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29-641: The Fresno Hockey Club, originally known as the Flyers, was founded in 1946 as a charter member of the Pacific Coast Hockey League , where they played until the league folded in 1950. The all time goal leader is Adrian Marin with 40 goals in a season The team picked up in 1952 for a season in the Pacific Coast Senior League . Following just one season, hockey was dormant in Fresno until 1968, when

58-747: A traveling team before being moved to Tacoma, Washington , to become the Tacoma Tigers . From 1932 to 1935, no league called the PCHL existed, although teams from the first PCHL joined the Western Canada Hockey League or the North West Hockey League . In 1936, the Portland, Seattle, and Vancouver franchises of the North West Hockey League joined with the Oakland Clippers to re-form

87-677: A month, although the newsstand price of the Saturday paper would rise from 5 to 35 cents. The merger resulted in layoffs — 53 full-time and eight part-time employees were let go, resulting in challenges from union representatives and fired staffers. The first edition of the Times Colonist was published Sept. 2, 1980. In 1983, the newspaper stopped printing both a morning and afternoon edition and moved to daily morning publication. A two-storey Victoria Press Building had been constructed on Douglas Street in 1971, replacing smaller offices built on

116-605: A website as well as an e-edition, which offers a digital replica of the printed pages. According to News Media Canada , the Times Colonist saw an average daily circulation of 58,297 in 2015. From 2016 to present, the average press run was below 31,000 copies daily. The Times Colonist is published six days a week (Tuesday to Sunday) and is sold by subscription or at newsstands. On August 2, 1980, The Daily Colonist newspaper front page proclaimed "Merger pains lead to birth of new daily". Victoria Press Ltd., which produced both

145-692: Is an English-language daily newspaper in Victoria , British Columbia , Canada. It was formed by the September 2, 1980 merger of the Victoria Daily Times , established in 1884, and the British Colonist (later the Daily Colonist ), established in 1858 by Amor De Cosmos who was later British Columbia's second Premier . The British Colonist was B.C.'s first paper "of any permanence". De Cosmos

174-596: The Victoria Times Colonist newspaper article. The ice hockey Falcons were the second team that season to fold, following the Augusta Lynx . Arguments were made that the ECHL had expanded into markets that were unable to sustain their market, though the perception in Fresno's case was that the franchise had issues beyond that which prevented the team from being profitable. Fresno was without hockey at any level until

203-595: The Daily Colonist and the Victoria Times , could no longer sustain both competing newspapers without making significant financial cuts, Vice-President Colin McCullough wrote in a statement. Instead, both papers would fold, in what the paper called "the demise of two of Canada's oldest newspapers". The newly-formed Times-Colonist newspaper would be delivered twice-daily and subscriptions would continue to cost 5 dollars

232-745: The Fresno Monsters began play in the 2009–10 season in the Tier III Junior A Western States Hockey League . The city briefly hosted two junior teams called the Monsters from 2010 to 2013 when the Tier II North American Hockey League expanded into Fresno. In 2013, the NAHL Monsters relocated to Wenatchee, Washington ; however, the Monsters continued to field a team in the WSHL and later

261-579: The Times Colonist. Two years later, it was sold again to CanWest Publications. On July 13, 2010, the Postmedia Network acquired CanWest Publications and all of its assets, including the Times Colonist. On October 18, 2011, the Postmedia Network announced it would sell the Times Colonist , Nanaimo Daily News and Alberni Valley Times , as well as 20 weekly and bi-weekly community papers, to Glacier Media for $ 86.5 million. In 2017,

290-1152: The USPHL . In January 2024, Fresno State grad Matt Braun, along with Visalia native and NARCh president, Daryn Goodwin, would form a new travel inline hockey team. This team would revive the Fresno Falcons name as a tribute, as Goodwin, along with the fathers of four of the team's players, were alumni of the former ice hockey Falcons. The team would wear iconic green and yellow throwback style jerseys from 1970 to 1995 as their primary uniforms. 1968–69 San Joaquin Valley Champions 1970–71 Cal-Neva Hockey League Champions 1972–73 PSHL champions 1973–74 PSHL champions 1974–75 PSHL champions 1975–76 PSHL champions 1977–78 PSHL champions 1979–80 PSHL champions 1983–84 PSHL champions 1985-86 PSHL champions 1986-87 PSHL champions 1993–94 PSHL champions 2001–02 Taylor Cup Champions (WCHL) 2005–06 Pacific Division Champions (ECHL) 2024 Irvine Regional Champions (NARCh) Pacific Coast Hockey League The Pacific Coast Hockey League

319-527: The Victoria Salmon Kings ECHL team expressed some negative commentary on the Falcons team management abilities, but praised the team itself as being "competitive". The owners did not do all they could to salvage the situation, according to Dakers and gave up too easily as there were still other options available to minimize the economic damage. He was rather disappointed and not too pleased as quoted in

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348-503: The ice hockey team played at Fresno's Selland Arena , and their green and gold colors and hard-knocks play made them a staple of sports and entertainment in Fresno. The Falcons were the centerpieces of the league, as the Falcons dominated, winning sixteen league championships in 24 seasons. The ice hockey Falcons moved to the Save Mart Center on the campus of California State University, Fresno to coincide with their transfer to

377-577: The 1995–96 season. The team was a member throughout the league's eight-year existence. During the 1997–98 season they were known as Fresno's Fighting Falcons . Fresno won the league's Taylor Cup championship for the 2001–02 season, defeating the Idaho Steelheads in the finals. Along with other active WCHL teams, the Falcons joined the ECHL after the West Coast Hockey League was absorbed by the larger league in 2003. For most of its history,

406-417: The ECHL in 2003. They played there until returning to Selland Arena in 2008. The inline hockey Falcons play out of the inline rink at Fresno's Cary Park. On December 22, 2008, Fresno Hockey Club, LLC announced that the Fresno Falcons team would cease operations immediately citing operating cost due to dwindling attendance, lack of corporate sponsorships and the faltering economy. President Dave Dakers of

435-636: The Fresno Aces were introduced for a season in the short-lived Cal-Neva Hockey League. Cal-Neva was a loosely linked group of professional and semi-pro teams from around the West Coast. The league lacked structure, and played games for a selection of regional championships rather than a league championship. In the 1970–71 season, the Las Vegas Gamblers club was expelled from the league, following numerous rules violations. The Gamblers were in first place at

464-538: The PCHL renamed itself the Western Hockey League before the start of the 1952–1953 season. The PCHL championship trophy was the President's Cup . 1945: Seattle Ironmen 1946: Vancouver Canucks 1947: Los Angeles Monarchs 1948: Vancouver Canucks 1949: San Diego Skyhawks 1950: New Westminster Royals 1951: Victoria Cougars 1952: Saskatoon Quakers Victoria Times Colonist The Times Colonist

493-573: The Pacific Coast Hockey League. The Clippers relocated to Spokane in their first year. The Spokane Clippers disbanded for the 1939–40 season, but reappeared the next year as the Spokane Bombers . The league disbanded after the 1941 season, primarily as a result of World War II . 1937: Portland Buckaroos 1938: Seattle Seahawks 1939: Portland Buckaroos 1940: Vancouver Lions 1941: Vancouver Lions The final incarnation of

522-632: The Victoria Press Building was sold to Merchant House Capital. In 2018, the newspaper announced it would no longer print its own paper, allowing staff to focus on the content and distribution of the newspaper. Since Oct. 1, 2018, the newspaper has been printed by Black Press in Ladysmith . The newspaper offices were moved in 2020 to Upper Harbour Place, a mixed-used residential and office building on Tyee Road in Victoria West . In June 2019, it

551-407: The founders of the earlier Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) as president. The Vancouver Lions won the league's championship all three seasons and played in all five seasons of the second version of the league, winning its final two championships in 1940 and 1941. The Victoria Cubs ' arena, Patrick Arena , was destroyed by fire in 1929, after which the club continued for one season as

580-744: 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 Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) founder Lester Patrick as the territorial rights holder for professional hockey in Vancouver , Portland , and Seattle . In 1948, however,

609-490: The league's history, some games even if not involving the Falcons were held at Selland Arena, including several Championship Finals series throughout the 1970s. A PSHL season ranged from 15 to 30 games each between anywhere from 4 to 8 teams. Franchises shifted frequently, often with new teams appearing the next season from the same cities. The mainstays of the league were the Falcons, the Los Angeles Bruins and later in

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638-596: The league's history, the Burbank or Los Angeles Jets and the West Covina or California Blackhawks (later just Hawks). Falcons games were often paired with side attractions when it came to teams' marketing, including broomball and roller derby . Following an experimental partnership with the Sunshine Hockey League in 1994–95, The Falcons became a charter member of the professional West Coast Hockey League to begin

667-544: The same street in 1951. The Victoria Press Building remained the headquarters of the Times Colonist after the 1980 merger and up until the building's sale in 2017. The Victoria Heritage Society has deemed the building architecturally notable for its "characteristics of the Late Modern style including its pre-cast concrete panels, exposed aggregate stucco cladding [...] and its full-height central entryway with rounded pre-cast concrete walls." In 1998, Southam Newspapers bought

696-532: The ten team league voted to turn pro, and was recognized as such by the NHL. Before the start of the 1951–1952 season, the PCHL had dwindled to a six team league. The neighbouring Western Canada Senior Hockey League (WCSHL), which played minor senior hockey on the Canadian prairies , had also dwindled, to just three franchises. The three WCSHL franchises turned professional and joined the PCHL for 1951–1952. One year later,

725-415: The time, and all records of games involving them were voided. The league was dissolved following the 1971-72 season, as league commissioners cited the need for more structure, and without a Nevada team, a need for a new name. During the 1968–69 season, Fresno's team was officially known as the Fresno Aces. For 1969–70, the name was changed back to the Fresno Falcons. The Pacific Southwest Hockey League

754-468: Was an ice hockey minor league with teams in the western United States and western Canada that existed in three incarnations: from 1928 to 1931, from 1936 to 1941, and from 1944 to 1952. The first incarnation of the PCHL had four teams and lasted three seasons. Brothers Frank Patrick and Lester Patrick , financed by their wealthy lumberman father Joseph Patrick , founded it and operated franchises in Vancouver and Victoria , with Frank, one of

783-577: Was announced the first 122 years of the British Colonist (later, the Daily Colonist ) would be available online, with free access, through the efforts of the Times Colonist , the University of Victoria and other funding partners. The digitized newspaper collection is reported to be one of the most popular database on the university's website. On May 28, 2022, the Times Colonist reported its former building would reopen that summer—new tenants include

812-661: Was founded in 1972 following the dissolution of the Cal-Neva Hockey League. and the Falcons were one of the league's staples, as the only franchise in the league that was present from its beginning, throughout to the 1995–96 merger that formed the West Coast Hockey League . The Falcons were the PSHL's signature franchise largely due to convenience and the availability of a then-relatively new showcase arena, Selland Arena in Fresno's Convention Center. At times throughout

841-402: Was the editor until 1866 when D.W. Higgins took over—he would remain in the role for the next twenty years. Local news receives the greatest prominence in the Times Colonist . Stories and photographs about Greater Victoria are often featured on the front page. The newspaper also has national and international stories, plus sections covering the arts, sports, and business. The Times Colonist has

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