Fort Saskatchewan Traders

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The Fort Saskatchewan Traders are an ice hockey team in the Alberta Junior Hockey League. They play in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada at the Jubilee Recreation Centre, capacity 2000.

Founded: 1976-77

Division titles won: 1983-84

Regular season titles won: 1983-84, 1990-91, 1992-93

League Championships won: 1979, 1984

Doyle Cup Titles: None

Royal Bank Cup Titles: None

History

The Fort Saskatchewan Traders are the 2nd oldest franchise still operating in it's original city after the Calgary Canucks. The team's name comes from Fort Saskatchewan's history as an North West Mounted Police trading fort when it was originally settled in the 1870s.

In 1978-79, the Traders completed their most successful season in the AJHL, as they won the league championship, and then defeated the Richmond Sockeyes of the BCHL in the Vernon Cup (forerunner to the Doyle Cup) before falling to the eventual national champion Prince Albert (Jr. A) Raiders in six games at the Centennial Cup finals.

The Traders have fallen upon hard times recently as financial difficulties have left the future of the Traders in doubt. The Traders were reportedly sold to a group representing [St Albert] during the 2005-06 season, but the deal failed to gain league approval.

Season-by-season Record

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T/OTL = Ties and overtime losses, SOL = Shootout losses Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Season	GP	W	L	T/OTL	SOL	Pts	GF	GA	Finish	Playoffs
1976-77	60	33	24	3	-	69	292	280	5th Overall	---
1977-78	58	37	21	2	-	76	345	299	3rd Overall	---
1978-79	60	41	18	1	-	83	340	246	2nd Overall	Won Championship
1979-80	59	24	35	0	-	48	282	336	6th Overall	---
1980-81	60	23	36	1	-	47	273	316	4th North	---
1981-82	60	30	29	1	-	61	266	288	3rd North	---
1982-83	60	26	34	0	-	52	301	299	3rd North	---
1983-84	60	40	19	1	-	81	325	262	1st North	Won Championship
1984-85	60	36	22	2	-	74	312	231	3rd North	---
1985-86	52	21	29	2	-	44	227	256	3rd North	---
1986-87	60	24	34	2	-	50	258	295	4th North	---
1987-88	60	29	30	1	-	59	295	280	2nd North	---
1988-89	60	38	21	1	-	77	304	270	2nd North	---
1989-90	60	33	27	0	-	66	307	263	3rd North	---
1990-91	56	37	15	4	-	78	282	218	1st Overall	---
1991-92	60	31	28	-	1	63	246	251	6th Overall	---
1992-93	56	36	18	-	2	74	248	197	1st Overall	---
1993-94	56	33	21	-	2	67	206	175	3rd Overall	---
1994-95	56	18	34	-	4	40	201	267	9th Overall	---
1995-96	60	36	19	-	5	77	209	189	4th Overall	---
1996-97	60	26	31	-	3	55	247	234	9th Overall	---
1997-98	60	40	18	-	2	82	249	225	3rd Overall	---
1998-99	62	37	24	-	1	75	294	252	3rd North	---
1999-00	64	35	25	-	4	74	1272	255	3rd North	---
2000-01	64	26	32	6	-	58	249	300	7th North	---
2001-02	64	20	41	3	-	43	190	315	7th North	---
2002-03	64	20	36	8	-	48	214	285	7th North	---
2003-04	60	16	39	5	-	37	159	281	8th North	Out of Playoffs
2004-05	64	19	41	4	-	42	157	228	6th North
2005-06	60	37	20	3	-	77	201	179	6th North	Lost in First Round

Traders in the NHL

Many former Traders players have gone on to play in the NHL. Among them are:

• Dave Babych
• Jim Benning
• Keith Brown
• Mike Commodore
• Richard Matvichuk
• Jim Playfair
• Sheldon Souray
• Brad Werenka
• Ken Yaremchuk
• Zarley Zalapski

References

[Alberta Junior Hockey League website]

[Fort Saskatchewan Traders website]

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