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The Merritt Centennials folded its BCHL operations and joined the KIJHL as an expansion team. [2] The Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League (VIJHL) announced that it would withdraw from the Hockey Canada framework and operate as an independent farm league for the BCHL. [3] [4] The league introduced "universal affiliate" players.
The British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL) is an independent Canadian Junior ice hockey league with 21 teams in British Columbia and Alberta. It was classified as a Junior "A" league within the Hockey Canada framework, until it became independent in 2023. Since becoming independent, the league characterizes itself simply as a Junior ice hockey ...
The 2023–24 BCHL season was the 62nd season of the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL).The 17 teams from the Coastal and Interior Divisions played 54 scheduled games, including two games as part of the BCHL showcase, which were held in Seattle from October 22 to October 26 2023, in partnership with the NHL's Seattle Kraken. [1]
The 2022–23 BCHL season was the 61st season of the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL). The eighteen teams from the Coastal and Interior Conferences played 54 game schedules. The 2022 BCHL showcase took place in Chilliwack From October 17 to October 20, 2022. [1]
The league was founded as the Okanagan-Mainland Junior "A" Hockey League (OMJHL) in 1961 by the owners of four regional Junior "B" teams. It later expanded into the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island and was renamed the British Columbia Junior Hockey League in 1967. It was renamed the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL) in 1995.
The following is a list of ice hockey teams in British Columbia, past and present. It includes the league(s) they play for, and championships won. It includes the league(s) they play for, and championships won.
The 2021–22 BCHL season was the 60th season of the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL). The eighteen teams from the Coastal and Interior Conferences played 54 game schedules. The 2021 BCHL Showcase occurred shortly after the start of the season on October 20–24, 2021, in Chilliwack. [1]
The Okotoks Oilers are a junior A ice hockey team in the BCHL based in Okotoks, Alberta.The team plays its home games at the Viking Rentals Centre. [1] The team joined the BCHL on February 1, 2024 after defecting from the AJHL along with four other Alberta-based teams.