The Saskatoon Sheiks/Saskatoon Crescents were a professional

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team in the

Western Canada Hockey League The Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL), founded in 1921, was a major professional ice hockey league originally based in the prairies of Canada. It was renamed the Western Hockey League (WHL) in 1925 and disbanded in 1926. The WCHL's Victoria C ...

(WCHL) and

Prairie Hockey League The Prairie Hockey League (PHL) was a Canadian professional ice hockey league in Alberta and Saskatchewan that was created following the demise of the Western Hockey League in 1926. It operated for two seasons. The creation of the league was an ...

(PrHL) from 1921 to 1928. The team played their home games at the

Crescent Arena Crescent Arena, also known as the Saskatoon Arena and Crescent Rink, was an indoor arena in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. It was built in the 1910s and was the home of the Saskatoon Sheiks of the WCHL and Saskatoon Wesleys of the SJHL. The arena wa ...

Saskatoon Saskatoon () is the largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It straddles a bend in the South Saskatchewan River in the central region of the province. It is located along the Trans-Canada Hig ...

, Saskatchewan.

History

The Sheiks entered the WCHL in the 1921–22 season. On February 3, 1922, poor attendance forced the club to move to the

Moose Jaw Arena Moose Jaw Arena was an indoor arena in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada. It was built in 1910 and was the home of the Moose Jaw Sheiks and Moose Jaw Maroons of the WCHL and Moose Jaw Canucks of the WCJHL. The arena was destroyed by a fire in Augu ...

and play as the Moose Jaw Sheiks. The team was reorganized as the Saskatoon Crescents Hockey Club in April 1922.

Frederick E. Betts Frederick Everett Betts (October 17, 1870February 23, 1942) was a Canadian ice hockey administrator and businessman. He concurrently served as president of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA), the Hockey Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan Am ...

was appointed chairman of the team's management committee, made the final decision on player contracts, and had a policy of not making statements to the media until a deal was final. Betts signed ten new players to contracts by November in addition to three players who returned from the previous season. He sought to sign

Newsy Lalonde Édouard Cyrille "Newsy" Lalonde (October 31, 1887 – November 21, 1970) was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward in the National Hockey League (NHL) and a professional lacrosse player. Lalonde is regarded as one of hockey's and lacrosse's ...

from the

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, and was willing to buy Lalonde's release pending all other

National Hockey League The National Hockey League (NHL; french: Ligue nationale de hockey—LNH, ) is a professional ice hockey league in North America comprising 32 teams—25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. It is considered to be the top ranked professional ...

clubs waiving their right to claim him. Betts later agreed to trade the rights to highly-touted prospect

Aurèle Joliat Aurèle Émile "Mighty Atom, Little Giant" Joliat (August 29, 1901 – June 2, 1986) was a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who played 16 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Canadiens. Playing career Joliat began h ...

to bring Lalonde to the Crescents as the team's

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for the season. The Crescents won eight of thirty games played, placed fourth during the

1922–23 WCHL season The 1922–23 WCHL season was the second season for the Western Canada Hockey League. Four teams played 30 games each. Regular season Final standings ''Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points'' Sco ...

and did not qualify for the playoffs, despite that Lalonde led the league with 30 goals scored. New ownership took over the team in May 1923. The team continued playing until 1928 when it folded.

Season-by-season record

''Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GF= Goals For, GA = Goals Against, Pts = Points''

Head coaches

* Bob Pinder (1921–1922) *

(1922–1926)

Notable players

Bun Cook Frederick Joseph "Bun" Cook (September 18, 1903 – March 19, 1988) was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward and coach. He was an Allan Cup champion with the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds in 1924 before embarking on a 13-year professional ...

Bill Cook William Osser Xavier Cook (October 8, 1895 – May 5, 1986) was a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who played for the Saskatoon Crescents of the Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL) and the New York Rangers of the National Hockey Le ...

Harry Cameron Harold Hugh Cameron (February 6, 1890 – October 20, 1953) was a Canadian ice hockey defenceman who played professionally for the Toronto Blueshirts, Toronto Arenas, Ottawa Senators, Toronto St. Pats, and Montreal Canadiens. Cameron won three St ...

Corbett Denneny Charles Corbett "Corb" Denneny (January 25, 1894 – January 16, 1963) was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played professionally from 1912 to 1931, including nine seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Toronto Arenas, ...

Tommy Dunderdale Thomas Dunderdale (6 May 1887 – 15 December 1960) was an Australian-Canadian professional ice hockey forward. Born in the Colony of Victoria (now part of Australia), he moved to Canada with his family in 1894. He played in Winnipeg for t ...

George Hainsworth George Henry Hainsworth (June 26, 1893 – October 9, 1950) was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played for the Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs in the National Hockey League, and the Saskatoon Crescents in the Western Ca ...

Rube Brandow Willis Reuben Brandow (October 16, 1898 – November 20, 1932) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He played with the Calgary Tigers, Edmonton Eskimos and Saskatoon Crescents of the Western Canada Hockey League. He also played with th ...

References

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History

Season-by-season record

Head coaches

Notable players

See also

References