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Very disappoint that we lost our team years ago back in 2012 or 2013 when the Vancouver Wild Jokers were folded but in simple terms we are Back!!

We lost a very good team that had just progressed into II.2 with some really good up and coming Canadian Players when the team folder due to the team manager moving from Vancouver,BC to Banff,AB taking an job as an manger of hotel. Well, almost four years have passed and the team manger is ready to rebuild his team.

While the team is not located in Vancouver, BC any longer they will keep the name but will play most of their games just outside Calgary,AB.

We are excited to bring the name back and the team back into PPM Hockey Canada divisions. We have a long road a head of us since this is a completely new team, new arena and every thing

I have even lost my experience rating and have forgotten more about the game then I though I had. I will need a refresher on the inner workings for the divisions and running a team
(Shyly stated Bouchard when someone pointed out team management for dummie book in his hand.)

I know we need better players if we are going to survive on the ice over the next few season until we can rebuild our finical situation and our academy so that we can start really pushing out some young players from the local area

But will my experience being taken away I was blocked from making the team better for the first few games through the transfer market last night since most discarded players from other managers are currently better then an single player on our roster. This is fact and isn't meant to piss off the current players on the roster. They need time to develop and we don't currently have the time for them to develop at the moment. We need results right away to keep the fans happy and my management team happy; me included

The first game showed how bad of a team we currently have as we got pounded 19-1; how we scored one I am not sure!!" laughed Bouchard. But seriously we need to try to keep the games close at least.

That being said expect the moment that I am allowed to make transfer deals that you will see an influx of players joining the team. Will the be future stars? No, This isn't what we need right now. We simple need better players until we can build our prospect pool and start training the players that we feel will make the core of the team.

We have our first hope of collect such a player on Oct 23, around 6pm when we get to take place in our first every draft. I will be happy to collect at least one good player from the draft that we can develop but with three rounds in the draft I suspect we have a good chance at getting at least two prospects that fit our long term needs and one that might fit more short term needs.

Give us some time and you will see the team really start coming around as we build up the resources and staff members to make the team better as we move towards the future and division I but by no means will this be easy and happen over night.

So Please welcome us back into the League and try to keep the game close until we improve our team.

Thanks,

Robert Bouchard
Team Manager & Hockey Operations Manager
Vancouver Wild Jokers Hockey Club

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