The CIHL brings some welcome news for hockey fans of the Northwest and Cariboo regions as they prepare to start the 2019-2020 season, with two returning and familiar clubs will be taking to the ice, as the Smithers Steelheads and Hazelton Bulldogs rejoin the league after varying absences.
The hockey stars aligned over the summer as both communities put in motion their plans to bring hockey back to their respective communities and with their return the CIHL sees its first growth since the Rampage joined the league, with seven teams now part of the Senior Men's circuit.
With the return of the Steelheads, the CIHL reverts to its East/West Divisional play, with the Steelheads to be grouped with Quesnel and Williams Lake in the East, while Hazelton will join Kitimat, Terrace and Prince Rupert in the West.
With the return of the Steelheads, the CIHL reverts to its East/West Divisional play, with the Steelheads to be grouped with Quesnel and Williams Lake in the East, while Hazelton will join Kitimat, Terrace and Prince Rupert in the West.
The Rampage, like their six fellow members of the lodge will soon be holding tryouts and moving into training camp mode, though the time frame for shaking off the rust will be pretty short with the first competitive action set for the Jim Ciccone Civic Centre on September 21st when the Steelheads bring up the curtain on the season with the host Rhinos.
The Bulldogs will make their first trip to Prince Rupert on October 19th, while the Rampage will check out the new Upper Skeena Recreation Centre in Hazelton on January 4th.
The Bulldogs will make their first trip to Prince Rupert on October 19th, while the Rampage will check out the new Upper Skeena Recreation Centre in Hazelton on January 4th.
Among some of the notes of the season, the Cariboo teams come to town early in the season over the weekend of October 4 and 5, while Prince Rupert makes its annual journey deep into the Cariboo in the heart of the winter season with a mid January road trip.
January also marks the longest stretch of road games that the Rampage will see this season, the road warriors will actually start their travels on December 14th in Terrace and won't return to the Jim Ciccone Civic Centre Arena for a home game until January 31st.
Speaking of Terrace and Kitimat, the long time regional rivals will matchup with the Rampage on six occasions during the course of the sixteen game season.
The schedule will find the Rampage off the ice for most of November with four consecutive bye weeks between October 26 when they travel to Smithers and November 30th when they get back to work when Kitimat visits town.
The regular season comes to an end on February 1st, with another visit from the Bulldogs to put the final entries into the standings and set up the playoff positioning for February.
The sixteen game 2019-2020 regular features eight road trips and eight home stands between mid September and the start of February.
The full Regular Season Schedule for the Rampage can be found below:
Road Games are in Green, Home Dates in Red
Saturday, September 21 -- Smithers Steelheads at Prince Rupert Rampage
Friday, October 4 -- Quesnel Kangaroos at Prince Rupert Rampage
Saturday, October 5 -- Williams Lake Stampeders at Prince Rupert Rampage
Friday, October 18 -- Prince Rupert Rampage at Kitimat Ice Demons
Saturday, October 19 -- Hazelton Bulldogs at Prince Rupert Rampage
Saturday, October 26 --Prince Rupert Rampage at Smithers Steelheads
Saturday, November 30 -- Kitimat Ice Demons at Prince Rupert Rampage
Friday, December 6 -- Prince Rupert Rampage at Kitimat Ice Demons
Saturday, December 7 -- Terrace River Kings at Prince Rupert Rampage
Saturday, December 14 -- Prince Rupert Rampage at Terrace River Kings
Saturday, January 4 -- Prince Rupert Rampage at Hazelton Bulldogs
Sunday, January 5 -- Prince Rupert Rampage at Smithers Steelheads
Saturday, January 18 -- Prince Rupert Rampage at Williams Lake Stampeders
Sunday, January 19 -- Prince Rupert Rampage at Quesnel Kangaroos
Friday, January 31 -- Terrace River Kings at Prince Rupert Rampage
Saturday, February 1 -- Hazelton Bulldogs at Prince Rupert Rampage
You can track the results through the season through our Results page here, which will also include Game Summaries and our own notes from time to time.
More Background on the CIHL for the 2019-20 season can be found from our News/Archive page here.
Links to all of our local sports coverage can be found at the bottom end of the right hand column on our home page
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Saturday, October 5 -- Williams Lake Stampeders at Prince Rupert Rampage
Friday, October 18 -- Prince Rupert Rampage at Kitimat Ice Demons
Saturday, October 19 -- Hazelton Bulldogs at Prince Rupert Rampage
Saturday, October 26 --Prince Rupert Rampage at Smithers Steelheads
Saturday, November 30 -- Kitimat Ice Demons at Prince Rupert Rampage
Friday, December 6 -- Prince Rupert Rampage at Kitimat Ice Demons
Saturday, December 7 -- Terrace River Kings at Prince Rupert Rampage
Saturday, December 14 -- Prince Rupert Rampage at Terrace River Kings
Saturday, January 4 -- Prince Rupert Rampage at Hazelton Bulldogs
Sunday, January 5 -- Prince Rupert Rampage at Smithers Steelheads
Saturday, January 18 -- Prince Rupert Rampage at Williams Lake Stampeders
Sunday, January 19 -- Prince Rupert Rampage at Quesnel Kangaroos
Friday, January 31 -- Terrace River Kings at Prince Rupert Rampage
Saturday, February 1 -- Hazelton Bulldogs at Prince Rupert Rampage
You can track the results through the season through our Results page here, which will also include Game Summaries and our own notes from time to time.
More Background on the CIHL for the 2019-20 season can be found from our News/Archive page here.
Links to all of our local sports coverage can be found at the bottom end of the right hand column on our home page
To return to the most recent blog posting of the day, click here
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