Alberta-British Columbia Senior League

The Alberta-British Columbia Senior League is a defunct senior men's ice hockey league that operated for the 1941-42 season.
==History==
The West Kootenay League was a senior level hockey league that operated from 1922-23 through 1940-41; and the Alberta Senior Hockey League was a senior level league that operated between 1936 and 1941. Both leagues suspended their operations after the 1940-41 season due to World War II.
For the 1941-42 season, four teams from the two leagues (along with the upstart Red Deer Buffalos), merged to form the Alberta-British Columbia Senior League. Due to the pressures of the war, the league lasted just one season. 
The West Kootenay League was resurrected for the 1945-46 season,http://www.trailhistory.com/monument.php?action=display&id=66 and in 1946-47 the league expanded into the United States to become the Western International Hockey League.
==1941-42 season==
===Standings===
1941-42 season 	GP	W 	L 	T	Pts	GF 	GA 	PIM
Calgary Stampeders 	32	22	6 	4	48 	154	97 	n/a
Lethbridge Maple Leafs	32	16	13	3	35 	122	103	n/a
Kimberley Dynamiters 	32	16	16	0	31 	105	122	n/a
Trail Smoke Eaters 	32	14	15	3	31 	140	122	n/a
Red Deer Buffalos 	32	7 	25	0	14 	89 	166	n/a
===Coaches===
* Marty Burke (Calgary Stampeders)
* Riley "Moon" Mullen (Lethbridge Maple Leafs)
* Ken Campbell (Kimberley Dynamiters)
* Roy Bentley (Trail Smoke Eaters)
* Frank Coulson (Red Deer Buffalos)
==Playoffs==
===Semi finals===
In the "Best of 5" semi-final series the Calgary Stampeders beat Trail Smoke Eaters 3 wins to none.
*March 7: Calgary 8 Trail 3
*March 9: Calgary 3 Trail 2
*March 11: Calgary 6 Trail 1
*All game played at Calgary
In the "Best of 5" semi-final series Lethbridge Maple Leafs beat Kimberley Dynamiters 3 wins to none, 1 tie.
*March 5: Lethbridge 2 Kimberley 2
*March 7: Lethbridge 4 Kimberley 2
*March 9: Lethbridge 4 Kimberley 1
*Game 4: Kimberley defaulted.
*All game played at Lethbridge
Note: Kimberley defaulted so that it could play in the 1941-42 British Columbia Senior Playoffs, which it did over Alberta's objections.
===Final===
In the final series Lethbridge Maple Leafs beat the Calgary Stampeders 3 wins to 2, 1 tie. The Lethbridge Maple Leafs advanced to the 1941-42 Western Canada Allan Cup Playoffs.
*March 14: Calgary 2 Lethbridge 1 at Calgary
*March 16: Lethbridge 8 Calgary 6 at Lethbridge
*March 18: Calgary 4 Lethbridge 2 at Calgary
*March 21: Lethbridge 2 Calgary 1 at Lethbridge
*March 23: Calgary 2 Lethbridge 2 at Calgary 90 minutes OT
*March 24: Lethbridge 3 Calgary 1 at Lethbridge
==References==
Category:Defunct ice hockey leagues
Category:Established in 1941
Category:Disestablished in 1942