Royal Bank Cup history.
[edit] Spruce Kings Radio
The Spruce Kings and Prince George’s newest radio station, CFIS-FM, announced August 14,2007 that the Spruce Kings play-by-play broadcasts for all regular season and playoff games will be aired on 93.1 CFIS-FM; they will also be simulcast on the Spruce Kings website and the BCHL Fanzone. Game broadcasts will feature a pre-game show, play-by-play of the game and a post game show. During home games, fans will be able to bring a portable FM radio to the Coliseum and listen to the game broadcast on 93.1 CFIS-FM. Play-by-play of the Spruce Kings broadcasts will be handled by Ron Gallo, Brandan Spyker and the Color commentating will be provided by Aaron Dubois. Ron Gallo has been with the team for the past thirteen seasons in many roles including play-by-play coverage of the team’s road games on the internet during the previous two seasons. Ron Gallo will be provideing play-by-play for all road games as well as hosting the live extended post game show from the Red Robin restaurant following every fome game. Brandan Spyker will be handling the play-by-play for the home games. This will be Spyker's first year at broadcasting. He is looking very forward to starting a career in broadcasting with the Spruce Kings. This will also be Aaron Dubois's first year at broadcasting. He will be supporting Brandan Spyker by steping into the role of color commentator for home games. The play-by-play will begin in the 2007-2008 season. [1]
[edit] Season-by-Season Record
Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
| Season | League | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Points | Finish | Playoffs |
| 1994-95 | BCJHL | 60 | 4 | 56 | 0 | - | 203 | 454 | 8 | 5th in Mainland | DNQ |
| 1995-96 | BCJHL | 60 | 16 | 39 | 5 | - | 190 | 274 | 37 | 4th in Mainland | Lost in Preliminary |
| 1996-97 | BCHL | 60 | 28 | 30 | 2 | - | 233 | 283 | 58 | 4th in Interior | Lost in Preliminary |
| 1997-98 | BCHL | 60 | 22 | 36 | 2 | - | 230 | 269 | 46 | 5th in Interior | Lost in Quarter-finals |
| 1998-99 | BCHL | 60 | 37 | 20 | - | 3 | 305 | 229 | 77 | 2nd in Interior | Lost in Semi-finals |
| 1999-00 | BCHL | 60 | 36 | 23 | - | 1 | 293 | 245 | 73 | 3rd in Interior | Lost in Quarter-finals |
| 2000-01 | BCHL | 60 | 28 | 26 | - | 6 | 237 | 248 | 62 | 3rd in Interior | Lost in Quarter-finals |
| 2001-02 | BCHL | 60 | 16 | 36 | - | 8 | 220 | 300 | 40 | 7th in Interior | DNQ |
| 2002-03 | BCHL | 60 | 19 | 38 | 0 | 3 | 242 | 327 | 41 | 7th in Interior | DNQ |
| 2003-04 | BCHL | 60 | 24 | 26 | 3 | 7 | 234 | 252 | 58 | 6th in Interior | Lost in Preliminary |
| 2004-05 | BCHL | 60 | 36 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 211 | 165 | 78 | 2nd in Interior | Lost in Semi-finals |
| 2005-06 | BCHL | 60 | 21 | 32 | 4 | 3 | 151 | 228 | 49 | 6th in Interior | Lost in Preliminary |
| 2006-07 | BCHL | 60 | 34 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 211 | 186 | 75 | 5th in Interior | Lost in Preliminary |
| 2007-08 | BCHL | 60 | 21 | 29 | 1 | 9 | 178 | 235 | 52 | 13th BCHL |
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