Western Hockey League (minor pro)
- Western Hockey League (minor pro)
:"This article refers to the minor pro Western Hockey League operating from 1952 to 1974. For other leagues with the same name, see Western Hockey League (disambiguation)"
The Western Hockey League was a minor pro ice hockey league that operated from 1952 to 1974. Managed for most of its history by Hockey Hall of Fame member Al Leader, it was created out of the merger of the Pacific Coast Hockey League and the Western Canada Senior Hockey League. During the 1960s, the WHL moved into large west coast markets like Los Angeles and San Francisco, and it was feared that the WHL would become a rival major league that finally convinced the National Hockey League to expand for the 1967-68 season.Fact|date=February 2008
In the 1965-66 and 1967-68 seasons, they played an interlocking schedule with the American Hockey League. A diluted talent pool, and the move of the NHL and World Hockey Association into many of its traditional markets forced the league to cease operations after the 1973-74 season. A few of its surviving teams were absorbed into the Central Hockey League.
The championship trophy of the WHL was the Lester Patrick Cup, which is currently on display at the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Teams
*Brandon Regals (1955 - 1957)
*Calgary Stampeders (1952 - 1963)
*California Seals (1966 - 1967)
*Denver Invaders (1963 - 1964)
*Denver Spurs (1968 - 1974)
*Edmonton Flyers (1952 - 1963)
*Los Angeles Blades (1961 - 1967)
*New Westminster Royals (1952 - 1959)
*Phoenix Roadrunners (1967 - 1974)
*Portland Buckaroos (1960 - 1974)
*Salt Lake Golden Eagles (1969 - 1974)
*San Diego Gulls (1966 - 1974)
*San Francisco Seals (1961 - 1967)
*Saskatoon Quakers (1952 - 1959)
*Seattle Americans (1955 - 1957)
*Seattle Bombers (1953 - 1954)
*Seattle Ironmen (1952 - 1953)
*Seattle Totems (1957 - 1974)
*Spokane Comets (1960 - 1963)
*Spokane Flyers (1958-1960)
*Tacoma Rockets (1952 - 1953)
*Vancouver Canucks (1952 - 1970)
*Victoria Cougars (1952 - 1961)
*Victoria Maple Leafs (1964 - 1967)
*Winnipeg Warriors (1955 - 1961)
External links
* [http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/whl1953.html hockeydb.com Stats]
* [http://www.geocities.com/texliebmann/hockey/west/old_whl.htm The Unofficial Old Western Hockey League Homepage]
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