Last night the Wenatchee Wild clinched their first Interior Division Title in five games over the Trail Smoke Eaters. The Wild will now advance to the Fred Page Cup for the first time in franchise history. The Wild in their first season in the Interior Division, become just the third team to win the Interior Division Championship other then the Vernon Vipers or Penticton Vees since 2004. Since the 2003-04 season only Salmon Arm, West Kelowna & now Wenatchee are the only three teams other then Vernon or Penticton to win the Ryan Hatfield Memorial Trophy.
Since the 1995-96 season only four teams have won the Interior Division Championship other then the Vernon Vipers or Penticton Vees. Merritt-2001, Salmon Arm-2004, West Kelowna-2016 & Wenatchee-2018
Since the 2001-02 season the Wenatchee Wild are just the third team (West Kelowna, Salmon Arm & Wenatchee) from the Interior Division to advance to the league finals other then the Vernon Vipers or Penticton Vees.
The Wenatchee Wild become just the second US based team to reach the BCHL Finals. The last US based team to reach the league finals was the Bellingham Ice Hawks who were swept by the Vernon Lakers in the 1992 BCJHL Finals. The last & only US based team to win the BCHL Championship was the 1975 & 1979 Bellingham Blazers.
Past winners since 1996 of the Ryan Hatfield Memorial Trophy:
| YEAR | TEAM |
| 2016 | West Kelowna Warriors |
| 2015 | Penticton Vees |
| 2014 | Vernon Vipers |
| 2013 | Penticton Vees |
| 2012 | Penticton Vees |
| 2011 | Vernon Vipers |
| 2010 | Vernon Vipers |
| 2009 | Vernon Vipers |
| 2008 | Penticton Vees |
| 2007 | Vernon Vipers |
| 2006 | Penticton Vees |
| 2005 | Vernon Vipers |
| 2004 | Salmon Arm SilverBacks |
| 2003 | Vernon Vipers |
| 2002 | Vernon Vipers |
| 2001 | Merritt Centennials |
| 2000 | Vernon Vipers |
| 1999 | Vernon Vipers |
| 1998 | Penticton Panthers |
| 1997 | Vernon Vipers |
| 1996 | Vernon Vipers |
Past winners since 2002 of the Fred Page Cup:
| YEAR | FRED PAGE CUP WINNER | SERIES RESULT |
| 2017 | Penticton Vees | 4-3 over Chilliwack Chiefs |
| 2016 | West Kelowna Warriors | 4-2 over Chilliwack Chiefs |
| 2015 | Penticton Vees | 4-2 over Nanaimo Clippers |
| 2014 | Coquitlam Express | 4-0 over Vernon Vipers |
| 2013 | Surrey Eagles | 4-2 over Penticton Vees |
| 2012 | Penticton Vees | 4-0 over Powell River Kings |
| 2011 | Vernon Vipers | 4-0 over Powell River Kings |
| 2010 | Vernon Vipers | 4-3 over Powell River Kings |
| 2009 | Vernon Vipers | 4-2 over Powell River Kings |
| 2008 | Penticton Vees | 4-0 over Nanaimo Clippers |
| 2007 | Nanaimo Clippers | 4-2 over Vernon Vipers |
| 2006 | Burnaby Express | 4-2 over Penticton Vees |
| 2005 | Surrey Eagles | 4-1 over Vernon Vipers |
| 2004 | Nanaimo Clippers | 4-1 over Salmon Arm SilverBacks |
| 2003 | Vernon Vipers | 4-0 over Chilliwack Chiefs |
| 2002 | Chilliwack Chiefs | 4-2 over Vernon Vipers |
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