The Edmonton Huskies are a Canadian Junior
Football
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team based in
Edmonton, Alberta
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. The Huskies play in the six-team Prairie Football Conference, which itself is part of the
Canadian Junior Football League
The Canadian Junior Football League (CJFL) is a national Major Junior Canadian football league consisting of 19 teams playing in five provinces across Canada. The teams compete annually for the Canadian Bowl. Many CJFL players move on to profe ...
(CJFL) and competes annually for the national title known as the
Canadian Bowl
The Canadian Bowl is the championship of the Canadian Junior Football League. The three conference champions participate in the playdowns for the championship. One champion receives a bye to the game, while the other two play off in the Jostens Cu ...
.
History
The Huskies were founded in 1954. In the 1960s the Huskies won 3 National Championships in a row and two in a row in 2004 and 2005 under the direction of head coach Mike Mclean.
On October 30, 2004 the Huskies beat the
Okanagan Sun 24-7 to win the Canadian Bowl. The very next year, the Huskies went on to beat the
South Fraser Rams and then the
St. Leonard Cougars
The St-Leonard Cougars were a CJFL football team located in Saint-Leonard, Quebec
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to again win the national championship.
The Huskies are the pilot team for the Gender Based Violence Prevention Program (GBVPP) with the University of Alberta.
Notable players
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Bill LaForge
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Pat Bowlen
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External links
Edmonton Huskies homepageCanadian Junior Football League
References
Huskies
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Canadian Junior Football League teams
Sports clubs established in 1954
1954 establishments in Alberta
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