Following the departure of the Kootenay Ice, MyEastKootenayNow.com has produced a special audio feature looking back on the legacy of the Kootenay Ice in Cranbrook and their final days in the region.
From the franchise’s first game and first win against the Red Deer Rebels on Friday, September 25, 1998 at the Cranbrook Memorial Arena to their final game and final win on Sunday, March 17, 2019 against the Red Deer Rebels at Western Financial Place, here’s a look back at Cranbrook’s beloved Kootenay Ice.
(Produced and Edited by Bradley Jones, MyEastKootenayNow.com staff)
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Kootenay ICE Captain Jarret Stoll and WHL Commissioner Ron Robison with the 2002 WHL Championship. (Supplied by WHL)
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Kootenay ICE alumni Jarret Stoll, his wife Erin Andrews, and his parents walk off the ice at Western Financial Place following his Hall of Fame Induction on Saturday, March 2, 2019. (Bradley Jones, MyEastKootenayNow.com)
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Kootenay Ice forward Peyton Krebs during the team’s tenure in Cranbrook. (MyEastKootenayNow.com)
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Empty seats at Western Financial Place January 29, 2019, the same date the WHL announced that the Kootenay ICE would be moving to Winnipeg after 20 seasons in Cranbrook. (Bradley Jones, MyEastKootenayNow.com)
Delivering local news and sports in the East Kootenay since April 2016, Bradley now calls Cranbrook home. Born and raised in Airdrie, AB, Bradley graduated from Lethbridge College, and has been a journalist, news anchor and reporter since 2014. Bradley took on local News Director responsibilities when he moved to Cranbrook in 2016. He is now Vista Radio's Kootenay News Director, managing and overseeing all news operations at the company's five regional radio stations in Cranbrook, Creston, Nelson, Castlegar, and Grand Forks.
