Kenora Pioneers

League: WCLH

Est: 1974

Location: Kenora, Ontario

Colours: Blue, green, white.

Owners: Keith Parker 1974-present

Jade Trophy titles: 1 (1979)

Valor Cup titles: 0

Valor Cup appearances: 1

Arena: Kenora Arena (build: 1966) (cap: 2000)

Jerseys

1974-present
Funny story: they were supposed to be called the Fighting Muskie based on the town’s 40 ft statue Huskie the Muskie, but a minor baseball team from Duluth, Minnesota, said no to the name. They did allow them to use the muskellunge fish as the team mascot. So, the owner Keith Parker, decided to put together the “name a team” contest in hopes of keeping a muskellunge theme to it. A week later, the Pioneers became the official name for the team. Hence, Keith had a logo designer mix the name Pioneers with the muskellunge fish together, and the result is the Pioneers wordmark with the muskellunge fish screaking across. The white jersey has a big blue stripe with green trim from the shoulder down, followed by a big blue stripe with two little green stripes as trims only on the front chest. The blue is the same, minus the chest stripes.