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The Fort McMurray Oil Barons are an ice hockey team in the Alberta Junior Hockey League. They play in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada at the Casman Centre, capacity 1,937. :Founded: 1981-82 :Division titles won: 1999-00, 2004-05, 2005-06, 2011-12 :Regular season titles won: 1989-90, 1999-00, 2005-06 :League Championships won: 1997, 2000, 2005-06 :Doyle Cup Titles: 2000 :Royal Bank Cup Titles: 2000 ==History== Born in 1981-82 as an expansion franchise, the Oil Barons have been a dominant force in the AJHL in recent years. In 2000, the Oil Barons hosted the Royal Bank Cup, capturing the national champions in front of their hometown fans. In November 2010, the Oil Barons hosted the Northern Classic against the Drayton Valley Thunder. The game was the first known outdoor game in AJHL history and set the league's attendance record.〔http://www.ajhl.ca/news.html?newsID=157〕 In August 2011, the Oil Barons traveled to Omsk, Russia to play in the World Junior Club Cup tournament hosted by teams of their top tier junior Minor Hockey League. On August 26, the Oil Barons defeated Mytishchi Atlantes 4-2 in exhibition action. On August 27, the Oil Barons played 2011 Russian Champion Red Army in another exhibition game, this time losing 7-0. The tournament ran from August 30 until September 4. On August 30, Fort McMurray played Belarus's Dinamo-Shinnik and lost 3-0, on August 31 Sweden's Malmö Redhawks and lost 3-2, and September 2 they lost to the Czech Republic's Energie Karlovy Vary 4-1 - finishing last in their division. These teams are all top tier European clubs, while Fort McMurray plays in the second highest level of Canadian junior hockey, behind Major Junior. In the summer of 2014, after one of the best regular seasons in franchise history, the Oil Barons unexpectedly released head coach and general manager Gord Thibodeau. After a lengthy search, the Barons hired former Ottawa Senators assistant coach Curtis Hunt to replace him. Hunt retained third-year assistant coach Ryan Allen on the staff, but longtime assistant Tom Keca parted ways with the organization. Hunt added former Senators goalie Mike Brodeur to the staff as the team's new goaltending and video coach. In 2015, the Oil Barons will host the third-ever Western Canada Cup, earning an automatic berth in the tournament that pits them against the champions of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, with two spots at the Royal Bank Cup up for grabs. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fort McMurray Oil Barons」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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