The Whitehorse Huskies are a Senior "AAA"

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team that is based in

Whitehorse Whitehorse () is the capital of Yukon, and the largest city in Northern Canada. It was incorporated in 1950 and is located at kilometre 1426 (Historic Mile 918) on the Alaska Highway in southern Yukon. Whitehorse's downtown and Riverdale areas ...

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, Canada. They are one-time

Allan Cup The Allan Cup is the trophy awarded annually to the national senior amateur men's ice hockey champions of Canada. It was donated by Sir Montagu Allan of Ravenscrag, Montreal, and has been competed for since 1909. The current champions are the ...

National Champions.

History

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the Whitehorse Huskies won the

by defeating the

Quesnel Kangaroos The Quesnel Kangaroos was an intermediate and senior ice hockey team in Quesnel, British Columbia that played as an Intermediate team at least as far back as 1965. In 1979, they became a member of the upstart BCSHL. After the demise of the BCSHL (a ...

in the Final. After taking the coveted Allan Cup back to the

, the team hung up their skates. The Huskies are the only teams from the Yukon,

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, or

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to have ever won the Allan Cup. In 2009, after a 16-year hiatus,

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approved the revival of the Huskies, and the team was subsequently sanctioned by the

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to compete during the 2009-10 season. The current edition of the Triple A men's hockey team, coached by Dan Johnson, plays its home games at the Takhini Arena. In the 2009-10 playoffs, the Huskies were eliminated from

2010 Allan Cup The 2010 Allan Cup was the Canadian championship of senior ice hockey. This tournament was the 102nd year that the Allan Cup has been awarded. The 2010 tournament was hosted by the City of Fort St. John, British Columbia and the Fort St. John ...

contention when they were swept 3-games-to-none by the

Powell River Regals The Powell River Regals were a Canadian Senior ice hockey team from Powell River, British Columbia. The Regals played an independent schedule under the supervision of the BC Amateur Hockey Association. The Regals were three-time Allan Cup Natio ...

in the Pacific finals. The franchise played in the AAA level league through the 2013-14 season, after which they moved to the AA level for 2014-15, playing in the BC Senior Hockey League. They went on to win the

Coy Cup The Coy Cup is awarded to the Senior AA ice hockey champions of British Columbia. Teams from the Yukon have also competed. History The trophy was donated to the British Columbia Amateur Hockey Association by Colonel Coy of the 50th Gordon Highlande ...

Championship in 2016, but could not find enough players for the 2016-17 season, and had to withdraw from competition as a result.

References

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