The Trinity Western Spartans men's ice hockey team is an ice hockey team representing the Trinity Western Spartans athletics program of Trinity Western University. The team is a member of the Canada West Universities Athletic Association conference and compete in U Sports. The Spartans play their home games at the Langley Events Centre in Langley, British Columbia.
History When the British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League (BCIHL) was formed in 2006, one of the founding members was a club team from Trinity Western University, playing under the banner of 'Trinity Western Titans'. The team was rather poor during this time, however, that did not dissuade the university from promoting the program to varsity status in 2010.TWU Titans Hockey – Playing is Believing However, even with the athletic department behind the program, the Spartans had trouble finding their game. The team posted losing seasons every year until finally settling in during 2015. Three years later, the club won its first league championship, which was followed by a second in 2019. After their second consecutive title, Canada West announced that Trinity Western's men's and women's ice hockey programs would join the conference in 2020.
In their final season in the BCIHL, Trinity Western was set up for their third title, however, the entire postseason was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The outbreak also caused the cancellation of the entire Canadian college season in 2020–21, delaying TWU's entry into senior hockey by a year.
Once the Spartans made their Canada West debut, the team could hardly have performed worse. The team finished dead-last in the standings while allowed more than five and half goals per game. Barret Kropf, who had led the team since 2013, was replaced by former NHLer Ben Walter. The next two seasons weren't much better for Trinity Western as they continued to wallow at the bottom of the conference with only slight improvements in win totals.
Season-by-season results
Intermediate hockey Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, SOL = Shootout Losses, Pts = Points U Sports Champion U Sports SemifinalistConference regular season championsConference Division ChampionsConference Playoff Champions SeasonConferenceRegular SeasonConference Tournament ResultsNational Tournament Results Conference OverallGPWLTOTLSOLPts*FinishGPWLT%2010–11BCIHL2410122––225th2610142 Lost Preliminary series, 0–2 (Victoria) 2011–12BCIHL244155––136th244155 2012–13BCIHL24616–2–146th246180 2013–14BCIHL241013–1–213rd2912170 Won Semifinal series, 2–1 (Simon Fraser)Lost Championship series, 0–2 (Selkirk) 2014–15BCIHL24175–2–36 1st281990 Won Semifinal series, 2–0 (Simon Fraser)Lost Championship series, 0–2 (Selkirk) 2015–16BCIHL24139–2–283rd2815130 Won Semifinal series, 2–0 (Simon Fraser)Lost Championship series, 0–2 (Selkirk) 2016–17BCIHL24166–2–342nd2919100 Won Semifinal series, 2–0 (Selkirk)Lost Championship series, 1–2 (Victoria) 2017–18BCIHL25213–1–43 1st292540 Won Semifinal series, 2–0 (Victoria)Won Championship series, 2–0 (Selkirk) 2018–19BCIHL24185–1–37 1st282260 Won Semifinal series, 2–1 (Simon Fraser)Won Championship series, 2–0 (Vancouver Island) 2019–20BCIHL24194–1–39 1st241950 Tournament cancelled Totals GP W L T/SOL %ChampionshipsRegular Season 240 134 99 7 4 BCIHL ChampionshipsConference Post-season 29 17 12 0 2 BCIHL ChampionshipsRegular Season and Postseason Record 269 151 111 7
Senior hockey Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, SOL = Shootout Losses, Pts = Points U Sports Champion U Sports SemifinalistConference regular season championsConference Division ChampionsConference Playoff Champions SeasonConferenceRegular SeasonConference Tournament ResultsNational Tournament Results Conference OverallGPWLTOTLSOLPts*FinishGPWLT% 2020–21 Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic2021–22Canada West20217–1059th202180 2022–23Canada West28324–1079th283250 2023–24Canada West28423–0199th284231 Totals GP W L T/SOL %ChampionshipsRegular Season 76 9 66 1 Conference Post-season 0 0 0 0 U Sports Postseason 0 0 0 0 Regular Season and Postseason Record 76 9 66 1 Note: Games not counted towards University Cup appearances are not included.
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