The Prairie Senior Hockey League was a senior amateur ice hockey league in the Canadian provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan for the 1971-72 season.
11-783: The league was formed by the merger of the Saskatchewan Senior Hockey League and the Alberta Senior Hockey League in 1971. It consisted of five teams, two from Alberta, the Calgary Stampeders and Edmonton Monarchs , and three from Saskatchewan, the Regina Caps , Saskatoon Quakers , and Yorkton Millers . In December the Stampeders went on a tour of Europe. When they returned in January they disbanded because
22-562: A final series between Regina and Yorkton. The Yorkton Millers advanced to the 1972 Western Canada Allan Cup Playoffs . As of this edit , this article uses content from "Prairie Senior Hockey League" , which is licensed in a way that permits reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License , but not under the GFDL . All relevant terms must be followed. This ice hockey competition article
33-517: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Alberta -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Saskatchewan -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Saskatchewan Senior Hockey League The Saskatchewan Senior Hockey League (SSHL) was a senior amateur ice hockey league that operated in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan on-and-off from 1938 to 1971. Before
44-461: The Canadian provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan for the 1971-72 season. The league was formed by the merger of the Saskatchewan Senior Hockey League and the Alberta Senior Hockey League in 1971. It consisted of five teams, two from Alberta, the Calgary Stampeders and Edmonton Monarchs , and three from Saskatchewan, the Regina Caps , Saskatoon Quakers , and Yorkton Millers . In December
55-503: The Prairie Senior Hockey League . As of this edit , this article uses content from "Saskatchewan Senior Hockey League" , which is licensed in a way that permits reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License , but not under the GFDL . All relevant terms must be followed. Prairie Senior Hockey League The Prairie Senior Hockey League was a senior amateur ice hockey league in
66-556: The 1938–39 season there were Northern and Southern leagues in the province. They merged in 1938 to form the one provincial league. The championship team went on in the Allan Cup as Saskatchewan's representative. In 1941 the Regina Rangers won the SSHL's only Allan Cup title. The league carried on through most of World War II but disbanded in 1944-45 because of a shortage of players and
77-624: The Allan Cup playoffs, but only lasted until 1954–55. The Western Hockey League (WHL) operated in the province and the SSHL could not compete. It started up again in 1958-59 after the WHL left the province and operated until 1964–65. In 1965 the teams again merged with teams from Alberta to form a revived Western Canada Senior Hockey League . This new league lasted for two seasons when the teams again split on provincial lines. The SSHL started up again in 1967-68 and lasted until 1971 when another merger formed
88-506: The Stampeders went on a tour of Europe. When they returned in January they disbanded because the team had no more money. The other Alberta team from Edmonton remained in the league. It was decided that the Monarchs would not enter the league playoffs but represent Alberta in the Allan Cup playoffs. The other three teams from Saskatchewan would play off among themselves to decide that province's representative. The Saskatoon Quakers folded after
99-632: The difficulty of travelling. From the 1945–46 season through the 1949-50 season, senior teams in Regina and Saskatoon joined up with Calgary and Edmonton to form the Western Canada Senior Hockey League (WCSHL). The SSHL lay dormant until 1950 when the WCSHL moved up to the major level and competed for the Alexander Cup . The SSHL was revived for 1950–51, again sending its champions to
110-409: The season ended. What was to be a semifinal series then became a final series between Regina and Yorkton. The Yorkton Millers advanced to the 1972 Western Canada Allan Cup Playoffs . As of this edit , this article uses content from "Prairie Senior Hockey League" , which is licensed in a way that permits reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License , but not under
121-425: The team had no more money. The other Alberta team from Edmonton remained in the league. It was decided that the Monarchs would not enter the league playoffs but represent Alberta in the Allan Cup playoffs. The other three teams from Saskatchewan would play off among themselves to decide that province's representative. The Saskatoon Quakers folded after the season ended. What was to be a semifinal series then became
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