Virden Oil Capitals

The Virden Oil Capitals are a Canadian junior 'A' ice hockey team based in Virden, Manitoba. The Oil Capitals are members of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League.

History

The franchise was founded as the Winnipeg Rangers in 1956. The Rangers became the St. Boniface Saints in 1967 and later the Winnipeg Saints in 2000. The Oil Capitals were created in the spring of 2012 when a group of local investors purchased the Saints franchise and relocated it to Virden to play at newly constructed Tundra Oil & Gas Place.
The team has won five Turnbull Cups and finished runner-up on seven occasions.

Season-by-season record

Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Season	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Points	Finish	Playoffs
1956-57	29	7	21	1	-	95	203	15	3rd MJHL
1957-58	30	10	20	0	-	128	193	20	4th MJHL
1958-59	32	10	19	3	-	110	166	23	4th MJHL
1959-60	32	10	21	1	-	100	144	21	4th MJHL
1960-61	32	21	11	0	-	157	120	42	2nd MJHL	Won League
1961-62	40	16	20	4	-	128	150	36	4th MJHL
1962-63	40	11	25	4	-	141	196	26	5th MJHL
1963-64	30	15	12	3	-	120	91	33	3rd MJHL
1964-65	45	21	18	6	-	202	170	48	2nd MJHL
1965-66	48	27	16	5	-	219	186	59	1st MJHL	Won League
1966-67	57	34	19	4	-	263	201	74	3rd MJHL
1967-68	36	18	17	1	-	157	152	37	2nd MJHL
1968-69	34	18	14	2	-	145	126	38	4th MJHL
1969-70	34	11	19	4	-	152	176	26	7th MJHL
1970-71	48	19	22	7	-	208	195	45	6th MJHL	Won League, won AC
1971-72	48	22	24	2	-	200	214	46	5th MJHL
1972-73	48	24	24	0	-	221	225	48	4th MJHL
1973-74	47	28	18	1	-	228	188	57	5th MJHL
1974-75	48	23	25	0	-	234	251	46	6th MJHL
1975-76	52	30	18	4	-	244	209	64	2nd MJHL
1976-77	52	23	27	2	-	225	262	48	5th MJHL
1977-78	52	31	21	0	-	289	260	62	5th MJHL
1978-79	48	21	26	1	-	227	225	43	7th MJHL
1979-80	48	32	15	1	-	294	214	65	2nd MJHL
1980-81	48	41	6	1	-	342	164	83	1st MJHL	Won League
1981-82	48	30	18	0	-	284	232	60	3rd MJHL
1982-83	48	33	14	1	-	369	242	67	2nd MJHL
1983-84	48	17	31	0	-	238	266	34	6th MJHL
1984-85	48	17	29	2	-	215	278	36	8th MJHL
1985-86	48	29	19	0	-	317	265	58	5th MJHL
1986-87	48	31	17	0	-	306	273	62	2nd MJHL
1987-88	48	32	16	0	-	275	215	64	3rd MJHL
1988-89	48	29	10	9	-	290	209	67	2nd MJHL
1989-90	52	3	48	1	-	175	427	7	10th MJHL
1990-91	48	15	32	1	-	212	267	31	7th MJHL
1991-92	48	21	26	0	1	202	228	43	6th MJHL
1992-93	48	26	19	2	1	197	189	55	3rd MJHL
1993-94	56	38	16	1	1	--	--	78	1st MJHL	Won League
1994-95	56	43	10	2	1	283	160	90	1st MJHL
1995-96	56	33	18	2	3	244	215	71	2nd MJHL
1996-97	55	24	29	1	1	245	272	50	6th MJHL
1997-98	62	22	37	2	1	214	262	47	9th MJHL
1998-99	62	26	33	2	1	239	319	55	7th MJHL
1999-00	64	21	40	-	3	230	372	45	11th MJHL
2000-01	64	33	28	-	3	281	263	69	6th MJHL
2001-02	64	20	40	-	4	178	293	44	11th MJHL
2002-03	64	23	34	-	7	225	278	53	10th MJHL
2003-04	64	33	29	-	2	267	238	68	7th MJHL
2004-05	63	28	24	-	11	214	209	67	8th MJHL
2005-06	63	37	20	-	6	279	206	80	4th MJHL
2006-07	63	31	31	-	1	259	281	63	6th MJHL
2007-08	62	45	14	-	3	345	191	93	2nd MJHL
2008-09	62	48	11	-	3	381	192	99	1st MJHL
2009-10	62	36	19	-	7	228	199	79	3rd MJHL	Lost final
2010-11	62	31	30	-	1	225	229	63	8th MJHL	Lost quarter-final
2011-12	62	34	22	-	6	230	215	74	6th MJHL	Lost final
2012-13	60	18	34	-	8	159	217	44	10th MJHL	DNQ
2013-14	60	32	24	-	4	202	179	68	5th MJHL	Lost semi-final
2014-15	60	30	20	-	10	202	191	70	5th MJHL	Lost semi-final
2015-16	60	37	21	-	2	195	141	76	4th MJHL	Lost quarter-final
2016-17	60	26	26	-	8	167	198	60	7th MJHL	Lost quarter-final
2017-18	60	40	17	-	3	268	181	83	2nd MJHL	Lost final
2018-19	60	31	21	-	8	214	196	70	5th MJHL	Lost semi-final
2019-20	60	32	23	-	5	233	218	69	6th MJHL	Cancelled
2020-21	9	8	0	-	1	39	24	17	1st MJHL	Cancelled
2021-22	54	30	20	-	4	203	183	64	5th MJHL	Lost semi-final
2022-23	58	35	22	-	1	182	185	71	6th MJHL	Lost final
2023–24	58	40	12	3	3	229	134	86	1st of 6 West 3 of 13 MJHL	Won Div Semifinal 4-2 Lost Semifinals 2-4
2024–25	58	24	31	2	1	170	189	51	5th of 6 West 10 of 13 MJHL	Did Not Qualify

Playoffs

1971 Won League, won Man/Sask Championship, lost Abbott Cup
1972 Lost quarter-final
1973 Lost semi-final
1974 Lost semi-final
1975 Lost quarter-final
1976 Lost quarter-final
1977 Lost quarter-final
1978 Lost quarter-final
1979 Lost semi-final
1980 Lost quarter-final
1981 Won League, won Turnbull Cup, lost Anavet Cup
1982 Lost semi-final
1983 Lost final
1984 Lost quarter-final
1985 Lost quarter-final
1986 Lost quarter-final
1987 Lost semi-final
1988 Lost quarter-final
1989 Lost quarter-final
1990 DNQ
1991 Lost quarter-final
1992 Lost quarter-final
1993 Lost final
1994 Won League, lost Anavet Cup
1995 Lost semi-final
1996 Lost quarter-final
1997 Lost quarter-final
1998 Lost quarter-final
1999 Lost semi-final
2000 DNQ
2001 Lost quarter-final
2002 DNQ
2003 DNQ
2004 Lost semi-final
2005 Lost quarter-final
2006 Lost quarter-final
2007 Lost semi-final
2008 Lost final
2009 Lost semi-final
2010 Lost final
2011 Lost quarter-final
2012 Lost final
2013 DNQ
2014 Lost semi-final
2015 Lost semi-final
2016 Lost quarter-final
2017 Lost quarter-final
2018 Lost final
2019 Lost semi-final
2020 Playoffs cancelled
2021 Playoffs cancelled
2022 Lost semi-final
2023 ''Lost final''