Pacific Coast Hockey League
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The Pacific Coast Hockey League was an ice hockey league with teams in western United States and Canada that played from 1944 to 1952. The league was managed by Hockey Hall of Fame member Al Leader, and grew out of combining teams from the Southern California Hockey League and the Northwest International Hockey League. The PCHL was founded as an amateur loop, partly because the National Hockey League recognized Lester Patrick as the territorial rights holder for professional hockey in Vancouver, Portland and Seattle. In 1948, however, the ten team league voted to turn pro, and was recognized as such by the NHL.
In 1951, having dwindled to a six team league, the PHCL merged with the Western Canada Senior Hockey League, adding three new franchises on the Canadian prairies. One year later, the league became the Western Hockey League.
The PCHL championship trophy was the President's Cup.
[edit] Teams
- San Francisco Shamrocks (1948-1950)
- Los Angeles Monarchs (1948-1950)
- San Diego Skyhawks (1948-1950)
- Oakland Oaks (1948-1949)
- Fresno Falcons (1948-1950)
- Seattle Ironmen (1948-1952)
- Portland Eagles (1948-1949, 1950-1951)
- Portland Penguins (1949-1950)
- Vancouver Canucks (1948-1952)
- Tacoma Rockets (1948-1952)
- New Westminster Royals (1948-1952)
- Victoria Cougars (1949-1952)
- Saskatoon Quakers (1951-1952)
- Edmonton Flyers (1951-1952)
- Calgary Stampeders (1951-1952)
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