The Beaver Valley Nitehawks are a junior 'B' ice hockey team based in Fruitvale, British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Neil Murdoch Division of the Kootenay Conference of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL). The Nitehawks play their home games at Beaver Valley Arena. Dennis Bedin is the team's president and general manager, Terry Jones is the coach and they are captained by forward Chris Derochie.
The Nitehawks joined the league in 1981 as an expansion team. In its KIJHL history, the team has won the Cyclone Taylor Cup twice, in 1997 and 2001. The Nitehawks have won the KIJHL Championship six times, in 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004 and 2012. They won nine division playoff titles as a member of the Neil Murdoch Division from 1996-2012; one conference playoff title as a member of the Kootenay Conference from 2007-2012.
The Nitehawks have retired three players' jerseys in their team history—Rocky Dickson (2), Barrett Jackman (6) and Adam Deadmarsh (12).
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