The Quesnel Millionaires were a junior "A" ice hockey team based in Quesnel, British Columbia, Canada. They were members of the Interior Conference of the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL). They played their home games at Quesnel Twin Arena. The ownership group accepted an offer from the Chiefs Development group to move them to Chilliwack to play in Prospera Centre as of 2011 which was vacated after the Chilliwack Bruins were sold and moved to Victoria, BC. They are now known as the Chilliwack Chiefs.

History

The Millionaires started out in the Peace Cariboo Junior Hockey League in 1975. The Millionaires are the 1977, 1978, 1979, and 1987 PCJHL Champions. They have also won the 1977, 1978, and 1979 Cyclone Taylor Cup Championships. In 1978, the Millionaires also won the Western Canada Junior B championship, defeating the North Saskatchewan Junior B Hockey League's Saskatoon Quakers 2-games-to-none. In 1996, the Millionaires moved to the British Columbia Hockey League.

Quesnel Millionaires

On May 9, 2011, the BCHL approved the sale of the Quesnel Millionaires to the Chiefs Development Group in Chilliwack, BC. The former Chiefs franchise was renamed the Langley Rivermen in preparation for the Millionaires' return to Chilliwack.

Quesnel Millionaires

Season-by-season record

Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Quesnel Millionaires

* Prince George Spruce Kings receive bye. Quesnel Millionaires disqualified from playoffs over a missed regular season game.

Playoffs

1981 Lost semi-final

Fort St. John Golden Hawks defeated Quesnel Millionaires 4-games-to-1

1982 DNQ

1983 Lost semi-final

Quesnel Millionaires defeated Prince George Spruce Kings 3-games-to-1

Williams Lake Mustangs defeated Quesnel Millionaires 3-games-to-none

1984 Lost semi-final

Prince George Spruce Kings defeated Quesnel Millionaires 4-games-to-1

1985 Did Not Participate

1986 DNQ

1987 Won League, lost Mowat Cup

Quesnel Millionaires defeated Prince George Spruce Kings 4-games-to-2

Quesnel Millionaires defeated Grande Prairie North Stars 4-games-to-2 PCJHL CHAMPIONS Richmond Sockeyes defeated Quesnel Millionaires 2-games-to-none 1988 Lost semi-final Prince George Spruce Kings defeated Quesnel Millionaires 4-games-to-none 1989 DNQ 1990 Lost semi-final Fort St. John Huskies defeated Quesnel Millionaires 4-games-to-none 1991 Disqualified from Playoffs 1992 Lost quarter-final Prince George Spruce Kings defeated Quesnel Millionaires 4-games-to-none 1993 Lost quarter-final Williams Lake Mustangs defeated Quesnel Millionaires 4-games-to-none 1994 DNQ 1995 DNQ 1996 Lost semi-final Quesnel Millionaires defeated Grande Prairie Storm 4-games-to-2 Prince George Spruce Kings defeated Quesnel Millionaires 4-games-to-1

NHL alumni

Awards and trophies

Joe Tennant Memorial Trophy

Barry Wolff: 1998

Bob Fenton Trophy

Trevor Hertz: 2010

Jamie Molendyk: 2002

Bruce Allison Memorial Trophy

Gilbert Brule: 2003

See also

List of ice hockey teams in British Columbia

External links

Official website of the Quesnel Millionaires

Official website of the BCHL

Defunct British Columbia Hockey League teams

Ice hockey teams in British Columbia

1975 establishments in British Columbia

Ice hockey clubs established in 1975

Ice hockey clubs disestablished in 2011

2011 disestablishments in British Columbia