White Rock Whalers


The White Rock Whalers are a Junior ice hockey team based in White Rock, British Columbia. They are members of the Tom Shaw Conference of the Pacific Junior Hockey League. The Whalers play their home games at Centennial Arena.

History

The Whalers joined the league in 2018–19 as an expansion team They played their first regular season game on September 8, 2018 against the Richmond Sockeyes. Matt Rogers was named as the franchises first ever captain.
In 2025, the league announced plans to promote the Chilliwack Jets, Coastal Tsunami, Delta Ice Hawks, Grandview Steelers, Langley Trappers, Richmond Sockeyes and Ridge Meadows Flames to a new Tier 1 division beginning in the 2025–26 season. Under the plan, the Abbotsford Pilots, Aldergrove Ironmen, Mission City Outlaws, North Vancouver Wolf Pack, Port Coquitlam Trailblazers, Port Moody Panthers, Surrey Knights and White Rock Whalers would remain as Tier 2, as well as a planned expansion team to be based in Cloverdale. However, when the plan was put to the franchise owners for a vote, it failed to pass by the required two-thirds majority, with 8 members voting for and 7 voting against. The vote was divided between the franchises that had been selected for promotion, who voted in favour of the motion, and those not selected for promotion, who voted against it.

Season-by-season record

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
SeasonGPWLTOTLPtsGFGAFinishPlayoffs
2018-1944142802301081756th of 6 Shaw Conf
10th of 12 PJHL
Did not Qualify
2019-2044241802501361464th of 6 Shaw Conf
6th of 12 PJHL
Lost Conf Semi Finals, 1-4
2020-214310061972nd of 6 Shaw Conf
3rd of 12 PJHL
**Season Cancelled due to COVID-19
2021-2244271601551611404th of 6 Shaw Conf
7th of 13 PJHL
Won Conf Semi Finals, 4-2
Won Conf Finals, 4-2
Lost League Finals 1-4
2022-2348301602621911463rd of 6 Shaw Conf
5th of 13 PJHL
Won Conf Semi Finals, 4-1
Lost Conf Finals, 1-4
2023-2448271740581861584th of 7 Shaw Conf
6th of 14 PJHL
Won Conf Playin, 2-1
Lost Conf Semifinals, 0-4
2024-2548291450632061663rd of 8 Shaw Conf
5th of 15 PJHL
Lost Conf Semi Finals, 2-4

Awards and trophies

PJHL Coach of the Year