BC Elite Hockey League-U18 AAA

The British Columbia Elite Hockey League U18 AAA or BCEHLU18AAA formerly the BC Hockey Major Midget League is the top provincial midget ice hockey league in British Columbia, Canada. Governed by BC Hockey and inaugurated in 2004, the league currently consists of 11 teams. Players range from 15 to 17 years old. The league champion goes on to the Telus Cup Pacific Regional to compete with the Alberta Elite Hockey League (AEHL) champion to represent the Pacific region at the annual Telus Cup, Canada's national midget championship. The league champion is awarded the Cromie Memorial Cup as provincial champions.
On September 16, 2021 the league was announced as being renamed the British Columbia Elite Hockey League with the league being specifically renamed the British Columbia Elite Hockey League U18 AAA.https://myemail.constantcontact.com/BC-Hockey-AAA-Leagues-Rebrand-as-British-Columbia-Elite-Hockey-League.html?soid=1103617399603&aid=mLUXrIB0AbM
==Current teams==
===Teams===
Team 	City 	Primary Arena
Cariboo Cougars 	Prince George 	Kin Centre Arenas
Fraser Valley Thunderbirds 	Abbotsford 	Abbotsford Centre
Greater Vancouver Canadians	Richmond 	Richmond Olympic Oval
North Island Silvertips 	Nanaimo 	Frank Crane Arena
Okanagan Rockets 	Kelowna 	Capital News Centre
South Island Royals 	Victoria 	Ian H. Stewart Complex
Thompson Blazers 	Kamloops 	Sandman Centre
Valley West Giants 	Delta/Surrey 	Planet Ice Delta/Newton Arena
Vancouver North East Chiefs	Burnaby 	Scotia Barn
Vancouver North West Hawks 	North Vancouver	North Shore Winter Club
==League champions==
Year 	BC MML Champion 	Pacific Regional result 	Telus Cup result
2023-24	Vancouver North East Chiefs 	Lost To Calgary Buffalos 	N/A
2022-23	Okanagan Rockets 	lost to Calgary Flames AAA 	N/A
2022 	Vancouver North East Chiefs 	defeated Calgary Buffalos 	Sixth
2021 	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic 	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic 	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2020 	Post season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic	Post season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic	Post season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2019 	Cariboo Cougars 	Lost to Calgary Buffaloes 	-
2018 	Fraser Valley Thunderbirds 	Lost to Lethbridge Hurricanes 	–
2017 	Cariboo Cougars 	Lost to Leduc Oil Kings 	Sixth
2016 	Valley West Hawks 	Lost to Lloydminister Bobcats 	–
2015 	Vancouver North East Chiefs 	Lost to UFA Bisons 	–
2014 	Okanagan Rockets 	Defeated Red Deer Chiefs 	Bronze
2013 	Vancouver North West Giants 	Lost to Red Deer Chiefs 	–
2012 	Vancouver North West Giants 	Lost to Red Deer Optimist Rebels 	–
2011 	Vancouver North West Giants 	Defeated Red Deer Optimist Rebels 	Fourth
2010 	Vancouver North West Giants 	Lost to Red Deer Optimist Rebels 	–
2009 	Vancouver North West Giants 	Lost to Calgary Buffaloes 	–
2008 	Cariboo Cougars 	Lost to Calgary Buffaloes 	–
2007 	Vancouver North West Giants 	N/Aa 	Fourth
2006 	Okanagan Rockets 	Lost to Calgary Buffaloes 	–
2005 	Thompson Blazers 	Lost to SSAC Boston Pizza Athletics 	–
;Earlier Midget AAA champions
*2004: Kamloops
*2003: Williams Lake
*2002: Kelowna
*2001: Prince George
*2000: Kamloops
*1999: Kamloops
*1998: Kelowna
*1997: Kelowna
*1996: Prince George
*1995: Kamloops
*1994: Chilliwack
*1993: Kamloops
*1992: Kamloops
*1991: Saanich
*1990: Prince George
*1989: Coquitlam
*1988: North Shore Winter Club
*1987: Richmond
*1986: Burnaby
*1985: North Shore Winter Club
*1984: North Shore Winter Club
*1983: Terrace
*1982: Burnaby Winter Club
*1981: Prince George
*1980: North Shore Winter Club
*1979: North Shore Winter Club
*1978: Prince George
*1977: Burnaby Winter Club
*1976: Kamloops South
*1975: Point Grey
*1974: Burnaby Winter Club
*1973: Richmond
*1972: North Shore Winter Club
*1971: North Shore Winter Club
*1970: Penticton
*1969: Prince Geoge
*1968: Kimberley
*1965: Trail
*1964: Trail
*1963: New Westminster
*1962: Trail
*1961: Kamloops
*1960: Kamloops
*1959: Cranbrook
*1958: Trail
*1957: Kimberley
*1956: Trail
*1955: Trail
*1954: Kamloops
*1953: Kelowna
*1952: Trail
*1951: Trail
*1950: Vancouver Eagletimes
*1949: Kimberley
*1948: Trail
*1947: Kimberley
*1946: Kimberley
*1945: Kimberley
*1944: Kimberley
*1940: Trail
*1939: Vernon
*1938: Merritt
a The Giants earned an automatic bye into the Telus Cup because the Red Deer Optimist Rebels were hosting the tournament
==Telus Cup==
The Vancouver North West Giants (2007, 2011) and Okanagan Rockets (2014) are the only teams to have represented the league at the Telus Cup. Upon the Giants' winning the BC MML championship in 2007, a regional final with the AMHL was not necessary as Red Deer was hosting the Telus Cup that year. The Giants finished fourth in the Telus Cup tournament in 2007 before returning four years later; they again finished fourth in 2011. The 2014 Rockets, meanwhile, won the bronze medal.
Prior to the inauguration of the BC MML, the national midget championship was held in British Columbia twice – hosted by Kelowna in 1996 and Prince George in 2001. The Burnaby Winter Club Travellers represent the only B.C. team to win the national championship, defeating the Gouverneurs de Ste-Foy from Quebec in 1982, as well as winning bronze in 1980.
==See also==
*BC Hockey
*Telus Cup
*Telus Cup Pacific Regional
*Alberta Elite Hockey League
==References==
==External links==
* Official Website
Category:Ice hockey leagues in Canada
Category:Ice hockey leagues
Category:Canadian Midget AAA leagues