Sask East Hockey League

The Sask East Hockey League is a men's senior hockey league established in June of 2020. The league is based in the Parkland region of Saskatchewan. The league is starting with the 2020-21 season with a planned start date in November 2020 but subject to change due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The league was founded in the hopes of reviving senior hockey in Canora, Ituna, and Rocanville. Ituna had entered a team in the provincial senior playoffs for 2020 and Rocanville had to withdraw from the THL for the 2019-20 season due to a dwindling number of players after winning 4 championships in five years. The Bredenbury Cougars, Esterhazy Flyers, Hudson Bay Hunters, and Theodore Buffalos would join from the recently defunct Triangle Hockey League. The only member of the former THL not to make the jump was the Ochapowace Thunder who would join the Saskatchewan Treaty Hockey League.
== Seasons ==
=== 2020-2021 ===
On October 17th, 2020, the league announced the Moosomin Rangers and the Langenburg Warriors have joined the league for the 2020/21 seasonSask East Hockey League - Powered By esportsdesk.com, creating a 9 team league for the season. As scheduling bubbles were needed due to the COVID-19 situation, it was determined that the league would play in two bubbles for the beginning of the season, then re schedule after new years. 
Only a handful of games occurred before the Saskatchewan Hockey Association suspended senior hockey for the remainder of the season. The Sask East Hockey League cancelled the remainder of their season on Feb 9th, 2020(5) Sask East Hockey League | Facebook. 
=== 2021-2022 ===
On October 4th, 2021, the league announced that the Moosomin Rangers had joined the Big Six Hockey League for the upcoming season, the Esterhazy Flyers were granted a year of absence, and the Whitewood Orioles were accepted into the Sask East Hockey League for the 2021-2022 season. At the 2021-2022 scheduling meeting, it was discovered and let known that the Bredenbury Cougars would not be able to play this season, citing lack of players. They were also granted a one year leave of absence. 
Just before the season began, the Hudson Bay Hunters announced a year of absence, along with the Langenburg Warriors, leaving 5 teams for the 2021-2022 SEHL season. 
The Theodore Buffalos finished with a undefeated 12-0-0 record, the first time in their franchise history. 
The Rocanville Tigers came back from a 2-games-to-1 deficit to win the Emile Balogh Memorial Cup championship 3-games-to-2.
=== 2022-2023 ===
*After the annual league meeting on July 12, 2022 the league would announce that it was tentatively going to add four teams for the 2022-23 season. The Hudson Bay Hunters and Langenburg Warriors indicated their intent to return from hiatus. The Cote Selects and Wapella Blackhawks were conditionally accepted into the league for 2022-23.http://www.saskeasthockey.ca/leagues/newsletter.cfm?clientID=6833&leagueID=32581&page=112847
*On August 26 the Hudson Bay Hunters announced they were approved to join the Wheatland Senior Hockey League for the 2022-23 season.https://www.facebook.com/HBSeniorHunters/posts/pfbid02i8vrkb7ga3Di6LqXGquq1AFUbrTnKCNANUYEAsnLGrL86zRsdASTvyg9g7mRWZyhl
==2023-24==
*On September 13, 2022 the Sask East Hockey League announced the addition of the Swan Valley Axemen and the Grandview Comets to the league from the Manitoba-based North Central Hockey League for the 2022-23 season. Grandview had sat out the previous season. In the same release they stated that the NCHL was not playing for the 2022-23 season.http://www.saskeasthockey.ca/leagues/newsletter.cfm?clientID=6833&leagueID=32581&page=113029
*The Whitewood Orioles would announce that they would withdraw from the league on November 18, 2022 as a one year leave of absence citing the lack of committed players for the season.https://www.facebook.com/WhitewoodOrioles/posts/pfbid02VjY3F31yM4wc93WmNHEXhqYmq1PCway9s8CMPaHU9dhk4kp1sU5ZA9HuzX3Ucqgdl The team would not return to the league for 2023-24
*The league added the Churchbridge Imperials and Preeceville Pats.http://www.saskeasthockey.ca/leagues/newsletter.cfm?clientID=6833&leagueID=32581&page=114429
*The Grandview Comets withdrew from the league for the 2023-24 season.
==2023-24 Member Teams==
===North Division===
 	
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Team 	Centre 	Arena
Canora Cobras 	Canora 	Canora Civic Centre
Cote Selects 	Kamsack 	Cote First Nation Arena
Preeceville Pats 	Preeceville 	Preeceville Skating Arena
Swan Valley Axemen	Swan River, Manitoba	Swan River Centennial Arena
Theodore Buffalos 	Theodore 	Theodore & District Rec Complex
===South Division===
 	
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Team 	Centre 	Arena
Churchbridge Imperials	Churchbridge	Churchbridge Arena
Ituna Avalanche 	Ituna 	Ituna Arena
Langenburg Warriors 	Langenburg 	Langenburg Arena
Rocanville Tigers 	Rocanville 	Rocanville Arena
Wapella Blackhawks 	Wapella 	Wapella Memorial Rink
==Emile Balogh Memorial Cup Champions==
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Season 	Champion 	Season 	Champion 	Season 	Champion
2020-21	Season Cancelled after a few games	2021-22	Rocanville Tigers	2022-23	Theodore Buffalos
2023-24	Rocanville Tigers 	 	 	 	
==Team Timeline==
 	
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Team 	Tenure 	Comments
Bredenbury Cougars 	2020-2021 	Took leave of absence for 2021-22
Canora Cobras 	2020-present 	Current team
Esterhazy Flyers 	2020-2021 	Took leave of absence for 2021-22
Hudson Bay Hunters 	2020-2021 	Took leave of absence for 2021-22join Wheatland Senior Hockey League for 2022-23
Ituna Avalanche 	2020-present 	Current team
Langenburg Warriors 	2020-20212022-present	Took leave of absence for 2021-22Current team
Moosomin Rangers 	2020-2021 	join Big 6 Hockey League
Rocanville Tigers 	2020-present 	Current team
Theodore Buffalos 	2020-present 	Current team
Whitewood Orioles 	2021-2022 	withdrew
Cote Selects 	2022-present 	Current team
Grandview Comets 	2022-2023 	withdrew
Swan Valley Axemen 	2022-present 	Current team
Wapella Blackhawks 	2022-present 	Current team
Churchbridge Imperials	2023-present 	Current team
Preeceville Pats 	2023-present 	Current team
==References==
Category:Established in 2020
Category:Canadian Senior Hockey
Category:Current Canadian Senior Leagues
Category:Saskatchewan Senior Hockey leagues