1930-31 California Hockey League season

This was the 1930-31 season of the California Hockey League.
It was the league's seventh season.
==Standings==
Standings 	GP	W 	L 	T	GF 	GA 	Pts
Oakland Sheiks 	40	25	14	1	117	79 	51
Oakland Checkers 	41	20	17	4	109	117	44
Los Angeles Millionaires	39	16	17	6	93 	91 	38
San Francisco Tigers 	27	12	14	1	73 	75 	25
San Francisco Blackhawks	31	9 	20	2	69 	99 	20
*The Tigers' franchise was revoked by the league on Feb. 25 because the team refused to sign the league constitution.
*The Blackhawks disbanded on March 10 because of problems with paying for their equipment.
==Playoffs==
===Semi Final===
Best of 3
Date 	Winner 	Loser 	Location
April 6 	Checkers 5 	Los Angeles 4	Los Angeles
April 10	Los Angeles 6	Checkers 5 	Los Angeles
April 11	Checkers 3 	Los Angeles 2	Oakland
Oakland Checkers beat Los Angeles Millionaires 2 wins to 1.
===Final===
Best of 5
Date 	Winner 	Loser 	Location
April 14	Sheiks 3 	Checkers 1	Oakland
April 16	Checkers 4	Sheiks 2 	Oakland
April 18	Sheiks 3 	Checkers 1	Oakland
April 21	Sheiks 3 	Checkers 3	Oakland
Even though the Sheiks had not won three games, they were awarded the series by the league because they had finished the season ahead of the Checkers. They won it 2 wins to 1, 1 tie.
==Southern California Major League==
;Regular season
*10/6: Sunfreeze Bears - Gilmore Lions 6:2 - exhibition
*10/16: Union Oil Pirates - Gilmore Lions 4:1
*10/20: Gilmore Lions - Sunfreeze Bears 6:1
*10/23: Shell Oil Tigers - Union Oil Pirates 6:2
*10/25: Shell - Gilmore
*10/27: Union Oil Pirates - Sunfreeze Bears 6:2
*10/30: Gilmore Lions - Union Oil Pirates 5:1
*11/1: Shell - Sunfreeze
*11/3: Sunfreeze Bears - Gilmore Lions 9:3
*11/6: Shell Oil Tigers - Union Oil Pirates 6:5 OT
*11/8: Gilmore - Shell 
*11/10: Union Oil Pirates - Sunfreeze Bears 5:4
*11/13: Gilmore Lions - Union Oil Pirates 9:7 OT
*11/15: Shell - Sunfreeze
*11/17: Sunfreeze Bears - Gilmore Lions 7:6 - annulled
*11/20: Shell Oil Tigers - Union Oil Pirates 6:1
*11/22: Shell - Gilmore
*11/27: Union Oil Pirates - Sunfreeze Bears 2:1
*11/29: Union - Gilmore
*12/1: Shell Oil Tigers - Sunfreeze Bears 8:3
*12/6: Gilmore - Sunfreeze
*12/8: Shell Oil Tigers - Union Oil Pirates 4:0
*12/13: Shell - Union
*12/15: Union Oil Pirates - Sunfreeze Bears 9:2
*12/20: Gilmore - Union
*12/25: Shell Oil Pirates - Sunfreeze Bears 4:3
*12/27: Sunfreeze - Gilmore
*12/29: Shell Oil Tigers - Union Oil Pirates 5:4
*1/1: Gilmore - Shell
*1/5: Union Oil Pirates - Sunfreeze Bears 3:2
*1/10: Shell - Union
*1/12: Sunfreeze Bears - Gilmore Lions 8:4
*1/17: Sunfreeze - Shell
*1/22: Gilmore Lions - Shell Oil Tigers 7:4
*1/24: Union - Sunfreeze
*1/26: Gilmore Lions - Union Oil Pirates 6:2
*1/31: Shell - Sunfreeze
*2/2: Gilmore Lions - Sunfreeze Bears 5:3
*2/7: Shell - Union
*2/9: Shell Oil Tigers - Gilmore Lions 5:4
*2/14: Union - Sunfreeze
*2/19: Union Oil Pirates - Gilmore Lions 10:5
*2/21: Sunfreeze - Shell
*2/28: Union - Shell
*3/2: Gilmore - Shell
*3/7: Sunfreeze - Union
*3/9: Shell Oil Tigers - Gilmore Lions 8:3
Standings as of 2/28
#Shell 12-0-7-24
#Sunfreeze 10-0-9-20
#Union 9-1-11-19
#Gilmore 8-1-11-17
;Playoffs
Semifinal
*3/14: Sunfreeze Bears - Union Oil Pirates 6:3
*3/16: Union Oil Pirates - Sunfreeze Bears 4:3 OT
*3/23: Union Oil Pirates - Sunfreeze Bears 4:1
Final
*3/28: Shell Oil Tigers beat Union Oil Pirates
*3/30: Union Oil Pirates - Shell Oil Tigers 10:3
*4/4: Union Oil Pirates beat Shell Oil Tigers
*4/11: Shell Oil Tigers beat Union Oil Pirates
*4/13: Union Oil Pirates - Shell Oil Tigers 7:3
*4/16: Union Oil Pirates - Shell Oil Tigers 3:2 OT
;Intersectional Series
*4/23: Union Oil Pirates - Portland Rosebuds 5:3
*4/25: Portland Rosebuds tied Union Oil Pirates
*4/27: Portland Rosebuds - Union Oil Pirates 8:6
*4/30: Union Oil Pirates - Portland Rosebuds 5:3
*5/2: Union Oil Pirates - Portland Rosebuds 4:3
*5/4: Union Oil Pirates - Portland Rosebuds
*5/7: Portland Rosebuds - Union Oil Pirates
==Southern California Senior League==
*10/2: Los Angeles Bruins - Hollywood Monarchs 8:5 - exhibition
*10/6: Hollywood Monarchs - Maple Leafs 8:4 - "
*10/9: Maple Leafs - Los Angeles Bruins 9:6 - "
*10/13: Hollywood Monarchs - Los Angeles Bruins 6:5 - " 
*10/16: Maple Leafs - Hollywood Monarchs 6:4 
*10/20: Maple Leafs - Los Angeles Bruins 3:2
*10/23: Hollywood Monarchs - Los Angeles Bruins 6:0 
*10/27: Hollywood Monarchs - Maple Leafs 4:3
*10/30: Los Angeles Bruins - Maple Leafs 5:1
*11/3: Los Angeles Bruins - Hollywood Monarchs 6:5
*11/6: Maple Leafs - Hollywood Monarchs 3:2
*11/10: Maple Leafs - Los Angeles Bruins 5:2 
*11/13: Los Angeles Bruins - Hollywood Monarchs 7:5 
*11/17: Hollywood Monarchs - Maple Leafs 4:2
*11/20: Los Angeles Bruins - Maple Leafs 5:1
*11/24: Los Angeles Bruins - Hollywood Monarchs 4:1
*11/27: Maple Leafs - Hollywood Monarchs 6:1
*12/1: Maple Leafs - Los Angeles Bruins 3:2
*12/4: Los Angeles Bruins - Hollywood Monarchs 4:3
*12/8: Hollywood Monarchs - Maple Leafs 6:1
*12/11: Los Angeles Bruins - Maple Leafs 5:0 
*12/15: Los Angeles Bruins - Hollywood Monarchs 1:0
*12/18: Hollywood Monarchs - Maple Leafs 2:1
*12/25: Los Angeles Bruins - Hollywood Monarchs 3:2 
*1/1: Los Angeles Bruins - Maple Leafs 2:1
*1/5: Los Angeles Bruins - Hollywood Monarchs 4:3
*1/8: Maple Leafs - Hollywood Monarchs 3:2
*1/15: Los Angeles Bruins - Hollywood Monarchs 5:4 
*1/19: Maple Leafs - Hollywood Monarchs 4:2
*1/22: Los Angeles Bruins - Maple Leafs 3:3 OT
*1/26: Los Angeles Bruins - Hollywood Monarchs 4:3 OT
;Final
*2/2: Maple Leafs - Los Angeles Bruins 3:2
*2/9: Los Angeles Bruins - Maple Leafs 2:2 
*2/16: Maple Leafs - Los Angeles Bruins 7:3
*2/23: Maple Leafs - Los Angeles Bruins 2:1
*3/2: Los Angeles Bruins - Maple Leafs 3:1
*3/9: Maple Leafs - Los Angeles Bruins 5:3
==College==
The California Golden Bears, Loyola Lions, UCLA Bruins, and USC Trojans all fielded ice hockey teams this winter. 
*Oakland All-Stars - California 4:0
*California - American Legion 5:1
*Loyola - USC Freshmen 8:3 
*12/22: Senior League All-Stars - UCLA 16:4
*12/29: USC - Los Angeles Maple Leafs 2:1 OT 
*1/10: USC - UCLA @ Lake Arrowhead - this game was scheduled to be part of a winter carnival; UCLA did not arrive on time, so the prizes were awarded to USC by default 
*1/12: UCLA - Los Angeles Maple Leafs
*1/13: San Francisco Olympic Club - California 6:3 
*1/31: USC - UCLA @ Big Pines - postponed due to thin ice
*2/2: San Francisco Olympic Club - California 7:1 @ Yosemite - Olympic Club was considered for the semifinal trials in Lake Placid for the right to represent the US in the 1932 Winter Olympics 
*2/12: USC - California 3:2 @ Oakland
*2/13: USC - California 1:0 
*2/27: USC - California 4:2 
*2/28: UCLA - California 3:1
;Hoover Trophy
*1/3: USC - California 3:0 
*1/3: USC - UCLA 2:1 
*1/4:UCLA - California 4:3
USC won the Hoover Trophy. The competition was played at the outdoor rink in Yosemite. 
;Southern California Intercollegiate Ice Hockey League
*1/29: USC - Loyola 3:2 
*2/5: USC - UCLA 2:1
*2/7: UCLA - Loyola 1:0 
*2/12: UCLA - Loyola 2:2 - score mentioned in 2/17 edition of Los Angeles Times
*2/14: Loyola - Los Angeles AC 5:2 
*2/19: USC - Loyola 2:1
*2/21: Loyola - Los Angeles AC 2:1 
*3/5: USC - Los Angeles AC 3:2
*3/7: USC - UCLA 2:1 
*3/12: UCLA - Los Angeles AC 5:2
*3/14: USC - UCLA 3:0 
*3/19: UCLA - Los Angeles AC 3:1
*3/21: USC - Los Angeles AC 1:0
UCLA was noted to have defeated Loyola three times during the 1931 season. The scores were 3:2, 4:2, and 3:1 in favor of the Bruins (according to the UCLA Yearbook - 1:0 game on 2/7 not mentioned).
==Other games==
*10/2: Los Angeles Blackhawks - Hollywood Pirates 6:5 @ Winter Garden
*1/25: Oakland American Legion - Canadian War Veterans 9:5 @ Yosemite 
*1/26: Oakland American Legion - Yosemite Winter Club 7:3 @ Yosemite
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