Pacific Coast Hockey League

The Pacific Coast Hockey League was a minor league with teams in the western United States and Canada that existed in several incarnations: from 1928 to 1931, from 1936 to 1941, and from 1944 to 1952.
==PCHL 1928-1931==
The first incarnation of the PCHL had four teams and lasted three seasons (The Victoria franchise was replaced by Tacoma in its final year after they finished season on the road after their arena burned down November 11, 1929).
===Teams===
*Portland Buckaroos (1928-1931)
*Seattle Eskimos (1928-1931)
*Tacoma Tigers (1930-1931)
*Vancouver Lions (1928-1931)
*Victoria Cubs (1928-1930)
===Champions===
Season 	Regular Season 	Playoffs
1928-29 PCHL season	Vancouver Lions	Vancouver Lions
1929-30 PCHL season	Vancouver Lions	Vancouver Lions
1930-31 PCHL season	Seattle Eskimos	Vancouver Lions
==PCHL 1936-1941==
From 1931 to 1936, no league called the PCHL existed, although teams from the first PCHL joined the Western Canada Hockey League or the North West Hockey League. In 1936, the Portland, Seattle, and Vancouver franchises of the North West Hockey League joined with an Oakland team to re-form the Pacific Coast Hockey League. The Oakland team relocated to Spokane in its first year. The Spokane team disbanded for the 1939-40 season, but reappeared the next year as the Spokane Bombers.
The league disbanded after the 1941 season, primarily as a result of World War II.
===Teams===
*Oakland Clippers/Spokane Clippers (1936-1938)
*Portland Buckaroos (1936-1941)
*Seattle Seahawks (1936-1940)
*Vancouver Lions (1936-1941)
*Spokane Bombers (1940-1941)
*Seattle Olympics (1940-1941)
===Champions===
Season 	Regular Season 	Playoffs
1936-37 PCHL season	Portland Buckaroos	Portland Buckaroos
1937-38 PCHL season	Seattle Seahawks 	Seattle Seahawks
1938-39 PCHL season	Portland Buckaroos	Portland Buckaroos
1939-40 PCHL season	Vancouver Lions 	Vancouver Lions
1940-41 PCHL season	Spokane Bombers 	Vancouver Lions
==PCHL 1944-1952==
The final incarnation of the league was managed by Hockey Hall of Fame member Al Leader, and grew out of combining teams from the Southern California Hockey League and the Northwest International Hockey League. The PCHL was founded as an amateur loop, partly because the National Hockey League recognized Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) founder Lester Patrick as the territorial rights holder for professional hockey in Vancouver, Portland and Seattle. The league, while amateur, competed for the United States National Senior Hockey Championships.
In 1948, however, the ten team league voted to turn pro, and was recognized as such by the NHL.
In 1951, having dwindled to a six team league, the PCHL merged with the Western Canada Major Hockey League, adding three new franchises. One year later, the league became the Western Hockey League.
The PCHL championship trophy was the President's Cup.
===Teams===
*Calgary Stampeders (1951-1952)
*Edmonton Flyers (1951-1952)
*Fresno Falcons (1946-1950)
*Hollywood Wolves (1944-1947)
*Los Angeles Monarchs (1944-1950)
*New Westminster Royals (1944-1952)
*Oakland Oaks (1944-1949)
*Pasadena Panthers (1944-1945)
*Portland Eagles (1944-1949, 1950-1951)
*Portland Penguins (1949-1950)
*San Diego Skyhawks (1944-1950)
*San Francisco Shamrocks (1944-1950)
*Saskatoon Quakers (1951-1952)
*Seattle Bombers (1949-1950)
*Seattle Ironmen (1944-1949, 1950-1952)
*Seattle Stars (1944-1945)
*Tacoma Rockets (1946-1952)
*Vancouver Vanguards (1944-1945)
*Vancouver Canucks (1945-1952)
*Victoria Cougars (1949-1952)
===Champions===
Season 	Regular Season 	Playoffs
1944-45 PCHL season	Oakland Oaks (Central)Seattle Ironmen (North)San Diego Skyhawks (South)	Seattle Ironmen
1945-46 PCHL season	Vancouver Canucks (WHL) (North)Oakland Oaks (South) 	Vancouver Canucks (WHL)
1946-47 PCHL season	Portland Eagles (North)Hollywood Wolves (South) 	Los Angeles Monarchs
1947-48 PCHL season	Seattle Ironmen (North)Los Angeles Monarchs (South) 	Vancouver Canucks (WHL)
1948-49 PCHL season	New Westminster Royals (North)Fresno Falcons (South) 	San Diego Skyhawks
1949-50 PCHL season	New Westminster Royals (North)San Francisco Shamrocks (South) 	New Westminster Royals
1950-51 PCHL season	Victoria Cougars (1949-1961) 	Victoria Cougars (1949-1961)
1951-52 PCHL season	New Westminster Royals 	Saskatoon Quakers
==External links==
* League stats from hockeydb.com
* History of North American Hockey Leagues
Category:Ice hockey leagues