What is Kootenay Ice?
{{Hockey team|CAN_eng=1 | team = Kootenay Ice | color = #0039A6 | color text = #B87333 | city = [[Cranbrook, British Columbia|Cranbrook]], [[British Columbia]] | league = [[Western Hockey League]] | conference = | division = | founded = {{Start date|1998}}-99 | arena = [[Western Financial Place]] | colours = Blue, Black, Bronze <br /> {{Color box|#0039A6}} {{Color box|#000000}} {{Color box|#B87333}} | coach = | GM = | website = [http://www.kootenayice.net/ www.kootenayice.net] | name1 = [[Edmonton Ice]] | dates1 = 1996–1998 | name2 = Kootenay Ice | dates2 = 1998–2019 | name3 = [[Winnipeg Ice]] | dates3 = 2019–present }} The '''Kootenay Ice''' were a Canadian professional [[ice hockey]] team that played from 1998 until 2019. They played in the [[Western Hockey League]] (WHL). They played their home games in [[Cranbrook, British Columbia|Cranbrook]], [[British Columbia]] at the [[Western Financial Place]]. The team was originally known as the ''Edmonton Ice'' from 1996 to 1998 before it moved to Cranbrook in 1998. The team won 1 [[Memorial Cup]] in 2002 and 3 [[Ed Chynoweth Cup]]s in the 1999-00, 2001-02 and 2010-11 seasons. On January 29, 2019, the Ice said they would be moving to [[Winnipeg]]. They moved at the end of the 2018-19 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/4902621/whl-kootenay-ice-relocation-winnipeg/|accessdate=June 3, 2023|title=WHL confirms Kootenay Ice relocation to Winnipeg|publisher=[[Global News]]}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.kootenayice.net/ Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204101745/http://www.kootenayice.net/ |date=2012-02-04 }} {{multistub|sports|Canada}} {{WHL}} [[Category:1998 establishments in Canada]] [[Category:2010s disestablishments in Canada]] [[Category:Canadian Hockey League teams]] [[Category:Defunct sports teams]] [[Category:Western Hockey League]] [[Category:Ice hockey teams in British Columbia]]