Montana Hockey (1946-1963)

This page is an overview of ice hockey activities in Montana from 1946-1963:
==Results==
===1945-46===
*1/6: Butte Copper Kings - Butte Boosters 5:2
*1/13: Butte Boosters - Butte Copper Kings 7:2
*1/20: Butte Copper Kings - Great Falls Hornets 4:2
*1/26: Great Falls Hornets - Butte Copper Kings 6:5
*1/27: Great Falls Hornets - Butte Copper Kings 6:3
*2/2: Nanton Palominos (AB) - Great Falls Hornets 11:4
*2/3: Nanton Palominos (AB) - Great Falls Hornets 5:3
*2/9: Great Falls Hornets - Milk River (AB) 9:5
*2/10: Great Falls Hornets - Milk River (AB) 7:4
*2/10: Butte Copper Kings - Butte Junior Rink Rats 11:6
*2/16: Great Falls Hornets - Taber Roughriders (AB) 6:4
*2/17: Great Falls Hornets - Taber Roughriders (AB) 4:4
*2/19: Cardston (AB) - Kalispell 11:5
*2/23: Blairmore Bearcats (AB) - Great Falls Hornets 11:8
*2/24: Great Falls Hornets - Blairmore Bearcats (AB) 10:4
*3/2: Southern Alberta All-Stars - Great Falls Hornets 11:6
*3/3: Southern Alberta All-Stars - Great Falls Hornets 14:8
*3/9: Great Falls Hornets - Butte Copper Kings 9:6 - Montana AAU Championship
*3/10: Great Falls Hornets - Butte Copper Kings 8:8 - " 
*3/16: Great Falls Hornets - Bellevue Lions (AB) 10:8
*3/17: Great Falls Hornets - Bellevue Lions (AB) 10:5
*3/23: Lethbridge 77's (AB) - Great Falls Hornets 12:7
===1946-47===
VFW = Veterans of Foreign Wars - they played in the International Hockey League, Hornets and other Montana teams played in the Montana State League
*11/30: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Arenas 7:5
*12/1: Calgary Arenas - Great Falls VFW 7:2
*12/7: Shaughnessy Cadillac Miners (AB) - Great Falls Hornets 14:4
*12/8: Great Falls Hornets - Shaughnessy Cadillac Miners (AB) 9:7
*12/14: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Burns Shamrocks 9:7
*12/15: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Burns Shamrocks 12:5
*12/21: Great Falls Hornets - Butte Silver Bow Parks 15:3
*12/22: Great Falls Hornets - Butte Silver Bow Parks 8:2
*12/28: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Bowness Royals 8:7
*12/29: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Bowness Royals 7:3
*12/29: Butte Silver Bow Parks - Butte Copper Kings 4:0
*1/1: Great Falls VFW - Lethbridge KCs (AB) 11:5
*1/4: Great Falls Hornets - Montana School of Mines 22:5
*1/4: Great Falls VFW - Medicine Hat (AB) 7:6 
*1/4: Medicine Hat (AB) - Great Falls VFW 9:3
*1/5: Great Falls Hornets - Montana School of Mines 11:1
*1/5: Butte Silver Bow Parks - Butte Copper Kings 10:3
*1/11: Calgary Gascos - Great Falls VFW 3:2
*1/12: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Gascos 8:6
*1/12: Butte Silver Bow Parks - Montana School of Mines 3:3
*1/18: Great Falls Hornets - Taber Clippers (AB) 13:2
*1/19: Montana School of Mines - Butte Copper Kings 13:5
*1/19: Butte Silver Bow Parks - Helena VFW 7:1
*1/19: Great Falls Hornets - Taber Clippers (AB) 15:3
*1/25: Great Falls VFW - Nanton Palominos (AB) 11:5
*1/26: Great Falls VFW - Nanton Palominos (AB) 3:3
*1/26: Butte Silver Bow Parks - Butte Copper Kings 5:2 - exhibition
*2/8: Lethbridge Native Sons (AB) - Great Falls VFW 6:3
*2/9: Montana School of Mines - Butte Copper Kings 11:4
*2/15: Southern Alberta All-Stars - Great Falls Hornets 8:7
*2/16: Great Falls Hornets - Southern Alberta All-Stars 4:1
*2/22: Calgary Ramblers - Great Falls VFW 6:3
*2/23: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Ramblers 5:5
*3/1: Great Falls Hornets - St. Mary's Indians (AB) 9:4
*3/2: Great Falls Hornets - St. Mary's Indians (AB) 9:6
*3/8: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Irricanas 17:6
*3/9: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Irricanas 11:10
*3/15: Great Falls VFW - Blairmore Bearcats (AB) 9:2
*3/16: Great Falls VFW - Blairmore Bearcats (AB) 8:5
===1947-48===
*11/15: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Burns Shamrocks 10:7
*11/16: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Burns Shamrocks 5:3
*11/22: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Bowness Royals 7:2
*11/23: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Bowness Royals 7:5
*11/29: Great Falls VFW - Shaughnessy Cadillacs (AB) 13:5
*11/30: Great Falls VFW - Shaughnessy Cadillacs (AB) 6:3
*12/6: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Arena Dukes 6:3
*12/7: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Arena Dukes 4:0 
*12/13: Great Falls VFW - Coleman Grands (AB) 4:4
*12/14: Great Falls VFW - Coleman Grands (AB) 10:6
*12/20: Great Falls VFW - Medicine Hat Legionnaires (AB) 6:3
*12/21: Great Falls VFW - Medicine Hat Legionnaires (AB) 4:4
*12/27: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Irricanas 10:3
*12/28: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Irricanas 3:2
*1/3: Calgary Tigers - Great Falls VFW 8:3
*1/4: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Tigers 5:4
*1/10: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Legion Jets 10:3
*1/11: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Legion Jets 22:5
*1/17: Canmore Miners (AB) - Great Falls VFW 10:6
*1/18: Canmore Miners (AB) - Great Falls VFW 4:4
*1/24: Great Falls VFW - Claresholm Clippers (AB) 16:3
*1/25: Great Falls VFW - Claresholm Clippers (AB) 19:3
*1/31: Great Falls VFW - Twin City Oilers (AB) 15:1
*2/1: Great Falls VFW - Twin City Oilers (AB) 15:3
*2/7: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Mercurys 12:5
*2/8: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Mercurys 8:5
*2/14: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Burns Shamrocks 15:4
*2/15: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Burns Shamrocks 13:4
*2/21: Great Falls VFW - Lacombe Buffalos (AB) 7:4
*2/22: Great Falls VFW - Lacombe Buffalos (AB) 8:5
*3/6: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Bowness Royals 9:9
*3/7: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Bowness Royals 8:7
*3/13: Coleman Grands (AB) - Great Falls VFW 8:2
*3/14: Great Falls VFW - Coleman Grands (AB) 4:4 
*3/17: Great Falls VFW - Medicine Hat Legionnaires (AB) 9:7
*3/18: Medicine Hat Legionnaires (AB) - Great Falls VFW 5:1
*3/20: Bellevue Lions (AB) - Great Falls VFW 9:6
*3/21: Great Falls VFW - Bellevue Lions (AB) 8:2
*3/27: Calgary Bowness Royals - Great Falls VFW 5:3
*3/28: Calgary Bowness Royals - Great Falls VFW 8:6
;Butte Amateur Hockey League
*12/21: Butte Silver Bow Parks - Butte Copper Kings 11:2
*12/28: Butte Bills - Butte Copper Kings 3:3
*1/4: Butte Bills - Butte Copper Kings 5:1
*1/11: Montana School of Mines - Butte Copper Kings 14:0
*1/11: Butte Silver Bow Parks - Butte Bills 5:0
*1/18: Butte Silver Bow Parks - Butte Copper Kings 6:0
*1/18: Montana School of Mines - Butte Bills 14:2
*1/25: Butte Silver Bow Parks - Butte Bills 7:0
*1/25: Montana School of Mines - Butte Copper Kings 6:2
*2/1: Montana School of Mines - Butte Silver Bow Parks 3:2
*2/8: Butte Silver Bow Parks - Butte Bills 7:3 - semifinal
*2/8: Montana School of Mines - Butte Copper Kings 9:0 - " 
*2/15: Montana School of Mines - Butte Silver Bow Parks 5:4 - final
===1948-49===
*11/13: Canmore Miners (AB) - Great Falls VFW 7:6
*11/14: Great Falls VFW - Canmore Miners (AB) 5:3
*11/20: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Torpedoes 14:4
*11/21: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Torpedoes 11:7
*11/27: Calgary Buffaloes - Great Falls VFW 6:1
*11/28: Calgary Buffaloes - Great Falls VFW 10:5
*12/11: Great Falls VFW - Lethbridge Legion (AB) 8:4
*12/12: Lethbridge Legion (AB) - Great Falls VFW 11:6
*12/18: Great Falls VFW - Medicine Hat Monarchs (AB) 7:6
*12/19: Great Falls VFW - Medicine Hat Monarchs (AB) 6:6
*1/8: Calgary Arena Dukes - Great Falls VFW 8:4
*1/9: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Arena Dukes 10:5
*1/9: Montana School of Mines - Butte Clarkes 9:0
*1/15: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Foothills Rovers 6:5
*1/16: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Foothills Rovers 8:7
*1/22: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Tigers 6:4
*1/23: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Tigers 11:4
*1/29: Great Falls VFW - Coleman Grands (AB) 8:4
*1/30: Coleman Grands (AB) - Great Falls VFW 4:3
*2/5: Great Falls VFW - Lethbridge Orphans (AB) 5:3
*2/5: Montana School of Mines - Roundup 13:4
*2/6: Roundup - Butte Clarkes 5:2
*2/6: Montana School of Mines - Melville Longhorns 17:2
*2/6: Great Falls VFW - Lethbridge Orphans (AB) 9:6
*2/19: Great Falls VFW - Kimberley Lions (BC) 12:1
*2/20: Great Falls VFW - Kimberley Lions (BC) 12:9 
*2/26: Great Falls VFW - Bellevue Lions (AB) 7:7
*2/27: Bellevue Lions (AB) - Great Falls VFW 12:4
*3/5: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Torpedoes 12:6
*3/6: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Torpedoes 12:10
*3/12: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Arena Dukes 7:6
*3/13: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Arena Dukes 8:7
*3/26: Bellevue Lions (AB) - Great Falls VFW 9:8
*3/27: Bellevue Lions (AB) - Great Falls VFW 6:5
Northwest Amateur Playoffs
*3/19: Spokane Flyers - Great Falls VFW 5:2
*3/20: Spokane Flyers - Great Falls VFW 14:4
===1949-50===
*11/12: Great Falls VFW - Canmore Legion (AB) 11:5
*11/13: Great Falls VFW - Canmore Legion (AB) 7:3
*11/19: Lethbridge Maple Leafs (AB) - Great Falls VFW 4:2
*11/20: Lethbridge Maple Leafs (AB) - Great Falls VFW 10:3
*11/26: Great Falls VFW - Lethbridge Native Sons (AB) 9:9 
*11/27: Great Falls VFW - Lethbridge Native Sons (AB) 9:8
*12/3: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Hillhurst Hustlers 11:5
*12/4: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Hillhurst Hustlers 15:3
*1/7: Great Falls Juniors - Montana School of Mines 9:8
*2/5: Montana School of Mines - Butte Copper Kings 8:4
*2/11: Great Falls VFW - Southern Alberta Regiment 14:11
*2/12: Great Falls VFW - Southern Alberta Regiment 17:9 
*2/18: Great Falls VFW - High River Flyers (AB) 17:4
*2/19: Great Falls VFW - High River Flyers (AB) 13:3
*2/25: Great Falls VFW - Okotoks Oilers (AB) 13:4
*2/26: Great Falls VFW - Okotoks Oilers (AB) 11:3
;Montana-Alberta Hockey League
*12/10: Great Falls VFW - Lethbridge Maple Leafs 7:5
*12/11: Great Falls VFW - Lethbridge Maple Leafs 10:3
*12/17: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Universal Meteors 7:4
*12/18: Great Falls VFW - Calgary Universal Meteors 10:4
*12/26: Lethbridge Maple Leafs - Great Falls VFW 10:4
*1/14: Great Falls VFW - Medicine Hat SAR Flyers 9:2
*1/15: Great Falls VFW - Medicine Hat SAR Flyers 18:6
*1/21: Great Falls VFW - Coleman Grands 12:5
*1/22: Great Falls VFW - Coleman Grands 10:4
*1/28: Lethbridge Maple Leafs - Great Falls VFW 6:5
*1/29: Great Falls VFW - Lethbridge Maple Leafs 11:5
===1950-51===
*11/11: Lethbridge Maple Leafs (AB) - Great Falls HC 16:4
*11/12: Lethbridge Maple Leafs (AB) - Great Falls HC 13:10
*11/18: Medicine Hat Sair's Sportsters (AB) - Great Falls HC 14:13
*11/19: Medicine Hat Sair's Sportsters (AB) - Great Falls HC 13:8
*12/2: Olds Elks (AB) - Great Falls HC 6:2
*12/3: Olds Elks (AB) - Great Falls HC 8:7
*12/9: Claresholm Meteors (AB) - Great Falls HC 9:8
*12/10: Great Falls HC - Claresholm Meteors (AB) 5:4
*12/16: Great Falls HC - Fort Macleod Forts (AB) 10:7
*12/17: Great Falls HC - Fort Macleod Forts (AB) 18:6
*1/6: Great Falls HC - Claresholm Meteors (AB) 13:10
*1/7: Great Falls HC - Stavely (AB) 15:9
*1/13: Great Falls HC - Montana School of Mines 16:3
*1/14: Great Falls HC - Montana School of Mines 23:4
*1/20: Medicine Hat Sair's Sportsters (AB) - Great Falls HC 9:6
*1/21: Great Falls HC - Medicine Hat Sair's Sportsters (AB) 14:9 
*1/21: Montana School of Mines - Butte Copper Kings 14:1
*1/27: Okotoks Oilers (AB) - Great Falls HC 8:3
*1/28: Great Falls HC - Nanton Palominos (AB) 6:4
*2/3: Great Falls HC - Stavely (AB) 8:4
*2/4: Great Falls HC - Stavely (AB) 28:3
*2/17: Great Falls HC - Nanton Palominos (AB) 7:5
*2/18: Great Falls HC - Nanton Palominos (AB) 17:4
*2/24: Great Falls HC - Okotoks Oilers (AB) 7:7
*2/25: Great Falls HC - Okotoks Oilers (AB) 4:2
*2/25: Montana School of Mines - Great Falls Juniors 11:2
*3/3: Great Falls HC - Medicine Hat Sair's Sportsters (AB) 16:11
*3/4: Great Falls HC - Medicine Hat Sair's Sportsters (AB) 15:4
*3/4: Montana School of Mines - Butte Copper Kings 11:0
*3/6: Montana School of Mines - Great Falls Juniors 14:2
*3/11: Great Falls HC - Montana School of Mines 11:6
*3/24: Great Falls Falcons - Medicine Hat All-Stars (AB) 18:5
*3/25: Great Falls Falcons - Medicine Hat All-Stars (AB) 12:12
*3/31: Calgary Buffaloes - Great Falls Falcons 10:5
===1951-52===
*11/24: Ponoka Stampeders (AB) - Great Falls Merchants 12:4
*11/25: Ponoka Stampeders (AB) - Great Falls Merchants 10:7
*12/1: Olds Elks (AB) - Great Falls Merchants 11:5
*12/2: Great Falls Merchants - Olds Elks (AB) 8:6
*12/8: Great Falls Merchants - Claresholm RCAF Flyers (AB) 10:8
*12/9: Great Falls Merchants - Claresholm RCAF Flyers (AB) 12:7
*1/12: Great Falls Merchants - Claresholm Meteors (AB) 15:7
*1/13: Great Falls Merchants - Claresholm Meteors (AB) 11:9 
*1/19: Great Falls Merchants - Medicine Hat Sair's Sportsters (AB) 18:4
*1/20: Great Falls Merchants - Medicine Hat Sair's Sportsters (AB) 8:5
*1/26: Red Deer Monarchs (AB) - Great Falls Merchants 10:9 
*1/27: Great Falls Merchants - Red Deer Monarchs (AB) 12:4
*2/3: Fairchild AFB Blues (WA) - Montana School of Mines 8:7 OT
*2/9: Okotoks Oilers (AB) - Great Falls Merchants 13:10
*2/10: Great Falls Merchants - Okotoks Oilers (AB) 13:7
*2/16: Great Falls Merchants - Montana School of Mines 16:13
*3/1: Great Falls Merchants - Fairchild AFB Blues (WA) 29:4
*3/2: Great Falls Merchants - Fairchild AFB Blues (WA) 24:5
*3/8: Great Falls Merchants - High River Pontiacs (AB) 15:9 
*3/9: Great Falls Merchants - High River Pontiacs (AB) 10:9 
*3/15: Great Falls Merchants - Fort Macleod Forts (AB) 16:4
*3/16: Great Falls Merchants - Fort Macleod Forts (AB) 11:6
*3/22: Great Falls Merchants - Claresholm RCAF Flyers (AB) 17:7
*3/23: Great Falls Merchants - Claresholm RCAF Flyers (AB) 16:8
*3/29: Great Falls Merchants - Red Deer Monarchs (AB) 14:8
*3/30: Great Falls Merchants - Red Deer Monarchs (AB) 11:7
*4/5: Great Falls Merchants - Olds Elks (AB) 16:10
*4/6: Great Falls Merchants - Olds Elks (AB) 12:5
*4/19: Great Falls Merchants - Montana School of Mines 13:6
*4/20: Great Falls Merchants - Montana School of Mines 20:0 
===1952-53===
*10/25: Montana School of Mines - Butte Civic Center Hockeymasters 11:6
*10/26: Montana School of Mines - Butte Civic Center Hockeymasters 10:7
*11/10: Montana School of Mines - Fairchild AFB Jets (WA) 10:7
*11/11: Montana School of Mines - Fairchild AFB Jets (WA) 8:6
*11/16: Great Falls Americans - Butte Civic Center Hockeymasters 23:1
*12/13: Butte Civic Center Hockeymasters - Spokane Junior Flyers 5:4
*12/14: Butte Civic Center Hockeymasters - Spokane Junior Flyers 5:1
*1/12: Montana School of Mines - Fairchild AFB Jets (WA) 9:7
*1/13: Montana School of Mines - Fairchild AFB Jets (WA) 7:4
*2/21: Montana School of Mines - Colorado School of Mines 6:3
*2/22: Montana School of Mines - Colorado School of Mines 15:5
*3/7: Butte Civic Center Hockeymasters - Montana School of Mines 4:4
*3/14: Montana School of Mines - Utah State Mountaineers 10:5
*3/15: Montana School of Mines - Utah State Mountaineers 14:3
*4/1: Montana School of Mines - Butte Civic Center Hockeymasters 10:7 - Butte City Championship
*4/2: Montana School of Mines - Butte Civic Center Hockeymasters 17:8 - " 
;Alberta Big Six League
Standings
 Calgary CPR Beavers 14- 3-2-32 119- 83
 Calgary Universal Meteors 14- 4-1-31 99- 62
 Great Falls Americans 12- 5-0-26 111- 78
 Canmore Legion 8-10-1-17 91-100
 Calgary Hillhurst Hustlers 3-16-0- 6 71-102
 Drumheller Miners 2-15-2- 6 56-122
Semi Finals
2 games total goals
First games
*Great Falls 7 Meteors 5
*Beavers 10 Canmore 4
League games were played every weekend and the playoffs were all played in Calgary. The weekend after the above games there was a bad snowstorm which prevented the Great Falls Americans from reaching Calgary for the second game. League officials had no flexibility in scheduling. They cancelled the original semi finals and instead had a sudden death game between Canmore and the Meteors. The winner went on to play the Beavers in the final.
Sudden death
*Canmore 4 Meteors 3
Final
2 games total goals
*Beavers 9 Canmore 5
*Beavers 10 Canmore 6
Calgary CPR Beavers won 19 goals to 11.
===1953-54===
*11/14: Lethbridge Native Sons - Great Falls Americans 6:4
*11/15: Lethbridge Native Sons - Great Falls Americans 10:9 
*11/21: Montana School of Mines - Butte Copperleafs 8:5
*11/21: Great Falls Americans - Calgary Hillhurst Hustlers 8:2
*11/22: Butte Copperleafs - Montana School of Mines 11:7
*11/22: Great Falls Americans - Calgary Hillhurst Hustlers 6:6 
*1/9: Great Falls Americans - Calgary Royals 17:7
*1/10: Great Falls Americans - Calgary Royals 15:3
*1/16: Great Falls Americans - Claresholm RCAF Flyers (AB) 12:3
*1/17: Butte Copperleafs - Montana School of Mines 8:4
*1/22: Butte Copperleafs - Montana School of Mines 12:2
*2/6: Montana School of Mines - Logan Mountaineers (UT) 20:2
*2/7: Montana School of Mines - Logan Mountaineers (UT) 10:4
*2/13: Great Falls Americans - Calgary Hillhurst Hustlers 13:5
*2/14: Great Falls Americans - Calgary Hillhurst Hustlers 8:2
*3/20: Great Falls Americans - Okotoks Oilers (AB) 7:3
*3/21: Great Falls Americans - Okotoks Oilers (AB) 7:6 
;Alberta-Montana Intermediate Hockey League
Regular season
*11/28: Great Falls Americans - Lethbridge Native Sons 7:1
*11/28: Medicine Hat Cantalinis - Butte Copperleafs 20:2
*11/29: Medicine Hat Cantalinis - Butte Copperleafs 15:1
*11/29: Great Falls Americans - Lethbridge Native Sons 5:2
*12/5: 'Great Falls Americans - Medicine Hat Cantalinis 6:3
*12/5: Taber Merchants - Butte Copperleafs 12:1
*12/6: Great Falls Americans - Lethbridge Native Sons 3:7 - became Forfeit win for Great Falls after Lethbridge used four ineligible players
*12/6: Taber Merchants - Butte Copperleafs 13:5
*12/12: Great Falls Americans - Medicine Hat Cantalinis 11:3
*12/12: Lethbridge Native Sons - Butte Copperleafs 7:3
*12/13: Lethbridge Native Sons - Butte Copperleafs
*12/13: Great Falls Americans - Medicine Hat Cantalinis 9:8
*12/19: Medicine Hat Cantalinis - Butte Copperleafs 8:4 OT
*12/20: Medicine Hat Cantalinis - Butte Copperleafs 9:2
*12/20: Great Falls Americans - Lethbridge Native Sons 9:5
*12/26: Great Falls Americans - Butte Copperleafs 7:3
*12/27: Great Falls Americans - Butte Copperleafs 13:2
*1/2: Great Falls Americans - Medicine Hat Cantalinis 8:6 OT
*1/3: Great Falls Americans - Taber Merchants 6:2
*1/9: Lethbridge Native Sons - Butte Copperleafs 11:4
*1/10: Lethbridge Native Sons - Butte Copperleafs 14:5
*1/13: Great Falls Americans - Butte Copperleafs 14:5
*1/23: Great Falls Americans - Taber Merchants 10:5
*1/24: Great Falls Americans - Taber Merchants 10:4
*1/30: Great Falls Americans - Butte Copperleafs 9:3
Final standings
#Great Falls Americans
#Lethbridge Native Sons
#Medicine Hat Cantalinis
#Taber Merchants
#Butte Copperleafs
Standings as of 1/3
#Great Falls 11-0 82:35 22
#Medicine Hat 6-7 95:29 12
#Lethbridge 5-5 42:37 10
#Taber 3-3 40:35 6
#Butte 0-10 22:113 0
Quarterfinals
*Great Falls Americans - Butte Copperleafs 3:0 on series (18:5, 12:2, 5:4)
*Medicine Hat Cantalinis - Taber Merchants 7:3, ? (two games, total goals) 
Semifinal
*Lethbridge Native Sons - Medicine Hat Cantalinis 2:0 on series (6:2, 3:0) 
Final
*Great Falls Americans - Lethbridge Native Sons 3:1 on series (6:4, 16:2, 5:6 OT, 12:6)
;United States Senior Western Championship
*Great Falls Americans - Grand Forks Red Wings 7:2, 6:3
;United States National Senior Championship
*4/2: Great Falls - Clinton 11:9
*4/3: Clinton - Great Falls 8:0
*4/4: Great Falls - Clinton 8:7
Great Falls won series 2-1 over Clinton Comets.
===1954-55===
*1/14: Great Falls Americans - Seattle Bombers 7:6
*1/15: Great Falls Americans - Seattle Bombers 11:11
*1/16: Seattle Bombers - Great Falls Americans 10:5
*2/12: Great Falls Americans - High River Flyers (AB) 13:5
*2/13: Great Falls Americans - High River Flyers (AB) 13:2 
*3/12: Creston All-Stars (BC) - Butte All-Stars 12:5
*3/13: Butte All-Stars - Creston All-Stars (BC) 8:2
;Alberta-Montana Intermediate Hockey League
Regular season
*11/20: Great Falls Americans - Medicine Hat Cantalinis 2:0 
*11/21: Great Falls Americans - Medicine Hat Cantalinis 6:3
*12/4: Great Falls Americans - Taber Merchants 8:1
*12/5: Great Falls Americans - Taber Merchants 9:3
*12/18: Great Falls Americans - Medicine Hat Cantalinis 5:2
*12/19: Great Falls Americans - Medicine Hat Cantalinis 9:6
*1/8: Great Falls Americans - Taber Merchants 5:2
*1/9: Taber Merchants - Great Falls Americans 5:1
*1/22: Medicine Hat Cantalinis - Great Falls Americans 8:7
*1/23: Great Falls Americans - Medicine Hat Cantalinis 4:3 
*1/29: Taber Merchants - Great Falls Americans 6:4 
*1/30: Great Falls Americans - Taber Merchants 5:4 OT
*Great Falls Americans
*Medicine Hat Cantalinis
*Taber Merchants (folded due to internal issues) 
Final
*Great Falls Americans - Medicine Hat Cantalinis 14:10 on goals (10:5, 4:5) 
;United States Senior Western Championship
Best of 7
*Seattle Bombers - Great Falls Americans 4:4, 9:1, 3:5, 4:3, 6:8, 6:1, 6:2
Seattle was disqualified for using ineligible players. Great Falls advanced to the final. 
;United States National Senior Championship
Best of 3
*3/19: Warroad Lakers - Great Falls Americans 11:8
*3/20: Warroad Lakers - Great Falls Americans 7:6
===1955-56===
*12/3: Great Falls Americans - Gull Lake Greyhounds (SK) 12:7
*12/4: Great Falls Americans - Gull Lake Greyhounds (SK) 4:4
*1/1: Great Falls Americans - Drumheller Miners (AB) 9:6
*1/2: Drumheller Miners (AB) - Great Falls Americans 10:6
*1/15: Butte Copperleafs - Montana School of Mines 5:3
*1/16: Butte Copperleafs - Montana School of Mines 9:5
*1/29: Great Falls Young Americans - Butte Copperleafs 9:2
*2/11: Butte Copperleafs - Great Falls Young Americans 6:5
*2/12: Great Falls Young Americans - Butte Copperleafs 15:7
*2/18: Great Falls Americans - Great Falls Old Timers 11:5
*3/17: Great Falls Americans - Claresholm HC (AB) 12:5
*3/18: Great Falls Americans - Claresholm HC (AB) 14:3
*4/7: Great Falls Young Americans - Butte Copperleafs 9:6
*4/8: Great Falls Young Americans - Butte Copperleafs 10:9 
;Alberta-Montana Intermediate Hockey League
Teams
*Great Falls Americans
*Lethbridge Allister Furriers
*Medicine Hat Cantalinis (finished first in regular season) 
Scores
*11/19: Medicine Hat Cantalinis - Great Falls Americans 12:6
*11/20: Medicine Hat Cantalinis - Great Falls Americans 12:5 
*11/26: Great Falls Americans - Lethbridge Allister Furries 9:7 
*11/27: Lethbridge Allister Furriers - Great Falls Americans 6:3
*12/10: Medicine Hat Cantalinis - Great Falls Americans 9:1
*12/11: Great Falls Americans - Medicine Hat Cantalinis 12:9 
*12/17: Lethbridge Allister Furriers - Great Falls Americans 7:5
*1/7: Lethbridge Allister Furriers - Great Falls Americans 7:4
*1/8: Lethbridge Allister Furriers - Great Falls Americans 20:4
*1/14: Medicine Hat Cantalinis - Great Falls Americans 13:2
*1/15: Medicine Hat Cantalinis - Great Falls Americans 11:4
*1/21: Lethbridge Allister Furriers - Great Falls Americans 8:7
*1/22: Lethbridge Allister Furriers - Great Falls Americans 15:8
*1/28: Medicine Hat Cantalinis - Great Falls Americans 12:7
*1/29: Medicine Hat Cantalinis - Great Falls Americans 14:5 
*2/4: Medicine Hat Cantalinis - Great Falls Americans 9:8
*2/5: Great Falls Americans - Medicine Hat Cantalinis 7:6
*2/11: Lethbridge Allister Furriers - Great Falls Americans 8:7
*2/12: Lethbridge Allister Furriers - Great Falls Americans 13:9 
*2/25: Great Falls Americans - Lethbridge Allister Furriers 8:7
*2/26: Lethbridge Allister Furriers - Great Falls Americans 13:5
Final
*Medicine Hat beat Lethbridge 
;Western United States Intermediate Championship
Two games total goals
*Great Falls Americans beat Spokane All-Stars 20 goals to 13 (11:4, 11:9)
===1956-57===
;Alberta-British Columbia-Montana Hockey League
Standings
 Coleman Grands 11- 5-0-22 116- 59
 Great Falls 10- 6-0-20 92- 75
 Fernie Rangers 9- 7-0-18 90- 79
 Cranbrook 9- 7-0-18 83- 69
 Michel 1-15-0- 2 53-102
Semifinals
*Fernie Rangers - Great Falls Americans 3:2, 5:5, 4:4, 7:1
*Coleman Grands - Cranbrook 5:3, ? 
Final
*Coleman Grands - Fernie Rangers W:L, 7:4, 6:4
;Western United States Intermediate Championship
Two games total goals
*Great Falls Americans beat Spokane Flyers 7 goals to 2 (2:1, 5:1)
===1957-58===
*12/15: Butte Copperleafs - Montana School of Mines 8:4
*12/19: Butte Copperleafs - Montana School of Mines 9:4
*12/28: Notre Dame College Hounds (SK) - Great Falls Americans 14:4
*12/29: Great Falls Americans - Notre Dame College Hounds (SK) 10:10 
*1/4: Great Falls Americans - Gull Lake Greyhounds (SK) 14:11
*1/5: Great Falls Americans - Gull Lake Greyhounds (SK) 15:9 
*1/5: Butte Copperleafs - Salt Lake City Icelanders 4:4
*1/11: Creston Leafs (BC) - Butte Copperleafs 9:4
*1/12: Creston Leafs (BC) - Butte Copperleafs 8:3
*1/18: Lethbridge Allisters (AB) - Great Falls Americans 12:8
*1/19: Lethbridge Allisters (AB) - Great Falls Americans 12:8
*1/23: Butte Copperleafs - Montana School of Mines 17:7
*1/25: Calgary Strathcona Horse Cavalry (AB) - Great Falls Americans 10:8
*1/26: Great Falls Americans - Calgary Strathcona Horse Cavalry (AB) 7:6
*1/26: Salt Lake City Icelanders - Butte Copperleafs 9:3
*1/30: Montana School of Mines - Butte Copperleafs 7:4
*2/1: Great Falls Americans - Butte Copperleafs 20:5
*2/2: Great Falls Americans - Butte Copperleafs 14:8
*2/9: Montana School of Mines Combination - Butte Copperleafs 6:4
*2/22: Great Falls Americans - Calgary Royals 11:5
*2/23: Great Falls Americans - Calgary Royals 13:5
*3/15: Great Falls Americans - Lethbridge Allisters (AB) 8:5
*3/16: Great Falls Americans - Lethbridge Allisters (AB) 7:6 
*4/5: Great Falls Americans - Great Falls Old Timers 8:8
;Alberta-British Columbia-Montana Hockey League
Scores
*11/23: Cranbrook Selkirks - Great Falls Americans 11:6
*11/24: Cranbrook Selkirks - Great Falls Americans 10:5
*11/30: Medicine Hat Cantalinis - Great Falls Americans 14:6
*12/1: Medicine Hat Cantalinis - Great Falls Americans 11:7 
*12/7: Great Falls Americans - Fernie Rangers 10:7
*12/8: Fernie Rangers - Great Falls Americans 8:6
*12/14: Medicine Hat Cantalinis - Great Falls Americans 6:4
*12/15: Medicine Hat Cantalinis - Great Falls Americans 6:3
*12/21: Great Falls Americans - Coleman Grands 6:3
*12/22: Coleman Grands - Great Falls Americans 13:7
*1/11: Cranbrook Selkirks - Great Falls Americans 12:4
*1/12: Cranbrook Selkirks - Great Falls Americans 4:2 
*2/8: Great Falls Americans - Coleman Grands 8:5
*2/9: Coleman Grands - Great Falls Americans 6:5 
*2/15: Great Falls Americans - Fernie Rangers 7:6 OT
*2/16: Great Falls Americans - Fernie Rangers 9:7
Semifinals
*Coleman Grands - Great Falls Americans 6:5, 8:9, 13:4, 4:2
*Fernie Rangers - Cranbrook Selkirks 4:14, W:L, 12:9
Final
*Coleman Grands - Fernie Rangers 6:2, 8:7
;Western United States Intermediate Championship
Semi-Final
Two games total goals
*Great Falls Americans beat Salt Lake City Icelanders 37 goals to 7 (16:3, 21:4)
Final
Two games total goals
*Great Falls Americans beat Spokane Flyers 20 goals to 10 (10:5, 10:5)
===1958-59===
*11/15: Great Falls Americans - Montana State University Grizzlies 10:4
*11/16: Great Falls Americans - Montana State University Grizzlies 13:3
*11/22: Saskatoon Royals (SK) - Great Falls Americans 14:10
*11/23: Saskatoon Royals (SK) - Great Falls Americans 10:8
*12/20: Great Falls Americans - Maple Creek Orioles (SK) 7:2
*12/21: Great Falls Americans - Maple Creek Orioles (SK) 10:5
*12/27: Notre Dame College Hounds (SK) - Great Falls Americans 9:6
*12/28: Great Falls Americans - Notre Dame College Hounds (SK) 6:6
*1/14: Montana State University Grizzlies - Montana School of Mines 19:2
*1/17: Great Falls Americans - Butte All-Stars 12:4
*2/14: Great Falls Americans - Lethbridge Maple Leafs (AB) 4:4
*2/15: Lethbridge Maple Leafs (AB) - Great Falls Americans 5:1
*3/7: Great Falls Americans - Gull Lake Greyhounds (SK) 9:3
*3/8: Great Falls Americans - Gull Lake Greyhounds (SK) 9:6
*3/14: Great Falls Americans - Taber Chefs 12:6 
*3/15: Great Falls Americans - Taber Chefs 17:6 
*3/21: Great Falls Americans - Great Falls Old Timers 13:6
;Butte Bombers
See Butte Bombers for results
;Alberta-British Columbia-Montana Hockey League
Scores
*11/29: Cranbrook Selkirks - Great Falls Americans 6:4
*11/30: Great Falls Americans - Cranbrook Selkirks 8:2
*12/6: Coleman Grands - Great Falls Americans 13:3
*12/7: Fernie Rangers - Great Falls Americans 12:2
*12/13: Taber Chefs - Great Falls Americans 6:3
*12/14: Taber Chefs - Great Falls Americans 5:4
*1/3: Great Falls Americans - Taber Chefs 8:3
*1/4: Taber Chefs - Great Falls Americans 4:3
*1/10: Great Falls Americans - Fernie Rangers 5:4
*1/11: Cranbrook Selkirks - Great Falls Americans 8:3
*1/24: Fernie Rangers - Great Falls Americans 9:4
*1/25: Fernie Rangers - Great Falls Americans 9:7
*1/31: Taber Chefs - Great Falls Americans 7:3
*2/1: Great Falls Americans - Taber Chefs 7:5
*2/7: Great Falls Americans - Taber Chefs 5:3
*2/8: Great Falls Americans - Taber Chefs 9:4
*2/21: Great Falls Americans - Coleman Grands 7:5
*2/22: Great Falls Americans - Coleman Grands 5:2
*2/28: Cranbrook Selkirks - Great Falls Americans 10:4
*3/1: Coleman Grands - Great Falls Americans 9:3
Semifinals
*Cranbrook Selkirks - Fernie Rangers W:L, 11:6
*Coleman Grands - Taber Chefs
Final
*Cranbrook Selkirks - Coleman Grands 2-2, 1 tie on series (7:7, other games ?) - Cranbrook awarded series as Coleman refused to play a tiebreaking game
;Western United States Intermediate Championship
Best of 3
*Great Falls Americans - Seattle Seahawks 2:1 (9:2, 5:6, 12:2)
===1959-60===
*11/14: Great Falls Americans - Montana State University Grizzlies 6:6
*11/15: Great Falls Americans - Montana State University Grizzlies 12:2
*1/17: Montana School of Mines - Bozeman Bobcats 11:11
*3/12: Gull Lake Greyhounds (SK) - Great Falls Americans 11:1
*3/13: Great Falls Americans - Gull Lake Greyhounds (SK) 10:4
*3/19: Great Falls Americans - Lethbridge Maple Leafs (AB) 5:4
*3/20: Great Falls Americans - Lethbridge Maple Leafs (AB) 9:9 
;Butte Bombers
See Butte Bombers for results
;Alberta-British Columbia-Montana Hockey League
Scores
*11/28: Coleman Grands - Great Falls Americans 6:5 
*11/29: Coleman Grands - Great Falls Americans 9:4
*12/5: Great Falls Americans - Coleman Grands 7:2
*12/6: Great Falls Americans - Coleman Grands 10:3
*12/12: Lethbridge Native Sons - Great Falls Americans 9:5
*12/13: Great Falls Americans - Lethbridge Native Sons 8:5
*12/19: Great Falls Americans' - Cranbrook Selkirks 12:1
*12/20: Great Falls Americans - Cranbrook Selkirks 19:3
*12/26: Great Falls Americans - Coleman Grands 5:5 OT
*12/27: Coleman Grands - Great Falls Americans 7:6 
*1/2: Great Falls Americans - Cranbrook Selkirks 7:4
*1/3: Cranbrook Selkirks - Great Falls Americans 15:6
*1/9: Lethbridge Native Sons - Great Falls Americans 7:6
*1/10: Lethbridge Native Sons - Great Falls Americans 9:5
*1/16: Great Falls Americans - Fernie Rangers 5:4
*1/17: Great Falls Americans - Fernie Rangers 16:2
*1/23: Great Falls Americans - Fernie Rangers 5:1
*1/24: Great Falls Americans - Fernie Rangers 8:4
*1/30: Great Falls Americans - Coleman Grands 16:4
*1/31: Great Falls Americans - Coleman Grands 8:6
*2/6: Great Falls Americans - Lethbridge Native Sons 9:6
*2/7: Great Falls Americans - Lethbridge Native Sons 8:5
*2/13: Great Falls Americans - Fernie Rangers 7:5
*2/14: Great Falls Americans - Fernie Rangers 9:1
*2/20: Great Falls Americans - Lethbridge Native Sons 7:6
*2/21: Lethbridge Native Sons - Great Falls Americans 11:4
*2/27: Cranbrook Selkirks - Great Falls Americans 14:11
*2/28: Great Falls Americans - Cranbrook Selkirks 17:14
*3/5: Great Falls Americans - Cranbrook Selkirks 7:4
*3/6: Great Falls Americans - Cranbrook Selkirks 8:7 OT
Great Falls won the regular season championship.
Final
*Lethbridge Native Sons - Great Falls Americans 8:9, 8:3, 5:5
===1960-61===
*11/19: Great Falls Americans - Montana State University Grizzlies 10:7
*11/20: Great Falls Americans - Montana State University Grizzlies 8:4
*1/3: Montana School of Mines - Montana State University Grizzlies 10:7
*2/2: Montana School of Mines - Montana State College Bobcats 9:6
*2/4: Great Falls Americans - Claresholm Clippers (AB) 12:2
*2/5: Great Falls Americans - Claresholm Clippers (AB) 10:4
*2/5: Gonzaga University (WA) - Montana School of Mines 7:6
*2/?: Montana State University Grizzlies - Montana State College Bobcats 8:5
*2/11: Montana State University Grizzlies - Montana School of Mines 13:2
*2/11: Great Falls Americans - Leader Flyers (SK) 8:4
*2/12: Great Falls Americans - Leader Flyers (SK) 10:10 
*2/19: Taber Chefs - Great Falls Americans 3:0 
*2/26: Great Falls Americans - Taber Chefs 7:6
*3/5: Great Falls Americans - Coleman Grands 14:6
*3/18: Great Falls Americans - ABCM League All-Stars 11:7
*3/19: Great Falls Americans - ABCM League All-Stars 10:7
*3/25: Lethbridge Maple Leafs - Great Falls Americans 14:9
*3/26: Lethbridge Maple Leafs - Great Falls Americans 10:6
*3/31: Great Falls Americans - Edmonton Philco Predictas 7:3
*4/1: Great Falls Americans - Edmonton Philco Predictas 14:7
;Alberta-British Columbia-Montana Hockey League
Scores
*11/26: Taber Chefs - Great Falls Americans 3:1
*11/27: Taber Chefs - Great Falls Americans 4:3
*12/3: Great Falls Americans - Taber Chefs 6:1
*12/4: Taber Chefs - Great Falls Americans 8:5 
*12/10: Coleman Grands - Great Falls Americans 5:2
*12/11: Coleman Grands - Great Falls Americans 8:6 OT
*12/17: Great Falls Americans - Coleman Grands 8:6 OT
*12/18: Coleman Grands - Great Falls Americans 12:10 OT
*1/7: Great Falls Americans - Fernie Rangers 9:3
*1/8: Great Falls Americans - Fernie Rangers 11:4
*1/14: Great Falls Americans - Fernie Rangers 6:3
*1/15: Great Falls Americans - Fernie Rangers 7:2
*1/21: Great Falls Americans - Taber Chefs 7:6 OT
*1/22: Great Falls Americans - Taber Chefs 11:7
*1/28: Great Falls Americans - Taber Chefs 4:3
*1/29: Taber Chefs - Great Falls Americans 9:6 
Semifinals
*Great Falls Americans - Taber Chefs 5:3, 11:4
Final
*Great Falls Americans - Coleman Grands 6:5, 5:7, 4:3
===1961-62===
*11/11: Great Falls Americans - Butte Bruins 14:4
*11/12: Great Falls Americans - Butte Bruins 16:2
*11/18: Gonzaga University (WA) - Butte Bruins 5:3
*11/19: Gonzaga University (WA) - Butte Bruins 6:2
Butte Bruins were made up of Montana State University students.
;Alberta Big Six League
Standings as of 2/12
#Calgary Adderson Builders 29-4-0 222:101
#Coleman Grands 23-13-0 172:145
#Calgary Buffalos 15-16-1 143:149
#Great Falls Americans 5-25-3 90:182
#Taber Chefs 4-23-3 124:191
Final standings
#Calgary Adderson Builders 30-5-0
#Coleman Grands
#Calgary Buffalos
#Great Falls Americans 8-25-3
#Taber Chefs 8-26-3
The Lethbridge Maple Leafs dropped out on Jan. 10 because of financial reasons and poor fan support.
Post 2/12 scores
*2/15: Coleman - Taber 6:1
*2/17: Great Falls - Taber 4:2
*2/18: Taber - Adderson 6:3
*2/18: Great Falls - Buffalos 9:7
*2/24: Taber - Buffalos 7:3
*2/25: Adderson - Taber 6:5
Semi Finals
Best of 5
*Adderson 5 Great Falls 4
*Adderson 6 Great Falls 1
*Adderson 6 Great Falls 3
Calgary Adderson Builders beat Great Falls Americans 3 wins to none.
*Coleman 6 Buffalos 5
*Coleman beat Buffalos
*Buffalos 7 Coleman 1
*Coleman 9 Buffalos 4
Coleman Grands beat Calgary Buffalos 3 wins to 1.
Final
Best of 7
*Calgary 5 Coleman 2
*Coleman 3 Calgary 2
*Coleman 6 Calgary 4
*Calgary 4 Coleman 3
*Calgary 4 Coleman 2
*Calgary 10 Coleman 4
Calgary Adderson Builders beat Coleman Grands 4 wins to 2.
The Coleman Grands defaulted the final in the 1961-62 Alberta Intermediate Playoffs in order to finish this series.
===1962-63===
;Alberta Big Six League
Northern Division
 Calgary Adderson Builders 23- 3-4 .833
 Okotoks Oilers 13- 8-4 .672
 Calgary Stephenson Beavers 16- 9-3 .625
 Strathmore Flyers 4-21-3 .196
 Canmore Flyers 3-21-1 .130
Southern Division
 Medicine Hat Cantalinis 18- 3-3 .813
 Taber Chefs 11-12-1 .479
 Great Falls Americans 6-20-0 .288
Quarter Finals
Best of 3
*Beavers 4 Okotoks 2
*Okotoks 7 Beavers 6
*Beavers 1 Okotoks 0
Calgary Stephenson Beavers beat Okotoks Oilers 2 wins to 1.
Semi Finals
Best of 5'
*Builders 7 Beavers 1
*Builders 9 Beavers 2
*Builders 7 Beavers 5
Calgary Adderson Builders beat Calgary Stephenson Beavers 3 wins to none.
Best of 7
*Medicine Hat beat Taber
*Taber 5 Medicine Hat 4
*Medicine Hat 10 Taber 6
*Medicine Hat beat Taber
*Medicine Hat 6 Taber 2
Medicine Hat Cantalinis beat Taber Chefs 4 wins to 1.
Final
Best of 7
*Medicine Hat 6 Builders 2
*Medicine Hat 5 Builders 3
*Builders 6 Medicine Hat 4
*Builders 4 Medicine Hat 3
*Builders 10 Medicine Hat 5
*Builders 8 Medicine Hat 5
Calgary Adderson Builders beat Medicine Hat Canatalinis 4 wins to 2.
Since the Calgary Adderson Builders were classified as a senior team, they advanced to the 1962-63 Alberta Senior Playoffs.
The Medicine Hat Canatalinis were the top intermediate team in the league and advanced to the 1962-63 Alberta Intermediate Playoffs.
==Sources==
*Great Falls Tribune
*Montana Standard
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