Calgary Stampeders (hockey)
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Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
team that was based in Calgary
Calgary
Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...
, Alberta
Alberta
Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
, Canada
Canada
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. The team existed from 1938 until 1972, playing in various senior and minor professional leagues during that time. In 1946, the Stampeders captured the Allan Cup
Allan Cup
The Allan Cup is the trophy awarded annually to the national senior amateur men’s ice hockey champions of Canada. It has been competed for since 1909. The current champion is the Clarenville Caribous hockey club of Newfoundland and Labrador.-History:...
as Canadian senior hockey champions, the first Alberta based club to do so.
A team of this same name also played the 1978–79 season in the Western International Hockey League
Western International Hockey League
The Western International Hockey League 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...
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Senior hockey
The 1945–46 Stampeders were a powerhouse in the Western Canada Senior Hockey LeagueWestern Canada Senior Hockey League
The Western Canada Senior Hockey League was an ice hockey league that played six seasons in Alberta and Saskatchewan, from 1945 to 1951. It was founded as a four team league featuring teams in Calgary, Edmonton, Regina and Saskatoon...
(WCSHL). Led by Ken "Red" Hunter's then senior-amateur record 81 points, the Stamps finished first overall in the WCSHL with a 28–7–1 record, earning a bye into the league championship where they quickly dispatched the Edmonton Flyers
Edmonton Flyers
The Edmonton Flyers are a defunct ice hockey team that was based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The team existed from 1940 until 1963, playing in various senior and minor professional leagues during that time...
four games to one. The Stamps then faced the Winnipeg Orioles for the Prairie championship. While Winnipeg's coach predicted his team would sweep Calgary in three games, it was instead the Stampeders who eliminated Winnipeg in three by scores of 5–1, 10–2 and 8–2. In the Western Canada final, the Stampeders once again easily handled their opponents, this time, the Trail Smoke Eaters
Trail Smoke Eaters (senior)
The Trail Smoke Eaters were a senior level men's ice hockey team from Trail, British Columbia that played from 1926 to 1987. They are recognized as being one of the best senior hockey teams in Canadian history...
. After tying the first two games, Calgary won the next two by 7–3 and 4–2 scores to reach the Allan Cup final against the Hamilton Tigers.
The series almost never happened. With the tournament scheduled to be held out west, the Hamilton players considered forgoing the Allan Cup final as the $6 per day they were offered for the trip was not enough to be able to take time off from their jobs. The Tigers did make the trip, however, and were easily dispatched by the Stampeders in five games, winning the fifth game by a 1–0 score in Edmonton
Edmonton
Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta and is the province's second-largest city. Edmonton is located on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Capital Region, which is surrounded by the central region of the province.The city and its census...
before a crowd of 6,000.
In 1946-47, the Stampeders once again reached the Allan Cup final. They were defeated, however, by the Montreal Royals
Montreal Royals
The Montreal Royals were a minor league professional baseball team located in Montreal, Quebec, that existed from 1897–1917 and from 1928–60 as a member of the International League and its progenitor, the original Eastern League...
. The deciding game was held in Quebec City in front of over 11,000 spectators.
As occurred frequently with senior hockey, growing concerns were surfacing regarding the status of players, as many teams were using former professionals in violation of the rules laid out by the Allan Cup committee. Many teams, including the Stampeders, were facing pressure to declare whether they were professional or amateur teams.
Professional hockey
In 1951, the Stampeders, along with their provincial cousins, the Edmonton FlyersEdmonton Flyers
The Edmonton Flyers are a defunct ice hockey team that was based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The team existed from 1940 until 1963, playing in various senior and minor professional leagues during that time...
, officially turned professional, joining the Pacific Coast Hockey League
Pacific Coast Hockey League
The Pacific Coast Hockey League was an ice hockey minor league with teams in the western United States and western Canada that existed in several incarnations: from 1928 to 1931, from 1936 to 1941, and from 1944 to 1952.-PCHL 1928-1931:...
, later the Western Hockey League
Western Hockey League (minor pro)
The Western Hockey League was a minor pro ice hockey league that operated from 1952 to 1974. Managed for most of its history by Hockey Hall of Fame member Al Leader, it was created out of the merger of the Pacific Coast Hockey League and the Western Canada Senior Hockey League...
— the top professional league in the Western Canada and the United States
United States
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. In doing so, the Stampeders became the minor-league affiliate of the Chicago Black Hawks
Chicago Blackhawks
The Chicago Blackhawks are a professional ice hockey team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . They have won four Stanley Cup championships since their founding in 1926, most recently coming in 2009-10...
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The Stampeders quickly found success in the professional ranks, winning the WHL title
Lester Patrick Cup
The Lester Patrick Cup was the championship trophy of the Pacific Coast Hockey League and the Western Hockey League from 1949 to 1974. Originally known as the President's Cup, the trophy was renamed in 1960 to honor pacific coast hockey pioneer and legend Lester Patrick following his death on June...
in 1953–54, defeating the Vancouver Canucks
Vancouver Canucks (WHL)
The Vancouver Canucks were a minor league professional ice hockey team in the Pacific Coast Hockey League and the Western Hockey League. Inaugurated in 1945 with the PCHL, they became a WHL team with the merger of the PCHL with the Western Canada Senior Hockey League in 1952...
four games to one. The Stampeders then went on to face the Quebec Aces
Quebec Aces
The Quebec Aces, also known in French as Les As de Québec, were an amateur and later a professional men's ice hockey team from Quebec City, Quebec. The Aces were founded in 1928, and played until 1971. The team played home games at the Quebec Coliseum from 1930 to 1971.The Aces were Allan Cup...
of the Quebec Hockey League in the Edinburgh Cup
Edinburgh Cup
The Edinburgh Cup was a women's professional tennis tournament, held from 1971–1974, and then once more in 1977, in Edinburgh, Scotland. The event was known as the Dewar Cup and the McIntosh Scottish Championships for sponsorship reasons. The event was played on outdoor clay courts from...
for the championship of Canadian minor professional hockey. Calgary won the best-of-nine series in six games, with the clinching game held in Calgary, a 4–2 victory in front of 6,500 fans.
The Stampeders also reached the WHL final in 1955, falling to the Flyers in a four game sweep. In 1958, when they fell to the Canucks, and 1959, falling to the Victoria Cougars
Victoria Cougars
The Victoria Cougars were a major league professional ice hockey team that played in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association from 1922 to 1924, and in the Western Hockey League from 1924 to 1926...
. During this time, The Stampeders were one of the top draws in the league. Including all playoff games, the 1953–54 Stampeders drew over 300,000 fans in a city of 150,000. In 1955–56, Calgary drew 157,803 fans in the regular season, second only to the Winnipeg Warriors
Winnipeg Warriors (minor pro)
The Winnipeg Warriors were a minor league hockey team that played in the Western Hockey League from 1955 to 1961. Owned by Winnipeg's prominent Perrin family, the Warriors represented the return of professional hockey to Winnipeg after a 27 year absence. In 1955, the Warriors Club was the first...
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In 1963, disenchanted with their affiliation with the Chicago Black Hawks, the Stampeders took a one year leave of absence. Gordon Love, chairman of the Calgary Stampede Board, owners of the Stampeders stated: "We have been treated so shabbily by Chicago, that we have no alternative... Tommy Ivan
Tommy Ivan
Thomas Nathaniel Ivan was a NHL head coach for the Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Black Hawks. With the Red Wings from 1947 to 1954, he won three Stanley Cups, and would win another while serving as the Black Hawks' GM...
simply wasn't interested in the future of hockey in Calgary, and that's all there is to it." The Stampeders had also lost $90,000 during the season. Isolated in what was now a mostly Pacific coast league, Edmonton suspended operations along with Calgary. Neither team would ever resume operations, as the Flyers decided they could not be financially stable in the old Edmonton Gardens
Edmonton Gardens
The Edmonton Gardens was the first indoor hockey arena built in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It was originally built as Edmonton Stock Pavilion in 1913, and held 5,200 spectators after its 1966 renovations....
, and Calgary could not go it alone without an Edmonton team.
League membership
The Stampeders played in the following leagues:- 1938-42: Alberta Senior Hockey LeagueAlberta Senior Hockey LeagueThe Alberta Senior Hockey League or ASHL was a senior level ice hockey league that operated between 1936 and 1941 in Alberta, Canada. In 1941 the league ceased operations due to World War II....
- 1942-45: Did not operate (World War IIWorld War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
) - 1945-51: Western Canada Senior Hockey LeagueWestern Canada Senior Hockey LeagueThe Western Canada Senior Hockey League was an ice hockey league that played six seasons in Alberta and Saskatchewan, from 1945 to 1951. It was founded as a four team league featuring teams in Calgary, Edmonton, Regina and Saskatoon...
- 1951-52: Pacific Coast Hockey LeaguePacific Coast Hockey LeagueThe Pacific Coast Hockey League was an ice hockey minor league with teams in the western United States and western Canada that existed in several incarnations: from 1928 to 1931, from 1936 to 1941, and from 1944 to 1952.-PCHL 1928-1931:...
- 1952-63: Western Hockey LeagueWestern Hockey League (minor pro)The Western Hockey League was a minor pro ice hockey league that operated from 1952 to 1974. Managed for most of its history by Hockey Hall of Fame member Al Leader, it was created out of the merger of the Pacific Coast Hockey League and the Western Canada Senior Hockey League...
- 1968-71: Alberta Senior Hockey LeagueAlberta Senior Hockey LeagueThe Alberta Senior Hockey League or ASHL was a senior level ice hockey league that operated between 1936 and 1941 in Alberta, Canada. In 1941 the league ceased operations due to World War II....
- 1971-72: Prairie Hockey LeaguePrairie Hockey LeagueThe Prairie Hockey League 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....
- 1978-79: Western International Hockey LeagueWestern International Hockey LeagueThe Western International Hockey League 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...
Season-by-season record
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against| Season | League | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Points | Finish | Playoffs |
| 1938-39 | ASHL | 32 | 6 | 21 | 5 | 81 | 113 | 17 | 7th Overall | Out of playoffs |
| 1939-40 | ASHL | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1940-41 | ASHL | 30 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 119 | 90 | 34 | ||
| 1941-42 | ABCSL | 32 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 154 | 97 | 48 | ||
| 1945-46 | WCSHL | 36 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 219 | 95 | 57 | 1st Overall | Won league and Allan Cup Allan Cup The Allan Cup is the trophy awarded annually to the national senior amateur men’s ice hockey champions of Canada. It has been competed for since 1909. The current champion is the Clarenville Caribous hockey club of Newfoundland and Labrador.-History:... |
| 1946-47 | WCSHL | 40 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 187 | 105 | 58 | 1st Overall | Won league |
| 1947-48 | WCSHL | 48 | 28 | 19 | 1 | 225 | 191 | 57 | 1st Overall | Lost final |
| 1948-49 | WCSHL | 48 | 23 | 22 | 3 | 220 | 177 | 49 | 3rd Overall | |
| 1949-50 | WCSHL | 50 | 22 | 23 | 5 | 176 | 163 | 49 | 2nd Overall | Won league |
| 1950-51 | WCSHL | 60 | 38 | 21 | 1 | 282 | 202 | 77 | 1st Overall | |
| 1951-52 | PCHL | 70 | 24 | 37 | 9 | 278 | 320 | 57 | 7th Overall | |
| 1952-53 | WHL | 70 | 31 | 27 | 12 | 254 | 252 | 74 | 3rd Overall | |
| 1953-54 | WHL | 70 | 38 | 25 | 7 | 266 | 206 | 84 | 2nd Overall | Won championship Lester Patrick Cup The Lester Patrick Cup was the championship trophy of the Pacific Coast Hockey League and the Western Hockey League from 1949 to 1974. Originally known as the President's Cup, the trophy was renamed in 1960 to honor pacific coast hockey pioneer and legend Lester Patrick following his death on June... |
| 1954-55 | WHL | 70 | 29 | 29 | 12 | 262 | 258 | 70 | 4th Overall | Lost final |
| 1955-56 | WHL | 70 | 40 | 30 | 0 | 292 | 242 | 80 | 2nd Prairie | |
| 1956-57 | WHL | 70 | 29 | 37 | 4 | 220 | 230 | 62 | 3rd Prairie | |
| 1957-58 | WHL | 70 | 30 | 35 | 5 | 222 | 223 | 65 | 3rd Prairie | Lost final |
| 1958-59 | WHL | 64 | 42 | 21 | 1 | 263 | 196 | 85 | 1st Prairie | Lost final |
| 1959-60 | WHL | 70 | 32 | 36 | 2 | 245 | 227 | 66 | 5th Overall | |
| 1960-61 | WHL | 70 | 44 | 22 | 4 | 300 | 215 | 92 | 1st Overall | |
| 1961-62 | WHL | 70 | 36 | 29 | 5 | 292 | 271 | 77 | T-2 North | Lost final |
| 1962-63 | WHL | 70 | 23 | 45 | 2 | 227 | 284 | 48 | 4th North | Out of playoffs |
| 1968-69 | ASHL | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1969-70 | ASHL | 38 | 30 | 8 | 0 | — | — | 60 | ||
| 1970-71 | ASHL | 48 | 28 | 17 | 3 | 224 | 163 | 59 | ||
| 1971-72 | PrHL | 28 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 96 | 91 | 29 | ||
| 1978-79 | WIHL | 25 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 117 | 112 | 26 |
NHL alumni
Partially as a result of their affiliation with the Black Hawks, 84 former Stampeders would also play in the National Hockey LeagueNational Hockey League
The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...
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See also
- Alberta-British Columbia Senior LeagueAlberta-British Columbia Senior LeagueThe Alberta-British Columbia Senior League is a defunct senior men's ice hockey league that operated for the 1941-42 season.-History:The West Kootenay League was a senior level hockey league that operated from 1922-23 through 1940-41; and the Alberta Senior Hockey League was a senior level league...
- Ice hockey in CalgaryIce hockey in CalgaryThe history of ice hockey in Calgary extends back well over a century to the first recorded ice hockey game in Alberta in 1893. Imported from eastern Canada, the game's popularity rapidly grew in the city, with teams at every level playing for and capturing Canada's national championships...
- List of ice hockey teams in Alberta
General
- Calgary Public Library article on Stampede Corral
- Edmonton Oilers Heritage: Calgary Stampeders
- hockeyleaguehistory.com WCSHL standings
- hockeydb.com