{"history":[],"article":{"id":"009b0e39-74cf-43a3-bdae-0c831a42bc72","title":"Okotoks Oilers","slug":"okotoks-oilers","content":":::summary\n![Okotoks Oilers](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9e/Okotoks///Oilers///Logo.svg)\n**Team:** Okotoks Oilers \n**Colour:** background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#004D1F 5px solid; border-bottom:#C7A652 5px solid \n**Logosize:** 180px \n**City:** [Okotoks, Alberta](https://bliptext.com/articles/okotoks) \n**League:** [BCHL](https://bliptext.com/articles/british-columbia-hockey-league) \n**Conference:** Interior \n**Division:** East \n**Founded:** 1998 \n**Gm:** Tyler Deis \n**Coach:** Tyler Deis \n**Website:** okotoksoilers.com \n**Arena:** Viking Rentals Centre \n**Colours:** Green, gold, black, and white \n**Name 1:** [Crowsnest Pass Timberwolves](https://bliptext.com/articles/crowsnest-pass-timberwolves) \n**Dates 1:** 1998–2004 \n**Name 2:** Okotoks Oilers \n**Dates 2:** 2005–present \n:::\n\n# \nThe **Okotoks Oilers** are a [junior A ice hockey](https://bliptext.com/articles/junior-ice-hockey) team in the [BCHL](https://bliptext.com/articles/british-columbia-hockey-league) based in [Okotoks, Alberta](https://bliptext.com/articles/okotoks).\nThe team plays its home games at the Viking Rentals Centre.\nThe team joined the [BCHL](https://bliptext.com/articles/british-columbia-hockey-league) on February 1, 2024 after defecting from the [AJHL](https://bliptext.com/articles/alberta-junior-hockey-league) along with four other Alberta-based teams.\n\n# History\nIn June 2004, the [AJHL](https://bliptext.com/articles/alberta-junior-hockey-league) board of governors approved the sale and relocation of the [Crowsnest Pass Timberwolves](https://bliptext.com/articles/crowsnest-pass-timberwolves) franchise to Okotoks.\nThe franchise was granted a one-year leave of absence in 2004–05 to prepare for its first season in its new home.\nPlayers from the 2003–04 Timberwolves team were loaned out to other AJHL and [BCHL](https://bliptext.com/articles/british-columbia-hockey-league) teams.\nThough dormant, the Oilers franchise was awarded the 2004–05 [AJHL](https://bliptext.com/articles/alberta-junior-hockey-league) all-star game, which acted as a preview of the [AJHL](https://bliptext.com/articles/alberta-junior-hockey-league) brand for the citizens of Okotoks.\nThe 2005–06 season was a success for the Oilers, as they finished with a record above .500 before losing to the [Brooks Bandits](https://bliptext.com/articles/brooks-bandits) in the first round of the playoffs, three games to two.\nThe Oilers played their first season in Murray Arena while construction of their new facility was ongoing.\nOn January 20, 2024, it was announced that the team, along with four other [AJHL](https://bliptext.com/articles/alberta-junior-hockey-league) teams, would join the [BCHL](https://bliptext.com/articles/british-columbia-junior-hockey-league) in the 2024-2025 season.\nThe [AJHL](https://bliptext.com/articles/alberta-junior-hockey-league) responded to the announcement by cancelling most of the five teams' remaining scheduled matches except those between each other.\nIt was then decided that the five Alberta-based teams would play out the rest of the [2023–24 season](https://bliptext.com/articles/2023-24-bchl-season) as a separate division under the aegis of the [BCHL](https://bliptext.com/articles/british-columbia-hockey-league).\nFor the post-season, the Okotoks Oilers and [Spruce Grove Saints](https://bliptext.com/articles/spruce-grove-saints), respectively the 4th and 5th placed teams in the Alberta division, played a best-of-5 wildcard series, with the winner advancing to the Alberta division semi-finals along with the top-3 Alberta teams.\nThe rankings for the Alberta division were determined by winning percentage including their regular season records from the [AJHL](https://bliptext.com/articles/alberta-junior-hockey-league).\nThe semi-final and final rounds each consisted of a best-of-7 series.\nThe Okotoks Oilers lost to the [Brooks Bandits](https://bliptext.com/articles/brooks-bandits), 4–0, in the semi-final round.\nBeginning in the [2024–25 BCHL season](https://bliptext.com/articles/2024-25-bchl-season), the five Alberta-based teams, along with the [Cranbrook Bucks](https://bliptext.com/articles/cranbrook-bucks), formed the East division of the Interior conference.\n\n# Season-by-season record\n\n## Alberta Junior Hockey League\n! style=width:4em | Season\n! style=width:2.2em | GP\n! style=width:2.2em | W\n! style=width:2.2em | L\n! style=width:2.2em | T/OTL\n! style=width:2.2em | Pts\n! style=width:2.2em | GF\n! style=width:2.2em | GA\n! style=width:10em | Finish\n! style=width:18em | Playoffs\n**Source:**\n\n## British Columbia Hockey League\n! style=width:4em | Season\n! style=width:2.2em | GP\n! style=width:2.2em | W\n! style=width:2.2em | L\n! style=width:2.2em | T\n! style=width:2.2em | OTL\n! style=width:2.2em | GF\n! style=width:2.2em | GA\n! style=width:2.2em | Pts\n! style=width:10em | Finish\n! style=width:18em | Playoffs\n**Source:**\n\n# Additional reading","current_revision":null,"created_by":"kACnuQmH5k9Nr5VNVEpVeg7XpvUmMctD","created_at":"2025-01-26T07:19:46.925Z","updated_at":"2025-01-26T07:19:46.925Z","search_vector":"'oiler':2 'okotok':1","search_content":" \n \n**Team:** Okotoks Oilers \n**Colour:** background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#004D1F 5px solid; border-bottom:#C7A652 5px solid \n**Logosize:** 180px \n**City:** [Okotoks, Alberta](https://bliptext.com/articles/okotoks) \n**League:** [BCHL](https://bliptext.com/articles/british-columbia-hockey-league) \n**Conference:** Interior \n**Division:** East \n**Founded:** 1998 \n**Gm:** Tyler Deis \n**Coach:** Tyler Deis \n**Website:** okotoksoilers.com \n**Arena:** Viking Rentals Centre \n**Colours:** Green, gold, black, and white \n**Name 1:** [Crowsnest Pass Timberwolves](https://bliptext.com/articles/crowsnest-pass-timberwolves) \n**Dates 1:** 1998–2004 \n**Name 2:** Okotoks Oilers \n**Dates 2:** 2005–present \n \n\n# \nThe **Okotoks Oilers** are a [junior A ice hockey](https://bliptext.com/articles/junior-ice-hockey) team in the [BCHL](https://bliptext.com/articles/british-columbia-hockey-league) based in [Okotoks, Alberta](https://bliptext.com/articles/okotoks).\nThe team plays its home games at the Viking Rentals Centre.\nThe team joined the [BCHL](https://bliptext.com/articles/british-columbia-hockey-league) on February 1, 2024 after defecting from the [AJHL](https://bliptext.com/articles/alberta-junior-hockey-league) along with four other Alberta-based teams.\n\n# History\nIn June 2004, the [AJHL](https://bliptext.com/articles/alberta-junior-hockey-league) board of governors approved the sale and relocation of the [Crowsnest Pass Timberwolves](https://bliptext.com/articles/crowsnest-pass-timberwolves) franchise to Okotoks.\nThe franchise was granted a one-year leave of absence in 2004–05 to prepare for its first season in its new home.\nPlayers from the 2003–04 Timberwolves team were loaned out to other AJHL and [BCHL](https://bliptext.com/articles/british-columbia-hockey-league) teams.\nThough dormant, the Oilers franchise was awarded the 2004–05 [AJHL](https://bliptext.com/articles/alberta-junior-hockey-league) all-star game, which acted as a preview of the [AJHL](https://bliptext.com/articles/alberta-junior-hockey-league) brand for the citizens of Okotoks.\nThe 2005–06 season was a success for the Oilers, as they finished with a record above .500 before losing to the [Brooks Bandits](https://bliptext.com/articles/brooks-bandits) in the first round of the playoffs, three games to two.\nThe Oilers played their first season in Murray Arena while construction of their new facility was ongoing.\nOn January 20, 2024, it was announced that the team, along with four other [AJHL](https://bliptext.com/articles/alberta-junior-hockey-league) teams, would join the [BCHL](https://bliptext.com/articles/british-columbia-junior-hockey-league) in the 2024-2025 season.\nThe [AJHL](https://bliptext.com/articles/alberta-junior-hockey-league) responded to the announcement by cancelling most of the five teams' remaining scheduled matches except those between each other.\nIt was then decided that the five Alberta-based teams would play out the rest of the [2023–24 season](https://bliptext.com/articles/2023-24-bchl-season) as a separate division under the aegis of the [BCHL](https://bliptext.com/articles/british-columbia-hockey-league).\nFor the post-season, the Okotoks Oilers and [Spruce Grove Saints](https://bliptext.com/articles/spruce-grove-saints), respectively the 4th and 5th placed teams in the Alberta division, played a best-of-5 wildcard series, with the winner advancing to the Alberta division semi-finals along with the top-3 Alberta teams.\nThe rankings for the Alberta division were determined by winning percentage including their regular season records from the [AJHL](https://bliptext.com/articles/alberta-junior-hockey-league).\nThe semi-final and final rounds each consisted of a best-of-7 series.\nThe Okotoks Oilers lost to the [Brooks Bandits](https://bliptext.com/articles/brooks-bandits), 4–0, in the semi-final round.\nBeginning in the [2024–25 BCHL season](https://bliptext.com/articles/2024-25-bchl-season), the five Alberta-based teams, along with the [Cranbrook Bucks](https://bliptext.com/articles/cranbrook-bucks), formed the East division of the Interior conference.\n\n# Season-by-season record\n\n## Alberta Junior Hockey League\n! style=width:4em | Season\n! style=width:2.2em | GP\n! style=width:2.2em | W\n! style=width:2.2em | L\n! style=width:2.2em | T/OTL\n! style=width:2.2em | Pts\n! style=width:2.2em | GF\n! style=width:2.2em | GA\n! style=width:10em | Finish\n! style=width:18em | Playoffs\n**Source:**\n\n## British Columbia Hockey League\n! style=width:4em | Season\n! style=width:2.2em | GP\n! style=width:2.2em | W\n! style=width:2.2em | L\n! style=width:2.2em | T\n! style=width:2.2em | OTL\n! style=width:2.2em | GF\n! style=width:2.2em | GA\n! style=width:2.2em | Pts\n! style=width:10em | Finish\n! style=width:18em | Playoffs\n**Source:**\n\n# Additional reading","revisionCount":0},"hasMore":false,"nextCursor":null}