[citation needed] The Ghostriders joined the KIJHL in 2004 as an expansion team, after they played Junior 'A' in the RMJHL from 1991 to 1999; the AWHL from 1999 to 2003; and the NAHL in 2003–04.

The Ghostriders began in 1991 as one of the charter members of the Southern Division of the now defunct Rocky Mountain Junior Hockey League (RMJHL).

They played in the North American Hockey League (NAHL) for one season before their move down, but their franchise rights were sold to a Kalamazoo, Michigan based group.

The Ghostriders won the 2007 championship in come-from-behind fashion on home ice against the Nelson Leafs, but did not fare as well in the 2007 Cyclone Taylor Cup, losing all of their games.

Looking for redemption after the Ghostriders lost to the Rebels in the third round of the playoffs, they hosted the 2011 Cyclone Taylor Cup, the BC junior 'B' provincial championships making it to the gold medal game, in front of a sold-out crowd at the Fernie Memorial Arena, only to lose to the VIJHL Brent Patterson Memorial Trophy Champions, the Peninsula Panthers, the same score the Ghostriders beat the Victoria Cougars for bronze in the 2008 Cyclone Taylor Cup, 5–3.

The Ghostriders finished the 2014–15 regular season at the top of the Eddie Mountain division and second overall in the league, before defeating the Golden Rockets in the first round of playoffs.

The 2015–16 Ghostriders roster featured a younger side than in past years, with a strong local contingent and Cole Keebler as captain.

After battling a plague of injuries throughout the regular season, the Ghostriders faced the defending league champion Dynamiters in the first round of playoffs and were defeated in five games.

The club would part ways with Craig Mohr following this season and hire Jeff Wagner the team's new Head Coach/GM.

The team was relocated to the Elk Valley Leisure Centre in Sparwood, British Columbia, for the remainder of the 2017–18 KIJHL season.