The Pacific Junior A Hockey League (PJHL) was a Canadian Junior "A"

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league operating within the

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metropolitan area in

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from 1971 until 1979.

History

From 1962 to 1967, a Pacific Coast Junior Hockey League (PCJHL) had been a Junior "A" league in British Columbia. That PCJHL folded when the

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and the Victoria Cougars moved to the Okanagan-Mainline Junior "A" Hockey League, which immediately renamed itself the

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(BCJHL, shortened to BCHL in 1995). In 1971, the Pacific Coast Junior Hockey League (PCJHL) name was revived by Fred Page for a new Junior "B" league, with all six teams located within the

region. Page had deep roots in managing junior hockey leagues, and today there are two championship trophies named for himthe BCHL championship Fred Page Cup, and the

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Junior "A" championship Fred Page Cup. Page was successful in getting the PCJHL promoted to Tier II Junior "A" for the 1973–74 season, adjusting its name to the Pacific Junior A Hockey League (PJHL). Starting that season, the PJHL champion would compete with the BCJHL champion in the BC Junior "A" Championship, the

Mowat Cup The Mowat Cup is emblematic of the Junior "A" ice hockey Championship of British Columbia (BC). The winner of the Mowat Cup historically moved on to play the winner of Alberta's Carling O'Keefe Cup for the Doyle Cup, signifying the Canadian Pacif ...

, with the winner moving on to what was the precursor to the

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. The PJHL's Nor'Wes Caps won the 1976 Mowat Cup, while the PJHL's Richmond Sockeyes won the 1977 and 1979 Mowat Cups. Page agreed to allow a merger between his PJHL and the BCJHL for the 1979–1980 season. In five years of Junior "A" competition, after operating for only two seasons as a Junior "B" league, the PJHL defeated the more established BCJHL in three of five

s. In competition against the Alberta Junior Hockey League champion for the Pacific region championship, the PJHL champion went 0 for 3 and never got a chance to compete for the Western Championship Abbott Cup nor the National Championship Centennial Cup.

Teams

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* Coquitlam Comets *

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Couriers * Nor'Wes Caps * Richmond Sockeyes *

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Stampeders *

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Jr. Canucks/Canadians

Champions

''In the chart, league champions are bolded.''

External links

BCHL History
{{CJAHL Defunct ice hockey leagues in British Columbia Defunct junior ice hockey leagues in Canada 1971 establishments in British Columbia 1979 disestablishments in British Columbia Sports leagues established in 1971 Sports leagues disestablished in 1979

History

Teams

Champions

See also

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