The Billings Bighorns were a junior ice hockey team in the Western Hockey League who played from 1977 to 1982. The team was originally the Calgary Centennials...

Billings is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Montana, with a population of 117,116 as of the 2020 census. Located in the south-central portion...

George, British Columbia. Nachbaur played his junior career with the Billings Bighorns of the WHL. In two seasons, where he played 162 games (regular-season...

In 1977, the franchise relocated to Montana and was known as the Billings Bighorns—part of an initial wave of American teams in the league. In 1982,...

the addition of two more American teams in the Seattle Breakers and Billings Bighorns a year later, the WCHL shortened its name to the Western Hockey League...

popular in Billings. The very next season the Western Hockey League arrived with the relocation of a brand new team, the Billings Bighorns. Note: GP =...

in winning their fourth consecutive President's Cup, defeating the Billings Bighorns—the first American-based club to make the league playoff final—in...

Islanders. The team originated in Calgary in 1966–67 with a stop as the Billings Bighorns. The team only played one season in Nanaimo before moving. The new...

ranks, first in the B.C. Junior Hockey League, and then on to the Billings Bighorns of the Western Hockey League (WHL), where he was named a WHL all star...

season, the Centennials were sold and relocated to Billings, Montana and became the Billings Bighorns. Calgarians would not have to wait long for another...

Draveurs (QMJHL) 56 Lindsay Carson Left wing  Canada Philadelphia Flyers Billings Bighorns (WHL) 57 Keith Crowder Right wing  Canada Boston Bruins Peterborough...

Broncos SJHL — — — — — — — — — — 1980–81 Billings Bighorns WHL 24 1 8 9 12 3 0 1 1 0 1981–82 Billings Bighorns WHL 72 45 56 101 46 5 4 6 10 4 1982–83 Colorado...

Marcel Frere Left wing  Canada Chicago Black Hawks (from Minnesota) Billings Bighorns (WHL) 59 Dave Simpson Centre  Canada New York Islanders London Knights...

College/junior/club team 1 Gord Kluzak (D)  Canada Boston Bruins (from New Jersey)1 Billings Bighorns (WHL) 2 Brian Bellows (RW)  Canada Minnesota North Stars (from Detroit)2...

Cornwall Royals QMJHL 1982 Boston Bruins Gord Kluzak  Canada Defenceman Billings Bighorns WHL 1983 Minnesota North Stars Brian Lawton  United States Forward...

reservoir is 40 mi (64 km) south of Billings, Montana. It stretches the entire 72 mi (115 km) length of the Bighorn Canyon at full pool. The Lake was created...

Centennials. It moved to Nanaimo in 1982 after spending five years as the Billings Bighorns. Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties Pts = Points...

 Canada St. Louis Blues Billings Bighorns (WCHL) 73 Tim Thomlison Goaltender  Canada Colorado Rockies (from Vancouver)1 Billings Bighorns (WCHL) 74 Rod Guimont...

Dame. Kluzak played junior hockey for two seasons with the WHL's Billings Bighorns, where he was paired on defence with future NHLer Bob Rouse. He missed...

season. They filled the void left by the departure of the major junior Billings Bighorns in 1982. After their first and only season in the CHL, posting a 20–52–4...

New Westminster won Memorial Cup 1977–78 New Westminster Bruins (4) Billings Bighorns 4–0 New Westminster won Memorial Cup 1978–79 Brandon Wheat Kings (1)...

University of Saskatchewan in the 1972–73 season. He then coached the Billings Bighorns of the Western Hockey League before returning to Saskatchewan, winning...

Mike Kouwenhoven (born February 7, 1959) is a Canadian-born Dutch former professional ice hockey player. Kouwenhoven competed as a member of the Netherlands...

franchise, the Calgary Centennials, had moved south to become the Billings Bighorns shortly after the end of the 1976–77 WCHL season. A new investor group...

— — 1978–79 Billings Bighorns WHL 9 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 1979–80 Melville Millionaires SJHL 9 3 2 5 10 — — — — — 1979–80 Billings Bighorns WHL 49 1 9 10...

professional ice hockey player. Stafford played major junior hockey with the Billings Bighorns of the Western Hockey League (WHL). He attended a try-out with the...

teams, including the former AWHL teams Billings Bulls, Bozeman Icedogs, Great Falls Americans, and Helena Bighorns. The new AWHL would later be merged into...

Metra) is a multi-purpose arena located at MetraPark, the fairgrounds of Billings, Montana. The arena has a capacity of 8,700 for ice hockey and indoor football...

League GP W L T MIN GA SO GAA SV% GP W L MIN GA SO GAA SV% 1981–82 Billings Bighorns WHL 1 0 1 0 60 7 0 7.00 .881 — — — — — — — — 1982–83 Nanaimo Islanders...

into Montana and Washington. Calgary Centennials move and become the Billings Bighorns; Kamloops Chiefs move and become the Seattle Breakers. Winnipeg Monarchs...