Saskatoon Quakers

The Saskatoon Quakers were an ice hockey team that was based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. The team existed from 1945 until 1959, playing in various senior and minor-professional leagues during that time. In 1952, they captured the President's Cup as Pacific Coast Hockey League champions.

History

The Quakers were a founding member of the Western Canada Senior Hockey League in 1945, where they were known their first two seasons as the Saskatoon Elks. They captured the WCSHL championship in 1950-51. The following season, the Quakers joined the Calgary Stampeders and Edmonton Flyers in turning professional as the WCSHL merged with the Pacific Coast Hockey League, which renamed itself the Western Hockey League in the following year. As a result of the merger, the Quakers lost their amateur status, becoming a minor-professional team. The Quakers won the PCHL championship in their first year in the PCHL, however succumbed to the increased costs of playing in the WHL after only five seasons.

In 1957-58, Saskatoon returned to the WHL, splitting home games with St. Paul, Minnesota as the Saskatoon/St. Paul Regals. The two city concept did not work, and in 1958-59, the team was restored as the Saskatoon Quakers. They would last only that one season before folding for good in 1959.

Saskatoon has not been represented by a professional team since....

eason-by-season record

"Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against"

ee also

*List of ice hockey teams in Saskatchewan

References

* [http://www.hockeyleaguehistory.com/Western_Canada_Senior_Hockey_League_1945.htm hockeyleaguehistory.com] WCSHL standings
* [http://www.geocities.com/texliebmann/hockey/west/old_whl.htm The Old Western Hockey League] PCHL/WHL standings
* [http://www.hockeydb.com hockeydb.com]