West Kelowna Warriors
| West Kelowna Warriors | |
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| City | West Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada |
| League | British Columbia Hockey League |
| Conference | Interior |
| Founded | 1994 |
| Home arena | Royal Lepage Place |
| Colours | Maroon and tan |
| Owner(s) |
 Mark Cheyne |
| General manager |
Rylan Ferster |
| Head coach |
Rylan Ferster |
| Website | http://www.westkelownawarriors.ca |
| Franchise history | |
| 1994–1998 | Langley Thunder |
| 1998–2006 | Langley Hornets |
| 2006–2012 | Westside Warriors |
| 2012–present | West Kelowna Warriors |
The West Kelowna Warriors are a Junior "A" ice hockey team from West Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. They are a part of the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL) and play in the Interior Conference.
The West Kelowna Warriors are a relocated franchise, moving to West Kelowna in 2006 from Langley, British Columbia.
Langley was originally granted a British Columbia Junior Hockey League (BCJHL) franchise in 1973 called the Langley Lords. The team played as the Lords through the 1975-76 season. In those three years they had very decent regular seasons, making it to the playoffs each year, including a loss in the league finals in their first season. In 1976 the Lords changed their name to the Langley Thunder. Their regular season performance diminished each year, and they missed the playoffs for the first time in the franchise's history in the 1978-79 season. Shortly after the completion of the 1978-79 season, the franchise ceased operations. An unrelated BCJHL franchise, the Chilliwack Colts, relocated to become the Langley Eagles from 1981-82 through the 1986-87 seasons, before moving back to Chilliwack, British Columbia.
In 1990 the BCJHL was renamed the BCHL, and in 1994 Langley returned to the BCHL with a new franchise, adopting the name Thunder from the defunct franchise of the 1970s. The new franchise competed as the Thunder for five seasons, reaching the BCHL championship finals in 1996, which they lost to the eventual Junior A national Royal Bank Cup champion Vernon Vipers, 4–1.
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