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The British Columbia Elite Hockey League U18 AAA or BCEHLU18AAA formerly the BC Hockey Major Midget League is the top provincial midget ice hockey league in British Columbia, Canada. Governed by BC Hockey and inaugurated in 2004, the league currently consists of 11 teams. Players range from 15 to 17 years old.[1] The league champion goes on to the Telus Cup Pacific Regional to compete with the Alberta Elite Hockey League (AEHL) champion to represent the Pacific region at the annual Telus Cup, Canada's national midget championship. The league champion is awarded the Cromie Memorial Cup as provincial champions.
On September 16, 2021 the league was announced as being renamed the British Columbia Elite Hockey League with the league being specifically renamed the British Columbia Elite Hockey League U18 AAA.[2]
Current teams[]
Teams[]
League champions[]
| Year | BC MML Champion | Pacific Regional result | Telus Cup result |
| 2023-24 | Vancouver North East Chiefs | Lost To Calgary Buffalos | N/A |
| 2022-23 | Okanagan Rockets | lost to Calgary Flames AAA | N/A |
| 2022 | Vancouver North East Chiefs | defeated Calgary Buffalos | Sixth |
| 2021 | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | ||
| 2020 | Post season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | ||
| 2019 | Cariboo Cougars | Lost to Calgary Buffaloes | - |
| 2018 | Fraser Valley Thunderbirds | Lost to Lethbridge Hurricanes | – |
| 2017 | Cariboo Cougars | Lost to Leduc Oil Kings | Sixth |
| 2016 | Valley West Hawks | Lost to Lloydminister Bobcats | – |
| 2015 | Vancouver North East Chiefs | Lost to UFA Bisons | – |
| 2014 | Okanagan Rockets | Defeated Red Deer Chiefs | Bronze |
| 2013 | Vancouver North West Giants | Lost to Red Deer Chiefs | – |
| 2012 | Vancouver North West Giants | Lost to Red Deer Optimist Rebels | – |
| 2011 | Vancouver North West Giants | Defeated Red Deer Optimist Rebels | Fourth |
| 2010 | Vancouver North West Giants | Lost to Red Deer Optimist Rebels | – |
| 2009 | Vancouver North West Giants | Lost to Calgary Buffaloes[3] | – |
| 2008 | Cariboo Cougars | Lost to Calgary Buffaloes[4] | – |
| 2007 | Vancouver North West Giants | N/Aa | Fourth |
| 2006 | Okanagan Rockets | Lost to Calgary Buffaloes[5] | – |
| 2005 | Thompson Blazers | Lost to SSAC Boston Pizza Athletics | – |
- Earlier Midget AAA champions
- 2004: Kamloops
- 2003: Williams Lake
- 2002: Kelowna
- 2001: Prince George Cougars AAA
- 2000: Kamloops
- 1999: North Kamloops Lions
- 1998: Kelowna Vikings
- 1997: Kelowna Warriors
- 1996: Prince George
- 1995: North Kamloops Lions
- 1994: Chilliwack
- 1993: North Kamloops Lions
- 1992: North Kamloops Lions
- 1991: Saanich
- 1990: Prince George Spruce Kings
- 1989: Coquitlam Chiefs
- 1988: North Shore Winter Club
- 1987: Richmond Midget AAA
- 1986: Burnaby Hawks
- 1985: North Shore Winter Club
- 1984: North Shore Winter Club
- 1983: Terrace Totem
- 1982: Burnaby Winter Club
- 1981: Prince George King
- 1980: North Shore Winter Club
- 1979: North Shore Winter Club
- 1978: Prince George Kings
- 1977: Burnaby Winter Club
- 1976: Kamloops South
- 1975: Point Grey
- 1974: Burnaby Winter Club
- 1973: Richmond
- 1972: North Shore Winter Club
- 1971: North Shore Winter Club
- 1970: Penticton
- 1969: Prince Geoge
- 1968: Kimberley
- 1965: Trail
- 1964: Trail
- 1963: New Westminster
- 1962: Trail
- 1961: Kamloops
- 1960: Kamloops
- 1959: Cranbrook
- 1958: Trail
- 1957: Kimberley
- 1956: Trail
- 1955: Trail
- 1954: Kamloops
- 1953: Kelowna
- 1952: Trail
- 1951: Trail
- 1950: Vancouver Eagletimes
- 1949: Kimberley
- 1948: Trail
- 1947: Kimberley
- 1946: Kimberley
- 1945: Kimberley
- 1944: Kimberley
- 1940: Trail
- 1939: Vernon
- 1938: Merritt
a The Giants earned an automatic bye into the Telus Cup because the Red Deer Optimist Rebels were hosting the tournament[6]
Telus Cup[]
The Vancouver North West Giants (2007, 2011) and Okanagan Rockets (2014) are the only teams to have represented the league at the Telus Cup. Upon the Giants' winning the BC MML championship in 2007, a regional final with the AMHL was not necessary as Red Deer was hosting the Telus Cup that year.[7] The Giants finished fourth in the Telus Cup tournament in 2007 before returning four years later; they again finished fourth in 2011. The 2014 Rockets, meanwhile, won the bronze medal.
Prior to the inauguration of the BC MML, the national midget championship was held in British Columbia twice – hosted by Kelowna in 1996 and Prince George in 2001. The Burnaby Winter Club Travellers represent the only B.C. team to win the national championship, defeating the Gouverneurs de Ste-Foy from Quebec in 1982, as well as winning bronze in 1980.[8]
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ Q&A. BC Hockey Major Midget League. Retrieved on 2009-03-30.
- ↑ https://myemail.constantcontact.com/BC-Hockey-AAA-Leagues-Rebrand-as-British-Columbia-Elite-Hockey-League.html?soid=1103617399603&aid=mLUXrIB0AbM
- ↑ Pacific Midget Regional's - Game 3. BC Hockey. Retrieved on 2009-04-08.
- ↑ National Playoff Bracket (PDF). Hockey Canada. Retrieved on 2009-03-26.
- ↑ Road to the Telus Cup (PDF). Hockey Canada. Retrieved on 2009-03-26.
- ↑ National Playoff Bracket (PDF). Hockey Canada. Retrieved on 2009-03-26.
- ↑ 2007 Telus Cup. Hockey Canada. Retrieved on 2009-03-26.
- ↑ Telus Cup. Hockey Canada. Retrieved on 2009-03-26.
External links[]
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