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National Hockey League champion PCHA Championship: 8: Pacific Coast Hockey Association champion WCHL Championship: 2: Western Canada Hockey League champion Lester Patrick Cup: 9: PCHL/WHL champion President's Cup: 11: Western Hockey League champion Memorial Cup: 5: Canadian Major-Junior national champion Allan Cup: 10: Canadian senior national ...
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 Centennial Cup (known as the Royal Bank Cup from 1996 to 2018) is the Canadian Junior Hockey League championship tournament. It was awarded to BCHL teams 14 times in its history. BCHL teams are no longer eligible to play in the tournament since the league withdrew from the CJHL in 2021. [20] 1986: Penticton Knights; 1987: Richmond Sockeyes
Women's ice hockey teams in British Columbia (4 P) Pages in category "Ice hockey teams in British Columbia" The following 97 pages are in this category, out of 97 total.
Pages in category "Ice hockey leagues in British Columbia" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
A new team was formed in 1918 and again were dubbed the Victoria Aristocrats, with players from the folded Portland Rosebuds. In 1922 they changed their name to the Victoria Cougars. Led by coach Lester Patrick, the Cougars would win the Stanley Cup in 1925 against the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL).
The history of the Vancouver Canucks begins when the team joined the National Hockey League (NHL). Founded as an expansion team in 1970 along with the Buffalo Sabres, the Vancouver Canucks were the first NHL team to be based in Vancouver. They adopted the name of the minor professional hockey team that had existed in Vancouver since 1945.
The NHL was founded in 1917 as a successor to the National Hockey Association (NHA), starting out with four teams from the predecessor league, and eventually grew to thirty-two in its current state. The NHL has expanded and contracted numerous times throughout its history , including in 1979 when four teams were added from the World Hockey ...