1965-66 Alberta Senior Playoffs

This is the 1965-66 season of the Alberta Senior League:
This league was formerly the Central Alberta Hockey League.
==Standings==
 Drumheller Miners 22- 7-1-45 169-88
 Edmonton Oil Kings 22- 7-1-45 155-122
 Red Deer Rustlers 10-19-1-21 136-181
 Lacombe Rockets 4-25-1-9 97-169
Edmonton was a junior team. The others were senior.
Drumheller's arena had burned down before the season. The Miners played their home games @ Hanna.
==Playoffs==
===Semi Finals===
Best of 7
Date 	Winner 	Loser 	Location
February 24	Drumhller 2 	Red Deer 1 	Hanna
February 27	Red Deer 8 	Drumheller 5	Red Deer
March 1 	Drumheller 6	Red Deer 4 	Hanna
March 3 	Drumheller 6	Red Deer 0 	Red Deer
March 6 	Drumheller 5	Red Deer 3 	Hanna
Drumheller Miners beat Red Deer Rustlers 4 wins to 1.
Date 	Winner 	Loser 	Location
February 25	Edmonton 6 	Lacombe 5	Lacombe
February 27	Edmonton 10	Lacombe 4	Edmonton
March 1 	Edmonton 3 	Lacombe 2	Lacombe
March 3 	Edmonton 4 	Lacombe 2	Edmonton
Edmonton Oil Kings beat Lacombe Rockets 4 wins to none.
The Drumheller Miners, as the only senior team left, were automatically the league's representatives in the Allan Cup playoffs. The Edmonton Oil Kings were waiting to join the Memorial Cup playoffs.
In the meantime the 2 teams agreed to play the league final. They agreed to ease the player eligibilty rules so to give some possible substitutes some playing time.
===Final===
Best of 7
Date 	Winner 	Loser 	Location
March 9 	Edmonton 4 	Drumheller 2	Hanna
March 11	Edmonton 8 	Drumheller 4	Edmonton
March 13	Drumheller 4	Edmonton 3 	Edmonton
March 16	Edmonton 4 	Drumheller 3	Hanna
March 20	Drumheller 4	Edmonton 1 	Hanna
March 22	Drumheller 4	Edmonton 2 	Red Deer
March 24	Edmonton 1 	Drumheller 1	Hanna
Edmonton Oil Kings and Drumheller Miners tied 3 wins each, 1 tie.
The two teams had to go on in their other playoffs. In fact the Oil Kings were already playing their junior series. The two teams were declared co-champions.
Drumheller Miners advanced to the 1965-66 Western Canada Allan Cup Playoffs.
Edmonton Oil Kings advanced to the Alberta Junior Final.
==Team Photos==
66-67DruMin.jpg|Champion Drumheller Miners
65-66EdmOil.jpg|Edmonton Oil Kings
==Game Ads==
65-66AltaSrFEdmontonGameAd.jpg|Final @ Edmonton
==See Also==
List of Alberta Senior Playoffs
Category:1966 in hockey
Category:Alberta Senior Playoffs
Category:Central Alberta Hockey League seasons