It started its first season in 1994 as a Junior B league with six teams. The WSHL currently has 16 teams in three divisions, Western Division, Mountain Division, and Mid-West Division. In 2006, it was promoted to the Tier III Junior A classification.
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| Arizona Red Hawks |
Peoria Polar Ice |
Peoria, Arizona Peoria is a city in Maricopa and Yavapai counties in the U.S. state of Arizona. Located primarily in Maricopa County, it is a major suburb of Phoenix. According to 2010 Census Bureau releases, the population of the city is 154,065. Peoria is currently the sixth largest city in Arizona for land...
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| Boulder Bison |
Boulder Valley Ice |
Superior, Colorado Superior is a Statutory Town in Boulder and Jefferson counties in the U.S. state of Colorado. According to United States Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city was 10,308 on 2005-07-01.-History:...
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| Cheyenne Stampede |
Cheyenne Ice and Events Center |
Cheyenne, WyomingCheyenne is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Wyoming and the county seat of Laramie County. It is the principal city of the Cheyenne, Wyoming, Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of Laramie County. The population is 59,466 at the 2010 census. Cheyenne is the...
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| Dallas Ice Jets |
Polar Ice House |
Grapevine, Texas Grapevine is a city in northeast Tarrant County, Texas, United States located within the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area. As of the 2010 census the city population was 46,334. The city's moniker is derived from the native grapes prevalent in the area. In recent years several wineries have...
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| Dallas Snipers |
Dr. Pepper StarCenter |
Euless, Texas Euless, known as "Tree City USA," is a city in Tarrant County, Texas, United States, and a suburb of Fort Worth. Euless is part of the Mid-Cities between Dallas and Fort Worth...
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El Paso RhinosThe El Paso Rhinos are a Junior "A" Tier III ice hockey team, based in El Paso, Texas. The Rhinos compete as part of the Mid-West Conference of the Western States Hockey League they are the current Conference Champions and the USA Hockey Junior A National Silver Medalists...
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Sierra Providence Event Center El Paso County Coliseum is a 5,250-seat multi-purpose arena, in El Paso, Texas. It opened on May 22, 1942 and seats up to 7,000 people, for concerts.-Late 1940s – 1970s:In addition to rodeo, many legendary music artists have performed here....
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El Paso, Texas El Paso, is a city in and the county seat of El Paso County, Texas, United States, and lies in far West Texas. In the 2010 census, the city had a population of 649,121. It is the sixth largest city in Texas and the 19th largest city in the United States...
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| Fresno Monsters The Fresno Monsters are a Junior A Tier II ice hockey team based out of Fresno, California. The team is currently a member of the North American Hockey League and play in the West Division. as well as continuing to field a WSHL team...
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Selland Arena The Selland Arena is a multi-purpose arena built in 1966 that makes up part of a five-venue complex of the Fresno Convention and Entertainment Center in Fresno, California. It is named after former Fresno mayor Arthur L. Selland and has had over ten million people walk through its doors in its over...
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Fresno, CaliforniaFresno is a city in central California, United States, the county seat of Fresno County. As of the 2010 census, the city's population was 510,365, making it the fifth largest city in California, the largest inland city in California, and the 34th largest in the nation...
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| Idaho Jr. Steelheads The Idaho Steelheads is a USA Hockey-sanctioned Tier III Junior A ice hockey team based in Boise, Idaho. The Jr. Steelheads currently play in the Western Division of the WSHL....
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Idaho Ice World |
Boise, IdahoBoise is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Idaho, as well as the county seat of Ada County. Located on the Boise River, it anchors the Boise City-Nampa metropolitan area and is the largest city between Salt Lake City, Utah and Portland, Oregon.As of the 2010 Census Bureau,...
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| Long Beach Bombers |
Glacial Garden Skating Arena |
Lakewood, California Lakewood is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 80,048 at the 2010 census. It is bordered by Long Beach on the west and south, Bellflower on the north, Cerritos on the northeast, Cypress on the east, and Hawaiian Gardens on the southeast. Major thoroughfares...
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| New Mexico Renegades The New Mexico Renegades are a Junior "A" ice hockey team, based in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. The Team plays in the Mid-West Division of the Western States Hockey League . Their home games are played at the Blades Multiplex Arena...
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Blades Multiplex Arena |
Rio Rancho, New Mexico There were 18,995 households out of which 40.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.4% were married couples living together, 10.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.7% were non-families. 20.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.9% had...
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| Ogden Mustangs |
The Ice Sheet |
Ogden, Utah Ogden is a city in Weber County, Utah, United States. Ogden serves as the county seat of Weber County. The population was 82,825 according to the 2010 Census. The city served as a major railway hub through much of its history, and still handles a great deal of freight rail traffic which makes it a...
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| Park City Moose |
Park City Ice Arena |
Park City, UtahPark City is a town in Summit and Wasatch counties in the U.S. state of Utah. It is considered to be part of the Wasatch Back. The city is southeast of downtown Salt Lake City and from Salt Lake City's east edge of Sugar House along Interstate 80. The population was 7,558 at the 2010 census...
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| Phoenix Knights |
Chandler Polar Ice |
Chandler, Arizona-Demographics:As of the Census of 2010, there were 236,123 people, 86,924 households, and 60,212 families residing in the city. The racial makeup of the city was 73.3% White, 4.8% Black or African American, 1.5% Native American, 8.2% Asian, 0.2% Pacific Islander, 21.9% Hispanic or Latino, and 8.3%...
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| San Diego Gulls The San Diego Gulls are a USA Hockey-sanctioned Tier III Junior A ice hockey team based in Escondido, California. The team plays in the Western Division of the Western States Hockey League at the Iceoplex-Escondido with some games at the Valley View Casino Center in San Diego, California.-Franchise...
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Iceoplex Escondido |
Escondido, CaliforniaEscondido is a city occupying a shallow valley ringed by rocky hills, just north of the city of San Diego, California. Founded in 1888, it is one of the oldest cities in San Diego County. The city had a population of 143,911 at the 2010 census. Its municipal government set itself an operating...
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| Texas Jr. Brahmas The Texas Junior Brahmas are a ice hockey team based in Dallas, Texas. The team playsin the Western States Hockey league which is a USA Hockey-sanctioned Tier III Junior A ice hockey team in the Midwest Division of the Western States Hockey League. The team is owned by NYTEX Sports and the Texas...
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NYTEX Sports Centre The NYTEX Sports Centre is a 2,400 seat multi-purpose arena in North Richland Hills, Texas. It is home to the Texas Brahmas of the Central Hockey League, the Texas Outlaws of the Professional Arena Soccer League, and Texas Jr. Brahmas Tier III Jr. A ice hockey team in Western States Hockey League...
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| Valencia Flyers The Valencia Flyers are a USA Hockey-sanctioned Tier III Junior A ice hockey team based in Valencia, California. The team plays in the Western Division of the Western States Hockey League at the Ice Station Valencia...
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Ice Station Valencia |
Valencia, California Valencia is an affluent planned community located in the City of Santa Clarita, California and Los Angeles County, California, U.S. in the northwestern corner of the Santa Clarita Valley, adjacent to Interstate 5. In 1987, it was one of the four unincorporated communities that merged to create the...
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