The Cowichan Valley Capitals are a junior ice hockey team based in Duncan, British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Coastal conference in the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL). They play their home games at Cowichan Community Centre.
Season-by-season record
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes
Season <abbr title="Games Played">GP</abbr title> <abbr title="Wins">W</abbr title> <abbr title="Losses">L</abbr title> <abbr title="Ties">T</abbr title> <abbr title="Overtime Losses">OTL</abbr title> <abbr title="Goals For">GF</abbr title> <abbr title="Goals Against">GA</abbr title> <abbr title="Points">Pts</abbr title> Finish Playoffs 1980–81 42 29 13 0 — 329 204 58 3rd, Coastal Lost div. quarter-finals, 1–5 (Clippers) 1981–82 48 32 16 0 — 347 244 64 3rd, Coastal Lost Div. Finals, 3–4 (Royals) 1982–83 56 17 38 1 — 247 350 35 7th, Coastal did not qualify 1983–84 50 8 41 1 — 208 347 17 6th, Coastal did not qualify 1984–85 52 9 42 1 — 222 438 19 6th, Coastal did not qualify 1985–86 52 13 38 1 — 216 312 27 5th, Coastal did not qualify 1986–87 52 20 32 0 — 238 276 40 5th, Coastal did not qualify 1987–88 52 25 25 2 — 248 241 52 4th, Coastal Lost div. semi-finals, 2–4 (Sockeyes) 1988–89 60 14 44 2 — 286 420 30 6th, Coastal did not qualify 1989–90 61 16 44 1 — 308 468 33 6th, Coastal Lost preliminary, 3–4 1990–91 60 25 34 1 — 263 308 51 4th, Coastal Lost semifinals, 3–4 (Paper Kings) 1991–92 60 25 34 1 — 303 363 51 4th, Coastal Lost quarterfinals, 0–4 (Ice Hawks) 1992–93 60 17 37 6 — 259 387 40 5th, Coastal did not qualify 1993–94 60 29 29 2 — 287 301 60 2nd, Coastal Lost finals, 1–4 (Spartans) 1994–95 60 32 24 4 — 351 270 68 2nd, Island Lost quarterfinals, 1–4 (Paper Kings) 1995–96 60 36 22 2 — 272 255 74 1st, Island Lost semifinals, 0–4 (Vipers) 1996–97 60 32 24 4 — 230 196 68 4th, Coastal Lost preliminary, 1–2 (Chiefs) 1997–98 60 19 37 4 — 212 261 42 7th, Coastal did not qualify 1998–99 60 36 20 — 4 290 256 76 2nd, Coastal Lost Conf. Quarterfinals, 0–3 (Chiefs) 1999–00 60 32 21 — 7 263 243 71 2nd, Coastal Lost Conf. Quarterfinals, 0–4 (Chiefs) 2000–01 60 28 24 — 8 236 249 64 3rd, Island did not qualify 2001–02 60 39 16 — 5 291 171 83 2nd, Island Lost Conference Semifinals, 1–3 (Clippers) 2002–03 60 30 21 2 7 234 207 69 3rd, Island Lost Conf. Quarterfinals, 1–4 (Kings) 2003–04 60 38 13 4 5 242 183 85 1st, Island Lost Conf. Quarterfinals, 2–4 (Bulldogs) 2004–05 60 26 29 1 4 213 235 57 4th, Island Lost Conference Quarterfinals, 0–4 (Clippers) 2005–06 60 25 28 2 5 188 212 57 3rd, Island Lost Conf. Quarterfinals, 0–4 (Bulldogs) 2006–07 60 36 16 2 6 254 209 80 3rd, Coastal Lost Conf. Final, 2–4 (Clippers) 2007–08 60 27 28 2 3 200 200 59 7th, Coastal did not qualify 2008–09 60 34 20 1 5 224 198 74 2nd, Island Lost Conf. Semifinals, 3–4 (Grizzlies) 2009–10 60 25 32 0 3 181 243 53 7th, Coastal Lost Conf. Quarterfinals, 1–4 (Kings) 2010–11 60 21 30 1 8 187 253 51 8th, Coastal did not qualify 2011–12 60 36 16 1 7 222 188 80 3rd, Coastal Lost Conf. Quarterfinals 3–4 (Eagles) 2012–13 56 13 35 1 7 144 213 34 5th, Island did not qualify 2013–14 58 22 30 2 4 165 201 50 5th, Island did not qualify 2014–15 58 20 33 2 3 175 238 45 5th, Island did not qualify 2015–16 58 27 35 3 3 185 200 60 3rd, Island Lost div quarter-finals 2–4 (Kings) 2016–17 58 25 28 3 2 168 206 55 3rd of 5, Island12th of 17, BCHL Lost div quarter-finals 0–4 (Kings) 2017–18 58 10 41 5 2 145 267 27 5th of 5, Island17th of 17, BCHL did not qualify 2018–19 58 17 35 — 6 159 220 40 5th of 5, Island16th of 17, BCHL Won First Round, 4–2 (Vees)Lost Second Round, 2–4 (Wild) 2019–20 58 35 16 0 7 194 159 77 2nd of 5, Island5th of 17, BCHL Won First Round, 4–1 (Kings) 2020–21 20 7 11 2 0 44 77 16 4th of 4, Port Al Pod11th of 16, BCHL Covid-19 "pod season" - no playoffs 2021–22 54 15 33 5 1 157 219 36 8th of 9, Coastal16th of 18, BCHL Lost div quarter-final, 0-4 (Bulldogs) 2022–23 54 31 19 0 3 198 164 66 3rd of 9, Coastal5th of 18, BCHL Won 1st round, 4-0 (Grizzlies)Won 2nd round, 4-3 (Eagles)Won semi-finals, 4-0 (Chiefs)Lost finals, 4-0 (Vees) 2023–24 54 33 20 0 1 203 161 67 3rd of 9, Coastal7th of 17, BCHL Won 1st round, 4-3 (Express)Won 2nd round, 4-0 (Chiefs) 2024–25 54 31 19 4 0 220 206 66 3rd of 10, Coastal8th of 21, BCHL Won Div Quarterfinals, 4-1 (Clippers)Lost Div Semifinals 2-4 (Grizzlies) 2025–26 54 38 13 0 3 242 159 79 2nd of 5, Coastal West3rd of 10, Coastal8th of 21, BCHL Won Div Quarterfinals, 4-3 (Victoria)Lost Div Semifinals, 3-4 (Nanaimo)
Honored members
The Capitals have only one number retired: 10. Matt Ellison
NHL alumni
Laurent Brossoit Geoff Courtnall Matt Ellison Dean Evason Dan Hodgson Geoff Kinrade
Awards and trophies
Cliff McNabb Memorial Trophy 1994
Chevrolet Cup 2004
Bob Fenton Trophy Mike Hammond: 2010 Alexandre Gagne: 2005 Mike McKay: 2000
Brett Hull Trophy Matt Ellison: 2002
Bruce Allison Memorial Trophy Kevin Robertson: 1988Defensive Award Zack Currie: 2009 Jim Gattolliat: 1997
Goaltending Award Tim Boron: 2003 Tim Boron: 2002
Joe Tennant Memorial Trophy Scott Robinson: 2007 Scott Robinson: 2004
Vern Dye Memorial Trophy Chris Rawlings: 2009 Kevin Lachance: 2004 Tim Boron: 2003 Jordan Watt: 2000
Wally Forslund Memorial Trophy Tim Boron/Jason Dupis: 2002
See also
List of ice hockey teams in British Columbia
References
External links
Official website of the Cowichan Valley Capitals Official website of the British Columbia Hockey League