The Western Canada Senior Hockey League was an ice hockey

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 league that played six seasons in Alberta

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 and Saskatchewan

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, from 1945 to 1951. It was founded as a four team league featuring teams in Calgary

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, Edmonton

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, Regina

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 and Saskatoon

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. The league merged with the Pacific Coast Hockey League

Pacific Coast Hockey League

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 to form the Western Hockey League

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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...

 in 1952.

While the WCSHL was short lived, the league was successful, as members twice captured the Allan Cup

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, Canada

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's senior amateur championship.

Teams

• Calgary Stampeders
  Calgary Stampeders (hockey)
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• 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...
  
  
• Lethbridge Maple Leafs
  Lethbridge Maple Leafs
  The Lethbridge Maple Leafs were, at times, a senior, intermediate, and junior ice hockey team that operated out of Lethbridge, Alberta. They are best known for winning the 1951 World Ice Hockey Championships....
  
   (1946–49)
• Regina Capitals
• Saskatoon Elks (1945–47)
• Saskatoon Quakers
  Saskatoon Quakers
  The Saskatoon Quakers were an ice hockey team that was based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. The team existed from 1945 until 1959, and again from 1965-1971, playing in various senior and minor-professional leagues during that time. The Quakers represented Canada in 1934 World Ice Hockey...
  
  (1947–51)

Champions

• 1945-46 - Calgary Stampeders
• 1946-47 - Calgary Stampeders
• 1947-48 - Edmonton Flyers
• 1948-49 - Regina Capitals
• 1949-50 - Calgary Stampeders
• 1950-51 - Saskatoon Quakers

Team in bold denotes won Allan Cup

Resource

• hockeyleaguehistory.com - WCSHL (1945)