The BC Elite Hockey League - U18 AAA (formerly the BC Hockey Major Midget League), or BCEHL, is the highest level of provincial U18

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league in

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. Governed by

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and inaugurated in 2004, the league consists of 10 teams. Players range from 15 to 17 years old. BCEHL is part of BC Hockeys' "High Proformance" program to develop the best midget-aged players around the province. The league champion goes on to compete with the top

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(AEHL) team to represent the Pacific region at the annual

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, Canada's national midget championship. The Vancouver North East Chiefs are the current 2022 champions, and were the last team to represent the BCEHL at the Telus Cup.

Current teams

* Cariboo Cougars * Fraser Valley Thunderbirds * Greater Vancouver Canadians * North Island Silvertips * Okanagan Rockets * Thompson Blazers *

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* Valley West Giants *

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League champions

^a The Giants earned an automatic bye into the Telus Cup because the Red Deer Optimist Rebels were hosting the tournament

Telus Cup

The Vancouver North West Giants (2007, 2011), Okanagan Rockets (2014) and the Vancouver North East Chiefs (2022) are the only teams to have represented the league at the

. Upon the Giants' winning the BC MML championship in 2007, a regional final with the AMHL was not necessary as Red Deer was hosting the Telus Cup that year. The Giants finished fourth in the Telus Cup tournament in 2007 before returning four years later; they again finished fourth in 2011. The 2014 Rockets, meanwhile, won the bronze medal. Prior to the inauguration of the BC MML, the national midget championship was held in

twice – hosted by Kelowna in 1996 and Prince George in 2001. The Burnaby Winter Club Travellers represent the only B.C. team to win the national championship, defeating the Gouverneurs de Ste-Foy from

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in 1982, as well as winning bronze in 1980.

References

External links

Official Website
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Current teams

League champions

Telus Cup

See also

References

External links