The Billings Bighorns were a junior ice hockey team in the Western Hockey League who played from 1977 to 1982. The team was originally the Calgary Centennials. They played at the MetraPark Arena in Billings, Montana.[1] The team wore uniforms based upon those then used by the Washington Capitals. They moved to Nanaimo after the 1981–82 season.
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The BillingsBighorns were a junior ice hockey team in the Western Hockey League who played from 1977 to 1982. The team was originally the Calgary Centennials...
the addition of two more American teams in the Seattle Breakers and BillingsBighorns a year later, the WCHL shortened its name to the Western Hockey League...
Islanders. The team originated in Calgary in 1966–67 with a stop as the BillingsBighorns. The team only played one season in Nanaimo before moving. The new...
ranks, first in the B.C. Junior Hockey League, and then on to the BillingsBighorns of the Western Hockey League (WHL), where he was named a WHL all star...
season, the Centennials were sold and relocated to Billings, Montana and became the BillingsBighorns. Calgarians would not have to wait long for another...
Cornwall Royals QMJHL 1982 Boston Bruins Gord Kluzak Canada Defenceman BillingsBighorns WHL 1983 Minnesota North Stars Brian Lawton United States Forward...
Dame. Kluzak played junior hockey for two seasons with the WHL's BillingsBighorns, where he was paired on defence with future NHLer Bob Rouse. He missed...
Draveurs (QMJHL) 56 Lindsay Carson Left wing Canada Philadelphia Flyers BillingsBighorns (WHL) 57 Keith Crowder Right wing Canada Boston Bruins Peterborough...
reservoir is 40 mi (64 km) south of Billings, Montana. It stretches the entire 72 mi (115 km) length of the Bighorn Canyon at full pool. The Lake was created...
team 1 Gord Kluzak Defence Canada Boston Bruins (from New Jersey)1 BillingsBighorns (WHL) 2 Brian Bellows Right wing Canada Minnesota North Stars (from...
Marcel Frere Left wing Canada Chicago Black Hawks (from Minnesota) BillingsBighorns (WHL) 59 Dave Simpson Centre Canada New York Islanders London Knights...
Canada St. Louis Blues BillingsBighorns (WCHL) 73 Tim Thomlison Goaltender Canada Colorado Rockies (from Vancouver)1 BillingsBighorns (WCHL) 74 Rod Guimont...
New Westminster won Memorial Cup 1977–78 New Westminster Bruins (4) BillingsBighorns 4–0 New Westminster won Memorial Cup 1978–79 Brandon Wheat Kings (1)...
season. They filled the void left by the departure of the major junior BillingsBighorns in 1982. After their first and only season in the CHL, posting a 20–52–4...
Mike Kouwenhoven (born February 7, 1959) is a Canadian-born Dutch former professional ice hockey player. Kouwenhoven competed as a member of the Netherlands...
Centennials. It moved to Nanaimo in 1982 after spending five years as the BillingsBighorns. Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties Pts = Points...
professional ice hockey player. Stafford played major junior hockey with the BillingsBighorns of the Western Hockey League (WHL). He attended a try-out with the...
into Montana and Washington. Calgary Centennials move and become the BillingsBighorns; Kamloops Chiefs move and become the Seattle Breakers. Winnipeg Monarchs...
League GP W L T MIN GA SO GAA SV% GP W L MIN GA SO GAA SV% 1981–82 BillingsBighorns WHL 1 0 1 0 60 7 0 7.00 .881 — — — — — — — — 1982–83 Nanaimo Islanders...
places have included North Glaslyn, Saskatchewan, Jasper National Park, Billings, Montana, and Portland, Maine. USA Today. December 6, 1982 Biographical...
Metra) is a multi-purpose arena located at MetraPark, the fairgrounds of Billings, Montana. The arena has a capacity of 8,700 for ice hockey and indoor football...