Brandon Wheat Kings
| Brandon Wheat Kings | |
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| City | Brandon, Manitoba, Canada |
| League | Western Hockey League |
| Conference | Eastern |
| Division | East |
| Founded | 1936 |
| Home arena | Keystone Centre |
| Colours | Gold, Black, White |
| General manager | Grant Armstrong |
| Head coach | David Anning |
| Website | www.wheatkings.com |
| Franchise history | |
| 1936–1938 | Brandon Wheat Kings |
| 1938–1940 | Brandon Elks |
| 1940–1966 | Brandon Wheat Kings (MJHL) |
| 1966–present | Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL) |
The Brandon Wheat Kings are a Canadian junior ice hockey team based in Brandon, Manitoba. They are members of the Western Hockey League, joining the league in the 1967–68 season. Prior to that they played in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League except for two seasons in the mid-1960s when they played in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League. The team was known as the Brandon Elks for a short time in the late 1930s. They won 8 Turnbull Cup Championships as Manitoba Junior Champions, 1939, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1960, 1962, 1963, & 1964 and appeared in the Memorial Cup five times: in 1949 (as an MJHL team), 1979, 1995, 1996 and 2010, losing each time, and will make a sixth appearance in 2016 as the WHL champions. The team plays its home games in Westman Communications Group Place (Keystone Centre). They also played at Wheat City Arena until 1969, and the Manex Arena from 1969 to 1972. Between 1973 and 1980, the Wheat Kings owned and operated a farm team in the MJHL, called the Travellers. The Wheat Kings are currently the only Western Hockey League franchise based in the province of Manitoba.
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