Mountain West Hockey League

The Mountain West Hockey League (MWHL) is a Senior ice hockey league consisting of teams from the Western United States.
== History ==
The league was founded in 2012. MWHL teams are composed of North American and European players with junior, college, and professional experience. MWHL teams play a schedule that runs from November through March. The top four teams participate in the MWHL Cup Championship playoffs in April. The league also sponsors the MWHL Classic, a mid-season inter-division game held in Las Vegas.
Park City Pioneers were the first league champion in 2013 defeating the Las Vegas Hookers in the final.
San Diego Skates became the first repeat champion winning the league championship in 2015 and again in 2016.
The Arizona Outlaws and the Utah Spiders withdrew from the league after the 2017-18 season, On August 27, 2018 the Orange County Checkers were renamed the North County Checkers and on August 28, 2018 the Las Vegas Calvary were renamed the Vegas Jesters during the 2018 off-season.
On July 2, 2021 it was announced that the NorCal Ice Raiders were sold and were relocating about 165 miles up Interstate 80 to Reno, Nevada and would be renamed the Reno Ice Raiders and would be playing out of the newly built Jennifer M. O’Neal Community Ice Arena.
==Teams==
Team 	City 	Arena 	JoinedMWHL
Breckenridge Vipers 	Breckenridge, Colorado	Stephen C West Ice Arena 	2015
Fort Worth Barracudas	Mansfield, Texas 	Mansfield StarCenter 	2019
Reno Ice Raiders 	Reno, Nevada 	Jennifer M. O’Neal Community Ice Arena	2021* (2015 as NorCal Ice Raiders)
North County Checkers	Anaheim, California 	Anaheim Ice - Lakes 	2014
San Diego Skates 	San Diego, California 	Iceoplex Escondido 	2013
Santa Rosa Growlers 	Santa Rosa, California	Snoopy's Home Ice 	2019
Stockton Stampede 	Stockton, California 	Oak Park Ice Rink 	2020
Texas Titans 	Irving, Texas 	Children's Health StarCenter 	2018
Utah County Blizzard 	Provo, Utah 	Peaks Ice Arena 	2019
Vegas Jesters 	Las Vegas, Nevada 	City National Arena 	2012
=== Former teams ===
* Aspen Leafs (2012-14)
* Arizona Outlaws (2016-18)
* Breckenridge Brewers (2014-15)
* Boulder Bison (2015-16)
* Jackson Hole Moose (2012-14)
* Las Vegas Hookers (2012-13) - renamed Wolves
* Las Vegas Wolves (2013-17) - renamed Calvary and move to City National Arena from Sobe Ice Arena
* Las Vegas Calvary (2017-18) renamed Vegas Jesters
* McCall Buccaneers (2012-13)
* NorCal Ice Raiders (Vacaville, California) (2015-21) sold and relocated to Reno, Nevada
* Orange County Checkers (2014-18) renamed North County Checkers
* Park City Pioneers (2012-15)
* Pikes Peak Vigilantes (2015-19)
* Salt Lake City Ice Wolves (2013-15) - sold and relocated to Oakland; renamed Ice Raiders.
* Salt Lake City Rebels/Golden Eagles (2012-14)
* Sun Valley Suns (2013-14)
* Utah Buccaneers (2015-16)
* Utah Spiders (2016-18)
* Vail Yeti (2013-19)
* West Coast Seals (2017-20)
== Champions ==
Season 	Commissioners' Cup
(regular season) 	MWHL Cup
(playoff champion) 	Playoff
Runner-up 	Result
2012-13	Las Vegas Hookers 	Park City Pioneers 	Las Vegas Hookers 	8-2 http://mwhl.net/?page=news&id=118
2013-14	Vail Yeti 	Vail Yeti 	Las Vegas Wolves 	7-4
2014-15	San Diego Skates 	San Diego Skates 	 	
2015-16	Breckenridge Vipers 	San Diego Skates 	Breckenridge Vipers 	2-1 (best-of 3)
2016-17	NorCal Ice Raiders 	Vail Yeti 	Arizona Outlaws 	2-0 (best-of 3)
2017-18	San Diego Skates
http://mwhl.net/blog/2018/05/08/norcal-wins-mwhl-cup/	NorCal Ice Raiders 	Vail Yeti 	2-1 (best-of-3)
2018-19	NorCal Ice Raiders 	NorCal Ice Raiders 	Breckenridge Vipers 	2-0 (best-of-3)
2019-20	Santa Rosa Growlers 	Playoffs cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic	Playoffs cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic	Playoffs cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2020-21	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic 	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic 	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021-22	 	 	 	
==Notable alumni==
*Mark Adamek, Park City Pioneers - Utah Grizzlies (ECHL)
* Mike Adamek, Park City Pioneers - Utah Grizzlies (ECHL)
* Zack Hale, Park City Pioneers - Watertown Privateers (FHL)
* Jeff Hazelwood, Las Vegas Hookers - Las Vegas Wranglers (ECHL)
* Ben Wilner, Park City Pioneers - Las Vegas Wranglers (ECHL)
==See also==
* List of ice hockey leagues
* Federal Hockey League
* Southern Professional Hockey League
* Great Lakes Hockey League
==References==
==External links==
*MWHL official website
Category:Ice hockey leagues in the United States
Category:Established in 2012
Category:Mountain West Hockey League