In 1998 and 1999 they competed in the Western Canada Junior B Championships, the Keystone Cup, winning Bronze in 1998.
The Hearst Elans joined the North of Superior Junior B Hockey League in 1997.
In their first season, the Elans finished in first place and won the league's playoffs.
They moved on to the Keystone Cup, the Western Canadian Championship, in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
The Elans dropped a 4-3 decision to the Selkirk Fishermen of the Manitoba Junior B Hockey League, lost 6-4 to the Assiniboia Southern Rebels of the South Saskatchewan Junior B Hockey League, lost a 5-4 game to Fort William, and an 8-4 loss to the Capital Junior Hockey League's Edmonton Royals, before finally beating the Campbell River Storm in their final game.