Midwest Junior Hockey League

The Midwest Junior Hockey League was an American Junior hockey league in the American Midwest.
==History==
The league got its start when American investors made a deal with the Thunder Bay Junior A Hockey League, changing the league's name to the Thunder Bay-Minnesota League in 1971-72 and admitting a single American team. In 1972, the league changed its name to the Can-AM Junior Hockey League, which still ran under the jurisdiction of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association.
In 1973, the core of the teams broke away from the CAHA and started a new league called the Midwest Junior Hockey League. It would feature all American teams, except for the first year where it still had the CAHA-affiliated Thunder Bay Hurricanes.
By the late 1970s, the league merged with the United States Hockey League. This move turned the USHL from a Semi-Professional league to what would be USA Hockey's premier Junior hockey league within a handful of years.
==Teams==
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Team 	Arena 	Location 	Tenure 	Fate 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Chicago Nordics 	 	 	1973-1974	fold 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Fargo-Moorhead Sugar Kings	Fargo, North Dakota 	John E. Carlson Coliseum 	1973-1975	fold 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Minnesota Jr. Stars 	Bloomington, Minnesota	Bloomington Ice Garden 	1973-1975	renamed Bloomington Jr. Stars 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
St. Cloud Jr. Blues 	St. Cloud, Minnesota 	St. Cloud Municipal Athletic Complex	1973-1975	fold 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
St. Paul Vulcans 	St. Paul, Minnesota 	Ed Saugestad Rink 	1973-1977	join United States Hockey League 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Thunder Bay Hurricanes 	Thunder Bay, Ontario 	Fort William Gardens 	1973-1974	join Thunder Bay Junior Hockey League 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Austin Mavericks 	Austin, Minnesota 	Riverside Arena 	1974-1977	join United States Hockey League 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Bloomington Jr. Stars 	Bloomington, Minnesota	Bloomington Ice Garden 	1975-1977	join United States Hockey League 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Hennepin Nordiques 	New Hope, Minnesota 	New Hope Ice Arena 	1975-1977	suspend operations for 1977 to 1979; join United States Hockey League for 1979-80 season	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
==See also==
*List of Midwest Junior Hockey League seasons
*Thunder Bay Junior A Hockey League
*United States Hockey League
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Category:Ice hockey leagues
Category:Midwest Junior Hockey League
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