The Okanagan Senior Hockey League (OSHL) is a defunct Canadian ice hockey league that operated for 10 seasons (1951 to 1961) within the Okanagan region of British Columbia . This league is notable as it played hockey at the highest amateur level in North America. This league won two Allan Cups (1953–54 and 1955–56) and a World Championship (1955).
4-814: In 1951 the Okanagan Mainline League split up into two leagues: the Pacific Coast Senior League and the Okanagan Senior League. The Okanagan Senior League ceased its operations after the 1960-61 season. The league was then replaced by the Okanagan Junior Hockey League , the precursor to the British Columbia Hockey League . In 1954, the Penticton V's of the Okanagan Senior League won the 1954 Allan Cup , as
8-537: A result they were invited to represent Canada at the 1955 World Ice Hockey Championships . With an 8-0-0 record, the V's would become 1955 World Champions. Later, when the Vernon Canadians won the 1956 Allan Cup , they elected to not send a team to the World Championships. As of this edit , this article uses content from "Okanagan Senior League" , which is licensed in a way that permits reuse under
12-603: The Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License , but not under the GFDL . All relevant terms must be followed. This ice hockey article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Okanagan Mainline League The Okanagan Mainline League is a defunct senior men's ice hockey league that operated in British Columbia , Canada from 1949 to 1951. This senior league
16-616: Was previously an intermediate league. It was promoted in 1949. There was a serious travel problem between the teams in the Okanagan Valley and the Nanaimo Clippers on Vancouver Island . This was the main reason the league only lasted two seasons before splitting up into the Okanagan Senior League and the Pacific Coast Senior League . As of this edit , this article uses content from "Okanagan Mainline League" , which
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