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The Kam River Fighting Walleye is a junior ice hockey team in the SIJHL based in Oliver Paipoonge, Ontario. Apart from the team's inaugural 2020–21 season, which was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the team has finished each regular season in 1st place in the league. The team won the league championship Bill Salonen Cup in 2023 and advanced to the national championship tournament where they were eliminated in the preliminary round.




Arena


The team plays its home games at the NorWest Arena in Oliver Paipoonge, Ontario.




Team identity


The team gets its name from its junior B predecessor that played in the Lakehead Junior Hockey League from 2017–2020. Before joining the SIJHL in 2020, the team's logo was notably similar to that of the Toledo Walleye of the ECHL; so much so that the Toledo Walleye considered it to be a trademark infringement and the Kam River Fighting Walleye agreed to change it.




Franchise history


The team's inaugural 2020–21 season was cancelled with only 4 regular season games played due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The following year, the team hosted a pre-season exhibition tournament called the Teleco Cup. The team went on to finish the 2021–22 regular season in first place before losing to the Red Lake Miners in the final round of the playoffs. The team won the league championship Bill Salonen Cup in the 2022–23 SIJHL season. The team then advanced to the 2023 Centennial Cup national junior A championship tournament and were eliminated in the preliminary round.
In 2024, the team set an all-time league record with 104 shots on goal during a single match against the Kenora Islanders in which the Fighting Walleye won by a score of 11-0. It may have also been a record for the Kenora Islanders goaltender, Kaden King, who made 93 saves.




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External links


Kam River Fighting Walleye official website
Superior International Junior Hockey League official website

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• Kam River Fighting Walleye
• 2022–23 SIJHL season
• Superior International Junior Hockey League
• 2023–24 SIJHL season
• 2021–22 SIJHL season
• 2024 Centennial Cup
• 2023 Centennial Cup
• Thunder Bay
• Thunder Bay Bandits
• Kenora Islanders