New Westminster

New Westminster is a city of about 60,000 people in British Columbia, Canada. It is located just southeast of Vancouver.

Teams

• New Westminster Bruins

1. (Western Canada Hockey League, 1971-1978) league renamed WHL
2. (Western Hockey League, 1978-1981) become Kamloops Junior Oilers
3. (Western Hockey League, 1983-1988) become Tri-City Americans

• New Westminster CPA Lodestars (Pacific Coast Senior Hockey Association, 1943-1944) folded
• New Westminster Cubs (Vancouver City Senior League, circa 1931-1934)
• New Westminster Fraser Mills (New Westminster City League, 1913-1914)
• New Westminster Morgans Cubs (Vancouver City Senior League,1936-1937)
• New Westminster Royals

1. (Pacific Coast Hockey Association, 1912-1914) become Portland Rosebuds
2. (Pacific Coast Hockey League, 1944-1952) join Western Hockey League
3. (Western Hockey League, 1952-1959) folded; form nucleus of Portland Buckaroos in 1960
4. (British Columbia Junior Hockey League, 1967-1971) folded
5. (British Columbia Junior Hockey League, 1981-1983) folded
6. (British Columbia Junior Hockey League, 1988-1990) league renamed BCHL
7. (British Columbia Hockey League, 1990-1991) folded

• New Westminster Spitfires (Lower Mainland Senior League, 1942-1943) join Pacific Coast Senior Hockey Association as CPA Lodestars
• New Westminster Whalers (WHA Junior Hockey League, 2006-2007) moved to Burnaby
• Royal City Outlaws (British Columbia Hockey League, 1994-1996) folded

Leagues

New Westminster City League

Players

• Colin Forbes
• Brent Hughes
• Nathan LaFayette
• Mark Lofthouse
• Tom McMurchy
• Chris McPhail
• Larry Melnyk
• Ken Quinney
• Jerry Rollins
• Jordan Sigalet
• Ryan Walter
• Ben Winnett
• Terry Yake

Arenas

• Denman Arena (1911-1936)
• New Westminster Arena (1914-?)
• Queen's Park Arena (1930-)
• Moody Park Arena