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Estevan Bruins | |
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City | Estevan, Saskatchewan |
League | SJHL |
Division | Viterra |
Founded | 1948 |
Home arena | Affinity Place |
Colours | Gold and black |
General manager | Jason Tatarnic |
Head coach | Jason Tatarnic |
Website | www.estevanbruins.com |
Franchise history | |
1971–present | Estevan Bruins |
Previous franchise history | |
1948–1955 | Humboldt Indians |
1955–1957 | Humboldt-Melfort Indians |
1957–1971 | Estevan Bruins |
1971–1981 | New Westminster Bruins |
1981–1984 | Kamloops Junior Oilers |
1984–present | Kamloops Blazers |
The Estevan Bruins are a junior ice hockey team playing in the Junior "A" Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL). The team is based in Estevan, Saskatchewan, Canada, and plays at Affinity Place. They were founded in 1971, when a previous franchise called the Estevan Bruins, which played in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League from 1957 to 1966 and then the Major Junior Western Hockey League (WHL) from 1966 to 1971, relocated to New Westminster, British Columbia; that franchise is today known as the Kamloops Blazers.