The Colts went on to win KIJHL playoff titles in 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, and 1976, topping this off with Cyclone Taylor Cups as Provincial Champions in 1974 and 1975.

They completed this dynastic run by winning the Cyclone Taylor Cup a total of five times, first in 1982, then consecutively in 1984, 1985, 1986, and 1987.

The PCJHL had been a tiny Junior "A" league bridging the British Columbia-Alberta North-Central border since 1980.

The Southern expansion into the Kootenays was an effort to increase the talent pool and to venture into an area that British Columbia Junior Hockey League had yet to claim.

In 1998, the Western Hockey League's Edmonton Ice was failing and was sold and moved to Cranbrook.