Regina Capitals The Regina Capitals were a professional and then a senior amateur ice hockey team originally based in the city of Regina , Saskatchewan . They started play in the Western Canada Hockey League ( WCHL ) , founded in 1921 . Professional History . In the Regina Capitals ' first season in the new Western Canada Hockey League , they finished second overall and then upset the Edmonton Eskimos in the playoffs to win the league championship . Winning the league championship meant that the team had to face the winner of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association ( PCHA ) before being able to challenge for the Stanley Cup . Unfortunately , the up - start Capitals lost to the Vancouver Millionaires of the PCHA . Vancouver went on to face the Toronto St . Patricks of the National Hockey League ( NHL ) , but would lose the best - of - five series for the Stanley Cup 3 games to 2 . They finished second overall in each of their first three seasons , with their third season only one point behind first place , but that first season would be the only one in which they would win the playoffs and advance to the next series . After three seasons well above . 500 , they fell to last place overall in their fourth season ( 1924 - 25 ) with only 8 wins in 28 games . The Capitals tried spending their way out of their difficulties , but that only caused more problems . With the team in debt and losing money , they followed the NHL ' s example of heading south across the border and moved to Portland , Oregon for the start of the 1925 - 26 WHL season . The Regina Capitals renamed themselves the Portland Rosebuds , which was a rekindling of an older , then defunct , team from the PCHA . With that move , they became the only United States based team in their league . Since they moved to the States , the league had to change its name to reflect that not all of its teams were based in Canada anymore . So , the " Canada " part of the league ' s name was dropped and it was renamed the Western Hockey League . The move didn ' t help the on - ice performance of the team very much . They didn ' t finish last overall , but with an extra eight games played from the previous season , they only managed to better their total wins by 4 giving them 12 wins in 36 games . After that season , the Western Hockey League folded . The National Hockey League bought every contract of ever player from the WHL for $ 258 , 000 . Prairie Hockey League Capitals . With the collapse of the WHL , many of the players and teams that didn ' t become part of the NHL re - grouped and formed a new semi - pro league called the Prairie Hockey League ( PrHL ) . A " new " Regina Capitals were born . They finished third overall in the inaugural season of the PrHL , but faltered badly for the second season with only two wins in 26 games . That second season would be the final season for both the Regina Capitals and the Prairie Hockey League as the league disbanded following the season ' s end . Season - by - season record . " Note : W = Wins , L = Losses , T = Ties , GF = Goals For , GA = Goals Against , Pts = Points " " Note : The Rosebuds relocated to Chicago as the Chicago Black Hawks ( NHL ) . The Capitals ' team that started in the PrHL in Regina was a newly formed team . " Senior History . They played in the Southern Saskatchewan Senior League in 1935 - 36 . They then played in the Western Canada Senior Hockey League from 1945 - 50 , winning the league title in 1948 - 49 , They also made it to the the 1948 - 49 Allan Cup Final , which they lost . The Capitals / Caps played in the Saskatchewan Senior Hockey League from 1951 through 1971 , with a few breaks . They won the Saskatchewan Senior Championship in 1952 - 53 , 1958 - 59 , and 1968 - 69 . Their final season was in 1971 - 72 , when they played in the Prairie Senior Hockey League . Season - by - Season Records . Saskatchewan Senior Hockey League ( 1951 - 54 ) . In 1957 - 58 they were the only senior team in Saskatchewan . They lost the quarter final in the 1957 - 58 Western Canada Allan Cup Playoffs .