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The Kamloops Chiefs were a senior team from Kamloops, British Columbia. The team was based out of the Kamloops Memorial Arena from its' opening in 1948 until it stopped play in 1961. They played in the Okanagan Mainline League from 1947 to 1951 Okanagan Senior League from 1951 until 1961 when the league itself folded.

The team was originally known as the Kamloops Hub City Leafs for the 1947-48 season and then the Kamloops Elks from 1948 to 1955 before adopting the Chiefs nickname.

Season-by-season record[]

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OL = Overtime Losses,, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Season League/Competition GP W L T Pts GF GA Finish Playoffs
Kamloops Hub City Leafs
1947-48 OMHL 12 1 9 1 3 39 105 3rd Did not qualify
Kamloops Elks
1948-49 OMHL 32 14 15 3 31 165 163 2nd Lost Final
1949-50 OMHL 48 26 20 2 54* 211 190 1st Won Championship
1950 BC Sr. Playoffs 4 3 1 0 6 21 17 - Won Provincial Championship
1950 W. Canada Allan Cup Playoffs 5 1 4 0 2 16 20 - Lost Semifinals
1950-51 OMHL 55 33 19 3 69* 266 209 2nd Lost Semifinals
1951-52 OkSL 50 36 14 0 72 - - 1st Lost Final
1952-53 OkSL 54 30 21 3 63 246 201 1st Lost Final
1953-54 OkSL 64 27 33 4 58 256 273 3rd Lost Semifinals
1954-55 OkSL 54 23 28 3 49 192 216 3rd Lost Final
1955-56 OkSL 56 22 33 1 45 - - 4th Lost Semi Final
1956-57 OkSL 54 28 25 1 57 231 216 2nd Lost Semi Final
1957-58 OkSL 54 32 21 1 65 253 239 2nd Lost Final
1958-59 OkSL 54 22 30 2 46 245 235 3rd Lost Semi Final
1959-60 OkSL 47 22 23 2 46 261 255 3rd Lost Semi Final
1960-61 OkSL 50 21 29 0 42* 245 271 3rd Lost Semi Final

Note:

  1. *-denotes point percentage was used to determine standings for season due to unequal number of games played.
  2. 1947-48 goal totals is missing three game scores
49-50KamElk

1949-50 team

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