List of ice hockey teams in Saskatchewan
- List of ice hockey teams in Saskatchewan
The following is a list of ice hockey teams in Saskatchewan, past and present. It includes the league(s) they play for, and championships won.
The province of Saskatchewan has been without professional hockey since the Saskatoon Quakers demise in the Western Hockey League in 1959. The only major professional teams in Saskatchewan history played in the Western Canada Hockey League in the 1920s. In 1983, a bid to buy and relocate the National Hockey League's St. Louis Blues to Saskatoon was vetoed by the NHL. [cite web |url=http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1983/83facts.html |title=1983 NHL Entry Draft |accessdate=2007-01-06 |work=hockeydraftcentral.com]
The province is a hot bed for junior hockey with five Western Hockey League teams and the twelve team Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League. The Regina Pats are the oldest continuously operating junior team in Canada, tracing their beginnings back to 1917. [cite web |url=http://www.reginapats.com/modules.php?name=Sections&op=viewarticle&artid=12 |title=History |accessdate=2007-01-06 |work=Regina Pats Hockey Club]
This list does not include teams below the junior age group, or senior teams below the AAA level.
Major Professional
Western Canada Hockey League
The Western Canada Hockey League was the first major-professional league on the prairies. Founded in 1921, it collapsed due to escalating costs in 1926, and was reformed as the Prairie Hockey League from 1926-28.
*Three of the Regina Pats' Memorial Cups predate the WHL.
Former teams
Junior B Hockey Leagues
The Prairie Junior Hockey League merged with the North Saskatchewan Junior B Hockey League in 2007 to create a more manageable province-wide league.
enior
Three senior AAA hockey teams from Saskatchewan have captured the Allan Cup as the national Senior hockey champion of Canada. the Lloydminster Border Kings are the defending Allan Cup champions.
League, regional and national championships
:‡Includes Saskatoon's win in 1927-28 after the league renamed itself the "Prairie Hockey League":‡Totals do not include any championships by the Flin Flon Bombers, as the town is predominantly based in Manitoba.
ee also
*Saskatchewan Hockey Association
*2001 Memorial Cup
References
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