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Nelson maple leafs 1973-74

The Nelson Maple Leafs were a senior team from Nelson, British Columbia. The team was based out of the Hall Mines Arena until 1936 then the Nelson Civic Centre. The Maple Leafs played in the West Kootenay League from 1932-33 through 1940-41 and in 1945-46. They played in the Western International Hockey League from 1946-47 through 1986-87. The team was known as the Nelson Red Wings from 1933-34 to 1934-35.

Championships[]

They never won the Allan Cup but did lose the 1964-65 Allan Cup Final after winning the 1964-65 Western Canada Allan Cup Playoffs championship. They won the British Columbia Senior Championship seven times: 1937, 1961, 1965, 1967, 1971, 1986, and 1987. They won the WKL championship in 1937 They won the WIHL championship in 1954, 1959, 1961, 1965, 1967, 1971, 1986, and 1987

Earlier Nelson teams?[]

The WKL previously had the Nelson Cubs for 1922-23 and then the Nelson Kokanees from 1923 to 1931. These are possibly (more so likely due to the time) a predecessor name for the team. The Cubs won a league championship in their one season (losing the Provincial final) and the Kokanees won the 1926 championship losing in the Provincial semifinals. The Cubs also won the 1921-22 British Columbia Intermediate Playoffs qualifying as the Interior Division champions.

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 OL Pts GF GA Finish Playoffs
Nelson Cubs
1921-22 Unknown - - - - - - - - - Won Interior Championship
1922 BC Int. Playoffs 2 1 0 1 - 3 7 6 - Won Provincial Championship
1922-23 WKHL 6 4 2 0 - 8 23 20 1st Won Championship
1927 BC Sr. Playoffs 7 4 2 1 - 9 35 25 - Lost Provincial Final
Nelson Kokanees
1923-24 WKHL 7 5 2 0 - 10 23 15 2nd No Playoffs
1924-25 WKHL 8 4 4 0 - 8 - - T-1st Lost Final
1925-26 WKHL 8 5 3 0 - 8 19 15 1st Won Championship
1926 BC Sr. Playoffs 2 0 2 0 - 0 1 9 - Lost Provincial Final
1926-27 WKHL 12 1 11 0 - 2 19 52 3rd Did not qualify
1927-28 WKHL 12 6 5 1 - 13 - - 2nd Lost Final
1928-29 WKHL 12 3 9 0 - 6 17 38 3rd Did not qualify
1929-30 WKHL 7 2 4 1 - 5 14 16 3rd Did not qualify
1930-31 WKHL - - - - - - - - - Lost Final
Nelson Maple Leafs
1931-32 WKHL 16 3 13 0 - 6 19 36 3rd Did not qualify
1933-33 WKHL Withdrew prior to season
Nelson Red Wings
1933-34 WKHL 18 6 11 1 - 13 - - 3rd concede Semfinal series due to injuries
1934-35 WKHL 5 1 3 1 - 3 11 15 N/A Withdrew January 7th; record erased
Nelson Maple Leafs
1935-36 WKHL 16 7 8 1 - 15 - - 3rd Lost Semifinals
1936-37 WKHL 14 7 5 2 - 10* - - 2nd Won championship
1937 BC Sr. Playoffs 2 2 0 0 - 4 15 3 - Won Provincial Championship
1937 W. Can Allan Cup Playoffs 3 0 2 1 - 1 5 7 - Lost Quarterfinals
1937-38 WKHL 24 8 12 4 - 20 85 90 2nd West Lost Semifinals
1938-39 WKHL 19 6 9 4 - 16* - - 2nd Lost Semifinals
1939-40 WKHL 26 12 11 3 - 27* 106 94 2nd Lost Final
1940-41 WKHL 29 10 16 3 - 23* 118 128 3rd Lost Semifinals
League and team inactive 1941-42 to 1944-45 due to World War II
1945-46 WKHL 20 8 10 2 - 18* 62 67 2nd Lost Final
1946-47 WIHL 36 16 19 1 - 33* 140 147 4th Lost Final
1947-48 WIHL 38 12 26 0 - 24* 112 155 4th Lost Semifinals
1948-49 WIHL 42 18 24 0 - 36* 162 184 3rd Lost Semifinals
1949-50 WIHL 44 19 22 3 - 34* 172 200 4th Lost Semifinals
1950-51 WIHL 46 15 30 1 - 31* 155 238 4th Lost Semifinals
1951-52 WIHL 47 21 24 2 - 44* 184 196 3rd Lost Final
1952-53 WIHL 47 23 22 2 - 48* 210 212 3rd Lost Semifinals
1953-54 WIHL 56 26 27 3 - 55* 252 247 2nd Won Championship
1954 BC Sr. Playoffs 8 3 4 1 - 7 27 30 - Lost Provincial Final
1954-55 WIHL 41 23 16 2 - 44.61* 190 162 1st Lost Final
1955-56 WIHL 50 26 22 2 - 54 - - 2nd Lost Semifinals
1956-57 WIHL 48 20 28 0 - 40 194 241 3rd Lost Semifinals
1957-58 WIHL 48 20 27 1 - 41 184 211 3rd Lost Semifinals
1958-59 WIHL 40 21 17 2 - 44 171 154 1st Won Championship
1959 BC Sr. Playoffs 7 3 4 0 - 6 21 33 - Lost Provincial Final
1959-60 WIHL 40 19 18 3 - 41 216 193 2nd Lost Final
1960-61 WIHL 36 18 18 0 - 36 147 157 2nd Won Championship
1961 BC Sr. Playoffs 5 4 1 0 - 8 23 19 - Won Provincial Championship
1961 W. Can Allan Cup Playoffs 6 2 4 0 - 4 13 27 - Lost Western Canada Final
1961-62 WIHL 38 18 9 1 - 37* 186 179 2nd Lost Final
1962-63 League inactive for 1962-63 season due to Trail Smoke Eaters participating in 1963 World Championship
1963-64 WIHL 48 24 24 0 - 48 233 229 3rd Lost Semifinals
1964-65 WIHL 48 24 22 2 - 50 - - 3rd Won Championship
1965 BC Sr. Playoffs Won Provincial Championship as league playoff champions
1965 W. Can Allan Cup Playoffs 12 9 3 0 - 18 59 30 - Won Western Canada Championship
1965 Allan Cup 4 0 4 0 - 0 10 28 - Lost Allan Cup Final
1965-66 WIHL 50 31 15 4 - 66 253 186 2nd Lost Semifinals
1966-67 WIHL 50 39 10 1 - 79 272 148 1st Won Championship
1967 BC Sr. Playoffs Won Provincial Championship as league playoff champions
1967 W. Can Allan Cup Playoffs 7 3 4 0 - 6 29 28 - Lost Western Canada Final
1967-68 WIHL 44 26 18 0 - 52* 220 145 2nd Lost Semifinals
1968-69 WIHL 48 28 20 0 - 56 215 161 3rd Lost Semifinals
1969-70 WIHL 50 27 21 2 - 56 241 209 2nd Lost Final
1970-71 WIHL 52 24 27 1 - 49 236 237 3rd Won Championship
1971 BC Sr. Playoffs Won Provincial Championship as league playoff champions
1971 W. Can Allan Cup Playoffs 4 2 2 0 - 4 21 16 - Lost Western Canada Final
1971-72 WIHL 48 21 22 5 - 47 213 191 2nd Lost Final
1972-73 WIHL 48 21 25 2 - 44 189 219 5th Did not qualify
1973-74 WIHL 48 15 31 2 - 32 174 227 5th Did not qualify
1974-75 WIHL 53 18 34 1 - 37 206 272 5th Did not qualify
1975-76 WIHL 48 17 30 1 - 35 177 228 5th Did not qualify
1976-77 WIHL 56 26 29 1 - 53 261 255 4th Left Semifinals
1977-78 WIHL 56 11 44 1 - 23 208 352 5th Did not qualify
1978-79 WIHL 22 5 17 0 - 10 82 155 N/A Suspend operations December 21st
1979-80 WIHL 51 11 37 3 - 25* 200 287 6th Did not qualify
1980-81 WIHL 40 16 22 2 - 34 161 197 4th Lost Semifinals
1981-82 WIHL 44 17 26 1 - 35 - - 4th Lost Semifinals
1982-83 WIHL 50 33 14 3 - 69 - - 1st Lost Final
1983-84 WIHL 40 26 12 2 - 54 - - 2nd Lost Final
1984-85 WIHL 40 22 16 2 - 46 216 166 2nd Lost Final
1985-86 WIHL 40 32 7 1 - 65 277 157 1st Won championship
1986 BC Sr. Playoffs Won Provincial Championship as league playoff champions
1986 W. Can Allan Cup Playoffs 6 4 2 0 - 8 32 27 - Won Western Canada Final
1986 Allan Cup 4 0 4 0 - 0 11 24 - Lost Allan Cup Final
1986-87 WIHL 30 17 11 2 - 36 - - 2nd Won Championship
1987 BC Sr. Playoffs Won Provincial Championship as league playoff champions
1987 W. Can Allan Cup Playoffs 5 4 1 0 - 8 - - - Won Western Canada Championship
1987 Allan Cup 4 0 4 0 - 0 15 28 - Lost Allan Cup Final

Notes:

  1. Season point totals marked with an asterisk denote point percentage was used to determine standings due an unequal number of games played by each team.
  2. The was no league play with the 1930-31 season due to warm weather.

Maple Leafs who played in the NHL[]

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