Pacific Junior Hockey League

Pacific Junior Hockey League (PJHL)

The PJHL logo since 2012
Sport	Ice hockey
Founded	1965
Commissioner	George Richards
Inaugural season	1965-66
No. of teams	10
Country(ies)	Canada (10 teams)
Continent	North America
Most recent champion(s)	Richmond Sockeyes (6th title)
Most titles	Richmond Sockeyes (6)
Related competitions	Cyclone Taylor Cup (Provincial Championship) Keystone Cup (Western Canadian Championship)
Official website	PJHL.net

The Pacific Junior Hockey League (PJHL) is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a junior "B" ice hockey league of 10 franchised member clubs, all of which are currently located in Canada. The PJHL Championship, is awarded annually to the league playoff champion at the end of each season. The winner of the PJHL Championship competes with the champions of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League and the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League for the Cyclone Taylor Cup, the British Columbia Provincial Title. The winner of the Cyclone Taylor Cup moves on to compete for the Western Canada "B" Crown, the Keystone Cup.

History

The start of what is now the PJHL actually goes back to 1965. Formed as the Lower Mainland Junior Hockey League consisting of 4 teams. In 1966 the league was officially formed as the West Coast Junior Hockey League with the addition of two more clubs. In 1974 the league became "international" with the Northwest Americans from Seattle being admitted to the league.

The WCJHL was up to 10 teams by the late '70s and competition was fierce for the Cyclone Taylor Cup, awarded to the British Columbia Junior B Champion. Prior to the 1992-93 season the league changed its name to the Pacific International Junior Hockey league. In the Fall of 2012, the league's dropped 'International' from it's name and became the Pacific Junior Hockey League'.

The current PJHL consists of ten franchises, divided into two conferences. The Tom Shaw Conference and Harold Brittain Conference play an unbalanced regular season schedule and two rounds of playoffs to decide the Conference Champions. The two Conference Champions meet in a best of seven series for the PJHL Championship. The two most victorious teams, the Richmond Sockeyes and Abbotsford Pilots, are both descendants of BCJHL championship teams that operated in the same towns. In 2013, the Sockeyes became the most recent PJHL team to win the Cyclone Taylor Cup as Hockey BC Jr. B Champions and the Keystone Cup as Western Canadian Jr. B Champions.

List of teams

PJHL Team Locations Map

Notes

1. An asterisk (*) denotes a franchise move. See the respective team articles for more information.

Champions

Year	Winning team	Coach	Losing team	Coach	Games	Winning Goal
1967	Richmond Juniors
1968	Grandview Steelers
1969	Nor Wes Caps
1970	Chilliwack Jets
1971	Nor Wes Caps
1972	Nor Wes Caps
1973	Nor Wes Caps
1974	Point Grey Blades
1975	Burnaby Blazers
1976	Northwest Americans
1977	Richmond Rebels
1978	Richmond Rebels
1979	Burnaby Blazers
1980	Northwest Americans
1981	Northwest Americans
1982	Northwest Americans
1983	North Shore Flames
1984	North Shore Flames
1985	North Shore Flames
1986	Northwest Americans
1987	Burnaby Bluehawks		White Rock Whalers
1988	White Rock Whalers
1989	Abbotsford Pilots
1990	Burnaby Bluehawks
1991
1992	Richmond Sockeyes
1993	Coquitlam Warriors		Richmond Sockeyes		3-0
1994	Grandview Steelers
1995
1996	Ridge Meadows Flames		Richmond Sockeyes		4-1
1997
1998	Ridge Meadows Flames		Delta Ice Hawks		3-1
1999
2000	Abbotsford Pilots		Grandview Steelers		4–0
2001	Delta Ice Hawks		Port Coquitlam Buckaroos		4–1
2002	Abbotsford Pilots		Delta Ice Hawks		4–0
2003	Richmond Sockeyes		Abbotsford Pilots		4–3
2004	Richmond Sockeyes		Delta Ice Hawks		4–1
2005	Abbotsford Pilots	Jim Cowden	Delta Ice Hawks		4–3
2006	Delta Ice Hawks	Shane Kuss	Abbotsford Pilots	Jim Cowden	4–2
2007	Abbotsford Pilots	Jim Cowden	Grandview Steelers	Aldo Bruno	4–2	Derek Grant (11:51, third)
2008	Grandview Steelers	Aldo Bruno	Abbotsford Pilots	Jim Cowden	4–1	Joey Pavone (9:24, first)
2009	Richmond Sockeyes	Judd Lambert	Abbotsford Pilots	Jim Cowden	4–1	Daryl Fowler (9:23, second)
2010	Aldergrove Kodiaks	Rick Harkins	Delta Ice Hawks	Jim Camazzola	4–2	Cody Rowand (13:27, first)
2011	Richmond Sockeyes	Judd Lambert	Abbotsford Pilots	Jim Cowden	4–0	Keenan Webb (4:25, third)
2012	Delta Ice Hawks	Dave McLellan	Abbotsford Pilots	Jim Cowden	4–2	Anthony Brito (7:32, overtime)
2013	Richmond Sockeyes	Aaron Wilbur	Aldergrove Kodiaks	Ron Johnson	4-0	Danton Heinen

Defunct or Relocated Teams

Abbotsford Flyers Bellingham Blazers Burnaby Blazers Burnaby Bluehawks Burnaby Rams Chilliwack Jets Coquitlam Chiefs Coquitlam Comets Coquitlam Warriors Cloverdale Cowboys Delta Saints Delta Sungods

Hastings Express Hope Icebreakers Kerrisdale Centennials Ladner Rebels Maple Ridge Monarchs Mission Pilots Newton Rangers New West Royals Nor'Wes Caps North Delta Flyers North Shore Junior Canadians North Shore Griffins

North Shore Winter Club Flames Northwest Americans Point Grey Blades Port Coquitlam Buckeroos Portland Junior Buckeroos Queen's Park Pirates Richmond Juniors Richmond JR. Islanders Richmond JR. Rebels Riley Park Rangers Seattle Totems Seafair Seahorses

Seafair Islanders Squamish Eagles Squamish Wolf Pack Surrey Stampeders Surrey Saints University of British Columbia Braves Vancouver Hornets Vancouver JR. Canucks Washington Totems White Rock Rangers White Rock Whalers

NHL alumni

Karl Alzner Colton Gillies Ryan Hollweg Andrew Ladd Ben Maxwell Prab Rai Brandon Segal Dave Tomlinson

Troy Brouwer Bob Hall Tony Horacek Milan Lucic Sasha Lakovic Kenndal McArdle Raymond Sawada Rob Skrlac Kyle Turris

Colin Fraser Zach Hamill Dan Kesa Bruce Major Doug Morrison Claudio Scremin Jeff Tambellini Phil Von Stefenelli

Jason Garrison Matt Hervey Scott King Dean Malkoc John Negrin Brent Seabrook Kellan Tochkin David Van der Gulik Brandon Yip

See also

• List of ice hockey teams in British Columbia

External links

• Official Website of the Pacific Junior Hockey League
• Official Website of the Cyclone Taylor Cup
• Official Website of the Keystone Cup