The Kootenay Ice (officially stylized as ICE) were a major junior ice hockey team based in Cranbrook, British Columbia, and competed in the Western Hockey League (WHL). The team played its home games at Western Financial Place. The franchise was owned by the Chynoweth family from 1995 until it was sold to Winnipeg-based company 50 Below Sports and Entertainment in 2017. The Ice moved to Winnipeg in 2019 and now play as the Winnipeg Ice. History The franchise began play in 1996 as the Edmonton Ice founded by Ed Chynoweth after he left his position as the Western Hockey League's president. He moved the Ice to Cranbrook in 1998. The move of the Ice to Cranbrook resulted in the folding of the local Junior A powerhouse Cranbrook Colts and possibly the entire troubled Rocky Mountain Junior Hockey League that the Colts were the top team in. All of the remaining five RMJHL franchises from the Kootenays dropped to the Junior B Kootenay International Junior Hockey League within years of the Ice coming to the region. The Kootenay Ice were three-time WHL champions (2000, 2002, 2011). They won the Memorial Cup in 2002, and also participated in 2000 and 2011. In 2017, the Chynoweth family sold the team to 50 Below Sports + Entertainment Inc. The company's owners, Greg Fettes and Matt Cockell, were installed as the team's governor and president/general manager, respectively. A new logo was unveiled on May 1, 2017. On January 29, 2019, the Kootenay Ice announced the team would relocate to Winnipeg at the end of the 2018–19 season. The move saw the Ice and Swift Current Broncos switch places within the East and Central divisions. The Winnipeg Ice began play in the 2019–20 season. WHL championships 1999–00: Won, 4–2 vs. Spokane 2001–02: Won, 4–2 vs. Red Deer 2010–11: Won, 4–1 vs. Portland Season-by-season record Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against NHL alumni Riley Armstrong Dean Arsene Matt Berlin Dan Blackburn Zdenek Blatny Mike Comrie Adam Cracknell Nigel Dawes Cody Eakin Brennan Evans Cale Fleury Kris Foucault Matt Fraser Jeff Glass Mike Green Stanislav Gron Jason Jaffray Peyton Krebs Nathan Lieuwen Ben Maxwell Steve McCarthy Ryan McGill Brayden McNabb Duncan Milroy John Negrin Luke Philp Tomas Plihal Roman Polak Max Reinhart Sam Reinhart Aaron Rome Ryan Russell