Seattle Northwest Americans

The Seattle Northwest Americans also called the Seattle Americans or the Northwest Americans are a former men's junior B team that played in the then West Coast Junior Hockey League and later Pacific International Junior Hockey League now known as the Pacific Junior Hockey League. The won several league titles over the years (1976, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1986), and were the only American-based team in the PIJHL during their tenure. The team would win the 1980-81 British Columbia Junior B Playoffs and lost the final of the 1981 Western Canada Junior B Championship.
The Northwest Americans were techincally a semi-pro team where players had no dues or equipement fees (team revenue paid all hockey-related expenses) and received full tuition reimbursement. The Americans played at the Olympic View Arena in Mountlake Terrace, Washington (north Seattle). Recruiting was traditionally from American amateur hockey clubs in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest, though later years included some Canadian-born, and many East-coast and Great Lakes players. The team folded in 2002.
Category:Pacific Junior Hockey League teams
Category:American Ice hockey teams