Swift Current Broncos

{{Short description|Western Hockey League team in Swift Current, Saskatchewan}}

{{About|the current Western Hockey League team|the defunct Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League team|Swift Current Broncos (SJHL)}}

{{Infobox hockey team

| team = Swift Current Broncos

| colour = background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#061F5C 5px solid; border-bottom:#166936 5px solid;

| colour text = #000000

| logo = Swift Current Broncos.svg

| logosize = 200px

| city = Swift Current, Saskatchewan

| league = Western Hockey League

| conference = Eastern

| division = East

| founded = {{Start date|1967}}

| arena = InnovationPlex

| colours = Blue, green, white, black
{{Color box|#061f5c}} {{Color box|#166936}} {{Color box|white}} {{Color box|black}}

| championships = {{plainlist|

Ed Chynoweth Cup
3 (1989, 1993, 2018)
Memorial Cup
1 (1989)}}
conference championship
1 (2018)

| reg_season_titles = 2 (1988–89, 1992–93)

| coach = Taras McEwen{{cite web|url=https://hockeysask.ca/news/listing/broncos-remove-interim-tag-from-head-coach-taras-mcewen|date=August 28, 2024 | title=Broncos Remove Interim Tag from Head Coach Taras McEwen |website=Hockey Saskatchewan }}

| GM = Chad Leslie{{cite web |url=https://regina.ctvnews.ca/swift-current-broncos-head-coach-and-gm-dean-brockman-steps-down-1.5623563|title=Swift Current Broncos head coach and GM Dean Brockman steps down|website=CTV.ca |date=October 16, 2021}}

| website = {{URL|https://chl.ca/whl-broncos/}}

| name1 = Swift Current Broncos

| dates1 = 1967–1974

| name2 = Lethbridge Broncos

| dates2 = 1974–1986

| name3 = Swift Current Broncos

| dates3 = 1986–present

| uniform_image=WHL-Uniform-SCB.png}}

The Swift Current Broncos are a Canadian major junior ice hockey team based in Swift Current, Saskatchewan. Founded in 1967, the Broncos relocated to Lethbridge, Alberta in 1974, and were known as the Lethbridge Broncos, before returning to Swift Current in 1986. The team plays in the East Division of the Western Hockey League's Eastern Conference, and hosts games at Innovation Credit Union iPlex. Swift Current is the smallest city with a team in the WHL, and the second smallest across the entire Canadian Hockey League. The Broncos are three-time WHL playoff champions, and won the 1989 Memorial Cup. Before any of their championships, the Broncos were known for a 1986 team bus crash that resulted in the deaths of four players.

History

= Early years =

The Broncos were founded in 1967, joining the fledgling Western Canada Hockey League. The team, playing in the league's smallest city and in the brand new Centennial Civic Centre, struggled on the ice, posting losing records in its first six seasons.{{Cite book |last1=Lapp |first1=Richard M. |url=https://archive.org/details/localheroeshisto0000lapp/page/n3/mode/2up |title=Local Heroes: A History of the Western Hockey League |last2=White |first2=Silas |publisher=Harbour Publishing |year=1993 |isbn=1-55017-080-5 |location=Madeira Park, British Columbia |pages=189 |language=en-CA |url-access=registration}}{{Cite web |last=Jordan |first=Kevin |date=2019-10-14 |title=Swift Current Broncos |url=https://www.whlarenaguide.com/broncos.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209125959/https://www.whlarenaguide.com/broncos.htm |archive-date=2022-12-09 |access-date=2024-05-12 |website=WHL Arena Guide}} The Broncos finally posted a winning record and won their first playoff series in 1973–74; however, struggling to stay afloat, the team's ownership relocated the club to Lethbridge, Alberta, home to a brand new arena, after the season.{{Cite news |last=Spector |first=Mark |date=2017-01-20 |title=What it takes to just not lose any money in Swift Current |url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/juniors/takes-just-not-lose-money-swift-current/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170122213338/https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/juniors/takes-just-not-lose-money-swift-current/ |archive-date=2017-01-22 |access-date=2024-05-12 |work=Sportsnet}} A new Swift Current Broncos team was founded to play in the Tier II junior Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League starting that year. However, the community desired a return to top-flight junior hockey, and by 1986 close to 200 investors banded together to purchase the Lethbridge Broncos—who had won a league championship in 1983—and return them to Swift Current as a community-owned club.{{cite book |last1=Culp |first1=Leesa |title=Sudden Death: The Incredible Saga of the 1986 Swift Current Broncos |last2=Drinnan |first2=Gregg |last3=Wilkie |first3=Bob |publisher=Dundurn |year=2012 |isbn=978-1459705449 |location=Toronto |page=35}}{{Cite book |last=Lapp & White |title=Local Heroes |pages=191–192}}

= 1986 team bus crash =

Only months into their first season back in Swift Current, on December 30, 1986, the Broncos' bus crashed in icy conditions on the way to a game in Regina.{{Cite news |date=2016-12-30 |title=Memorial unveiled on 30th anniversary of crash that killed 4 Swift Current hockey players |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/30th-anniversary-crash-swift-current-broncos-dec30-1.3916452 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161231174453/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/30th-anniversary-crash-swift-current-broncos-dec30-1.3916452 |archive-date=2016-12-31 |access-date=2024-05-12 |work=CBC News}} Several players were injured and four players were killed: Trent Kresse, Scott Kruger, Chris Mantyka, and Brent Ruff.{{cite web |last=Joyce |first=Gare |date=2006-12-30 |title=Denial of Death: Why has one small hockey town turned its back on the victims of its greatest tragedy? |url=http://www.espn.com/espn/eticket/story?lid=tab1pos1&lpos=spotlight&page=swiftcurrent&redirected=true |website=E-Ticket: ESPN.com the Magazine |publisher=ESPN}} Given the devastating tragedy, the team's board of directors discussed suspending operations for the remainder of the season. However, the players and coach, Graham James, voted to continue playing, and ultimately won out over a portion of the board that tried to suspend the team. The team refused professional counseling and turned down offers from other teams to loan players to the Broncos. The team called on prospects to fill out the roster and, led by star rookie Joe Sakic, who recorded 60 goals, earned the final playoff spot before bowing out in the first round.

Since the bus crash, the team has worn a commemorative patch in remembrance of the four players killed. In memory of the players, the league renamed its annual award for best player the Four Broncos Memorial Trophy. On December 30, 2016—30 years after the crash—a two-metre tall granite memorial was unveiled at the crash site.

= Championships =

The Broncos rapidly improved over the following two seasons, culminating in a 55-win season in 1988–89, securing the club's first Scotty Munro Trophy for best regular season record, led by the likes of Brian Sakic, Dan Lambert, and Tim Tisdale. In the playoffs, the team went undefeated en route to capturing the President's Cup and the right to play in the 1989 Memorial Cup tournament, hosted in Saskatoon.{{Cite news |last=Morrison |first=Scott |date=2019-02-06 |title=From Tragedy to Triumph: The story of the Swift Current Broncos |url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/juniors/tragedy-triumph-story-swift-current-broncos/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230731211504/https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/juniors/tragedy-triumph-story-swift-current-broncos/ |archive-date=2023-07-31 |access-date=2023-07-31 |work=Sportsnet}} The Broncos lost their round-robin game against the Saskatoon Blades before facing the Blades in a re-match in the tournament final—it was the first ever Memorial Cup final contested between two teams from the WHL, let alone Saskatchewan.{{Cite book |last1=Lapp |first1=Richard |url=https://archive.org/details/memorialcupcanad0000lapp/page/152/mode/2up |title=The Memorial Cup: Canada's National Junior Hockey Championship |last2=Macaulay |first2=Alec |publisher=Harbour Publishing |year=1997 |isbn=1-55017-170-4 |location=Madeira Park, B.C. |pages=236–239 |language=en-CA |url-access=registration}} Despite losing a late lead that sent the game to overtime, Tisdale scored the sudden-death winner to give the Broncos the national championship. The final was played less than two-and-a-half years after the 1986 bus crash.

With Graham James still at the helm, the team remained competitive for several seasons, and captured a second league championship in 1992–93. At the 1993 Memorial Cup, the Broncos were eliminated in a tie-breaker.{{Cite book |last=Lapp & Macaulay |title=The Memorial Cup |pages=257}} After the season, James resigned and worked on establishing an expansion team, which became the Calgary Hitmen. However, three years later, allegations arose that he sexually abused Sheldon Kennedy and one other former player during their time with the Broncos in the late 1980s. James plead guilty and was ultimately convicted and sentenced to three years in prison; he would later plead guilty to sexually assaulting another Broncos player in the early 1990s, among others.{{Cite news |date=2016-09-15 |title=Timeline of Graham James' legal history following decision to grant him full parole |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/timeline-of-graham-james-legal-history-following-decision-to-grant-him-full-parole-1.3073813 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916195835/https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/timeline-of-graham-james-legal-history-following-decision-to-grant-him-full-parole-1.3073813 |archive-date=2016-09-16 |access-date=2024-05-12 |work=CTV News |agency=The Canadian Press}}

After their 1993 league title, the Broncos would advance to just one more Conference Final before 2018, winning only a single playoff round between 2002 and 2017. 2017–18 saw the team post its most wins since 1992–93 and its fourth ever 100-point season. Led by Glenn Gawdin, Aleksi Heponiemi, and goaltender Stuart Skinner, the Broncos survived 7-game series against the Regina Pats and Moose Jaw Warriors, defeated the Lethbridge Hurricanes in the Conference Final, and then the Everett Silvertips in the Final for the Ed Chynoweth Cup and the Broncos' third league championship.{{Cite news |last=Nugent-Bowman |first=Daniel |date=2018-05-19 |title=What winning means to teams in the CHL's tiniest markets |url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/juniors/swift-current-acadie-bathurst-battle-chls-tiniest-markets/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240512195849/https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/juniors/swift-current-acadie-bathurst-battle-chls-tiniest-markets/ |archive-date=2024-05-12 |access-date=2024-05-12 |work=Sportsnet}} At the 2018 Memorial Cup, hosted in Regina, the Broncos were eliminated after dropping their three round-robin matches, including to the host Pats who avenged their playoff series loss.{{Cite news |last=McKenna |first=Ryan |date=2018-05-24 |title=Nick Henry's hat trick helps Pats eliminate Broncos from Memorial Cup |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/memorial-cup-regina-pats-swift-current-broncos-1.4675258 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180527135326/https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/memorial-cup-regina-pats-swift-current-broncos-1.4675258 |archive-date=2018-05-27 |access-date=2024-05-12 |work=CBC Sports |agency=The Canadian Press}}

Logo and jerseys

The Broncos' original logo featured a bucking bronco and horseshoe design with a blue and green colour scheme. The team minimized and then dropped green starting in 1995, before updating and adopting their original designs full-time in 2014.{{Cite news |date=2014-06-03 |title=Broncos Unveil NEW home and away Jerseys |url=https://scbroncos.com/broncos-unveil-new-home-and-away-jerseys/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180511225556/https://scbroncos.com/broncos-unveil-new-home-and-away-jerseys/ |archive-date=2018-05-11 |access-date=2024-05-12 |work=Swift Current Broncos}}

In November 2018, a jersey honouring both the Swift Current Broncos and the Humboldt Broncos—another Saskatchewan junior team deeply affected by a fatal bus crash that occurred in April of that year—was unveiled and worn by both teams.{{Cite news |last=Kepke |first=Cami |date=2018-11-02 |title='Swift and Bold': Broncos jersey designer honours players and his own Sask. roots |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/4620339/swift-and-bold-broncos-jersey-designer-honours-players-and-his-own-sask-roots/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181102190146/https://globalnews.ca/news/4620339/swift-and-bold-broncos-jersey-designer-honours-players-and-his-own-sask-roots/ |archive-date=2018-11-02 |access-date=2024-05-12 |work=Global News}}

Like many junior teams, the Broncos frequently adopt limited-edition and special-event jerseys. In 2023, the team temporarily re-branded as the Lake Diefenbaker Slough Sharks, unveiling a new jersey featuring a northern pike logo.{{Cite news |last=Paige |first=Ally |date=2023-02-24 |title=Franchise Frenzy for Broncos limited time re-brand |url=https://swiftcurrentonline.com/articles/franchise-frenzy-for-broncos-limited-time-re-brand- |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230228004121/https://swiftcurrentonline.com/articles/franchise-frenzy-for-broncos-limited-time-re-brand- |archive-date=2023-02-28 |access-date=2024-05-12 |work=Swift Current Online}}{{Cite news |last=Zammit |first=David |date=2023-12-07 |title=Slough Sharks a boon for Broncos business |url=https://swiftcurrentonline.com/articles/slough-sharks-a-boon-for-broncos-business- |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231208143257/https://swiftcurrentonline.com/articles/slough-sharks-a-boon-for-broncos-business- |archive-date=2023-12-08 |access-date=2024-05-12 |work=Swift Current Online}}

Season-by-season record

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center
style="background:#dddddd" \| colspan="11" \|First Broncos (1967–1974)
align="center" style="bgcolor=#dddddd; border-top:#061F5C 5px solid; border-bottom:#166936 5px solid;" \| Season	GP	W	L	T	—	GF	GA	Points	Finish	Playoffs
align="center" \| 1967–68	60	16	38	6	–	242	343	38	9th Overall	Did not qualify
align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee" \| 1968–69	60	14	44	2	–	186	329	30	4th West	Lost quarterfinal
align="center" \| 1969–70	60	27	31	2	–	240	265	56	3rd West	Lost quarterfinal
align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee" \| 1970–71	66	24	40	2	–	229	290	50	4th West	Lost quarterfinal
align="center" \| 1971–72	68	25	42	1	–	242	311	51	5th East	Did not qualify
align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee" \| 1972–73	68	27	35	6	–	300	359	60	5th East	Did not qualify
align="center" \| 1973–74	68	35	24	9	–	240	306	79	3rd East	Lost semifinal
style="background:#dddddd" \| colspan="11" \|Second Broncos (1986–present)
align="center" style="bgcolor=#dddddd; border-top:#061F5C 5px solid; border-bottom:#166936 5px solid;" \| Season	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Points	Finish	Playoffs
align="center" \| 1986–87	72	28	40	4	–	331	393	60	6th East	Lost East Division quarterfinal
align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee" \| 1987–88	72	44	26	2	–	388	312	90	4th East	Lost East Division semifinal
align="center" \| 1988–89	72	55	16	1	–	447	319	111	1st East	Won Championship and Memorial Cup
align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee" \| 1989–90	72	29	39	4	–	323	351	62	6th East	Lost in first round
align="center" \| 1990–91	72	40	29	3	–	369	351	83	3rd East	Lost in first round
align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee" \| 1991–92	72	35	33	4	–	296	313	74	5th East	Lost East Division semifinal
align="center" \| 1992–93	72	49	21	2	–	384	267	100	1st East	Won Championship
align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee" \| 1993–94	72	35	33	4	–	284	258	74	4th East	Lost East Division semifinal
align="center" \| 1994–95	72	31	34	7	–	274	284	69	6th East	Lost in first round
align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee" \| 1995–96	72	36	31	5	–	285	271	77	1st Central	Lost in first round
align="center" \| 1996–97	72	44	23	5	–	336	243	93	2nd East	Lost Eastern Conference semifinal
align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee" \| 1997–98	72	44	19	9	–	276	220	97	2nd East	Lost Eastern Conference semifinal
align="center" \| 1998–99	72	34	32	6	–	232	211	74	4th East	Lost Eastern Conference quarterfinal
align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee" \| 1999–2000	72	47	18	4	3	257	170	101	1st East	Lost Eastern Conference semifinal
align="center" \| 2000–01	72	43	20	7	2	275	215	95	1st East	Lost Eastern Conference final
align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee" \| 2001–02	72	42	17	6	7	274	218	97	2nd Central	Lost Eastern Conference semifinal
align="center" \| 2002–03	72	38	24	7	3	240	215	86	2nd Central	Lost Eastern Conference quarterfinal
align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee" \| 2003–04	72	36	29	7	0	234	209	79	4th Central	Lost Eastern Conference quarterfinal
align="center" \| 2004–05	72	22	41	6	3	135	218	53	5th Central	Did not qualify
bgcolor="#dddddd" \| align="center" \| Season	GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	GF	GA	Pts	Finish	Playoffs
align="center" \| 2005–06	72	24	34	6	8	175	242	62	4th Central	Lost Eastern Conference quarterfinal
align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee" \| 2006–07	72	33	36	1	2	199	241	69	3rd East	Lost Eastern Conference quarterfinal
align="center" \| 2007–08	72	41	24	1	6	244	205	89	3rd East	Lost Eastern Conference semifinal
align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee" \| 2008–09	72	42	28	1	1	258	220	86	3rd East	Lost Eastern Conference quarterfinal
align="center" \| 2009–10	72	37	30	1	4	231	232	79	3rd East	Lost Eastern Conference quarterfinal
align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee" \| 2010–11	72	26	44	0	2	181	260	54	6th East	Did not qualify
align="center" \| 2011–12	72	27	37	2	6	216	272	62	5th East	Did not qualify
align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee" \| 2012–13	72	36	29	3	4	206	193	79	3rd East	Lost Eastern Conference quarterfinal
align="center" \| 2013–14	72	38	25	3	6	248	229	85	2nd East	Lost Eastern Conference quarterfinal
align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee" \| 2014–15	72	34	33	1	4	221	245	73	3rd East	Lost Eastern Conference quarterfinal
align="center" \| 2015–16	72	24	38	7	3	189	249	58	5th East	Did not qualify
align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee" \| 2016–17	72	39	23	4	6	247	239	88	3rd East	Lost Eastern Conference semifinal
align="center" \| 2017–18	72	48	17	5	2	284	213	103	2nd East	Won Championship
align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee" \| 2018–19	68	11	51	4	2	135	301	28	6th East	Did not qualify
align="center" \| 2019–20	63	10	48	2	3	129	298	25	6th Central	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee" \| 2020–21	24	6	16	2	0	72	108	14	7th East	No playoffs were held due to COVID-19 pandemic
align="center" \| 2021–22	68	26	35	5	2	181	246	59	4th Central	Did not qualify
align="center"bgcolor="#eeeeee" \| 2022–23	68	31	33	1	3	227	242	66	5th Central	Did not qualify
align="center" \| 2023–24	68	40	22	4	2	286	239	86	1st Central	Lost Eastern Conference semifinal
align="center"bgcolor="#eeeeee" \| 2024–25	68	35	30	1	2	240	256	73	4th East	Lost Eastern Conference quarterfinal

Championship history

Memorial Cup: 1989
Ed Chynoweth Cup (3): 1988–89, 1992–93, 2017–18
Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy (2): 1988–89, 1992–93
Regular Season Division Champions (6): 1988–89, 1992–93, 1995–96, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2023–24

= WHL Championship =

1988–89: Win, 4–0 vs Portland Winter Hawks
1992–93: Win, 4–3 vs Portland Winter Hawks
2017–18: Win, 4–2 vs Everett Silvertips

= Memorial Cup Championship =

1989: Win, 4–3 (OT) vs Saskatoon Blades

Players

= NHL alumni =

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= Retired numbers =

The Swift Current Broncos retired the jersey numbers of the four players who died in the 1986 team bus crash.

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!Player

style="text-align:center;"

|Trent Kresse

style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="#eeeeee"

|Scott Krueger

style="text-align:center;"

|11

|Brent Ruff

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|22

|Chris Mantyka

Coaches

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style="border-top:#061F5C 5px solid; border-bottom:#166936 5px solid;"

!Coach

!Years

style="text-align:center;"

|Graham James

|1986–1994

style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="#eeeeee"

|Todd McLellan

|1994–2000

style="text-align:center;"

|Brad McEwen

|2000–2003

style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="#eeeeee"

|Randy Smith

|2003–2004

style="text-align:center;"

|Dean Chynoweth

|2004–2009

style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="#eeeeee"

|Mark Lamb

|2009–2016

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|Manny Viveiros

|2016–2018

style="text-align:center;" bgcolor="#eeeeee"

|Dean Brockman

|2018–2021

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|Devan Praught

|2021–2023

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|†

|Taras McEwen

|2023–present{{cite web |url=https://chl.ca/whl/article/mcewen-named-broncos-interim-head-coach/#:~:text=Swift%20Current%2C%20Sask.,the%20Broncos%20and%20Winnipeg%20ICE. |title=McEwen named Broncos Interim Head Coach|website=chl.ca |date=November 29, 2021}}

colspan="3" |† Interim coach

Team records

class="wikitable" style="float:left; text-align: center; margin-right:1em" \|+ Team records for a single season{{Cite web \|title=Swift Current Bronco Record Book \|url=https://chl.ca/whl-broncos/swift-current-bronco-record-book/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231111014526/https://chl.ca/whl-broncos/swift-current-bronco-record-book/ \|archive-date=2023-11-11 \|access-date=2024-05-12 \|website=Swift Current Broncos}}
style="border-top:#061F5C 5px solid; border-bottom:#166936 5px solid;" !Statistic!!Total!!Season
Most points	111	1988–89
align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee" \|Most wins	55	1988–89
Longest win streak	12	1988–89; 1992–93
align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee" \|Longest loss streak	18	2018–19
Most goals for	447	1988–89
align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee" \|Fewest goals for	135	2004–05
Fewest goals against	170	1999–00
align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee" \|Most goals against	393	1986–87

class="wikitable" style="float:left; text-align: center; margin-right:1em;" \|+ Individual player records for a single season
style="border-top:#061F5C 5px solid; border-bottom:#166936 5px solid;" !Statistic!!Player!!Total!!Season
Most goals	Jason Krywulak	81	1992–93
align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee" \|Most assists	Terry Ruskowski	93	1973–74
Most points	Jason Krywulak	162	1992–93
align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee" \|Most points, rookie	Joe Sakic	133	1986–87
Most points, defenceman	Dan Lambert	102	1988–89
align="center" bgcolor="#eeeeee" \|Best GAA (goalie)	Bryce Wandler	2.06	1999–2000
colspan=4 style="border-bottom:1px #aaaaaa solid;" \| Goalies = minimum 1500 minutes played