The La Ronge Ice Wolves are a Canadian junior "A" ice hockey team based in La Ronge, Saskatchewan. They play in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League and play their homes games at the Mel Hegland Uniplex, which has a seating capacity of 1,200.
History
Despite finishing fourth in their division and seventh overall in the league, the La Ronge Ice Wolves defeated the Humboldt Broncos, Flin Flon Bombers, Battlefords North Stars, and Yorkton Terriers to clinch their first SJHL Credit Union Cup. Ice Wolves' forward Liam Brennan was named playoff MVP after scoring a hat-trick overtime goal winning the series. With the win, the Ice Wolves advanced to the ANAVET Cup, but had already guaranteed themselves a position in the 2010 Royal Bank Cup as their opponent, the Dauphin Kings of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League, were hosting the National Championship. The Ice Wolves fell in five games to the Kings. The teams met again in the semi-finals of the RBC Cup, with the Kings defeating the Wolves 5–2 on home ice.
The Ice Wolves went into the 2011 SJHL playoffs as the top team in the league with 86 points and their first regular season points title in team history. The Ice Wolves featured the top three scorers from the regular season in Travis Eggum (106), Marc-Andre Carré (106) and Doug Lindensmith (98). After receiving a bye past the first round, La Ronge beat the Flin Flon Bombers in five games, the Melfort Mustangs in five games, and won their second consecutive SJHL championship in seven games over the Yorkton Terriers. The Ice Wolves won the championship on home ice before a listed attendance of 1,339. Ice Wolves defensemen Dayton Fossum and goaltender Joel Danyluk shared the playoff MVP. The Ice Wolves again lost in the ANAVET Cup, falling in seven games to the Portage Terriers.
Season-by-season standings
Season
GP
W
L
T
OTL
GF
GA
Pts
Finish
Playoffs
1998–99
66
11
53
2
—
183
371
24
7th SJHL North
Did not qualify
1999–00
60
21
36
3
—
180
225
45
7th SJHL North
Did not qualify
2000–01
62
26
34
1
1
225
301
54
6th SJHL Dodge
Did not qualify
2001–02
64
21
37
3
3
195
280
48
5th SJHL Dodge
Did not qualify
2002–03
60
25
28
6
1
222
235
57
5th SJHL Dodge
Did not qualify
2003–04
60
15
33
7
5
172
250
42
6th SJHL Dodge
Did not qualify
2004–05
55
29
18
5
3
196
183
66
2nd SJHL Itech
Lost in Semi-final
2005–06
55
28
20
4
3
190
168
63
3rd SJHL Itech
Lost in Semi-final
2006–07
58
24
24
0
10
207
218
58
5th SJHL Itech
2007–08
58
29
22
—
7
192
200
65
7th SJHL
2008–09
56
11
42
—
3
146
263
25
12th SJHL
2009–10
58
29
21
—
8
209
194
66
7th SJHL
Won League
2010–11
58
42
14
—
2
262
175
86
1st SJHL
Won League
2011–12
58
30
20
—
8
189
178
68
4th Bauer Div 6th SJHL
Lost in Quarter-final
2012–13
54
20
31
—
3
147
203
43
6th North Div 11th SJHL
Did not qualify
2013–14
56
20
33
—
3
175
232
43
4th Sherwood Div 12th SJHL
Did not qualify
2014–15
56
21
27
3
5
135
197
50
4th of 4, Sherwood Div 11th of 12, SJHL
Did not qualify
2015–16
58
26
24
4
4
166
173
60
4th of 4, Sherwood Div 7th of 12, SJHL
Won Wildcard 3–0 (Terriers) Lost in Quarter-final 0–4 (Mustangs)
