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1948–49 WIHL Season
1948–49 was the third season of the Western International Hockey League. The league champion Spokane Flyers (senior), Spokane Flyers went on to face the Windsor Spitfires (1946–53), Windsor Spitfires in a best-of-seven series for the national amateur hockey title. Standings Spokane Flyers (senior), Spokane Flyers 37-16-1 .694 261-198 Kimberley Dynamiters (WIHL), Kimberley Dynamiters 18-23-1 .440 187-194 Nelson Maple Leafs 18-24-0 .429 162-184 Trail Smoke Eaters (senior), Trail Smoke Eaters 15-25-2 .372 187-221 League Championship final Best of 5 * Kimberley 4 Spokane 1 * Spokane 4 Kimberley 1 * Spokane 10 Kimberley 1 * Spokane 2 Kimberley 0 Spokane Flyers beat Kimberley Dynamiters 3 wins to 1. Note: Spokane Flyers were not eligible for the Allan Cup so the Kimberley Dynamiters advanced to the final. The Spokane Flyers did advance to the 1948-49 United States National Senior Championship. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western International Hockey League
The Western International Hockey League (WIHL) was a senior level ice hockey league that featured teams from the Western United States and Western Canada. It operated from 1946–62 and 1963–88. It grew out of the West Kootenay League, which operated in southeast British Columbia from the 1920s. Overview The league had teams in the British Columbian cities of Trail, Nelson, Kimberley, Rossland, Fernie, and Cranbrook; in Spokane, Washington; Calgary, Alberta; Portland, Oregon; and Los Angeles. The league did not operate in 1962–63 while member team the Trail Smoke Eaters competed for and won the world amateur championship overseas. At various times in the 1950s and 1960s the league had an interlocking schedule with the Okanagan Senior League and the Alberta Senior Hockey League. It also played matches against the Pacific Hockey League in 1978–79. In an era when there were fewer NHL and minor professional teams and leagues in North America, winning the Allan Cup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norm Blackett
Norm, the Norm or NORM may refer to: In academic disciplines * Normativity, phenomenon of designating things as good or bad * Norm (geology), an estimate of the idealised mineral content of a rock * Norm (philosophy), a standard in normative ethics that is prescriptive rather than a descriptive or explanatory abstraction * Social norm, shared standards of acceptable behavior by groups * Basic norm, a jurisprudence concept by Kelsen * Peremptory norm, a fundamental principle of international law * Norm (artificial intelligence), a set of statements used to regulate artificial intelligence software * Norm, a statistical concept in psychometrics representing the aggregate responses of a standardized and representative group * NORM, naturally occurring radioactive materials * NORM (non-mobile older rural males), an acronym in dialect studies coined by Chambers and Trudgill (1980) for a group to which speakers frequently refer In mathematics * Norm (mathematics), a map that assi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western International Hockey League Seasons
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Bill Snider
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Winger (ice Hockey)
Winger, in the game of ice hockey, is a forward position of a player whose primary zone of play is along the outer playing areas. They typically flank the centre forward. Originally the name was given to forward players who went up and down the sides of the rink. Wingers generally have the least defensive responsibilities out of any position on the ice, however they are still tasked with defensive duties such as forechecking duties or covering the point in the defensive zone. Nowadays, there are different types of wingers in the game — out-and-out goal scorers, checkers who disrupt the opponents, and forwards who work along the boards and in the corners. Often a winger's precise role on a line depends upon what type of role the other winger plays; usually lines will have one more goal-scoring oriented winger and one winger more focused on playing the boards, checking and passing the puck to others to take shots (if a larger player, he will sometimes be called a "power fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy McBride
Roy McBride (1921 - October 14, 2007) was a former professional ice hockey player and coach. Career McBride started his professional career in 1940 as a player in the Eastern Hockey League with the Washington Eagles. He did not play between 1941 and 1945. At age 24, McBride's playing career resumed following World War II. During the 1945–46 season, he suited up with three different teams: the Seattle Ironmen (PCHL), Dallas Texans (USHL), and Fort Worth Rangers (USHL). He played the 1946–47 season with the San Diego Skyhawks (PCHL), and in the 1947–48 season he returned to play with the Seattle Ironmen. In the 1948–49 season, he played with the Spokane Flyers, who won the United States National Senior Championship that year. He played the next two seasons (1949–50 and 1950–51) in the Quebec Senior Hockey League with the Quebec Aces, where he was coached by future Hockey Hall of Fame member Punch Imlach. He played the 1951–52 season in the WIHL with the Spokane Flyer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Sullivan (ice Hockey, Born 1929)
Frank Taylor Sullivan (June 16, 1929 – April 5, 2009) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played eight games in the National Hockey League for the Toronto Maple Leafs and Chicago Black Hawks between 1950 and 1956. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1949 to 1959, was mainly spent in the American Hockey League. Sullivan was born in Toronto, Ontario Ontario is the southernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. Located in Central Canada, Ontario is the Population of Canada by province and territory, country's most populous province. As of the 2021 Canadian census, it .... Frank was the brother of Peter Sullivan. Career statistics Regular season and playoffs References External links * 1929 births 2009 deaths 20th-century Canadian sportsmen Buffalo Bisons (AHL) players Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Canadian ice hockey defencemen Chicago Blackhawks players Ice hockey people from Toronto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Centre (ice Hockey)
The centre (or center in American English) in ice hockey is a forward (ice hockey), forward position of a player whose primary Hockey rink#Zones, zone of play is the middle of the ice, away from the sideboards. Centres have more flexibility in their positioning and therefore often end up covering more ice surface than any other player. Centres are ideally strong, fast skaters who are able to Checking (ice hockey)#Backchecking, backcheck quickly from deep in the opposing zone. Generally, centres are expected to be gifted passers more so than goal scorers, although there are exceptions - typically larger centres who position themselves directly in front of the net in order to score off rebounds. They are also expected to have exceptional "ice vision", Hockey IQ, intelligence, and creativity. They also generally are the most defensively-oriented forwards on the ice, as they are expected to play the role of the third player in defense, after the defenceman, defencemen. Centres usuall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scoop Bentley
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George Barefoot
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Spokane Flyers (senior)
Spokane Flyers could mean: * Spokane Flyers (senior), a former senior ice hockey team in the Western International Hockey League * Spokane Flyers (junior), a former junior ice hockey team in the Western Hockey League {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
